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MsDropbear425

@MsDropbear425@infosec.exchange

21/10/23: There's been/are so many prior Masto Instances [1st = 10Nov2022], several alternative Fediverse non-Masto clients, & now, late-night, after doing it again only a month ago, here's yet another fedi-hop. 😲

22/10/23: Kudos to @jerry who kindly provided all my fav #FOSS #emojis licketty-split:
:linux: :archlinux: :kde: :plasma: :floorp: :firefox_nightly: :vivaldi_gray: :vivaldi_browser:​ :thunderbird: :fedora: :opensuse: :debian:

27/1/24: My active-daily account is now @msdropbear42 [Friendica].

20/3/24: Til further notice, my Daily Fedi is once again https://infosec.exchange/@MsDropbear425 | @MsDropbear425 .

👍: Classic Oz+Eng lit, sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, satire; Linux+FOSS; Kindness; Gaia.

👎: Cruelty; RWNJs; Anti-Gaia.

Stuff:

  • She/Her
  • Straya born, Thailand reborn
  • Linux+FOSS distracts my sadness
  • Posts 🔥@ 3mths
  • For Follow-Requests, you MUST have Profile & Public posts, or i'll Reject!

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jerry , to Random stuff
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May the second be with you. Or something.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry 🤣

jerry , to Random stuff
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People are weird.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Am too!!!

🤪

MsDropbear425 , to Random stuff
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This says it all, really.

Another 14-year-old admits she's angry.

"It just frustrates me that I need to be aware of men's impulses… I don't want to be worrying like 'Oh, that guy over there, he could just suddenly be like, 'I want to kill you'."

Fscken . Bastards.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68852486

🖕
💯✅👍

MsDropbear425 , to News from fediverse
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This peep really doesn't get it. Far out, what a big silly! 🙄 🤦‍♀️

https://www.makeuseof.com/why-mastodon-wont-replace-twitter/

jerry , to Random stuff
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A tree just fell on my car 😕

Fortunately not much damage

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Did anyone hear?

jerry , to Random stuff
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Just took a look at fedidb.org. In terms of active users, Infosec.exchange the 5th most active mastodon instance, Infosec.town and fedia.social are the first and second most busy iceshrimp servers, and Fedia.io is the number one most busy mbin server.
That is pretty awesome!

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Ofc it's all due to your

pretty awesome...

...ness, in standing up these excellent services for us. You rock, Jezza! 💜

18+ MsDropbear425 , to Random stuff
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Question for users of &/or

I use :archlinux: :kde: :plasma: 💜 as my Host, but enjoy playing with & learning about numerous alternatives in VMs. In the / space, two of these VMs are Kinoite & Kalpa. Whilst not yet convinced that they would adequately suit my use-case as potential future Host Arch replacements [coz i'm an inveterate tinkerer], i nonetheless find them fascinating.

In my Host i actively shy away from , but have come to accept their necessary role in immutables. However IMO the single project that transforms the potential viability of immutables for me is the magnificent . Using DB in both VMs then allows me to create an container in which i can avail myself of the large range of Arch repo apps, & also once setup in it, all the cornucopia of the goodies. It's a brilliant combo.

That said, my mind now turns to another essential requirement for me. My default browser is :firefox_nightly: . Though it's available in the AUR, i much prefer downloading it direct from the Firefox site, extracting it from the tar, then moving it to /opt/firefoxnightly/. This is elementary in Arch, but checking now in my VMs, i'm somewhat surprised to find that both Kinoite & Kalpa seem to have made their respective /opt directories immutable along with the rest of the root directory. I'd certainly have hoped that considering the usual uses of /opt it would have been exempted.

What then do experienced Kinoiters & Kalpans do here? Do you "fight the system" to force Nightly into opt, or do you merely decide to run it from your Home directory?

