For the #greybeards and others who have been around for a long time, I have a question.

Has it always been the case that you could make heaps of money touching computers by sacrificing your morals?

Because if I didn't have any ethics or morals, I would just lie about securing "AI" agents, after having spent time in the web 3 space securing cryptocurrencies.

The worst social media site (LinkedIN) is flooded with just these types of charlatans. I can't scroll five posts without seeing someone lying about how they can secure that which cannot be secured.

But maybe it's like that meme, and it's always been that way. One of my favorite talks (that I watch at least once a year) is about how the speaker found XSS two years in a row (back in 2012) and I suspect those sites still have XSS today.

Perhaps that's the sick joke of it all? Despite the industry spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) on security, we (they) still have the same problems that have existed for at least two decades.

I honestly have no idea, but I am curious what others think.

#grifting #ai #ethics

#GreyBeards #Linux

It's not a beard, it's a shabang!

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Headline Act – Greybeards

Another Headline Act as we work our way towards the end of January and further into 2025. This bunch really do rock, and hail from... well, we'll let them tell you!

Simple things first – where are you from?

We hail from Gävle, Sweden! A medium sized coastal city 2 hours from Stockholm. And we are and have always been I (Olle), Niklas, Ingemar and Simon and we’re chi

https://www.moshville.co.uk/misc/2025/01/headline-act-greybeards/

#Misc #Greybeards

Also, an early trend in my follows due to my bio, I think: I attract oddball #leftist techies. A lot of fellow #nix #greybeards who #homebrew in that list. Good stuff.

Oh and #grammar nerds.

So, you used to run VMS on VAX, then OpenVMS on Alpha and now you miss your good ol' VMS? Get a PC and run OpenVMS for x86 with a hobbyist license!¹

Quoting directly from the site above:

OpenVMS x86 is now available for (most) hobbyists! Almost a year after the official release² most hobbyists can now login to the Service Portal³ to download their copy of OpenVMS 9.2 for x86, X86E921OE.ZIP and the PAK (license) files (x86community-20240401.zip), valid until April 2024.

#OpenVMS #VMS #RetroComputing #Greybeards #DEC #DigitalEquipmentCorporation

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¹ https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86_is_finally_available_for_hobbyists.html
² https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86_will_be_released_tomorrow.html
³ https://sp.vmssoftware.com/

Check out my recent #Greybeards videocast episode with Rob Lockard and Roger Cornejo - a lively discussion with two of my favorite colleagues in the #oracledatabase space. We talk about everything from hierarchical databases to why most men our age only have two true hair color options.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLuB4LS2cY