Tim Hergert

@cjust@infosec.exchange
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1.2K Following
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I do stuff, I have opinions. These are not necessarily my employers opinions. I think I'm funny.

I, like Mark Twain, believe that "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."

I also believe that "Profanity is the crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker."

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Show threadlynn / clarissa1d ago
"would this be fucking unhinged to do in person?" is actually a metric I use about online interactions fairly regularly
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Radio Wave Girl🗼6h ago
Logging onto the fediverse like:
Tim Hergert8h ago
There is no spoon.
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Weird Estate1d ago
I have shared many bathrooms on here that lack privacy. Those were nothing. Sure, this one only has 3 walls, one of which has an open panel of glass... but nothing prepared me for the TRANSPARENT FLOOR.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/164250110#/?channel=RES_BUY
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Viss10h ago

holy shit thunderbird for android?!
sign me the FUCK UP!

thunderbird has historically had the best spam filtering ive ever seen on a desktop app, and i always wished i could take its training and 'insert it' into spamassassin somehow. but i'll totally settle for having it on mobile!

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/mobile-progress-report-june-2025/

Mobile Progress Report - June 2025 - The Thunderbird Blog

In the June update, we're making progress with JMAP for iOS, previewing drawer improvements for Android, and providing numerous updates!

The Thunderbird Blog
Tim Hergert9h ago

Steve Irwin died as he lived - with animals in his heart.

#ShamelesslyStolenFromTheOtherSite

Tim Hergert10h ago

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https[:]//bsky.app/profile/sadiston.bsky.social/post/3kopghk5ljl23

#ShamelesslyStolenFromBlueSky

Tim Hergert13h ago
Paul Bassett Davies18h ago
Then they came for the sarcastic people and I was like oh great that's exactly what we need right now well done to all concerned.
Tim Hergert15h ago
#ShamelesslyStolenFromTumblr
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ElissaJul 6
The problem with being a huge nerd who grew up in the '80s and '90s, but who has since become an adult is being torn between the two perfect aesthetic forms of home computer existence - maximalism or minimalism.
Show threadColinJul 6
@vampiress Just have a strict split down the middle of the desk and have both
Show threadJan Lehnardt Jul 6
@vampiress it me looool.
Show threadin ♥️ with PDA (and 🐧)Jul 6
@vampiress I prefer the look of the sharp machine
Show threadint%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)Jul 6
@vampiress
I despise apple, and my last apple was a IIe, of course my first computer was a Honeywell MF so I may have some built in biases.
Show threadJoakim ForsJul 6
@vampiress Live action SEL 😅
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 6
@vampiress this was definitely peak something
Show threadDavid BoydJul 6
@stroughtonsmith @vampiress what’s old is new again
Show threadBradley FrankJul 6
@stroughtonsmith
So many great memories with the PS2. Why do things have to be non-stackable now??
Show threadJoão CostaJul 6

@stroughtonsmith @vampiress

On the topic of minimalism, every time I go to Ikea and see those PS2 slim on display 🔥 I love how casual it looks, almost like having a pile of magazines in a TV stand.

It's a bit of a shame that we'll probably never see consoles with that form factor again.

Show threadRobert Petersen Jul 6

@stroughtonsmith @vampiress I’ve some love for the pizza warmer PS5 kit.

And also long Saturn

Show threadNazoJul 6
@stroughtonsmith @vampiress Is that a couple of dev units or something?
Show threadAlex RosenbergJul 6

@nazokiyoubinbou @stroughtonsmith @vampiress Those are either DTL-T10000 (DevKit) or DTL-T15000 (Performance analyzer).

They've got a development version of PS2 in them plus a sidecar Linux box for managing it.

Show threadAlex LindsayJul 7
@alexr @nazokiyoubinbou @stroughtonsmith @vampiress hard to tell from the photo; the Performance Analyzer was a very dark blue instead of black. Not pictured: under the desk, a large round foot button on a square base, for triggering captures while your hands were on the controller
Show threadAlex RosenbergJul 7
@Slagh @nazokiyoubinbou @stroughtonsmith @vampiress You're right; I'd forgotten about the colors. I'd say these are both T10Ks then.
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Jul 6
@vampiress I love my consoles to be minimalist with only three PSUs
Show threadSammiJul 6
@vampiress The lower picture is Monday, the top Saturday. Sunday is for making it look like Monday again.
Show threadfoxcat  Jul 6
@vampiress that first img making me wish I were alive in the 90s lol
Show threadDandelionJul 6
@vampiress I feel like picture one needs an absolutely overflowing ashtray - just for the aesthetic
Show threadJohn Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️Jul 6
@vampiress minimalism is null. There is only maximalism.
Show threadthejikzJul 6
@vampiress one at work, one in the lair. it is the mullet of tech stacks.
Show threadVarxJul 6
@thejikz @vampiress 💯 Business in the front (office). Party in the back (garage).
Show threadStenPett / St MidiumJul 6
@vampiress I feel seen!
Show threadZeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Jul 6
@vampiress I guess the exact opposite of hardware maximalism & minimalism is true for prices.
Show threadgluttoJul 6

@vampiress

Maximalism, every single day, every single year. 👍

Show threadStefan IhringerJul 6

@vampiress That Sharp workstation's monitor is looking back at me! 👀 It seems a little bit distressed though.

