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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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randahl, to random
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Journalist @dangillmor, who used to have 43,500 followers at The Dead Bird's Graveyard, is now on Mastodon, where he is followed by 31,000.

I have an idea: Let's beat his follower count at the old place!

Please boost. 🚀

mikey,
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@randahl On the Ukraine note if you aren't following @kevinrothrock and @timkmak I highly recommend them.

RickiTarr, to random
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It insane to me how often women are not given pain management for gynecological procedures, because many many years ago a male doctor who's never had a vagina, cervix, or uterus decided that there weren't enough nerve endings up there to hurt significantly. I think it's time to put this fallacy to bed. It most definitely does hurt, and people who have literally no experience with female equipment don't get to decide this for me. Trust me docs, you don't want to taste your own medicine on this.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr It's pretty horrifying that white male doctors have spent the last few centuries just looking at women and BIPOC people in general and arbitrarily deciding " yeah I'm pretty sure they don't feel pain" all screams to the contrary...

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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This is probably my worst poll, but I'm curious, for science:

I have/had:

mikey,
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@RickiTarr Almost feel like I need multiple choice. My parents decidedly had no business being parents. I often say they would never have gotten to be parents if merit was a requirement. I feel like they did try in their own ways, they weren't malicious, but oof...

RickiTarr, to random
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Me: I need to buy some practical shoes.

Also Me:

mikey,
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@RickiTarr 10/10 No Notes

RickiTarr, to random
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This was a fun one, so let's do it again. What is something you've learned that seems unlikely, even though you know it's true? Here's one I think about a lot:

Sight, while being something something many people are born with, is not an innate ability, but something we learn to do. People who were born blind or were blind for a long time, who get sight, have to learn to see.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr I've got a few. They keep surfacing as my son asks questions. Here's one:
Below a certain size things don't have colors. Colored light has wave lengths and if you are too small to absorb or reflect it then you can't be "seen" in color in the traditional sense.

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 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...

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.

RickiTarr, to random
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Why do you think so many people are obsessed with murder?

mikey,
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@RickiTarr I honestly think it's an extension of our self preservation instinct. In some remote way we think we can side step death by learning it's tricks.

TonyStark, to random
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Something I truly do not get is the Republican anti-immigrant stance. I mean, I get it as far as what they’re going for, but it’s wrong morally, historically, and economically if you want to be practical. They have so many bizarre stances but the demonization of immigrants is really fucked up.

mikey,
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@TonyStark They need a scape goat to blame for the negative effects of all their other policies. Inflaming racism and ethno nationalism redirects attention from their fundamentally unlikable policies

RickiTarr, to random
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They say If a writer falls in love with you, you'll live forever, but what if you break their heart?

mikey,
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@RickiTarr Then you become an immortal villain.

mikey, (edited ) to random
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Okay, who was the 's for this week's episode of ?

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mikey, (edited ) to StarTrek
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@GreatestTrek shared this in the Maron open today, and @BenjaminAhr has posted too, but I wanted to make sure this was on the local FoD timeline. I hope the and all fans of will help in supporting the actions of the striking entertainment community

http://www.friendsofdesotoforlabor.com

mikey, (edited ) to random
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atomicpoet, to random
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I guess Facebook has become MySpace but with AI.

https://youtu.be/IXDjbqiThuk

mikey,
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@atomicpoet @404mediaco has been covering this in a number of articles:
https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-spam-isnt-the-dead-internet-its-the-zombie-internet/

mikey, (edited ) to random
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Special Edition: Poll:

Who was the 's for the Streaming ?

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conansysadmin, to Cybersecurity
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Passwords and secret signs are crucial defenses. Craft good ones, and use them well. https://cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurity/basics/04-passwords.html?s=mc

mikey,
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@conansysadmin Sliding in to drop my favorite password manager that no one talks about:

https://passwordmaker.org/Introduction

mikey, (edited ) to random
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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, (edited ) to random
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mikey, to random
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I'm just a man. Standing in front of literally every US bank. Begging them to offer something other than SMS for MFA...

mikey, (edited ) to random
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minnfinn, to random
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Notes from today:

  • apparently, Raktajino is the same as egg coffee
  • mini lemon meringue pies are delicious
  • it’s marvelous to have friends who will dress up fancy to attend a birthday tea, and bring music and extra sparkly jewelry to share.

An Earl Grey tea cake, topped with poached figs and confectioners sugar
A pan full of mini lemon meringue pies.

mikey, (edited )
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@minnfinn Ah! Well then Happy Birthday @minnfinn !

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