Notices by John Timaeus (johntimaeus@infosec.exchange)

@invicticide @violetblue

FFS. Let's just redefine "zero forest fires" to be the average of the country that was on fire last year. And while we're at it let's say that if the rain this year is the same as last year, it didn't rain at all.

@ryanc

I had a 1920s house (US, so 110v standard) that would put 220 to the light over the stove if you turned on the garbage disposal while the microwave was running. Burned out a lot of incandescent bulbs. Made the first CFL I put in explode at the base.

There were also outlets with constant 110 between neutral and ground, 220 between live and ground.

I spent a lot on wire for that place.

@gsuberland

@lowqualityfacts

I don't do patreon. PayPal or cashapp?

@b0rk

I always mention that if you're lucky, some programs might support mouse. But you shouldn't make a habit of using a mouse in the terminal, because it likely won't be there when you need it. If you build a dependency on mouse in the terminal you're going to be SoL the first time you use a cloud serial console or run
docker -it exec <container> /bin/bash

@b0rk

Cloud serial is connecting to a VM in AWS/GCP/Azure via the built-in console connection. Mouse doesn't even necessarily work over rdp to an xrdp endpoint running a terminal in gnome (where you expect it to). Honestly except for true local applications, I don't remember the last time mouse worked.

I do agree on the teaching point, examples are everything.
If I can't show you what I'm talking about while I'm talking about it, I probably won't talk about it. Students don't learn by listening to me...they learn by putting hands on keyboard and breaking things.