I really enjoyed this quest to recreate Archie, the search engine before the invention of the World Wide Web. Archie, Gopher and WAIS were essential tools in the early internet but pre-web days.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/archie-the-internets-first-search-engine-is-rescued-and-running/
#computerhistory

When you entrust everything to Google cloud services, you'd better have a backup with another provider or on-premises. Google deleted all the acoount info in multiple regions for a large Australian pension fund.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-cloud-accidentally-nukes-customer-account-causes-two-weeks-of-downtime/
#Google #cloud #backup

A story of past poor security practices and a corporate unwillingness to acknowledge the shockingly insecure software.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/how-i-upgraded-my-water-heater-and-discovered-how-bad-smart-home-security-can-be/
#iot #CoSoSec

How search results have been polluted by crap code generated by #AI. Code is easier to check than other material, so assume more and more of what you read is garbage.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/01/pulumi_ai_pollution_of_search/

@TrueBloodNet @MLClark It has become AdTube.

@NaomiSkarzinski I wonder how they will deal with people wearing masks while spray-painting fence, sand-blasting the exterior of a building, or applying poisonous herbicides or insecticides on public lands.

@BosmangBeratna @AskTheDevil @MLClark @corlin @LaurelGreen @ceorl @redenigma @NiveusLepus
My father edited an in-house magazine. In the '60s he used to bring the Letraset catalogs home and I spent endless hours examining each typeface. I loved listening to his explanations of why he chose particular typefaces and point sizes.

@cmajuscula Here's a portent of what awaits those raw milk fans.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/concerning-spread-of-bird-flu-from-cows-to-cats-suspected-in-texas/

@cmajuscula They are, in effect, performing Gain of Function experiments outside of a BSL4 lab.

I haven't seen this particular phishing approach before.
I examined the attachment with VScode. The "contract" is a large, base64-encoded image. There are no scripts. The only function of the email is to trick you into supplying your Microsoft credentials.

Danielle Ponder - Roll The Credits (Live)
https://youtu.be/YodlhLHOKY4?si=akPOFsozZYUYhYOt
/nosanitize
#CoSoMusic

Pub Choir (1200 strangers) singing Natalie Imbruglia's Torn.
https://youtu.be/DYiNic4aGqs?si=D37ucySuZcey1EVG
/nosanitize
#CoSoMusic #feelgood

@gemswinc SOrry about the typo in the first word! => Brothers

@InUnfunky It was a lovely night for a run in Marlborough, MA.

Borther Aryeh and Gil Gat perform their outstanding cover of Sultans of Swing.
https://youtu.be/6OqSvtz16O4?si=6M--vxhw95tY4BJe
/nosanitize
#CoSoMusic

@Lucky188 @redenigma
Every middleman who adds friction in our society contributes to GDP. In poor countries, non-market transactions (e.g. bartering labor for food) are excluded from GDP.

I watched the movie Dark Waters tonight in Netflix. It's the origin story of forever chemicals and the dirty deeds of Dupont and 3M in suppressing the information about the health risks. It's a must-see to understand how so many dangerous chemicals are unregulated.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/?ref_=ext_shr
/nosanitize
#CoSoMovies

@Tarnagh Here's more info from SpaceWeatherLive.com.