Notices by Scott Francis (darkuncle@infosec.exchange)

@killyourfm In 20 years of road trips and summer vacations with the family, the one that everyone universally considers the best was driving from LA to Seattle and back over 3 weeks, and the area from Eureka to Coos Bay was by far the best. Coastal PacNW in summertime is just breathtaking.

@killyourfm That was some delightful reading; thanks for sharing the hiking experience. This is now on my bucket list (and sooner than later, would be a great summer hike next year)

Linux: “We are abandoning support for 486 CPUs, 18 years after the last one was produced”
BSD: “We will run on punch cards”

@ai6yr this is both hilariously misguided, and deeply dystopian, while also managing to be completely ignorant of both history and the actual capabilities of the technology.

(Anybody remember Segway claiming that cities around the world would be rearchitected for micro-mobility? Yeah.)

I am not the source of this but it’s the best image macro I’ve seen in forever

@skinnylatte now that I'm back on here, and will be in SF for almost all of next week ... what are some good recommendations for stuff within say 15 min walk of Moscone Center? I like basically everything, but especially Mediterranean and Middle Eastern stuff. I mean, this one looks pretty close so it's definitely on the list …

@feld @drwho “it works except when it doesn’t”

This is the epitaph of all software, everywhere, for all time. Truer words never spoken.

@flxtr @mWare @feliks @ryanc that is a *truly impressive* level of committing to a bit

#TIL that #AWS has decided to lock down access to support articles behind a paid premium support tier requirement. This is both 1) not cool, and 2) self-defeating. Somebody is asleep at the wheel over there.

https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/eks-api-server-unauthorized-error

@skinnylatte I bet @kf might have ideas

We were promised thunderous depressos, but only received drizzlers

“The fears of AI autonomously destroying humanity are worse than nonsense, because they distract us from the very real possibilities of how AI may be abused.”

Piling on with others about this excellent piece on technology as a force multiplier for our worst - and our best - impulses, from @bcantrill

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2023/11/26/what-punch-cards-teach-us-about-ai-risk/

@skinnylatte you’re visiting?! I mean, this isn’t the greatest weather moment (plus Malibu is kinda charred =\ ) but yay!

@skinnylatte typically I'm driving up from SoCal via Big Sur, but we usually stay up by Santa Cruz (in Felton), so SC spot recommendations also welcome

@skinnylatte omg you are killing me I have to visit

@skinnylatte what's your favorite thing on the menu so far?

Watching #XGames and my new favorite event is snowboard knuckle huck (look it up) - the level of style and creativity is just off the chain, especially when it’s not about crazy amplitude and spins

@hacks4pancakes hard to tell whether this is legit, or an attempt to sow fear - either way I guess it sows fear, and both are entirely believable :(

via a friend formerly in public sector tech: Info for federal technologists who may 'unexpectedly leave federal service'

https://community.publicgood.tech/c/resources/quick-resources-if-you-re-expecting-to-unexpectedly-leave-federal-service-10e0b548-c0a9-4bd5-802a-f6c118dc2920

#CivicTech #PublicInterestTech #Government #FederalGovernment

@tek @greyllama @jerry honestly, the most likely explanation here is that he will issue his own nearly identical order, then claim credit for it being a good idea. the thing he hates the most is anybody else but him getting credit for anything.