David E. Smith

#WordPress fan. #Linux fan. #ProWrestling fan. Bad at video games. I do all my own stunts. He/him.

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uncledave_at_dobbs.town@mostr.pub

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2024-11-16 03:33:10

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@nprofile…hwyr we may never know, Netflix has been acting up the last half hour

2024-09-26 13:26:32

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2024-09-18 03:23:52

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@npub15pp…4jdw I'll be honest, it's not especially clear to me. I assume the leadership didn't have "tank our market share" as a goal, which makes me wonder what their stated goals actually were.

2024-09-09 00:00:36

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@npub1upk…tcwy What system if any are you using, and what do you like or dislike? I have Opinions (if they're wanted of course).

2024-09-06 12:48:11

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@npub1e7r…uf8g have you considered not criming, you could carry a lot less stuff that way

2024-08-30 05:01:28

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@npub1a5z…hcww I absolutely marked out when the crew from the 80s animated D&D showed up, just in the background, no attention drawn to them but IYKYK

2024-08-25 22:28:17

Baseball is weird.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5088645/baseball-red-sox-blue-jays-danny-jansen-mlb-history?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3h8CQN3dc89zDMVZjLwAGqjydqH_8bt_deLaecela8v6lQD0vbOPjMwD4_aem_BWLAwqYU1_6BjiE7YyOHng&ai=

2024-08-25 15:39:54

It's almost like inserting middlemen between people and their health care, whose sole purpose is to extract profit, was in retrospect a really bad idea.
https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/113022513413898527

2024-08-13 14:09:56

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@npub1ck4…xxjz this is where a Facebook style laugh react would come in handy

2024-08-10 18:08:02

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@npub1j2y…ggdc the calendar and contacts parts of ProtonMail might fit the bill, but Proton's calendar client isn't really all that great and there isn't a dedicated contacts app (it's part of the mail app)

2024-08-09 18:02:31

Olympic football is a work, I'm convinced after the babyface France team made the dramatic comeback to tie just at the end of regular time

2024-08-07 16:25:58

Sometimes I wish I were smart or cool enough to go to #defcon #defcon32 but then I realize I also can't afford a burner laptop and phone 🤣

2024-08-05 15:04:57

Connections
Puzzle #421
🟦🟦🟦🟦
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🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

2024-08-01 18:21:38

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@npub1ck4…xxjz is America II less of a disaster than the first one

2024-07-31 23:46:59

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@npub17e2…qj4x my brain kept interpreting this as a new release of OS/2

2024-07-27 23:18:32

I impulse ordered the toy, did not anticipate it coming in a box with one of the more bad-ass covers. #Transformers
https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/112/861/007/813/113/199/original/646ef46b9c7d08d0.jpeg

2024-07-27 18:22:24

Every time I think I can't like her more...
https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity/112859794539760656

2024-07-19 14:17:04

Current events have only reinforced how pleased I am with my decision to use only @npub146r…zmjq products for my information security needs

2024-07-17 23:02:35

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@npub1e7r…uf8g I mean, I'm not super into a red wall, but otherwise it looks alright to me

2024-07-15 15:30:09

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@npub1cx7…xdq5 no lube

2024-07-08 17:50:54

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@npub1upk…tcwy omg I didn't know rlwrap existed and I am having IDEAS thank you for this post

2024-07-05 18:30:13

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@npub1cx7…xdq5 I'm not sure even that would help. And there's still a solid percentage of people who are okay with it, which IMO is an bigger problem.

2024-07-01 22:26:06

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@npub1ahq…wjwd
https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/112/713/581/300/420/970/original/1de2020f3d6e9c49.mp4

2024-06-28 13:11:08

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@npub1ck4…xxjz I literally lol’d at this. Also happy birthday 🎉
https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/112/694/412/170/207/341/original/db880b2466f3c761.jpeg

2024-06-19 19:55:53

This writer Gets It. Also, love the title.
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/
https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/112/645/043/091/310/538/original/2ddf45dfa840c975.png

2024-06-19 14:05:45

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@npub1upk…tcwy only example I can think of, is VOIP and similar where if an individual packet gets dropped it’s not a big deal (our ears can still follow the conversation if there’s a tiny pop or tiny blip of silence).

