I think we in the US have to stop talking about elections as won or lost.
One is elected to _serve_ the public interest.
I understand the reality of course but change the language and rest can follow.

@Alfred Why is Frito Lay calling me

Tik tok and Universal music group want to fight I say let 'em.

#popcorn🍿

Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation

"That technique spread the second stage using a text file that browsers and normal text editors showed to be blank.

Opening the same file in a hex editor—a tool for analyzing and forensically investigating binary files—showed that a combination of tabs, spaces, and new lines were arranged in a way that encoded executable code"

I hate it.
#security

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/ars-technica-used-in-malware-campaign-with-never-before-seen-obfuscation/

@Alfred is it possible to accidentally include a unicode character in a routing table?

Windows 3.11 in the wild, somebody get a net!

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system

@Alfred what should I carefully avoid doing if I want to avoid screwing up DNS in such a way as to disrupt internet access for an entire country TLD - like .ru, for example?

laptop won't allow the mandatory data security training site to load. 😂 Setting up a VM to use and then delete.

You know what we urgently need?
Generative AI for Cobol. Wait stop laughing hear me out

(srsly it could be good)
#llm #dev #cobol
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx-code-assistant-4z/1.0?topic=transform-transforming-cobol-java-by-using-generative-ai

/nosanitize

@Alfred what is the regex to match the word "poop", case insensitive

He was probably high.

"And then Elon Musk weighed in with “Support the Internet Archive!”"

#internetArchive
https://blog.archive.org/2024/01/11/mickey-mouse-elon-musk-boost-libraries-in-viral-week/

I heart Nokia so much, even in their diminished state. Go go flip phones.

"Venture into the Digital Detox experience to unlock a world of genuine connections."

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/feature-phones

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@Alfred don't sweat it buddy I got you

@Alfred create a stained glass narwhale viewed straight on

RIP Melanie

Animal Crackers
#cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1uSxq-M-M

#Ukraine Then: Imagine Dragons - Our video for Crushed, filmed on the front lines of Ukraine, follows Sasha, a young boy who endured months of shelling in his town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSav7HayxtI

Now: Ty Arnold personally handed over the keys to this wonderful, spacious and gorgeous house to Sasha and his mother
https://u24.gov.ua/news/newhomeforSashko

Tomorrow: The history professor is raising funds towards a situational alert system for Ukraine’s Air Defence Forces. https://u24.gov.ua/safeskies

2017-2019 OIG's investigation: pharmacy let White House staff pick up over-the-counter drugs from open bins, in violation of Navy medical regulations. It didn't dispose of controlled substances properly, increasing the risk of diversion. Staff provided prescriptions without verifying patients' identities, and provided prescriptions to people who were ineligible for care.
#politics #news
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-white-house-has-its-own-pharmacy-and-boy-was-it-shady-under-trump/