MsDropbear425 OP ,
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@rrahl0 Ta, yeah sure, i know ofc i can do anything i want in my Home, that was why i named it as one of the choices. So, presumably you feel that it's not worth bothering to try to "install" it into the real opt?

jerry , to Random stuff
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It’s a little known secret that Infosec.exchange only has 25 human accounts and the rest are AI

MsDropbear425 , (edited )
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@jerry Beep baaaap BOOOORP!!!

@9 ?@[ H6 92G6 366? @FE65[ E:>6 E@ >@G6 E@ A=2? 3]

bibliolater , to Religion group
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"Famous atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Rachel Johnson to reflect on Easter and the role of Christianity in British life." https://youtu.be/COHgEFUFWyg @religion

MsDropbear425 ,
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@bibliolater @religion Nope.

Once, i thought he was the ants pants, til his emerged.

So, nope.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@bibliolater @religion Nope, i refuse to watch any video put out by any transphobe, even if i entirely agree with the mockery & debunking of religion.

jerry , to Random stuff
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I found this video of the xz code repo that no one wants you to see

video/mp4

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry As usual i've not seen whatever it is that you're seeing, but all i can say is that i am agog if some idiots are somehow blaming you for the xz imbroglio. What the hell is wrong with humans?

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Fascinating that the xz debacle is clearly visible in the increased traffic graph for infosec.exchange. Lots of people came here today to read about it.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Yep it's absolutely dominated my Home timeline, but it's been very informative for me to learn from. I upgraded & rebooted my tower a few hours ago, even though i keep sshd permanently disabled. Several of my VMs, various other distros, are also affected yet also not [ditto sshd permanently disabled] & anyway said VMs are only for mucking about with & self-learning, not production. Feel pretty aghast though at this huge abrupt workload for all the poor upstream peeps directly impacted.

MsDropbear425 , to Random stuff
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Last night before going to bed i tooted a satirical piece. Now i've just finished reading this horrifying analysis;
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/

What a massive bunch of bastards!

MsDropbear425 , to Random stuff
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Such fun.

MsDropbear425 OP ,
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@jerry 🤗

jerry , to Random stuff
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I look forward to seeing if there is a noticeable difference in activity on Infosec.exchange due to

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry [A puzzled Strayan asks] wot you talkin' 'bout, Willis? 🤷‍♀️

jerry , to Random stuff
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The year is 2029. Tech layoffs have taken a heavy toll over the past several years. There are 4 remaining IT workers left in the world. The former hordes of IT people are largely relegated to selling mattresses at hastily built strip malls.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry I hope to goodness you home deliver 🤭

jerry , to Random stuff
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Good people of the fediverse: the latest versions of mastodon (those that are not yet a tagged release) will not work with older web browsers. I do not know which browser versions started supporting the functionality that Mastodon now relies on, but I believe it’s a few years ago.

If you have issues with mastodon, please ensure you are using an up-to-date browser. As a security person, I will say that mastodon compatibility issues is the least important reason you should be using the latest browser versions.

One final request, because it’s been a persistent problem: if you have difficulties using mastodon and have a thundering herd of script blockers, privacy plugins, etc, try disabling those as a first step. Mastodon does rely on a good bit of in browser scripting and related mechanics and I’ve spent many hours helping people debug connection issues, including some instances where people have misinterpreted the normal functioning of mastodon web sockets causing them to accuse the instance of trying to “hack” them.

Don’t be that person.

❤️

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Oh, golly! Well, fwiw, afaict infosec.exchange continues to work just peachy fine for me in my :floorp: , which as of yesterday's two updates is now at v11.11.1, & forked from :firefox: 115.9.0. I run it with in (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-mode).

MsDropbear425 , to Random stuff
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Sassen frassen rassen. After hours of being laggy, both my instances have now become ex-parrots it seems;

This page isn’t working
libranet.de is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

This page isn’t working
venera.social is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

Hi @steffen could you please advise? Thx.

MsDropbear425 OP ,
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@jerry @steffen Hi Jerry. Oh, ok, interesting! To my confusion https://isitdownorjust.me/venera-social/ also indicates it's up. I've changed my DNS provider but still made no difference.