2024-06-13 14:26:34

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@npub1j2y…ggdc hence the qualifier “well maintained”. Seems like we’re reinventing, badly, the first couple decades of email where dozens of humans ran their own spam lists.

2024-06-13 12:54:22

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@npub1j2y…ggdc shirley this depends on the list? One would hope a well maintained list would be reviewed by its humans periodically.

2024-06-11 06:18:02

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2024-06-10 19:05:56

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@npub1e7r…uf8g if you want to be single, of course you absolutely can, but I don’t think that’s a valid reason. I aspire to have a home setup like yours. 🤣

2024-05-04 14:54:07

Wordle 1,050 2/6
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I’ve peaked in life, it’s all downhill from here

2024-05-04 14:51:20

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@npub14l6…tm9n Normally I would recommend Mikrotik but I don’t think they have any hardware that supports 6E or 7 yet, and if you’re buying for anything bigger than your house you’ll probably want that for future-proofing

2024-05-02 18:16:06

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@npub1hlu…9rq8 I was with you until KDE, when I do Linux-y desktop stuff (which isn’t often, my work is mostly headless servers) it tends to be GNOME. Good luck! 🙂

2024-05-02 17:06:06

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@npub1hlu…9rq8 I don’t know with whom or what you’re breaking up, but the Internet is always here for you 🤣 (Also, if the ear of a total stranger would be useful, lmk.)

2024-04-22 13:49:23

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@npub1j2y…ggdc I don’t know if contusions and broken bones count as slack for me, but hell, you do you

2024-04-02 01:32:14

Even by the standards of this movie, laying it on a little thick, aren’t we #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 01:23:51

Well, guess I was wrong about rooftops being useful #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 01:18:09

BUG RELIGION #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 01:15:38

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@npub1fpf…7fcq sexy plot reasons!

2024-04-02 01:13:42

Okay, now kiss the bug brain #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:56:40

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@npub1fpf…7fcq also due to YouTube ad breaks every five minutes

2024-04-02 00:55:55

Is your loyalty to S&M, or to the Federation? #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:50:25

I need another long shot, I think Space Waitress is wearing heels which has to be a violation of uniform regs #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:37:50

Deepfakes? In MY #MondayActionMovie ? It’s more likely than you think

2024-04-02 00:34:34

What kind of peppers do they keep in the space kitchen? Yikes #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:28:40

Shai-hulud? Wrong movie, bro #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:24:32

They’ve been at war for a decade and still haven’t figured out rooftops would help? #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:18:27

Okay, not quite what I expected https://dobbs.town/@uncledave/112198734900619211

2024-04-02 00:14:45

“It’s hangin time!” #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:13:48

Those farmers are about to get their butts kicked aren’t they #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:06:32

What is UP with that accent? #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:05:25

Bug Grenades are already the funniest thing I’ve ever seen and we’re only five minutes in #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-02 00:03:51

I see this one is about as subtle as the original, that is, not even fking remotely so #MondayActionMovie

2024-04-01 23:58:22

I never saw the second one, I hope I’m not lost in the intricate details of the plot! #MondayActionMovie https://mastodon.social/@SesameSquirrel/112194543092824134

2024-03-31 04:22:56

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https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/112/188/389/546/078/028/original/a5265a5004ff5764.mp4

2024-03-29 16:53:11

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@npub1qz2…nlrg two is one of the digits in 23, which of course is the number in the 23 enigma, the other digit is three, half-life 3 confirmed

2024-03-29 16:50:39

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@npub1hlu…9rq8 I'm usually okay on time and whatnot, for me the problems are ideas, and to a lesser extent crippling social anxiety that decades of medication still haven't fully addressed 😂

2024-03-29 02:48:26

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@npub1hlu…9rq8 the random cool things you have done over time in simply astounding, I’m more than a little envious. 🙂

2024-03-25 14:00:17

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@npub1upk…tcwy didn’t know that, TY!

