Mastodawn

https://federate.social/@mattblaze/114388932783329496

Hailey 2d ago

You know back in my day, we had static analysis tooling that would give you exactly this kind of feedback, except it was correct. Now we have shit which only looks at the vibes of the source text and does no semantic analysis whatsoever, so of course it's just fucking wrong

trog 2d ago

Hailey 2d ago

Sent a pull request to Audacity fixing a crash bug I'd been running into frequently. The cause was an out-of-bounds memmove. Classic C++ areas.

Anyway I got a fucking copilot review on my PR which left two comments, both completely wrong, one of which suggesting I reintroduce the out of bounds memory access. I'm furious!

trog May 28

SnoopJ May 28

Content-Type: text/shitpost

trog May 18

Thomas Tuegel May 15

Software devs are so bad at estimation that there is a whole methodology/movement based on refusing to estimate, but devs report the time they have saved by using LLMs, and I’m supposed to take that number seriously?

trog Apr 23

only if we combine the secrets of papal elections with the rigour and integrity of both the International Olympic Committee and the FIFA Council can we truly safeguard democracy

Matt Blaze (@mattblaze@federate.social)

I've had at least two journalists (from reputable places) ask me about hacking papal elections and/or how we can apply the security for electing popes to US elections. Just no.

federate.social

trog Mar 19

Daisy Leigh Brenecki Mar 18

With the power of AI, you too can take your startup from “fucking around” to “finding out” in as little as two days!

trog Mar 9

gloriouscow Mar 5

Let's talk about Microsoft Flight Simulator! The very first one. The OG.

This is what you see when you boot the game:

trog Mar 5

Dgar Mar 5

Preferential voting in Australia is actually really cool. It lets you list the candidates on your ballot in the order of your preference.

So you can, for example, have The Fusion Party as number 1, The Greens as number 2, Labor as second last, and LNP as last, with any other candidates in between.

You are in control of who your vote goes to. The candidates and parties have no say in it at all.

Don’t let the media tell you otherwise.

trog Mar 3

marlies

Feb 26

The vatican needed a latin word for tweet, because the pope tweets. Or tweeted, I suppose, given the whole dead or dying situation. Anyway, they call them breviloquia (s breviloquium) which is honestly a great word even tho it’s not very brief itself. Given its nature and etymology I think we should be able to use it platform-independently and apply it to toots, skeets and even Truths as well. Anyway thank you for reading this breviloquium.

trog Feb 27

cketti Feb 26

I'm saying goodbye to K-9 Mail. Today is my last day at MZLA 😢

https://cketti.de/2025/02/26/goodbye-k9mail/

Goodbye K-9 Mail

Looking back on 15 years of working on K-9 Mail.

cketti

Attackers have time and budgetary constraints too.

tho, for situational awareness, the fash have been known to put razorblades and other harmful objects behind their posters.

Please exercise caution and wear PPE if you engage in this activity.

Remember, you're fighting someone who does not see you as being a real person.

Organize your risk assessment accordingly.

That's been one of the fun parts about this whole bullshit-

all my professional blue teaming skills?

Exact same thought processes, but setting "queer people" as the group to be defended, and it works out great.

Probably a pretty significant part of why I've not been panicking - this is just another defensive security situation; I know this, and I know that my skills work in these situations.

There's a lot of shit you can control, even when the overall environment is threatening.

And doing something agentic - something that derives from your knowledge, skills, and practices, that comes from within rather than being a reaction to something outside - makes for a much more settled mindstate.

This may be an apocalypse, but there's still work you can do.

Ride eternal, friends, shiny and chrome.

Adrian Morales Feb 20

@munin I wish I could control the weather. It snowed so much that it tore off my gutters. Now I'm super angry. I can't even fix them because the house is window-deep in snow. Yeesh! 😤

__Miguel_Feb 19

@munin
If you don't mind me asking, can you recommend some sources for blue teaming skills?

