Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

I think these cigarettes are giving me the bird.

That thing where I see that some Thing isn't proceeding properly - but if I step in to improve it - or even identify the problem - it will inevitably become My Thing as reward.

I already have too many other Things, so I'm not eager to charge into the breach.

Sleep well, my pretties.

1994: I think of myself as a hacker, but worry about what mainstream culture thinks that term means.

2024: A song in a fast-food burger commercial on TV just described their advertised deal as "a hunger hack."

Equating surveillance with safety considers only a fraction of what “safety” for everyone looks like. You cannot protect people from harm if part of what you offer them is a different kind of harm, writes EFF's Matthew Guariglia for Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/police-surveillance-wont-make-us-safer-broken-windows-on-steroids.html

I wonder what percentage of the web is usable and navigable without Javascript or CSS?

Your SSH honeypot fakes a Linux system and logs the threat actor's commands.

My SSH honeypot hijacks the threat actor's terminal to play the music video of Rick Astley's 1987 pop hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" while ignoring Ctrl-C.

We are not the same.

Brilliant!

@dansup BlueSky is a for profit company, it can't last forever in its current state, eventually they will need to monetize their user base or it will disappear.

On the other hand, the Mastodon network is largely nonprofit, meaning instances will last as long as the passion and donations do.

@mediaarchaeologylab presentation of the barbed wire phone project: full duplex over bare wire with just a 9v battery. One phone is circa 1915.
This is one of the coolest art/tech demos I've ever gotten to see/try out.

It's Caturday & We're Not Going Back! 🐈‍⬛️

Hi 👋

I am Monika a.k.a. ColorfulMartian and I'm looking for #gamer #friends here on #Mastodon to overflow my timeline with the bestest best #gaming content 🤗

Let's connect if you play:

🧝‍♀️ #ESO
🌸 #Palia
👩‍🌾 #StardewValley
🌳 #Valheim
👾 #OnceHuman
🏭 #Satisfactory
🐐 #AgeOfMythology

Or similar #MMOs, #cozy, survival crafting and/or strategy #games...

Looking forward to meeting you all! ❤️

The lazy cat gets the nibble.

Tonight on #WFMU: the Jimmys Awards!
Put on your tuxedo and tune in to WFMU's new movie show, Three Thumbs Up with Jim the Poet, tonight at 6pm (EDT) when winners will be revealed for the Jimmy Awards! See if your favorite Summer movies are winners!

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"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."

-- William Gibson, Count Zero - The favorite author of the exact people he was writing about.

I’ll hear arguments that wind turbines and solar farms are “ugly” after we ban billboards.