Notices by Matt Gray (mattgrayyes@chaos.social)

I then realised on the next screen when it asked for money.
I know redeliveries are free. At that point I looked at the URL and realised my mistake.

So here’s some proof that it can happen to anyone. I’ve delivered cybersecurity training in the past.
But they got me at a moment where I was slightly emotionally vulnerable.

It also had three .mobileconfig files as attachments too, which I didn’t spot at first, but these can reconfigure your phone/computer if you open them!

I just got Phished 🤬
I’m sharing to reduce your chance of getting phished too.

Waiting for an Evri delivery, I saw the notification for this email, & the link took me to a page saying they’d failed to deliver.

These work by social engineering: I was too frustrated to notice it was sent to the “wrong” email address, or the dodgy URL of the page.
It asked for my details. It had no plausible reason to need my DOB so I didn’t give it one, but I still gave it everything else because I was rushing.

OK it’s a funny toot that was reposted not the dull one I thought was. That makes more sense.

Seen some good comments saying that some instances maybe having that as one of the more recent toots available. And others saying that full text search actually works on here too. Unlike some other platforms.

I take back what I said about it immediately feeling creepy.

Well then. Suddenly getting replies to a year-old toot is weird.
Especially with no algorithm to resurface stuff.
I can only assume someone did a LOT of scrolling on my profile and reposted it? That doesn’t feel creepy at all.

If you know any ActivityPub server code that supports multiple ActivityStream post types (note, article, audio, image, video, link) & not just notes like masto, then plz let me know!

Why have many fedi accounts across many servers when I can just have one with me on it. Then I can be followed wherever. Be it masto/Pixelfed/loops etc.

Ideally there’d be an ActivityPub viewer to filter by post type, so you could have feeds for notes, photos, articles, etc.

MRE

It fucken WIMDY

Hello from the deep end.

I've never designed a PCB before, but I've had an idea, so here I go…
This is basically just me attempting to implement the typical circuit from the chip's datasheet.

Im going to stream some GeoGuessr on twitch in 45m or so, once I’m showered and dressed.

Nothing to do with the fact I was just charged the monthly £3.99 subscription for it at all. Nope.

https://twitch.tv/mattgrayyes/

Despite my gaming PC working completely fine the other week it now can’t see its network device. Uuuggghhhh.

(I’m not asking for help/advice)

Ayyyyy blue screen of death!

I’ve just realised it’s been a quarter of a century since the millennium.
😶

Despite the urge, remember the following are all none of your business to ask about:

Their size, weight, or any other body changes
When they’re going to get a partner
When they’re getting married
When they’re having a baby
Why they’re not drinking

Unless they’ve opened up to you about it first.

A Christmas present from The Technical Difficulties to you:

A new episode of Reverse Trivia every week in December!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHVPoq_srb4

@tomscott@mastodon.social + @garybrannan@mstdn.social

Today’s challenge: can I prototype a music-making or -controlling thing that uses rail data, in the amount of time the Eurostar takes to go from London to Belgium? 🚅

I call it Bruxelles-MIDI.

This may be a terrible pun but I’ve had the idea for ages, and maybe the time limit will help me actually start it.

OH: “does the polycule include the eldritch horror?”

Music to fall asleep to

https://youtu.be/cHoKkbvvIlM?si=r29bGVDGgDsfnEbV

And if you have no idea what I’m on about, this post by @ErinInTheMorn is a good description.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-button-test-how-a-button-press

Imagine there’s a button that when pressed would immediately change your body from what you have now, to that of a goose. You can only press the button once. When pressed everyone will have known you in this new form the whole time, so there’s no social impact at all.

Would you press that button?

If so you may be transgander 🪿

You do not have to scroll social media.

You do not have to watch rolling news.

Keeping up with news is not the same as mainlining it and wallowing in it.

You can see the stats and results later. Watching constantly won’t affect the outcome.

If you’re struggling Please take a break and do something nice for yourself.