Because I have to be honest, my reaction so far has been to just ignore everything, I have too few spoons already and my anxiety and depression are barely under control as it is.

But my anxiety does well when I'm both distracted and something makes me feel like I have at least SOME control over what's happening around me.

I figure learning how to control this might help, and I'm probably not the only one who feels that way, so any suggestions are welcome.

https://www.eff.org/pages/surveillance-self-defense

@nanianmichaels

the EFF has some useful materials that you can use as a jumping off point

Surveillance Self-Defense

Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices. In addition to tutorials for installing and using security-friendly software, SSD walks you through concepts like making a...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (cyberpunk.lol alt)Feb 19

@munin razorblades were discovered behind fash posters at a station just outside London a few weeks ago (a lot of fash are also "tradmasc" types so may be buying the blades anyway for the "grandad" safety razors they like using)

There are also various scrapers you can get cheaply (sold for removing stickers from car windscreens) which can be used to attack suspect stickers without putting yourself in danger..

Lisa Gets Politik Feb 20

@vfrmedia @munin Alternatively, you could put up pro Trans stickers on top!

@lisagetspolitik @vfrmedia

That's not ideal, because that means you're expending equal time, effort, and resources.

If you want to do a pro-trans campaign, do it independently.

Michael Potter Feb 20

@vfrmedia @munin This is good to know, because I haven't seen any nasty stuff like this yet, but I'd probably reach out with my bare hands if I hadn't just been warned. 😅

Incidentally, I'm super lefty and I use an old steel "mid-century" razor with double-sided blades myself, a choice I made some years back to avoid putting all those plastic disposables into the landfill. 🪒

@mpotter @vfrmedia

lol, you don't have to be a nazi choad to use a safety razor, but they -are- somewhat masculine coded, hence their use by those posers.

Which makes my use of a straight razor all the more ironic, but I'm waiting on the appointment to fix the "more balls than the manly men" problem.

Michael Potter Feb 20

@munin @vfrmedia Oh yeah, they are definitely obsessed with being manly men in the man-o-sphere. It's exhausting just thinking about it.

Michael Potter Feb 20

@munin @vfrmedia Also, did you say "straight razor," as in the flip-out thing that can slit your throat? I could never. I live in earthquake country after all.

@mpotter @vfrmedia

Yep.

And friend, I can see the San Andreas fault from my office window.

@mpotter @vfrmedia

To be fair it isn't everyday.

But it does give a really solid close shave without any ingrown hairs after. No matter what you're shaving.

refraction

Feb 20

@munin @mpotter @vfrmedia yep, actually a big proponent of safety razors myself too. being masculine-coded is definitely an advertising issue. all kinds of shaving tools have also always been used by women and not just those of us that are trans.

refraction

Feb 20

@munin @mpotter @vfrmedia we shied away from trying a straight razor do far, though that was mostly about the maintenance I think. seen a cis woman use one to shave her legs before, no balls required 😂

@elexia @mpotter @vfrmedia

so, you can get straight razors that take replaceable blades :3

refraction

Feb 20

@munin @mpotter @vfrmedia yeah but the safety razors already do that

D. G. Fitch Feb 21

@vfrmedia have always just used the teeth of a metal key for quickly scraping fash stickers. you already carry one, probably! @munin

marceline ⚢⚔Feb 20

@munin "wear ppe" just scratch them with your keys

The Doctor Feb 20

@critakitty @munin A multitool in pliers mode works.

@critakitty

keys are a form of PPE in this case, friend.

The Doctor Feb 20

@munin In Pittsburgh, fish hooks.

The Doctor Feb 20

@munin Bay Area, broken glass in the wheat paste.

hex Feb 20

@munin they have also stabbed people who've taken down stickers on occasion, so be aware of that. Be ready to defend yourself.

