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BradRubenstein

@BradRubenstein@infosec.exchange

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like bananas.
🦥🏳️‍🌈:donor:

Tech Project Therapist (moderately retired)
#ProjectManagement #FinTech #OrganizationalBehavior #Finance

My friend Adam and I wrote a contrarian how-to book, Risk Up Front, distilling decades of our experience running projects and project teams (link in profile).

Also:
#theater toots, bad #puns, #language hacks.
Disclaimers:
Boosts ≠ endorsement. Toots ≠ truths.

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BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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Good Lord.

Every WiFi network access point that has ever been in range of an iPhone has its network name (SSID) and GPS location (taken from the iPhone) stored and used by Apple.

Apple introduced a way to opt out in March 2024 - you must append the string "_nomap" to your SSID.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/why-your-wi-fi-router-doubles-as-an-apple-airtag/

(h/t @briankrebs )

BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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Is there an issue with the search index on infosec.exchange?

When I search for

from:@fossdev@fosstodon.org<br></br>

I see no results, even though they've been tooting up a storm.

When I search for

from:@timkmak@journa.host<br></br>

The latest post I see is from 2023-12-26, though I see his toots on infosec.exchange daily.

Or am I just misunderstanding how indexing/searching works?

cc/ @jerry

Screenshot of search: from:@timkmak showing the first post in the search results from 16 December 2023

BradRubenstein OP ,
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Merci, @jerry

jerry , to Random stuff
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Experimenting….

BradRubenstein ,
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We all know the other flowers are in the dressing room half-naked getting high and dissing the photographer.

@jerry

BradRubenstein , to History
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Author Ginger Strand (who is doing an advent calendar of irreverent essays about each U.S. president) strikes hard currency with 19: Rutherford B. Hayes.

https://gingerstrand.substack.com/p/19-rutherford-b-hayes

Enjoy!

@histodons

hacks4pancakes , to Random stuff
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The strangest thing you can barely if ever buy on Amazon is usb wall worts for other countries. There are 1 million giant klunky converters with outlets, but not just a cheap usb wall plug for your phone or GAN for your usb-c laptop. With how much stuff is just USB today, that's absolutely wild.

BradRubenstein ,
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Apropos nothing: When visiting a foreign land, I believe the ability to ask a bartender, "Can you please charge my phone while I'm enjoying this cocktail." is the first local-language phrase to learn.

@hacks4pancakes

hacks4pancakes , (edited ) to Random stuff
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Inspector just came to my house and told me not to plug normal household stuff into the new 14-50 NEMA outlet and I have a lot of questions boy I tell you

BradRubenstein ,
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Today in "Behind every warning label there's a story."

@hacks4pancakes

BradRubenstein , to languagelovers group
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If you're interested in languages, and not (too) familiar with Thai, check out this tight 1-page description in the Script Overview of the latest draft notes of Thai Layout Requirements from W3C, and blow your mind. 🤯

Thai orthography is the string theory of notation systems — many dimensions, tightly coiled.

@languagelovers

BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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I saw these unusual multicolor images posted on walls that look sort of like qr codes all over the Barcelona subway system, and learned that they are NaviLens codes that provide accessibility for folks with vision impairments.

They're getting a lot of uptake on public transport in the U.S., Europe and UK. They're also used on product packaging in grocery stores. The MTA in New York City is starting to roll them out.

If you notice them in your neighborhood, download the app and give it a try. It's amazingly cool.

https://www.navilens.com/en/

briankrebs , to Random stuff
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Scenario: The (non chaotic evil) sysadmins of the world band together to go on strike. What's on their list of demands?

*Correct answers optional.

BradRubenstein ,
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Scenario: The (non chaotic evil) sysadmins of the world band together to go on strike. What's on their list of demands?

  • Systems will only be administered M-Th.
  • Veto rights over system design changes that we deem (in our sole discretion) unadministerable.
  • Satish in Bengaluru gets to fly quarterly to the U.S. to meet with the rest of the sysadmin team. Business class.

