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mikey

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Husband. Father. InfoSec and IT Nerd. #FoD. Star Trek geek. Guy who mostly worries about stuff but expresses it as bad jokes. My views are my own and probably not indicative of much.
#InfoSec #Cybersecurity #Security #PCI #IT #StarTrek #GreatestTrek #GreatestGen #Atheist #SecularHumanist #Humanist #DoctorWho #MST3K

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forgottrek, to DoctorWho
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#DoctorWho #boom was awesome. Best episode since Wild Blue Yonder, probably better but I need to re-watch

mikey,
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@forgottrek It was fun that they called back the Catholic Marines. I had forgotten about them, it had been so long since wee saw them last.

I also enjoyed the crux of the plot, which I won't spoil since I didn't CW this.

NickGates, to random
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I haven't posted much lately, but, in my defense, I'm very very tired

mikey,
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@Bridgemakes @NickGates Right there with you. Life has a way of demanding all your attention.

42402dot7, to random
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Does anybody (eg @GreatestTrek) know if Ben and Adam will watch ENT's Broken Bow as one episode or (snickers) broken apart into two?

(I have it as two eps recorded and that means I would have to skip the damn song twice... )

mikey,
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@42402dot7 @GreatestTrek I haven't heard anything but I would lay odds based on past EPs that they do the whole thing in one go. Maybe we'll get clarification before you have to hear long road twice...

kmmfoo, to random
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EXCELLENT RE-POD: just watched the streaming #syboktacular— it wasn’t the same as the boston show i attended, but was excellent in its own unique la-specific way.

bring on #phaseTwo !
#GreatestTrek

mikey,
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@howiecohen @kmmfoo But if phase II ends with someone passing out glasses of yellow colored kool aid, I might have to take a pass.

shawnhooper, to opensource
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Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.

https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code


mikey,
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@shawnhooper Well that really whips the llama's ...

virtualbri, (edited ) to random
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https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/star-trek/107247/Star-Trek-Tricorder-2260s-BlueBrixx-Pro

Woah, how cool is this BlueBrixx TOS tricorder?

#StarTrek

mikey,
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@virtualbri This is what they should have done with Lego over here... They have all kinds of cool sets over there...

mikey,
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@Painter_Local @virtualbri I've been tempted to order some to ship over to the states. It always seemed like with shipping it made more sense to get all the sets I'd want at once. Never got myself to push the buy button.

mikey,
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@Taotica @virtualbri @Painter_Local I can't say I've done it enough to be certain. The few times I've purchased things from the EU the biggest hit usually was in shipping. Its not terrible, but when you're buying small items it can easily be as much as the item itself.

NickGates, to random
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Okay look every parent thinks their kid is the smartest and best looking kid, but in my case it's true

mikey,
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@NickGates Hey, happy birthday litte guy!

howiecohen, to random
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My inbox message has a handy countdown for me.

mikey,
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@howiecohen Feels so much closer...

howiecohen, to StarTrek
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Which Star Trek parenting style are you today? :tng_badge: :picardfacepalm:

mikey,
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@howiecohen Going with #8 Kids are off doing crazy sh*t and I'm trying to pretend I've got my act together.

forgottrek, to DoctorWho
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was amazing, I thought was alright but not my thing.

mikey,
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@forgottrek They are definitely taking this season in a new direction. It's interesting. A bit odd.

mikey,
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@forgottrek Yeah. I am looking forward to seeing where they take this. It is just a very different feel. It's like driving a new car and you kinda know how, but it feels like nothing is quite the same, and you gotta get used to how it handles and where everything is.

night_chrono, to random
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I recently switched from Verizon to AT&T for my cell service. I already had AT&T fiber at my house so the bundle became a much better deal. I upgraded to a pixel 8 pro through ATT, and my brother who is on my plan kept his pixel 7a running lineage OS 21. Standing next to each other in our house I get 300 down and 5 up, and he gets symmetrical 300 Mbps over 5g. This is just using the speedtest.net app. I assume AT&T is doing some kind of throttling, but this implies it happens on the phone. (1/2)

mikey,
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@night_chrono Have you looked to see if the APNs are the same on both? I'm curious if the set some differently on the phone form the provider.

Bridgemakes, to random
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Listening to co-workers complaining about how their garden is too big and that it takes too long to do the gardening.

Other co-workers talking about multiple foreign holidays they take.

Meanwhile I'm trying to decide if I can afford a large pizza tonight.

Btw, some of these co-workers are the ones who told me they take the good food from the donation box and replace it with smaller cheaper stuff.

mikey,
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@Bridgemakes Are we allowed to fire your coworkers? I'm not sure how international law works.

NickGates, to random
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Always sharing these two best pictures of my wife when I find them

A person wearing a horse mask in American Science And Surplus

mikey,
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@NickGates I'm sure she appreciates the image you have portrayed of her in the fediverse.

Or she will hate you for it when she finds out.

Bridgemakes, to random
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Just watched Wayne's World and my Q I forgot how good that movie is. It's also connected to so many childhood memories of making skate videos with my friends.

I just wish I didn't have work in the morning so I could watch Wayne's World 2.

mikey,
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@Bridgemakes I can't count the number of times I quote that movie, and nobody around me has any idea what I'm talking about.

Much like my MST3K quotes.

mikey, (edited ) to random
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Okay, who was the #FriendsOfDeSoto 's #EdwardLarkin for this week's episode of #GreatestTrek

Pick one or comment below to add your own.

Kaiyalai, to random
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Squeak?

mikey,
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@Kaiyalai Indeed

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr I live in Ohio.
Pros:
I like that we get a nice mix of weather, without the most dangerous extremes. Yes we get some cold, and storms but rarely anything that destroys a city.
Also cost of living is decently low.

Cons:
State has gone from swing to red over the course of my life. I know plenty of progressive minded people, but increasingly this feels like the wrong state for us.

Low cost of living is tied to a lot economic depression, caused by labor market shifts.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr Oh absolutely it does. Ohio is as it always has been a deep purple state. The problems are a combination of the gerrymandering, a lock on the government, deeply conservative policies, and a resulting flight of progressive people and those oppressed by those policies, causing the state to turn more red.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr For reference, my US House representative is Joyce, a Republican. If you look at his district its very carefully drawn to avoid the only large cities in the entire region...

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Can you buy old aircraft carriers

mikey,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 I suspect the answer is no. Especially given most run on fission reactors, and the major powers are not quick to hand those out to people.

mikey, to random
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Hard to believe its been 4 years since we were headed into the hospital, in the height of the COVID lockdown, with snow on the ground because Ohio gotta Ohio... And yet here were are.

howiecohen, to random
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They call me Junior's worm Good morning, how are you? I'm Junior's worm I'm interested in brains I'm not a real Junior but I am a real worm I am an actual worm I eat brains like a worm

mikey,
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@howiecohen I haven't had time yet, but I just know there's a good nubbin bugs meme to be made our of this situation. I just need the right clip, and enough time to sit with it....

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