Mastodawn

@stman @PrivacyDigest @theruran @50htz @vidak @forthy42 @oceane OFC the only way to "#deshittify" (IF we consider this possible!) is to turn #Users into #Operators (or at least Co-Owners!) instead of mere #consumers.

But this falls completely flat on it's face when society is #TechIlliterate by 99,99% and if you were to ask some #TechIlliterates aka. "#Normies" on the street they'd internally bluescreen or completely shut off mid-sentence as they lack the absolute fundamentals to understand it.

Kinda like if you want to discuss with a 5th grader who isn't interested in electronics why #Ethernet is nit a good standard and that it only succeeded against #TokenRing due to cheap, mass produced parts & components.

Because neither do they have the knowledge nor give a shit about these problems because their attention span doesn't exceed a #TikTok video!

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

#NowPlaying: Basique OrelSan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjk26RwjyU #music #mukke #mood #FrenchRap #french #rap #Basique #OrelSan #zik

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Rev. caffinepwrd ☕Nov 8

I made this, not sure if it's funny

#infosec
#trolling
#tokenring
#securitythroughobscurity

__Knut_Oct 1

Das Teil habe ich auch schon lange nicht mehr gesehen.
Zuletzt, glaube ich, in den 90er bei der Lufthansa ;-)

@wyatt does that card do #TokenRing and #X25 too?

Otherwise it's just 3 flavours of #Ethernet...

#WhatsMissing: #Ethernet232 aka. #EthernetModem!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114886090740737609

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

Everyone and their mom [has a](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsS0E4G310Y) #Wifi232 to get their #VintageComputer online, but I wounder if there's a #wired (#LAN) option instead. - Basically being an *"#Ethernet #Modem"*... Background: In my area, 2,4 GHz WiFi is so overcrowded that it's basically unuseable and also because Ethernet is more reliable. - Ideally it can be powered via #PoE to enable #WakeOnLAN / #WakeOnDialin.... I don't mind if it looks like a [MAU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Attachment_Unit) but with like a unmanaged 4-port Gigiabit Switch for #10Base2 / #10Base5 - lookalike "passthrough" and internal 10 MBit/s port so it can be used to directly link units or be hooked up to a switch. Similar to [FriendlyNet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Attachment_Unit_Interface#FriendlyNet) - Bonus points if it still supports 10MBit/s @ [Cat.3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable)/ [single pair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_twisted_pair#Single-pair) and [100BaseVG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100BaseVG), but regular Fast Ethernet & #Gigabit Ethernet via [Cat.5 and up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_twisted_pair) is more important. (Maybe do like 2x #SFP [ports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Form-factor_Pluggable) at the sides and 1x 8p8c #RJ45 at the front ?) So technically it's closer to a `DEC DELNI` than real [AUI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_Unit_Interface) but if someone wants to implement an #AUI and even add a an [AAUI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Attachment_Unit_Interface) adaptor cable I'm not gonna tell anyone not to. #LAN232 #Ethernet232 #FriendlyNet #VontageComputing #embedded #Networking

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John Kristoff Jul 28, 2025

My first, and maybe most notable, contribution to Wikipedia was the creation of [IBM] Token Ring page in October 2001. Some remnants of the original text surprisingly survive to this day: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM_Token_ring&oldid=351771239

For those who only ever heard about it, that tech was just about dead even at the time of writing. :-)

#TokenRing

IBM Token ring - Wikipedia

🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑Jul 26, 2025

TIL: The IEEE 802.5 standard for Token Ring networking is expected to be replaced by a new 802.25 Tolkien Ring protocol. The proposed standard is expected to be approved by the next working group meeting, to be held in October in Minas Morgul.
#tokenring