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It's gonna get harder to tell phishing / spam from authentic emails from high end vendors.Because of AI, you think?NAH.Because...

It's gonna get harder to tell phishing / spam from authentic emails from high end vendors.
Because of AI, you think?
NAH.
Because everything SUCKS.
This is the authentic email that I got from OCI customer support today:

"Hi Team,

I hope you find this email good

Thank you for contacting us regarding the dispute.

We have received your communication. Our dedicated Dispute Resolution team is working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

We aim to provide you with a solution within 5-7 business days or sooner.
"

I have two different Oracle Cloud accounts (back from when you couldn't have two different geos in one account).They were both upgraded...

I have two different Oracle Cloud accounts (back from when you couldn't have two different geos in one account).
They were both upgraded to 2FA when this became first available - I think at some point last year.
I essentially never log in to them - so imagine my surprise when I found out that neither of them would let me log in - in both cases I have the correct user/password, but the 2FA code from my authenticator app gets rejected. And all attempts to contact Oracle support have failed.
oh joy.

Let's all take a deep breath and make sure you enjoy all that winning that we are doing.Check your investment portfolio, check on your...

Let's all take a deep breath and make sure you enjoy all that winning that we are doing.
Check your investment portfolio, check on your friends in the Federal Government, in research, in healthcare. Check on your neighbors who are not blond and blue-eyed.
Go to a library and check out some books on Germany in mid 1930s. Fun reading, let me tell you.

I remember someone saying that we'd get tired of all that winning.
They were right. I am totally tired of all that winning.

my feelings exactly...

my feelings exactly...

Behold the most majestic animal#caturday

Behold the most majestic animal
#caturday

This video is so good. And I'm sure Elmo will try to get out taken down because it shows just how bad the Tesla autopilot...

This video is so good.
And I'm sure Elmo will try to get out taken down because it shows just how bad the Tesla autopilot is
https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ

I love knowing what's going on around me.It used to be that I read several GOOD newspapers (back in the olden days, when that was a...

I love knowing what's going on around me.
It used to be that I read several GOOD newspapers (back in the olden days, when that was a thing). Then I had accounts on several online news sites. Listened to NPR. You know, the usual.
Lately I find that I really find it hard to read (or listen to, or watch) the news. It's not good for my mental health.

So instead I spend time finding out what's going on around me in different ways. Have you ever been interested in tracking the airplanes around you? To see which planes and helicopters are up in the air? To dream about being on a plane to Korea, or Japan, or Europe right now?

https://YouTube.com/@adsb for a bunch of videos to help you get started - or https://adsb.im/home for those who prefer to read instead of watching videos.

Hit me up if you want help to figure things out (or can't afford to buy a Raspberry Pi + SDR, but would like to have an ADS-B antenna at your place, anyway)...

For those who are curious what I'm spending my time on... https://YouTube.com/@adsbIt's ridiculous how much I hate hearing my own...

For those who are curious what I'm spending my time on... https://YouTube.com/@adsb

It's ridiculous how much I hate hearing my own voice...

#adsb

I am so amused by the whining from the data scraping tech bros about (GASP) the data scraping being done by other...

I am so amused by the whining from the data scraping tech bros about (GASP) the data scraping being done by other people...
https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/

Of course we'll go from vilification, to banning, to public subsidy of the domestic tech bros in order to protect our "lead" in... whatever it is that the current type of garbage GenAI is good for.

Oh, wait, we already jumped to the last part

I can ping 1.1.1.1 but neither 4.4.4.4 nor 8.8.8.8 -- that's not a reason for concern, right? I mean, someone at Google pressed the...

I can ping 1.1.1.1 but neither 4.4.4.4 nor 8.8.8.8 -- that's not a reason for concern, right? I mean, someone at Google pressed the wrong button?

As far as most companies are concerned, I just turned 54... 😇Happy birthday to all the others claiming to have been born at epoch

As far as most companies are concerned, I just turned 54... 😇

Happy birthday to all the others claiming to have been born at epoch

Do I know anyone who lives in the I-5 corridor between Olympia and Longview?

Do I know anyone who lives in the I-5 corridor between Olympia and Longview?

It's that time of the year. After your inbox being bogged down by "sales", now it's time for more...

It's that time of the year. After your inbox being bogged down by "sales", now it's time for more "'`sales`'" and of course the pitches for donations.
Here's one that I'll happily share. Give to the @eff - they do incredibly important work that is relevant to all of us
https://eff.org/yec

So all my social media in one app.With Crossposting. Sounds... Maybe... Dunno@openvibe

So all my social media in one app.
With Crossposting.

Sounds... Maybe... Dunno

@openvibe

Oh good. LLMs hallucinating bugs for me and confidently misunderstanding code is now included for freeJust what I wanted for Christmas. I...

Oh good.
LLMs hallucinating bugs for me and confidently misunderstanding code is now included for free

Just what I wanted for Christmas.

I hope it's at least easy to turn off. I guess it's too much to hope that this world be opt in instead of the default "we ram AI down your throat and you WILL. LIKE. IT." approach...

Ahhh PDXSaturday morning, the place is packed. Lines everywhere. Alaska bag check system went down.TSA has staffed only half the...

Ahhh PDX
Saturday morning, the place is packed. Lines everywhere.
Alaska bag check system went down.
TSA has staffed only half the checkpoints.
If you don't have TSA pre my guess is from arrival, through bag check and TSA about 2 hours, maybe a little longer.
Good times for holiday travel

I am working on de-Googling my life a bit more. Yeah, with everyone else using Gmail and Google calendar and Google drive and... that's...

I am working on de-Googling my life a bit more. Yeah, with everyone else using Gmail and Google calendar and Google drive and... that's pretty hard. But hey. Every bit helps.
- I run my own email server (yeah, that's mental. I know. don't tell me)
- I use tailscale and random exit nodes across my dozen+ VMs that I have here and there for various reasons
- I use @kagihq for search (what a huge improvement)
What else is reasonable to do to be less of the product for Google (and others) to sell?

After a bit of a social media break (to protect what little is left of my mental health) I came back to Mastodon (I've pretty much...

After a bit of a social media break (to protect what little is left of my mental health) I came back to Mastodon (I've pretty much abandoned all the other platforms for a while now). At first things looked broken - maybe because I hadn't logged in and so the feeds from other instances didn't get pulled? not sure.
But now that things are back and working and I can start reading again I remember why I like this platform.
So. Much. Good. Content.
and
So. Easy. To. Filter. And. Block.

Well hello Frankfurt

Well hello Frankfurt

Question for the security minded people here... should your firewall appliance run Spring 2.5, openssl 1.0.2e, log4j 1.2 and other,...

Question for the security minded people here... should your firewall appliance run Spring 2.5, openssl 1.0.2e, log4j 1.2 and other, contemporary packages?