No worries, i'll just jump over to my nifty infosec.exchange instance, no, wait... [sorry, you're prolly gonna ban me soon with all this teasing].

jerry , to Random stuff
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There is a noticeable decline in the number of active users on Infosec.exchange lately. Where are the cool kids hanging out these days?

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry I still love my IE account, & continue to opine yours is the best Masto instance of the many i've used in recent years. 👍

That said, as mentioned to you separately some weeks ago, currently my active daily "fediversing" occurs via my account @msdropbear42 . I decided i wanted to see how other, ie non-Masto, clients provide their UI & thus generate their users' UX, predicated on alternative tech. Friendica is very different, in many ways, to Masto, not all of which i like, but my overall UX here is very positive &, dare i say, better than Masto.

I hope you're able to see that i am trying to be very clear here that i chose to try this alternative not because of ANY negatives with you nor your instance [both = still excellent!!], but simply coz i was curious for a different Fediverse UX.

I know you've heaps on your plate, but IMO were you to launch your own Friendica instance, i'd be one of your first sign-ups! 😃

MsDropbear425 , to Random stuff
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you've been unable to devote your normal attention to for 24 - 36 hours, so Fedi responds with a bout of

🤷‍♀️​

nixCraft , to Linux
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For those asking, here is How to check for Wayland or Xorg (X11) under desktop https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-check-for-wayland-or-x11-with-my-linux-desktop/

MsDropbear425 ,
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@nixCraft not everyone runs buntu. so instead, more universally;

archlinux[~] 09:45:05 Sat Dec 23 $> echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE<br></br>wayland<br></br>
Susan60 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Thought. I have always run warm. I do feel the cold, but not as much as most people. I hate (detest?) overheated department stores. This got worse with the onset of perimenopause, & I was unable to wear jumpers for years, because I couldn’t get them off quickly enough during hot flushes, which threatened spontaneous combustion. This settled somewhat after finally going on HRT.

I’ve noticed a change since going on ADHD meds. I now wear winter pjs on a “cool” summers night, & a nightie on warmer ones & am more likely to don a jacket of an evening.

I’m wondering whether this is a consequence of the meds, & overheating is related to ADHD. @actuallyautistic

MsDropbear425 ,
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@Susan60 @sister_ratched @actuallyautistic I don't suppose that taking it out, dissembling it & cleaning it, & back-flushing the radiator + brushing the dead insects outta the fins, is likely gonna help much here? 🤷‍♀️​🤪​

nixCraft , to Random stuff
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I found a lion in my wardrobe, I asked what was he doing in there?

To which he replied: Official Narnia business.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@nixCraft Ah but witch wardrobe was he in? 🤭​

ajsadauskas , to cars
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Spotted on Instagram. Your NSW tax dollars hard at work...

@fuck_cars

MsDropbear425 ,
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@rowdypixel @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Ha, maybe Bruce Cockburn might sing about that? 😜​

Tutanota , (edited ) to Random stuff
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🎉 Best News Of The Year! 🎉

Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024: Finally everyone understands it's time to quit Google. 😎

Here are our favorite browsers alternatives:
➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

Which one did you pick?

🦊 Firefox
🦆 DuckDuckGo
🕵️ Tor Browser
Mullvad
Pale Moon
Puffin
GNU IceCat
WaterFox
Brave
Hyphanet

MsDropbear425 ,
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@Tutanota

Which one did you pick?

In early October 2023 i migrated from my long-term default :firefox_nightly:​ to :floorp:​ . I just love it! The latest update's Split View, for twin tabs' tab-tiling a'la Vivaldi, only makes it even nicer again to use. 💜​

If you'd like to continue to enjoy several Vivaldi features, but on a / base not , have a look at :floorp:

nixCraft , to Random stuff
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The Kernel version is now officially 666 😈

MsDropbear425 ,
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@nixCraft What happens if you say out aloud "Torvalds" three times? 😱​

ajsadauskas , (edited ) to UK Public Transport
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Quick tip for anyone who wants more urbanism/urban planning/cycling/public transport posts in their Mastodon feed.

