Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as
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- He/Him
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- https://www.breakdecks.com
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#Netsec Professional. Whitehat #Hacker. #Demoscene spectator. Nerd.
I'm a fan of #Linux, #FOSS, #Decentralization (not Crypto), Crypto (as in #Cryptography), and #Socialism. Always #Antifascist & #Antiwar.
Seattle, WA
Joined Feb 2021
Amazing that Amazon has billions of dollars of computing infrastructure, is diving head-first into machine learning and AI, and yet you can search "16TB SSD" on their storefront and find countless options under $50 because they really don't give a single shit if their customers are getting scammed.
Curiosity got the best of me, and I decided to investigate .eth domains.
Not interested in actually using them, or owning one, just wanted to see how they work.
Conclusion: They don't actually work. You either need a special browser, or a browser extension, and they redirect you elsewhere on the actual web.
Literally no way to actually host anything at those domains. Nothing after the '/' will ever do anything.
Web3 is such a joke. I can't believe anyone actually takes it seriously.
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Apparently people don't just like emulated calculators in the browser - they love it, and want more.
So come enjoy the CALCULATOR DRAWER, a dozen plus emulated calculators and (where I could find them) the manuals. Get calculating!
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This is, objectively, hilarious https://apple.news/AGUQpSFgoSy2XXlIX3B_DVw
RE-PC, a used electronics shop in #Seattle, uses inventory bins from Incredible Universe for parts management.
Incredible Universe went out of business 26 years ago!
I have vague memories of visiting one in Atlanta when I was a kid.
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"Pro-life" is a Republican lie.
Republicans are pro-death penalty.
Republicans are against child vaccination.
Republicans took away the child tax credit.
Republicans oppose school lunches.
Republicans oppose maternal health care like pre-natal vitamins.
Republicans oppose adequately funded foster care.
Republicans oppose the agency and autonomy of women.
Woo! 1,500 followers!
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yeah
right
i always forget
vanta's #1 tech tip
when you get frustrated, smoke weed and come back when you're in a better headspace
it's not even a tech tip
at this point it's just a life tip lol
it applies to more than just linux bullshit
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NEW: The federal No Fly List was exposed on an open server discovered by a security researcher last week.
The list, which was being stored by the US airline CommuteAir, contained over 1.5 million rows of data including names, aliases, & birth dates. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/no-fly-list-us-tsa-unprotected-server-commuteair/
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#Mastodon is hiring!
› Remote-only
› Full-time
Looking for:
› DevOps Engineer
› Product Designer
› Software Engineer 🆕
It could be you! Apply now:
Alex Vranas
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Does your ruling class spark joy? If not, thank them and throw them away.
Alex Vranas
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CNET is now letting an AI write articles for its site. The problem? It's kind of a moron.
https://trib.al/wxrVeJY
Alex Vranas
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Amazon just alerted me that my package was delivered at 10:30am local time, which is pretty impressive since it is 9:30am.
Cleaned up a couple gadget-packed sections of my apartment and I'm embarrassed to report over a dozen cables that weren't connected to anything.
Anyway, things are looking much cleaner now, and will remain so until my network lab goes through several more iterations.
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got to tour a literal steam ship today!!! it was fucking awesome!!!!! also lake union park is really goddamn pretty lol
I used to think the XKCD alt text was cute, but now I understand that XKCD isn't very accessible because it misuses alt text...
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Website
- https://www.breakdecks.com
Admin
#Netsec Professional. Whitehat #Hacker. #Demoscene spectator. Nerd.
I'm a fan of #Linux, #FOSS, #Decentralization (not Crypto), Crypto (as in #Cryptography), and #Socialism. Always #Antifascist & #Antiwar.
Seattle, WA
Joined Feb 2021
