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FINALLY came through with a really weirdly phrased message from the CEO admitting there was a "cyber incident" after, what, 5...

FINALLY came through with a really weirdly phrased message from the CEO admitting there was a "cyber incident" after, what, 5 days? a week?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnzKPQXuW6g

This outage is apparently _still going on_ and there's been no information still what the cause is or an ETA on restoring access. The...

This outage is apparently _still going on_ and there's been no information still what the cause is or an ETA on restoring access. The Facebook page is a gold mine for how NOT to do customer service with AI though.

https://www.facebook.com/cellcom

One of my Discord friends is a customer of regional Wisconsin phone provider "Cellcom"... they've apparently had a text and...

One of my Discord friends is a customer of regional Wisconsin phone provider "Cellcom"... they've apparently had a text and voice outage for the past 2-3 days, but data works fine. What's weird is they keep giving "update" posts that lack any specificity and might be AI generated, and have made basically no visible progress on getting it fixed. (Updates posted here under "Previous Updates" - https://www.cellcom.com/service - and additional FAQs like "What is going on" and "Why can't I port my number right now?")

At this point I'm thinking, it's gotta be a cyber-attack, right? Somebody (or something - ransomware, etc) got in and destroyed a bunch of production computer systems, and they've got to go restore from untested backups or rebuild from scratch. What else could take so long and slow a rollout to repair? But they won't _say_ that. Really strange.

#infosec #cybersecurity #cellcom #wisconsin #ransomware

I bought some frozen grape juice concentrate so I could make a gallon of wine, then left them on the counter to thaw and forgot about them...

I bought some frozen grape juice concentrate so I could make a gallon of wine, then left them on the counter to thaw and forgot about them for a few days. Checking today and one of the cans is puffed up w/ definite alcohol scent when opened. Looks like I got wild ferment by accident? Never had that happen before... I'm going to just mix the rest of the must up without pitching any yeast and see if it'll keep going!

#winemaking #homebrew

It's been a year since VNCSlots was put online - with frequent downtime, I'm not sure what causes it to die, I just restart it when...

It's been a year since VNCSlots was put online - with frequent downtime, I'm not sure what causes it to die, I just restart it when I remember - and evidently someone has been hard at work pulling that lever! (Or, more likely, someone had a script going that just "clicked" the hotspot repeatedly)

Currently at 356,356 pulls with 301,149 coins won - an 84.5% return - which is much more in line with the expected outcome. On a long enough timescale, the house always wins.

it's really obvious how everyone's just learned the word "quisling"

it's really obvious how everyone's just learned the word "quisling"

in honor of #Skype finally shuttering I'd like to share this C64 SID tune from 2018 by Jeroen Tel and LMan, which was an incredible...

in honor of #Skype finally shuttering I'd like to share this C64 SID tune from 2018 by Jeroen Tel and LMan, which was an incredible troll tune to queue up on Nectarine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnIiui46ggY

#commodore

one annoyance is, if my script is named `MyApp.py` and the modules live in `MyApp/`, I must create a `__init__.py` to get imports working...

one annoyance is, if my script is named `MyApp.py` and the modules live in `MyApp/`, I must create a `__init__.py` to get imports working (otherwise it complains of a circular reference or partially loaded module)

#Python best practices: I have a CLI app "MyApp" w/ a folder full of modules (classes). Which is better: entry point in...

#Python best practices: I have a CLI app "MyApp" w/ a folder full of modules (classes). Which is better: entry point in `MyApp/__main__.py`, or entry point in `MyApp.py` with all modules in `MyApp`?

Advantages of the second is the ability to add a "/bin/env/python3" shebang to the top and exec it, which I like better than `python3 -m MyApp`. Are there advantages to the former method?

I need like two of these (size doesn't even matter, I'm going to superglue them in place because the plastic is busted) but god I do...

I need like two of these (size doesn't even matter, I'm going to superglue them in place because the plastic is busted) but god I do not want to pay $6.99 plus shipping (or whatever) for them

there's admittedly a flat rate for being able to call your project "part of the XYZ series" that needs to be factored in

there's admittedly a flat rate for being able to call your project "part of the XYZ series" that needs to be factored in

once again I'm at that point I tend towards every few months - "how much could the license for XYZ property REALLY cost" /...

once again I'm at that point I tend towards every few months - "how much could the license for XYZ property REALLY cost" / " how much would the license for XYZ REALLY increase my sales, compared to a 'spiritual successor' or clone"

really funny comment in official documentation - "HOPE it won't block" ?? Those docs could use a little work...

really funny comment in official documentation - "HOPE it won't block" ?? Those docs could use a little work...

this anecdote about the recording of Operation Ivy's legendary 1989 ska-punk album "Energy" is so funny to me#ska #punk #music...

this anecdote about the recording of Operation Ivy's legendary 1989 ska-punk album "Energy" is so funny to me

#ska #punk #music #oi

discord friends and I have been doing a "top 100 albums music draft" and it's been a blast so far - spend a month coming up...

discord friends and I have been doing a "top 100 albums music draft" and it's been a blast so far - spend a month coming up with your personal top list, take turns filling a Google sheet one pick at a time, everyone goes and listens to everything and ranks them. results to be averaged and presented at the end. there's also a "blurbs" box if you want to play pitchfork critic.

We have 17 participants so everyone got only 6 picks each, which is agonizing (how do you boil down your music taste into 6 albums??) and then the sheer variety of music and taste, plus the chance to talk it out with friends, is a great experience.

(I am the least popular person in the chat for making everyone listen to Coldplay but they'll see, they'll all see...)

Youtube user "comedyhunter" has never let me down since 2012

Youtube user "comedyhunter" has never let me down since 2012

resetting the counter of "days since I've used my preferred left/right speaker test video" to 0 again...

resetting the counter of "days since I've used my preferred left/right speaker test video" to 0 again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvJoYnpeRQ

squinting my eyes at bands releasing 24bit recordings of their garage rock. you fuckers think you've earned that? you don't need...

squinting my eyes at bands releasing 24bit recordings of their garage rock. you fuckers think you've earned that? you don't need nearly that much headroom

this stance makes perfect sense but I am not surprised the "just run Linux" crowd think it's a boneheaded statement. The...

this stance makes perfect sense but I am not surprised the "just run Linux" crowd think it's a boneheaded statement. The difference between Grok and me isn't that they have the model and I don't - it's that they have a fucking DATACENTER and I don't. These things needing 5000 GPUs and more power than a city is a *feature* for these guys.

IP law currently is just a legal liability to them that enables lawsuits and losses - it's not protecting their assets at all. Cost of ownership and operation does that alone.

sometimes I look at the Live Feed on mastodon.social and it's astounding the amount of Noise that is pumped into the internet at all...

sometimes I look at the Live Feed on mastodon.social and it's astounding the amount of Noise that is pumped into the internet at all times. if it's not outright spam it may as well be - internet radio stations posting every time a new song comes on, "every screen from pokemon", that sort of thing