Thanks to the wonders of the Fediverse, you can follow and post to Lemmy groups from Mastodon.

Here are some transport/planning/cycling groups to get you started:

@urbanism

@fuck_cars

@trains

@ukpublictransport

@trains

@melbournetrains

@sydneytrains

@brisbanetrains

@bicycling

@bicycling

@utilitycycling

For those unfamiliar with it, Lemmy is basically a federated version of Reddit, distributed across multiple servers like Mastodon. (For anyone who wants to delve further, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, and aussie.zone are three popular Lemmy instances.)

From Mastodon, you can follow any Lemmy group by following its handle, exactly the same way that you would follow a Mastodon account. Any new posts to that group will then begin appearing in your Mastodon feed.

Even better, if you start a thread on Mastodon, you can also post it to a relevant Lemmy group just by including its handle in your post. (Please note this only seems to work with the first post of a thread.)

@feditips @FediFollows

MsDropbear425 ,
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@ajsadauskas @urbanism @fuck_cars @trains @ukpublictransport @trains @melbournetrains @sydneytrains @brisbanetrains @bicycling @bicycling @utilitycycling

💜​

jerry , to Random stuff
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Time to do the thing

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Worst llama costume i've ever laid eyes on.

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Oh how mean! 😲​

Mum aside, to be v clear here, i was making fun only of the "costume", & nothing else. 🤗​

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Yes i could tell you were, but i still panicked, lest you or anyone else might somehow misconstrue my intent. 😱​

jerry , to Random stuff
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It’s almost thanksgiving here in the US and today I am thankful for all the turkeys I’ve met here in the fediverse

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry Was gonna give a few gobble gobble's, but feared some might think i was channelling Tod Browning... 🤭​

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People are weird

MsDropbear425 ,
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@jerry

People are weird

I am so too !!! 🤪​

Narayoni , to [MOVED - SEE SIDEBAR] British Comedy
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Wise words from :
(from )

People = Products of a deranged imagination 🤣🤣🤣

@bookstodon @sciencefiction

"It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination."-- A quotation from The Restaurant at the end of the Universe by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series).
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    • MsDropbear425 ,
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    @Narayoni @bookstodon @sciencefiction Citation from the Sacred Scriptures !!! 🎉​🐳 🌻

    jerry , to Random stuff
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    I know I sound like a shill now, but damn I am impressed with how good Fastly has made Infosec.exchange.

    MsDropbear425 ,
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    @jerry Apropos of nothing at all, lately i began wondering to whom one can report their Instance Admin/Owner, if their Instance Admin/Owner begins shamelessly shilling? 🤷‍♀️​

    🤪​😜​

    jerry , to Random stuff
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    Did I need another Epyc server?
    No
    Was I able to stop myself from ordering another one?
    Also no

    MsDropbear425 ,
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    @jerry Prolly there's some sort of support group you might be able to join. 🤭​

    Narayoni , to bookstodon group
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    LOL now that's an interesting piece of logic 🤣🤣

    ‘The argument goes something like this: “I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”
    ‘“But,” says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.”

    --from the by
    @bookstodon

    MsDropbear425 ,
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    @Narayoni @bookstodon I love it when peeps quote from my bible.

    🐳 🌻

    feditips , to Random stuff
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    A good way to discover interesting posts on here is to follow hashtags. When you do this, posts with the tags will start showing up in your timeline even from accounts you don't follow.

    To follow a hashtag, just search for that hashtag, then click the "Follow" button at the top of the page of results for that tag.

    To check what you're following, go to your profile and select "followed hashtags" or #

    Lots more info about hashtag following:

    ➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

    MsDropbear425 ,
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    @feditips would be massively improved if it allowed us to & our & when we .

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