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simplenomad

@simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org

Long time #Hacker type. #Hippie and I care about the #planet, ask me about #solarpower and #EV.

RemoteWork since 1999, you know, since last century.

Been here since April 2022 and on this instance since Nov 2022.

Work is :gitlab: #GitLab. Former ghost hunter and storm chaser. Survivor of #cancer and a #widower. Links in the About. He/Him.

#Infosec #hacker

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mattferrell, to solar
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/m0GfWX5sT4o Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/ce9cce2d Sean and I talk about whether or not the distrust in sustainable tech, like home solar panels, is based on fact or fiction.

simplenomad,
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@mattferrell Let Sean know since he referenced a human ear growing on a rat I was 1) immediately reminded of a character Ear Man from the David Cronenberg film “Crimes of the Future” (I did not see it, just saw stills from the movie), and 2) also immediately kept mentally seeing Sean as Ear Man trying to do the podcast. Very distracting, I kept giggling like an 11 year old. Otherwise, great podcast.

For reference: https://www.gq.com/story/ear-man-crimes-of-the-future

simplenomad, to tea
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I might have enough tea to get me through the morning.

simplenomad, to infosec
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I sort of have opinions about TikTok and the ban, but not like everyone else...

https://www.markloveless.net/blog/2024/4/25/the-tiktok-implications

simplenomad, to random
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Across the street from the car dealership where I’m currently at is this fine establishment.

simplenomad, to infosec
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Question for #infosec fam and friends. I am looking at replacing my old Sony "smart" TV with something less "phone home" and less broken from a software standpoint. Something that doesn't require its own VLAN and is the number one blocked device by PiHole in the house. I'm considering something using Linux, something using a Mac, or an Apple TV+ (for ease-of-use interface). Any thoughts, advice, or "if I could do it over" stories are welcome.

As an FYI, the old television's app system is increasingly buggy, especially after upgrades to the Android OS and/or individual streaming apps, to the point of madness.

#smarthome #smarttv #television #streaming #security

simplenomad, to tech
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If you're looking for a way to irritate other , particularly nerds, just say "What's the big deal about Al? Always in the headlines, who's Al anyway?" And don't say as in "ai" say Al like "Al Capone".

simplenomad,
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@WagesOf Shit. Guess what song is now stuck in my head?

mattferrell, to solar
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Did I get ripped off and scammed with my solar?

Check out our video on it, here: https://youtu.be/BD7aCkLwR7U

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/top-5-reasons-were-getting-ripped-off-with-solar-or-are-we/

#Solar #Undecidedmf

simplenomad,
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@mattferrell Yeah I caught a lot of this shit online from my blog post series on getting panels and batteries. Assuming the annual cost of electricity is the same as 2017 when I got the first "wave" done, with wave two and three done in 2019 and 2022 respectively, it will all be paid for in electric bill savings in about 2030. However since rates have slowly increased, that will be actually 2026.

Works fine on cloudy and winter days, can charge my EV for free, and my neighbors in this working class neighborhood are getting solar, despite the "cost".

Plus if the zombie apocalypse happens and the zombies attack the grid itself, I'll still be up and op, probably bitching online about zombies.

#solar #solarpunk #solarenergy

simplenomad,
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@adrianthorne @mattferrell Everyone knows that on a strict diet of human brains it just results in a lot of methane expulsion…

simplenomad, to ghost
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When I first heard #Ghost was working on integrating with #ActivityPub I naturally assumed it was the band Ghost. Just me? Still cool news.

https://activitypub.ghost.org/

simplenomad, to SmartHome
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After over 11cm (about 4.34 inches) of rain yesterday, area flooding in lower parts of the city, causing a few isolated and hard-to-repair-quickly power outages to small pockets of residents and businesses. There were a few "glitches" as power was re-routed to help restore things. Long story short, three power outages since yesterday afternoon, two of them overnight, and I only know this because my #smarthome told me so via alerts. Fortunately with the batteries only the non-critical-load circuits were down briefly. Weird seeing all the neighbors' lights go off on the outside cameras, then come back on.

So glad to have #solar and #batteries to keep things up and op as the #weather gets increasingly intense each season.

