RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116334043697612715

Indeed. Read this article, and the discussion in the thread.

The wolf shows it's fangs...

#Bluesky

Okay, folks, gather 'round, because you are not going to believe this one. My friend who is working at NASA told me this confidential news , but i can finally spill the beans: NASA is officially running NetBSD.

Yeah, you heard that right. Turns out, when you need an OS that can literally run on a potato *and* survive the vacuum of space without a hiccup, you do not mess around. They have been working under wraps with their deep space division on something they are calling "AstroBSD."

Apparently, the Perseverance rover on Mars? Yeah, it is not just taking pretty pictures; it is crunching data with a custom NetBSD kernel.

This just proves what foundation has been saying forever: "Of course it runs NetBSD!" From your ancient router to a rover on another planet.

#NetBSD #NASA #AstroBSD #AprilFools #OpenSource #Portability #MarsRover #SpaceTech #GeekHumor

Ooo, a (bad) scam!

I got a text from `wa . govfog . dev/mydmv` letting me know I owed $6.99 for "unsettled tolls".

That's odd...I don't have a car registered in my name 🤷🏼‍♀️

"""
WASHINGTON DOL COMPLIANCE NOTICE: Outstanding traffic citation requires payment by 04/01/26. Penalties include permanent record, registration termination, 30-day suspension & 35% surcharge. Pay now: [fake portal link]
"""

None of the buttons on the site work, and the mobile formatting is bad, but I bet the payment button works.

It would be a shame if their web host and payment processor banned them and they got busted for impersonating a government agency.

#Scam #Washington #DOL #PNW

⚠️ Do not move your account to mastodon.cloud. If you know someone already on mastodon.cloud you might want to suggest they move to a different server.

-Mastodon.cloud's admin hasn't posted since Feb 2023
-There doesn't seem to be any moderation, really awful bigotry is still there months after being reported
-The server software is very outdated and full of unpatched security holes
-Because of all the above, many other servers have defederated mastodon.cloud

#MastodonCloud #FediBlock

Alright, this is absolutely first world problems, but holy mother of healthcare, am I furious.

So, I saw a doctor in the #Baylor system (who have purchased most medical practices in the area), a few weeks ago. I paid the doctor at the time of the visit. ($165 after insurance). I knew there was a facility fee, but refused to pay it, because it's egregious.

I got an email this morning from Baylor saying I owed another $300 for facility fees. (I was waiting for the bill, so I could talk to someone about it.)

So I called and said "Hey, this charge is unreasonable, and well outside usual and customary fees."

And their response, as Bob is my witless was, "Our fees are defensible." Which means they had lawyers sitting up figuring out to the last penny what they think they can get away with.

Those lawyers never met me.

#medicalDebt #USHeathcare #profiteering