RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/116264430375745593
US government in 1996: strong encryption is a munition and you can go to prison for years if you export
FOSS engineers: hey so only use this if you're in the US but we'll give instructions for how to do it otherwise 😉
California in 2026: we're passing a law that allows the AG to sue OS providers in civil court if they don't implement age verification in order to restrict Apple, Google, Facebook and the worst companies in the world.
FOSS Engineers: OMG THEY MIGHT COME AFTER OUR LINUX LAPTOP VENDORS WHO HAVE LIKE 3 TOTAL CUSTOMERS WE SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED AGE GATING YESTERDAY I PROMISE WE'RE NOT CHALLENGING YOUR AUTHORITY GOVERNOR NEWSOM
Consistency! Australia! Partition tolerance! These are the three legs of distributed systems!
TIL about "kanidm" from @firstyear (I must have over read it in the bio):
A small IDM solution that seems to be a perfect fit for small organisations:
- It seems small and simple enough to deploy easily
- Provides identities for Unix systems (Kerberos, SSH keys) and web (OpenID Connect).
At first glance, the documentation looks well written, too.
Oh, and finally there is a proper separation for the username, display name and legal name, where the latter is not readable by default, and the display name can be changed at anytime.
Call for Locks!
Our lock-picking crew are having some shipping dramas and may not have the usual gear in Brisbane in time for the workshops on Saturday!
If anyone is a member of a lock lock-sport club that may be able to come along with some gear and help out the crew (who are arriving with prizes and enthusiasm!) please reach out to us!
Droppy & The Sleuth
Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.
The findings, described in a recent study, suggest that employees who rate this sort of language as insightful are more likely to struggle with analytical thinking and workplace decision-making.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/
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