Paco Hope #BLM / is on Nostr

#Cloud #Security Consultant at #AWS. Based in #Virginia, USA. Opinions are my own, etc. Moderator at infosec.exchange

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2024-08-31 01:14:05

What do they mean in the headline “after” #covid?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89w84wzv1vo.amp

2024-07-14 10:48:07

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@npub17ha…t8va That link gives me “Page Unavailable”. Wrong link? Or maybe they already took the story down?

2024-06-30 04:02:02

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@npub1vgs…4tgk Until I zoomed in I thought this was one of those iconic shots of the Loch Ness Monster. 😜

2023-12-02 01:26:35

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@npub1vcl…k6t3 PGP

2023-11-26 16:09:16

Working on my latest #HomeAutomation project. An Inky Frame to display calendar, weather, and a bit of status. I have a silly number of big projects tied together making it work:
NextCloud (where my calendar lives and is accessible via caldav)
HomeAssistant for Lovelace dashboards
Calendar integration in HomeAssistant to pull the calendar from NextCloud and draw it on a Lovelace dashboard
Lovelace Kindle Screensaver which fetches a Lovelace dashboard and converts it to a PNG of a known dimension (600x448 in my case)
Some manky Python written by yours truly to fetch the image and display on the display.
Blog post coming some day, and a few bugs will follow in the thread behind this post.
#RaspberryPi #InkyFrame #NextCloud #HomeAssistant
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/111/477/703/891/865/892/original/7f73659d793a6e28.jpg

2023-11-20 03:14:35

Back in the 1950s you were unencumbered by seatbelts and you could both get out of the car on the same side. #monsterdon
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/111/440/694/091/247/925/original/33135c97ca86b08b.jpg

2023-11-10 12:27:24

A brilliant thread by Cory Doctorow again. This time on #enshitification of garage door openers.
I use an OpenGarage door Automator on my garage door. The firmware is open source and the device is like $35. It integrates trivially with #HomeAssistant. And it can’t be taken away by a company suddenly deciding it wants more money from me.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/09/lead-me-not-into-temptation/#chamberlain
https://opengarage.io/
#homeautomation #smarthome

2023-09-10 23:20:38

Bank to #bank #money transfers in the US are so broken. I had to send a bunch of money to my real estate agent. She asks “Do you use #zelle? #venmo?” No. Fuck that. I do not need anybody’s #privacy policy involved in transferring money. I could “send a wire” but that costs $25 in the year 2023. That’s also fucked up.
In the UK you just put in bank routing details and poof! Money moves instantly, securely, and free? Why? Because the fucking law says so. That’s why.
So I wrote them a check. In 2023 I wrote a check. Then I emailed them photos of the check. They used their bank’s mobile app to fucking take photos of the pictures of the check I sent. And it worked! Free. Electronic. With no third parties.
Stupid as hell.

2023-09-09 10:39:24

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@npub19lt…qfjk Congrats on the change. Your summary of your first few days ends amusingly with:
“finding good food stalls near the office, and learning all about the unique set of challenges they face”
I had no idea you were so deep into food stalls. 😜

2023-06-24 19:55:54

I finally got enough confidence to post a video of me playing #bass. January of this year, at age 50, I decided to start learning. I'm not much to watch, but this is halfway decent. Obviously the bass is pretty loud in the mix, because I'm sharing it the way I hear it. I have a long way to go.
https://blog.paco.to/mp3/September-June2023.mp4

2023-03-31 00:54:54

I just learned about https://learn.makemytestcount.org/ for positive #[0] tests thanks to #[1] ‘s newsletter. I haven’t had a positive test yet (hoping to keep doing prudent things like #[2] and keep avoiding it). But we are having to step up as the #[3] gives up and tries to find something else to work on.