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Uh, what to say...
#SysAdmin, #automation, #monitoring, with a dose of #programming and #InfoSec.

I like #reading, especially #SciFi and #Fantasy. #TTRPG […]

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Sonic The Hedge Fund Manager
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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After @jon mentioned his discussion on LinkedIn about EU commissioners still using Twitter, I took a look at it. Then popped up on some other similar discussions (for example about Polish politicians still using Twitter mostly).

The only arguments for still being on Twitter seem to be "you need […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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i finally gave in and started using uv to manage the dependencies for my Python scripts and it’s great https://jvns.ca/til/python-inline-dependencies/
jvns.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Aaaaaarghhhhhh
My main phone, after system update from Android 13 to 15, decided to stop getting data from my #CGM. Well, I have an old (android 9 😬) phone in drawer, for now it will work for #xdrip, even though it's too old to install current #androidaps on...
Well, guess what, even though both […]
Original post on social.hackerspace.pl
social.hackerspace.pl
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Anyone playing #dwarffortress on #linux (or elsewhere, I guess) and noticed an apparent memory leak with recent updates? I have a pretty large fort with 200 dwarves, and within 30-45 minutes Steam and DF get OOMKill. I looked at top, and I do see the system memory changes, but I don't see any […]
Original post on social.hackerspace.pl
social.hackerspace.pl
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...and you're wasting even more of your life posting about your regrets at the Nazi bar. Still, they probably need to hear it most. Points for partial awakening. Hey, at least you made good money doing it, right?

"I wasted 8 years of my life in crypto"

"Over time however, I felt like I have […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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q for indie Game Code Touchers: what do you do for source control? (i would ideally like something thats free and doesn't involve self hosting cause this game's gonna make negative money in all likelihood)
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Can it be Europe or Asia's turn for a "Polar Vortex" sometimes? I'm really tired of all these damn super cold snaps before it's even winter yet.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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okay so like a month ago @trashpanda sent me one of those 'spycam finder' doodads that you see going for like 80-100 dollars online that supposedly 'find spy cameras and gps trackers'. I've always been curious if they actually work or whats inside. So I just […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by viq
Nowy wpis na blogu!

Dzisiaj o tym jak mój serwer zachorował na crypto minera, jak go ratowałem, co zrobiłem źle i co muszę poprawić w przyszłości.

https://stfn.pl/blog/88-i-got-hacked/
I got hacked, and that has uncovered all the things I've been doing wrong
A vulnerability in a docker container caused my VPS to catch a bug
stfn.pl
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Well, that's interesting. Out of 4 UART bridges I tried (one of them flipper), only one managed to successfully, repeatedly dump firmware off of the ESP32 in this humidifier.
Now that I be have that, time to figure out how to get esphome to compile replacement firmware for it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Reposted by viq
ignore the news.
make tiny spanikopita hand pies!
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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WaPo: Washington Post
This man carries shelter dogs to help get them adopted

"Bryan Reisberg spends one day a week taking shelter dogs out of their kennels. He puts them in a backpack that says "adopt me" and shows them around New York..." […]

[Original post on ai6yr.org]
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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I don't remember where I found this, but it still makes me laugh every time.

#dadjokes
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I like #newsblur interface, and I host it myself, but, uh...

(Sorry for multiple posts, I was trying and failing to quote that post)

https://mastodon.social/@newsblur/115669720826561260
NewsBlur (@newsblur@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image New Ask AI feature just dropped on a Friday afternoon. It'll change your relationship to what you read. Only available to Premium Archive ($99/year) users. If all goes well, I'll open it up to premium users for demoing in a couple weeks.
mastodon.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I like #newsblur interface, and I host it myself, but, uh...

(Sorry for multiple posts, I was trying and failing to quote that post)

https://mastodon.social/@newsblur/115669720826561260
NewsBlur (@newsblur@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image New Ask AI feature just dropped on a Friday afternoon. It'll change your relationship to what you read. Only available to Premium Archive ($99/year) users. If all goes well, I'll open it up to premium users for demoing in a couple weeks.
mastodon.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Rabbit hole status: ergonomic split keyboards
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
[What kind of exercise is chasing livestock along the pastures?]

Cowdio.
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reposted by viq
running adblocking at the network layer is now a solid methodology to prevent corporate, enterprise-grade spyware from Intellexa called 'predator' for landing on phones.

adblocking is now antivrus too […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposted by viq
AI Warning: Google has been caught A/B testing replacing real article headlines with AI-generated substitutes, which are of course sometimes wildly misleading/against journalistic ethics. If you see a blatantly horrible headline in a news aggregator, check whether the site's own page matches […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
[mh-, grumbling at healthcare system]

2 chronic conditions.
And mental state that makes planning, organizing things *HARD*. Like, I've gotten up over 4h ago and I still didn't eat anything because I got stuck looking at things, where there's a ready meal waiting in fridge.

So, with the above […]
Original post on social.hackerspace.pl
social.hackerspace.pl
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Jeff Geerling, the affable and adorkable raspberry pi guy, was a misogynistic forced-birth tradcath extremist from at least 2009 to 2013, and as far as I know, still is today. Do not link to him and do not support his work. This is a matter of record on his own website […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM