Notices by Bruno Philipe (brunoph@breakpoint.cafe)

@polpo you know what's crazy? One time I accidentally cracked a full-size SD Card open, and I found that inside it was just a microSD card adapter with a permanently attached microSD card.

Is no one ever whelmed?

This story is insane. A US Navy chief:

* Purchased a Starlink system
* Installed it on an active USN ship
* Did not hide the WiFi SSID
* Named the network "STINKY"
* Lied about it to their superior
* Changed the WiFi name to make it look like a printer
* Lied about it to their superior AGAIN
* Misled inferiors to think the network was approved by the Commander
* Was only caught by a civilian information systems technician *months* later

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/

That Mercedes was once considered a good-size family saloon for many years. Now it looks puny next to other modern cars, even ones considered compact by today's standards…

Mama preens while babies dream.

#duck #mallard #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography

More preening.

#duck #WoodDucks #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography

Every CEO letter announcing layoffs lately can be boiled down to basically:

> we never made so much money, and in order to make even more money, we will fire half the company

@thomasfuchs I think they've rebranded it slightly, but it should be this one. You can tell it's the right kind of tape because the adhesive is weak, similar to regular scotch tape: https://www.scotchbrand.com/3M/en_CA/p/d/v000192455/

@thomasfuchs I've had success using washi tape to remove the stickiness, at least temporarily.

I've done this mostly with Nikon film cameras: I cover the sticky regions with black washi tape (3M makes good black ones that match the tone almost exactly) and keep using the device with it on. After a few weeks to a few months, I'll take the tape off and the stickiness will be completely gone, without changing the appearance of the plastic at all.

Electronics soldering hot tips:

- Don't touch them.

Idea: print a bunch of these as huge stickers, go to the google campus parking lot, and stick it to the windshield of a bunch of parked cars.

Are y'all ready for cuteness overload? You better be.

#birds #BabyGeese #goslings #BirdVideo #BirdsOfMastodon

It's hard to pick favorites, as many of my photos turned out pretty good. So here's a few picked to give you an idea of how varied the show was tonight.

#aurora #NorthernLights

Ok I'll post the aurora photos soon, but look at this photo!

A Heron tries to fish under the auroral glow.

#aurora #heron #birds #moon

@CloudyMrs @andreabroad :ablobscream:

@CloudyMrs oh you will be under the bright red region, enjoy the show!

A friend is sharing bright aurora photos from the middle of Berlin right now!!! #aurora

@thomasfuchs Which is funny because his early books had pretty lukewarm takes (which still made conservatives give him lots of flak). Dude's gone full circle, and is now a foundational part of the shaking-fists-at-progressives camp.

@bonf on a scale from 0 to 10, how much would you recommend torment nexus to your friends and family?

Thinking of setting up a pihole again to ban the entire google domain space just to get rid of those godawful "login with google" banners