Riding the gravel trail along the river, I look over and see a boat just pulling away from me. I pedal faster, feeling like Maverick as I race to keep up.

And then quickly felt like Topper as I hit a hole and almost fell over.

@Beanc
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'tis the season

Oh no! I broke my favorite fidget! 😢

🔖 Privacy Is Not Just About You | Mojeek Blog

"At the end of the day, for privacy to truly be effective it has to be normalised. We need to think beyond your privacy and my privacy, and consider our privacy. Ours at scale; at a scale where digital surveillance is no longer considered the norm in society."

https://blog.mojeek.com/2024/10/privacy-is-not-just-about-you.html

@redenigma I'm 40ish, never been diagnosed with any ND stuff, and still struggle to focus and/or think when not doing something with my hands.

Inside a Firewall Vendor's 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

Sophos went so far as to plant surveillance “implants” on its own devices to catch the hackers at work—and in doing so, revealed a glimpse into China's R&D pipeline of intrusion techniques.

https://www.wired.com/story/sophos-chengdu-china-five-year-hacker-war/

#InfoSec #Security

I've been printing a lot of fidget toys lately, and may have just landed on my new favorite. It makes me think of the addictive sensation of flipping a zippo lid open and closed *without* making my hand smell like lighter fluid.

https://makerworld.com/models/534788

Plus it's pretty quiet which I'm sure my coworkers will appreciate.

#3dPrinting

🔖 delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)

This post describes a pretty devious tactic: spoofing the source IP of mass internet scans to try and generate abuse reports against your targets.

https://delroth.net/posts/spoofed-mass-scan-abuse/

@corlin @Dane Yeah the affiliation with a crypto project is a big turn off for me.

I found a friend in the stairwell at work.

🗒 Fixed my Chromecast remote

I got fed up with a touchy remote button, so I fixed it.

https://srsbsns.lol/fixed-my-chromecast-remote/

@NiveusLepus And straight on til morning!

🗒 This Week (2024-10-27)

Just time for a quick recap of the week - cycling, cooking, plumbing, celebrating, hardening, migrating, and more.

https://srsbsns.lol/this-week-2024-10-27/

@NiveusLepus Just wait until you see the size of the club!

@FireMonkey Nice!

What language(s)?

I started out with German and then added Esperanto earlier this year.

Pippin is celebrating his eleventh birthday today 🎂

(Okay, well we're celebrating - he's tolerating 😁)

#DogsOfCoSo

Oh hey, that's a nice round milestone: a 1500 day streak in Duolingo!