@briankrebs

bibliolater , to History
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How Cambridge bred eugenics

"The term “eugenics” (from the Greek for ‘well born’) was birthed here in Cambridge by Trinity’s own Francis Galton in 1883. Galton was inspired by his cousin Charles Darwin and adapted the idea of natural selection to presuppose that the survival of the fittest had been distorted by social welfare policies."

https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/27401

@histodon @histodons

BradRubenstein ,
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Over all, powerful people's particular, contingent notions of what is "fittest" are so strange.

@TimWardCam @bibliolater @histodon @histodons

BradRubenstein ,
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Yeah, but folks use the "laws of nature" routinely to license bad behavior. Not the thing, but the trope.

@TimWardCam @bibliolater @histodon @histodons

BradRubenstein , to languagelovers group
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The language I love is a game.

A beautiful paean to a language of ones own. By Ana Schnabl.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/language-speak-big-slovene-english-german

@languagelovers

BradRubenstein , to languagelovers group
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The language I love is a game.

A beautiful paean to a language of ones own.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/language-speak-big-slovene-english-german

@languagelovers

BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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The language I love is a game.

An ode to a language of ones own.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/language-speak-big-slovene-english-german

BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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Inimitable @pluralistic :

A corporation is an immortal, transhuman colony organism that uses us as inconvenient gut-flora: no matter how much you love it, it will never love you back.

malwaretech , to Random stuff
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    BradRubenstein ,
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    "Gee, you're ID smells terrific."

    @malwaretech

    RenataFernandes , to Random stuff
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    Hello Fediverse. This is my . I'm an audiovisual and editorial looking to connect with fellow and lovers to exchange ideas on: why languages are great, why translation is amazing, and how we can navigate the industry now AI is becoming more and more impactful.

    BradRubenstein ,
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    I'm an audiovisual and editorial looking to connect with fellow and lovers

    @languagelovers

    quinn , to Random stuff
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    Basically when the Gaza war stops, Bibi gets voted out, prosecuted, and goes to prison. He's spent years doing deals to stay in power and defer the cases against him. He was always genocidal, sure, but now he's motivated.

    My unpopular and slightly weird position is none of this would be happening if Israel had a written constitution, and they don't because they had no way to talk about the Nakba in legal language.

    BradRubenstein ,
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    I was thinking that, although the U.S. has a constitution, its attempts at talking about its (native american) Nakba in legal language have also been pretty broken.

    I'm reading the recently released "The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance" by Rebecca Clarren (disclaimer: a distant cousin), and thinking about our own Jewish ancestors involvement in that other Nakba.

    @quinn

    BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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    Bulgaria and Romania are in, partially.

    The Schengen zone now has 29 members – 25 of the 27 European Union member states as well as Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

    https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/31/romania-and-bulgaria-partly-join-schengen-area-after-thirteen-year-long-wait

    adamshostack , to Random stuff
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    This morning I saw a post about another trojan (not xz) that was embedded, had obfuscated strings and now I can't find it.

    It was the classic "screenshot of text" rather than text, so searching isn't helping. If you saw it and can point me at it I'd be appreciative.

    BradRubenstein ,
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    @adamshostack This one?

    https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112184645230558304

    mattblaze , to Photography
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    Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (and Neighbors), NYC, 2017.

    Luxurious, if somewhat ostentatious, pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32609074081

    BradRubenstein ,
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    I love the contrast of the sharp edges against the cottony backdrop in this one.

    I also like the slightly sepia silver cast overall (at least that's how it looks on my monitor) - is that from the lighting, the camera, or post?

    @mattblaze

    BradRubenstein , to histodons group
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    A fun substack on U.S. presidential history, by Ginger Strand - a president per day.

    TOTUS POTUS

    "A marathon romp through all the Presidents, just in time for election 2024"

    @histodons

    lowqualityfacts , to Random stuff
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    We made a comic about fun facts.

    BradRubenstein ,
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    Fun fact: The size of the U.S. incarcerated population is over 3 times the total population of Greenland and Iceland combined.

    😃

    @lowqualityfacts

    rodhilton , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    Gonna start playing the "Heartbeat Theme" from Killers of the Flower Moon on my phone whenever I bring my wife things so she thinks I'm trying to poison her.

    https://open.spotify.com/track/0g6278gomIurDYvJ2aq3nC?si=cee3272be17c4deb

    BradRubenstein ,
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    Also try some chrysanthemum tea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qEp5pEp-fI

    @rodhilton

    BradRubenstein , to Art
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    Hey ho! My friend Steven Damron just released his debut novel, Dear Mustafa, on Jan 1.

