Notices by Hal Pomeranz (hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange), page 2

@azonenberg @beka_valentine @dalias The Windows 11 “hardware requirements” are a blatant lie to sell new hardware that people don’t really need. Apple obsoletes hardware by refusing to allow newer operating systems to run on perfectly functional systems. It’s a scam.

Our way of life is being burned to the ground and the media is calling it like it’s a sporting event rather than documenting the crime.

@JessTheUnstill Always SELECT before DELETE, like you “ls” before you “rm”. Let’s be careful out there!

@patrickcmiller I’ll take “Consciousness of Guilt” for $2000, Alex!

There are two types of people in the world: those who pee in the shower, and liars.

@feld Here's a tool that I wrote to do pattern matching in mbox files and return matching messages. I know this tool works. Try it on your mbox, and if it fails then you don't have a typical mbox file.

https://github.com/halpomeranz/dfis/blob/master/mgrep

@feld “\nFrom “ (newline, From, space) is the correct mbox message separator. The RFC states that this pattern appearing in the message MUST be rewritten as “\n>From “ to avoid confusion.

I don’t want to go off on an “old man yells at cloud” rant here or anything, but…

Not everybody uses black backgrounds on their terminal windows. Some of us prefer white. So stop using yellow text for anything in your output.

My windows don’t need to cast shadows. Stop wasting my pixels and ruining my view of underlying windows with this junk.

“Focus follows mouse” is the way. Middle mouse pastes selected text.

In other news, I have returned to Linux as my daily driver (Debian+KDE). AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, 96GB RAM, 2x4TB SSD RAID1.

@feld On my Debian 12 machine it’s in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections and configured via nmcli.

The Tampa Airport (TPA) is not happy. Lakeland (LAL) chimes in. Wow, I hope other nearby airports join the conversation!

“Hal, what are you going to do with all that apple sauce?”

“Eat it, of course!”

Don’t judge me.

My son got an Instagram message from a friend asking to borrow $100. Seemed sketchy to my son. Turns out the friend’s Instagram account had been hacked and the friend had no idea.

Let’s be careful out there!

@RickiTarr We got our dog a giant (for her) dog bed and this is how she sleeps on it. Oh Lucy.

@timberwraith @oli Have you ever tried tot waffles?

https://dinnerthendessert.com/tater-tot-waffles/

File systems are my love language

So many folks looking for that first tech job. If you know of any entry-level jobs, please add them to this thread.

#GetFediHired #EntryLevel #Noobs

Weekends mean fresh baked muffins, and my recipe rules:

1/4 lb butter
1 cup honey
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 - 1.5 cups of your favorite add-in
(berries, [c]raisins, choc chips, etc)

Melt butter and stir together with honey
Mix in eggs and vanilla
Mix in sour cream and milk
Add dry ingredients and stir into an even batter (it’s ok if it’s a little lumpy)
Add your mix-ins and stir to distribute evenly throughout the batter

Spoon into greased muffin forms. This recipe makes roughly 48 mini muffins or 12 normal sized muffins. I will typically use paper baking cups for full-sized muffins.

Bake at 350F– 12-13min for mini muffins, 20-22 minutes for regular size (use wooden toothpick to test)

Usual recipes call for sugar instead of honey and this can be used, but honey adds more moisture and better flavor IMHO. Sour cream is the killer ingredient here for moistness though (you can use plain or vanilla yogurt instead of sour cream—don’t add vanilla extract if using vanilla yogurt).

@SlicerDicer @feld @jerry @Viss

I’m a believer in the “Buffett Indicator”. The market correction will be absolutely brutal.

https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php

If you have friends who are civil servants in the USA, make plans to meet up with them outside of work. Listen to them, support them—they need it right now.

“What? It’s Caturday again?”

#caturday