Viraptor

@viraptor@cyberplace.social
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Three anxious sysadmins in a trenchcoat. DevOpsSec mercenary.
#nix #rust #python #ruby #linux
Bloghttps://blog.viraptor.info/
GitHubhttps://github.com/viraptor
I like how some tech just has that recognisable look. Latex papers, excalidraw diagrams, ...
Everybody wants to make a game about running a small business when what we SHOULD be doing is making a game about running an office of public infrastructure. i don't WANT to spend every day "making money at my cute cozy shop" i want to run a cute cozy POST OFFICE or BUS STATION or WATER TREATMENT PLANT

Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Mastodon can do it.

Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments

Freelancers/contractors: get in the comments

Everyone else: boosts appreciated.

The market is *dead* for freelancers and a big part of that (in my opinion) is fragmentation. Let's get that network effect *back*.

#FediHire

Our Call for Volunteers is now open! Please lend a hand if you can at: https://forms.gle/VF5vzEkq8DomRuZv5

A lot of you asked about hours! This year we will run from 21 September 6AM-3PM US Central Time (Chicago). This is because of a Very Secret Surprise for our Australia friends, to be announced soon...(!)

Call for Sponsors is also open. Swag, badge, and training raffles help our junior attendees and give great name recognition. Contact us at hacks4pancakes at gmail.

PancakesCon 6: Call for Volunteers

This form is to volunteer for virtual shifts on 9/21/2025 between 6:00 AM and 3:00 PM Central US Time, as well as preparatory and post-process work outside those hours. Our con takes a lots of hands to keep running! Please do join our Slack, and read up on the con at pancakescon.com if you are unfamiliar. Slack is linked in the top banner.

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Kynes straightened, stepped back with a puzzled expression.
“You’ve worn a stillsuit before?” he asked.
“This is the first time.”
“Then someone adjusted it for you.”
“No.”
“Your desert boots are fitted slip-fashion at the ankles. Who told you to do that?”
“It ...seemed the right way.”

The best part of #RubinFirstLook: the exquisite quality, sheer number of frames, and algorithm matching for each asteroid detection. As expected, this is game over for all other "citizen science" projects or amateur observations out there, at least for MBAs: who can beat this?

https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/5iqj02kcs14lt24j845a58n15p

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

libxslt project maintainer steps down, citing the amount of time it takes to triage embargoed security issues.

“I’ve been doing this long enough to know that most of the secrecy around security issues is just theater. All the ‘best practices’ like OpenSSF Scorecards are just an attempt by big tech companies to guilt trip OSS maintainers and make them work for free.”

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/913

Triaging security issues reported by third parties (#913) · Issues · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab

I have to spend several hours each week dealing with security issues reported by third parties. Most of these issues aren't critical but it's still a lot of...

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Originally posted December 21, 2014
I started a meetup for OT cyber in Melbourne if anyone wants to go. They said I could use the office and buy beer 🤷🏻‍♀️ https://www.meetup.com/melbourne-ot-cybersecurity
Melbourne OT Cybersecurity Community Night | Meetup

Welcome to Melbourne OT Cybersecurity Community Night! This meetup group is dedicated to all niches of Cybersecurity, specifically focusing on Operational Technology (OT) / ICS / SCADA cybersecurity across all verticals. This includes everything from manufacturing, water treatment to trams, electric

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