2024-03-24 15:21:22

Is it harder to find players for D&D, or for an infosec tabletop exercise? 🤣 @npub1xge…4s97

2024-03-24 15:19:44

It was harder to get @npub1xge…4s97 on my TV than it should have been, the live stream doesn’t seem to come up in a YouTube search, but I did it! (Had to start it on my laptop so the live stream would show up in my history.)

2024-03-19 18:27:34

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@npub1sqf…5skr I don’t even understand the argument here. If “disappearing messsges” is a feature, advertised by Snap, how can you argue that it’s a defect? Wouldn’t that only be the case if a message DIDN’T disappear?

2024-03-16 18:56:27

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@npub14e3…sy0l you’ve got mail! Thank you 🙂

2024-03-14 23:16:36

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@npub14e3…sy0l got a lot of the remaining ones, most of what’s left I could not figure out how to squeeze into ten words (a lot of them are WebDAV specific, so depending on your intended use you may want to swap them out for others)

2024-03-11 01:12:44

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@npub1hlu…9rq8 so, you’re into geeky boys, noted 🤣😘

2024-03-10 13:26:20

Ticketmaster: pioneering new ways to annoy customers with layers of incompetence since, wow, I don’t even know how long
https://davidsmith.is/2024/03/09/mini-rant-ticketmaster-and-aew/

2024-03-05 17:05:35

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@npub1ck4…xxjz I should write a blog post about the PlayStation Pi and the Atari 4000, they have more in common than most people think

2024-02-24 00:25:24

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@npub1e7r…uf8g I presume that would include the age requirement? There’s no way I would have been smart enough for that in my 20s, or really even 30s.

2024-02-21 15:21:26

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@npub1eg3…j9jk I have no idea what this is about, but I hope it’s not really that bad

2024-02-18 20:56:49

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@npub1kxf…7t3a @npub1y37…34nr who doesn’t love spontaneous disaster recovery tests?

2024-02-11 15:33:35

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@npub1j2y…ggdc Whether this is better or worse than the centralized control of faceless corporations is an open question.

2024-01-30 21:52:03

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@npub1e7r…uf8g frame rate is terrible and it seems to be locked at terminal size 80x25 or so, I’ll stick with my 4K ultra Blu-ray 🤣

2024-01-29 15:40:56

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@npub17zw…xynm I’m amused by their claiming they cannot charge my default payment method (which works for everything else) so I may be getting the ads anyway

2024-01-26 20:02:17

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@npub1fpf…7fcq if you get a really solid response to this and need extra invite codes lmk I have a few to spare

2024-01-18 15:45:23

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@npub1acq…ctl9 I didn’t know virtual attendance was an option this time around, so I think this post had the intended effect. 🤣 (ordered a virtual ticket)

2024-01-17 01:23:52

My TV reboots about once a day, and the fact that I can put those words together in that order tells me we have strayed from the path of righteousness.

2024-01-05 22:29:16

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@npub1su4…a0dw they went to all that trouble and didn’t put the MS Trackball Optical on the list? I still miss mine and it died probably a decade ago.

2024-01-02 16:04:15

My low is still quite high, wish @npub1nss…ykwv would quit with the climate tinkering already
https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/111/687/201/628/591/679/original/4086a41f622c2f3c.png

2023-12-22 19:21:18

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@npub17zw…xynm and here is an exhaustive list of places where you SHOULD do that:

2023-12-12 02:25:59

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@npub1vnt…qjzj … okay I guess I was wrong

2023-12-12 02:21:33

Honestly didn’t see that coming #MondayActionMovie

2023-12-12 02:18:45

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@npub1vnt…qjzj Please, they didn’t put as much thought into temporal paradox as they did in Back to the Future

2023-12-12 02:14:28