Arina Artemis

Feb 21

@munin Could you use a knife to cut the posters up and/or scrape them off?

estelle Feb 21

@munin i've heard of this tactic used by terves for around a decade now (broken glass, etc), so yes, have some awareness that this can happen

Graham Sutherland / Polynomial Feb 19

@munin so true

there's been a spate of "immigrants ruined this country" ones around here, and new ones keep popping up, but within about two days of it starting I've stopped seeing ones that aren't ripped or defaced. folks are shredding them faster than they go up.

I've been tempted to get some more positive stickers printed to cover their remains.

@gsuberland

Big fat-tip magic marker's super cheap.

Graham Sutherland / Polynomial Feb 19

@munin I have a bunch in a drawer by the front door ^^

Graham Sutherland / Polynomial Feb 19

@munin but since I already do sticker things, I figure why not get some more positive messages out there too!

Future Sprog Feb 20

I used electrical tape to cover some graffiti that was scratched into a park sign in the bush. Several months later I was passing that way and my tape was still in place.

Now I carry some rainbow stickers in my wallet for ease of covering up graffiti I can’t remove.

@gsuberland @munin

sidereal Feb 19

@gsuberland @munin Pilot Jumbo Marker + "Immigrants welcome, tourists go home"

Token Sane Person Feb 19

@munin I had a similar experience in the Covid pandemic. A bunch of conspiracist anti-vax stickers appeared on lamp posts around town here. I took to tearing them off, or if stuck down too well I'd apply a marker pen. The next week I found someone else had got there with the marker before me, and a couple of weeks later they stopped appearing.

Angela aus dem Tassenschrank Feb 20

@tokensane @munin Same here. One of our neighbors must have kept putting anti-vax propaganda stickers on the letterbox at the end of our street. It only took me about three weeks of removing them, until they stopped.

Hans van Zijst Feb 19

@Fi 🏳️‍⚧️ Still, it would have been a good feeling to not only find that person, but to beat the shit out of him... 🤔

@hans

If you're going to transgress legality, why stop there?

sidereal Feb 19

@munin Just to yes, and, consider that covering them up with spraypaint, or markers, or different stickers, or even just tearing the sticker up with the sharp bits of your keys is sometimes faster and easier than tearing them down.

Also, don't forget about wheat pasting, it often ends up cheaper than all of this other stuff.

No Gods , no Masters! RESIST Feb 19

@munin I did the same thing in my town with a Nazi group that was putting up..."Fight Club" posters all over...

Comrade Ferret Feb 20

@munin Just be careful of razors stuck in behind them. Because yes, these wastes of flesh do that sometimes.

@ferret

Next post down in the thread covers that.

Lord Barham Feb 20

@munin I wonder if the old cliche applies to this nefarious individual; i.e., he's desperately trying to camouflage his own sexual inclinationsand secret desires from himself.

@andy_barham

Irrelevant. You cannot know their internality; all you can go on are their actions.

Lord Barham Feb 20

@munin Is it irrelevant though? One always hopes that education will bring enlightenment; though, given this happened at your school, one wonders.

@andy_barham

All you have to work with are someone's actions unless and until they choose to communicate with you otherwise.

And I've not been in school for decades; that was a repost from elsewhere - note the account names affixed to the text aren't me.

Justin Derrick Feb 20

@munin I wish it were that easy for graffiti.

Peter Brown Feb 20

@munin I understand the same is true of graffiti. If it is removed immediately, the “artists” (vandals) become demotivated and stop doing it.
For example, Inverness removes graffiti immediately so there is none .

@munin cc @sebsauvage :)

@f4grx @munin
GG 👍

@munin someone keeps tearing down my pro-2SLGBTQIA stickers (mostly pro-trans rights). I bet they think they won but I just got busy prepping an art show. They’ll be going back up when the weather allows.

zy Feb 20

@munin heya, when you use a robot to do alt text, please correct the result, the screen reader does a pause each time there is a line break (and it's nice to add context too)

Eric Feb 20

@munin Simly putting other stickers over their stickers also works. When they try to remove your sticker it costs them time, effort and annoyance and their own stickers get damaged.