#FacesInPlaces

Show threadthedæmonJul 6
I agree 100%. I tried minimalism, now I'm mad scientist maximalism because I keep getting more computer bits and bobs.
Show threadChris [list of emoji]Jul 6

@vampiress

Also, the NeXT cube, which manages to be both.

Show threadRobin StephensonJul 6
@vampiress must resist https://ebay.us/m/gCZcN9
ZUIKI X68000 Z Keyboard ZKXK-005-GR Office Gray | eBay UK

Things in the photograph is all.

eBay UK
Show threadLord Caramac the Clueless, KSCJul 6
@vampiress I have always been on the first team. I trust a good cable much more than any wireless connection, I like my keyboards and mice to be big and robust with mechanical switches that click when you press them, I want my PC to be a big box where you can always add another drive.
Show threadDanJul 6
@vampiress I like a hybrid approach. Tuck the micro computer behind the flatscreen monitor but I need the chunky keyboard.
Show threadoscarfalconJul 6

@vampiress

I have both "aesthetics" set up at different parts of my office and home... it's the diversity that counts!

Show threadMichael B.Jul 6
@vampiress Same!
Show threadKurt KremitzkiJul 6
@vampiress whoa, X68000 spotted
Show threadpaulJul 6

@vampiress

This is the ideal computer body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

Show threadComputerNut43Jul 6
@vampiress @dgar @volture
Show threadComputerNut43Jul 6
@vampiress @dgar my desk still looks like your old one 😂
Show threadFilip M. NowakJul 6
@vampiress #x68000 form is absurdly awesome. sexy, asian cousin of #a4000
Show threadbrownbreadwineJul 6
@vampiress gonna be maximalist any day, but minimalism does have its appeal on those kinds of days lmao
Show threadFenixJul 6
@vampiress Minimalism with a lot of electronic chaos.
Show threadF4GRX SébastienJul 6
@vampiress maximalism ftw.
Show threadhobbscJul 6
@vampiress perhaps I'm just cycling back to nostalgia but I say max > macs any day.
Show threadDavid G. SmithJul 6
@vampiress @emd Whoa! For a split second my heart went pitter-pat! because I thought you had a paper tape reader. 😻😹
Show threadDan Neuman 🇨🇦Jul 6
@vampiress For me, the fewer the distractions the better. If you are a computer hobbyist, then all the stuff is the point. But I use computers as tools to do my thinking, and I need them to get out of the way.
Show threadG 🇮🇹Jul 6
@vampiress i'd go for the first one
Show threadJADe (he, him)Jul 6
@vampiress maximize baby !!
Show threadAndrew Wooldridge 🐲Jul 6
@vampiress Don't forget the transparent purple phase
Show threadKhleedrilJul 6
@vampiress
I remember when my idea of minimalism was a computer which was just a black slab covered with a touch screen. We've got them now and they're crap, screen and keyboard for the win!
Show threadJPJul 6
@vampiress "inside you there are two genders…"
Show threadRemnant&Jul 6
@vampiress the first one looks like it's on a spaceship holy shit
Show threadNazoJul 6

@vampiress Well, I could never get along with the Apple way. Their version of minimalism means throwing away everything that you enjoy in computing to follow whatever their current whim may be at the time.

I keep wanting to reduce a bit, but I think I'm still leaning more towards maximum, lol. I use a mid-tower instead of a full tower now, but everything else has just grown. Multiple screens, custom keyboard + little gamepad keyboard (a sideways keypad programmed for WASD/etc stuff, lol) a wireless mouse that is always plugged in because I'm paranoid about wiping out the battery, a cheap USB DAC connected to a better quality DAC via SPDIF, and two speaker satellites that aren't huge but also not exactly striving to be tiny either. Oh, and headphones and a hybrid amp for good measure.

Show threadanathemaJul 6
@vampiress at the very least, proper mechanical key switches
Show threadEmma DavidsonJul 6
@vampiress I love minimalism so much that I want to put multiple minimalist systems on my desk at once, thus creating maximalism.
Show threadElissaJul 6
@emmadavidson Maximinimalism?
Show threadEmma DavidsonJul 6
@vampiress yes this is the aesthetic of my entire life
Show threadHowToPhil (Phillip R)Jul 6
@vampiress correct-amount-ism is preferable to both
Show threadgudenauJul 6
@vampiress One screams function the other screams "doesn't actually use the computer."
Show threadabbie unit #507131 (she/they/it) Jul 6
@vampiress mac is broign but i want whatever that funny beige box is it looks SICk
Show threadbinchickenJul 6
@vampiress the entirety of this corner of mastodon hooting at the top picture, rattling tin cups against shelves, saying things like ‘awoooga’