    I found it to be quite a good read, with lots of twists, the events bouncing between '80s San Francisco and '00s New York. It's about activism, art, friendship, mystery, technology, and love. The characters are quirky.

    If you are a librarian or are in a book club that might want to get it, let me know. If you're game, please boost for reach, and check it out if you're so inclined.

    https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Mustafa-Steven-Damron/dp/B0CMWRJM5L

    @bookstodon

    appassionato , to photography group
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    In macro photos, Barry Webb captures the fleeting, otherworldly characteristics of slime molds and fungi.

    https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/08/barry-webb-fungi-photos/

    @photography


    Cribraria
    Didymium squamulosum with ice crown. All images © Barry Webb
    Pink stemonitis

    BradRubenstein ,
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    cc
    @appassionato @photography

    neil , to Random stuff
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    Whenever someone raised the spectre of being able to edit posts on Twitter, the rapid rebuttal was that this was a bad idea.

    People would abuse it, and others would be left having retweeted edited posts with which they no longer wanted to be affiliated.

    We have editing in the fediverse.

    I use it, loads.

    Can anyone point to any example of abuse of this feature?

    Are people here just more responsible?

    BradRubenstein ,
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    I once liked a post, then the author edited it to remove an Oxford comma. I unliked it root, toot, and tweet.

    @mastodonmigration @neil

    GossiTheDog , to Random stuff
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    BradRubenstein ,
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    "Justice deployed is justice denied."

    🤣

    @GossiTheDog

    Chrishallbeck , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    New couch.

    Person 1: I was thinking, maybe you'd like to come over to my place tonight? Person 2: Oh? Why would I want to do that? Person 1: I just got a new couch. Person 2: Really? Is it big? Person 1: Big and wide, room for three adults. Person 2: That sounds perfect. [The two of them are shown enjoying watching TV while sitting on opposite ends of the couch with a pillow sitting on the middle cushion separating them.]
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    • BradRubenstein ,
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    Experienced airplane travelers appreciate the value of an empty middle seat.

    Adrenaline. Shock. Gratitude.

    @Chrishallbeck

    shermozle , to Random stuff
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    Spicy Autocomplete is such a great putdown for .

    Chapeau @pluralistic

    (Context: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/27/10-types-of-people/#taking-up-a-lot-of-space )

    BradRubenstein ,
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    Ooh, ooh.

    vscode is spicy emacs

    @magnetic_tape @shermozle @pluralistic

    pluralistic , to Random stuff
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    Looking for help identifying an insurance ad campaign (print, I think) that featured a guy in a suit and fedora appearing on your doorstep after a fire, flood, etc? Something like "Your State Farm Insurance Man is there for you" (but not that!).

    Anyone know which campaign I mean? Or even which company?

    BradRubenstein ,
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    I love old insurance ads.

    @pluralistic

    BradRubenstein , to Random stuff
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    If we can have attorneys general, we can have electronics mail.

    BradRubenstein , to linguistics group
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    One of the shortcomings of most online language learning systems is that they cannot teach language-specific conversational turn-taking cues. Without them, conversations feel awkward and frustrating, and the participants often don't know why.

    @languagelovers @linguistics

    BradRubenstein OP ,
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    @kechpaja @languagelovers @linguistics

    I've seen ASL conversations where a non-native speaker, wanting to interject, touches the speaker's hands.

    Turn-taking errors can be brutal.

    BradRubenstein , to languagelovers group
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    Learning Spanish: If I understand correctly, "a database of finger dice" is "una base de datos de dados de dedos".

    @languagelovers

    BradRubenstein , to histodons group
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    Test @histodons

    BradRubenstein , to languagelovers group
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    For every language, a personality.

    @languagelovers

    BradRubenstein , to languagelovers group
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    This is amazing:

    "Teaching ChatGPT to Speak my Son’s Invented Language"

    https://szopa.medium.com/teaching-chatgpt-to-speak-my-sons-invented-language-9d109c0a0f05

    @languagelovers @linguistics

    h/t @pancake

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