#solarpunk #climate

simplenomad, to random
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In case you were wondering, FISA was a response to various federal agencies violating the privacy of citizens during the Nixon administration, and signed into law by Carter. After 9/11, Bush administration modified it. It’s a mess IMNSHO. Various agencies and administrations have found ways to repeatedly abuse it, I suspect this will continue to be the case.

https://mastodon.social/

simplenomad, to random
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The good news about AI is the attention to its potential, which BTW has been there for years if not really decades. The bad news is that everyone assumes the LLM approach is the universal way to go. LLMs can serve a purpose in specific use cases quite well but certainly in not all the ways the people hyping it are.

I think once we get back to specific models for specific tasks, like we were doing previously before LLMs came along and began being “startup funded”, we will truly start seeing the real benefits.

And yes, we’ve all been using those limited AI/ML setups in tech for ages, we should just set up better models for those use cases and things could get REALLY cool.

simplenomad, to Dog
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"It stopped raining!"

Thunderstorms and in general just constant rain for today, but in the middle of morning yoga there was a short window for the rain-averse to get in short walk. We got about a 1/4 mile in, not much but enough to motivate a ceremonial dump on a neighbor's lawn that I bagged up (and no, dark-humored smartass, it was a dog dump not a people one).

For the nerds, nothing of note from this area in Texas, mainly just rain.

simplenomad, (edited )
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Interestingly, with the rolling thunder, the #dog is in "guard mode". This is typically done during #yoga in that she keeps going back and forth between myself and the front door or myself and the back door, sitting alert with ears up to protect me. She's doing this now with the thunder. Yes, she is only a chiweenie, but she's fierce and will fight the #weather if need be.

idoubtit, to random
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I'm really irritated with Google and want to get rid of my Gmail but this will not be easy. I have lots of saved emails. Not sure what to do with it all. Any suggestions?

simplenomad,
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@idoubtit I simply run my own mail server, but I don't recommend that to most people except complete geek nerd deluxe types. But a number of friends state proton mail is good, and they have tools to assist in mail transfer.

simplenomad,
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@paul @idoubtit Yes, I've run the main domain for personal mail for myself and several others since 1997. Things were harder back then, but even with DMARC, DKIM, SPF, SMTPS, using IMAPS, VPNs, and managing it things have gotten easier over the years as technology and options have improved.

djbender, to random
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Whelp, I've been laid off. Looking for work with Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Docker, Nix, and a whole host of other specialties!

simplenomad,
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@djbender Check here: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/all-jobs/#engineering

simplenomad, to random
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Wondering out loud, to no one in particular. Has there ever been a multi-millionaire (or billionaire) that told their accountants "No. I think I need to pay my fair share of taxes to help fund all of the projects my country deems important."?

Somehow I think not.

And in this thought exercise, charity donations don't count, as they are typically tax write-offs as far as those rich folks' accountants go. Yes we need those donations too, but yeah, just wondering out loud....

simplenomad, to random
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A sad day yes. Not because it is but because it is here in the USA.

simplenomad,
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@Magooish Agreed. I certainly do not mind that there are those that make less than me that pay far less or none, but it saddens me that there is a group of people that make a lot more than all of us that are paying none. If they paid, it could definitely enhance society, and would help neighbors and communities much more.

simplenomad,
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@fdboer There are those that make far more than I that pay zero. I don't mind paying, I just wish the wealthy would pay their fair share.

simplenomad,
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@fdboer As soon as I am rich, I will 😉

simplenomad, to random
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There was a guy handing out flyers re: “Stop Illegals” at the Chipotle the other day. Tried to talk to me as I held the door for someone else, so I responded to him.

“Maybe if we fixed climate change, their lands might be more tolerable, farmable, and they wouldn’t have droughts.”

No, it was an incorrect or at least an incomplete solution, and I’m certainly not against immigration, but wow it was like I slapped him in the face. Not a word in response, just a blank stare. As I left he was still going on, but a LOT less enthusiastic, and he completely paused, stared, and didn’t speak as I headed to my car.

simplenomad, to security
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My employer #GitLab is hiring, specifically in the Security division. Security Identity Management is the area, so if you're into #Security and #IAM and you're qualified, apply. If not, a few other positions are available, feel free to poke around. Fully remote. I'm not shopping for a referral, I'm shopping for a work colleague, so apply!

#FediHire #infosec

https://boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/7294564002

simplenomad,
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@claushoumann The all-remote-personnel cloud version, yes. We do follow the sun as well so some roles are geographically spread out.

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