J. "Henry" Waugh / is on Nostr

He/Him | Cis | Aroace | White | USian | Very Privileged | Elder Millennial, age overflow at 0x3fffffff secs (34 yrs) | Trans Rights are Human Rights

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2024-08-21 20:54:02

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yes, discouraging unencrypted SMTP on port 25
My former ISP has it blocked outbound everywhere except their virus scanning SMTP relay -- a measure they put in 20 years ago in response to the early e-mail worms of the early '00s
Nowadays in order to combat spam and spoofing, an "unofficial standard" is emerging that everyone use SMTP over TLS on a different port and have to use verification mechanisms like DKIM
I'm not surprised to see cloud providers enforcing it too

2024-07-05 05:07:21

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reminds me of this horrifying reporting -- a reminder that the things she was subjected to never ended:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s

2024-07-05 04:42:03

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indeed, this is the "Earthquake theory" of elections, and in the US is a thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keys_to_the_White_House

2024-07-02 22:36:23

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that's what dudebros think Reddit is

2024-06-28 05:09:24

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I'm sorry that happens to you, but my autistic brain decided to take that more literally than you meant and I almost spit my water 😂

2024-06-25 02:07:28

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error: password must be between 6 and 8 characters
-- a system I used once with the most arcane password rules Mastodon has ever heard of whenever I mention this

2024-06-25 02:03:05

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the road to hell is paved with good intentions

2024-06-23 22:38:42

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I also got a Chinese knock-off Rigol you can unlock
I'm just too worried it will to phphpbtbpbptpththt instead

2024-06-20 05:43:24

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so AFAIK the only thing that would be possible in the current protocol would be to have the originating server you posted it on stop adding new replies to the post's metadata and reject the AP messages when they come in
... which due to the mentions mechanism, would create an ironic result: everyone sees "locked replies" *except* you (and the originating server for the replies)
But perhaps in conjunction with a mute, that would be a sufficiently effective deterrent in your opinion?

2024-06-16 01:07:48

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I hope at least you gesture at a kernel subsystem or mention an idea someone spitballed...
(But maybe I'm reading your comment too literally)

2024-06-09 19:27:11

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I wish mine did that

2024-06-08 02:04:47

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where on Earth are you going to get a PCB shop that makes 8 layer boards tho?
And how on Earth will you afford the absurd BOM?
On wait, you don't mean like you build a Tenagra, never mind 😛

2024-06-03 02:54:38

White I found the black comedic humor effective, consider it a warning if you have a non-Enterprise VMware use case (e.g. Fusion for personal use) and/or a low bullshit tolerance:
https://matduggan.com/the-worst-website-in-the-entire-world/