Ben Tasker

@bentasker
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General Geek, currently at InfluxData.

My key skillset boils down to problem solving/troubleshooting.

I mostly talk about tech stuff, sometimes slipping into politics or economics.

I'm not great at writing bio's though - the one on my site hasn't changed in years!

My Sitehttps://www.bentasker.co.uk
Githubhttps://github.com/bentasker/
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/bentasker

My other half just got a #Bitcoin scam call (from an Asian callcentre) addressing her by name.

No real surprise, but they're using #FTX as leverage - we're calling about n BTC in an account in your name, we need to get it to you quickly before the FTX issues affect the value.

When asked what org they worked for, the caller said "the blockchain" 😂

@ayeayerobot @Sysengineer @walkerb That I can definitely agree on
@markus Oh awesome! Thanks for this, figuring out filtering was one of the things on my list to solve before migrating
#IRanASignalProxy My signal proxy is still up and running, DM me for details
@Sysengineer @walkerb right, that's it, I'm ordering a "It's been n days since I last put my foot in my mouth" sign 😃

@walkerb @Sysengineer Ahhh, that must be something else they've failed to document

class developer : stockholm_syndrome {
// argggg
}

😃

To be fair, if I used it more, I'd probably like it more too

@neil @Edent @michael One of the very few downsides of being a remote only worker, otherwise there'd be the option of an encrypted USB stick in work drawer/locker
@rbairwell @Edent @neil @michael Yeah, what'd be nice would be the ability to "sign" keys/fobs with a (well secured) master key.
@walkerb @Sysengineer Or C#. I was telling someone yesterday how much I hate it. I think they were taken aback by the depth of my loathing for it (but then they've never had to work with it)

@Edent @neil @michael Yep, if I did it, it'd be for "bootstrap" accounts only.

In practice, I guess you'd need an electronic means for updating it, but that raises a new set of issues.

TBH, I think my plans are contingent on one of us grabbing a phone on the way out