Mastodawn

"The police were at our door at 3:30 in the morning." What?

The federal criminal police in Germany were dispatched on Sunday to visit and call in the wee hours firms that use PLM solutions, PTC Windchill, and FlexPLM, to alert them of a critical security vulnerability.
https://www.heise.de/news/WTF-Polizei-rueckte-Samstagnacht-wegen-Zero-Day-aus-11221345.html

WTF: Polizei rückte Samstagnacht wegen Zero-Day aus

Wegen der Sicherheitslücke in Windchill und ZeroPLM schickten mehrere Landeskriminalämter Polizeibeamte zu betroffenen Unternehmen. Die sind irritiert.

heise online

Wombatadon 5d ago

Social media considered harmful.
(for children)
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/social_media_bad_for_kids/

Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say

: Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline

The Register

Wombatadon 5d ago

Prof. Sam Lawler 6d ago

Well, I have now been quoted calling SpaceX "fuckweasels" in a real publication by real journalists: https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116598/spacex-to-start-small-with-1-million-satellite-plan-pushes-back-on-critics

I guess I am proud of myself? (They are, indeed, fuckweasels, for their complete lack of care for the atmosphere that we all depend on, as well as not caring about Kessler Syndrome, or light pollution, or smashing people on the ground...)

SpaceX To Start Small With 1 Million Satellite Plan, Pushes Back On Critics

The company's rebuttal to the FCC mentions launching orbital data center constellation in phases, and studying potential atmospheric impacts. SpaceX also threw plenty of shade at Amazon.

PCMag Australia

Wombatadon 6d ago

Natasha

🇪🇺6d ago

Select all squares with muffins ...

Wombatadon Mar 15

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Mar 15

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@norootcause/116234880892918345

🗣 LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!!

I went to see Yuki Nivez at the Adelaide Fringe Festival last Tuesday. A great show!
If you get the chance, run, don't walk, to buy tickets.
Shows in Melbourne coming up.
#yukinivez

Wombatadon Mar 15

Owls in Towels Mar 15

How to Burrito an Owl

A guide by Barn Owl Trust shows how to wrap owls like burritos so they can more easily be examined, treated and fed by a wildlife carer.
More detail at https://owlsintowels.org/how-to-wrap-an-owl
Donate to Barn Owl Trust https://barnowltrust.org.uk/support-us/donate/ #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🌯

Wombatadon Mar 12

daniel:// stenberg://Mar 12

chicken nuget

Insecure #curl packages hosted by Microsoft. They think it's fine.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/03/12/chicken-nuget/

chicken nuget

Background: nuget.org is a Microsoft owned and run service that allows users to package software and upload it to nuget so that other users can download it. It is targeted for .Net developers but there is really no filter in what you can offer through their service. Three years ago I reported on how nuget … Continue reading chicken nuget →

daniel.haxx.se

Wombatadon Mar 11

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Fitz Bushnell Mar 11

@pluralistic
"For these AI boosters, the point isn't to create an AI that can do the work as well as a person – it's to condition the world to accept the lower-quality work that will come from a chatbot."

It's like "you get what you pay for" is being used as justification for terrible quality, instead of warning people away from suspiciously-cheap products.

Essential 8	ACSC Essential Eight
Ceph	Software defined storage
RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Aikido	#aikido #martialart