Xebulun EnEssEitch

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Liberate Te Ex Inferis
we should all aspire to lie as blatantly as API status indicators lol
SPACE KAREN MAKE OUTAGES GO MOON
(another true story.)
SIS – Our History

Today I learned that the initial C used to denote the head honcho at the [UK] secret intelligence service[s] - while being explained in latter days as standing for 'chief' - is actually historically an abbreviation of 'Cumming'.

I feel that vital point of trivia this should be on the brochure, and in fact am rather tempted to make the necessary amendments.

ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming

Mansfield Smith-Cumming - Wikipedia

(yoinked from someone i'm not crediting as they probably yoinked it from someone else, da capo ad libitum...)
Encrypted Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- UGGC/1.0

This memo defines an experimental protocol -called UGGC- that serves as an encrypted counterpart to HTTP.

IETF Datatracker

Continuing today's theme of resplendent disclosure....

(Believe me, this is the nicer end of the continuum of low-effort kekposting available to the undiscerning hegemon)

90s perl code and LDAP are not the most sensible combination of ideas...

(Star Wars theme credit: https://soundcloud.com/darth-vesta/star-wars-main-theme-8-bit )

Star Wars Main Theme 8-bit (+extras)

An 8-bit version of the Star Wars Main Theme (+ extras) by John Williams.

SoundCloud