Nick Selby 🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 :donor:

Trail of Bits Assurance. Host, Trail of Bits podcast. Formerly NYPD Intelligence. Co-Host, Tech Debt Burndown podcast. https://authory.com/NickSelby/

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2024-08-19 05:56:08

Matt Stoller has been covering monopolies and related issues in his BIG newsletter for years, and I have been reading his stuff for a long time. He did a good job here of describing without hysteria the Harris proposals that have so many people incensed.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-price-gouging-vs

2024-07-06 09:20:22

I am so lucky to live so close to this glorious Alpine fed swimming hole, with such healing and life affirming waters.
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2024-07-01 11:22:24

Schröööder.
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2024-06-30 10:13:23

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@npub1mhp…6t73 Well, glass houses and all --- Let's watch RN and AfD carefully, hmm?

2024-06-02 16:19:09

I was the last person to watch Ted Lasso but now I did and I loved it. What should I watch next? prime, Netflix and Apple.

2024-06-01 10:41:58

I have never so strongly replied, “NO” to a headline. @npub1yyx…qa5g
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2024-06-01 05:36:36

First shot in my new STARESSA. Delicious. The tiniest bit bitter but we used cheap Lavazza pre ground (so I didn’t make mistakes with real coffee). Yum!
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2024-05-30 05:52:12

@npub1xl5…wsca: €99 on amazon.de
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2024-05-28 06:47:07

1. Sick as a dog this morning. So is spouse.
2. It is May 28 and it is so damned cold we needed a fire.
3. Man, are we lucky that when 1, we can 2.
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2024-05-28 05:45:05

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@npub1xl5…wsca @npub1jcn…gw7e will there be a full review coming?

2024-05-21 12:14:53

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha WHOAAAAAAA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha LOL #Recall
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2024-05-20 15:25:12

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@npub1mhp…6t73 What's worse? BTC or Air Conditioning or clothes dryers or hair dryers or .... Basically it's here and it uses power. Sustainable energy is better than unsustainable energy

2024-05-20 15:22:16

Surprise surprise - 54.5% of the power used in Bitcoin mining is from sustainable energy sources like solar and wind.
“Bitcoin Mining is currently the only major global industry that is powered mostly by sustainable energy.”
https://evertas.com/news/bitcoin-minings-environmental-impact/

2024-05-15 22:30:36

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@npub1xl5…wsca I don’t doubt that they make good stuff, I just know that that approach to marketing flies right in the face of all my values, and I try not to engage with people who do that.

2024-05-15 22:11:09

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@npub1xl5…wsca "We like reviews if they are good" is Trumpian in its simplicity ("I will accept the results of the election if I win"), and hearing this about them makes me glad I didn't buy anything from them.

2024-05-10 14:18:30

Thank you Administrator Milgram for stating so plainly how DEA made the War On Drugs deadlier and stupider than anyone could have imagined. The war on drugs is responsible for scores of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds spent on creating suffering, destroying American families, repression, racism, and overall, incalculable human tragedy, many of the issues relating to police militarization that face society.
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2024-05-07 19:15:26

The completed @npub1lge…yg43 hand-tinned, hand-hammered copper omelette pan with hand-forged stainless steel handle, and hand-made and -hammered copper rivets. https://rockyhillforge.com
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2024-05-03 19:16:55

Just noticed that gas prices are $6.59 a gallon in San Francisco. I mean… they are $7.29 a gallon near my house in Germany but. . . This is America!

2024-03-18 21:23:20

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
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2024-03-17 11:51:28

Someone after my own heart.
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2024-03-15 11:10:14

I was at a law enforcement conference yesterday for investigators combatting human sex trafficking. We met a victim like this who was abused by an officer to whom she had gone for help. What an incredibly brave person she was to stand in a room full of cops and talk about her experience and ways police can recognize and help a trafficked person. This story is important. Gift link: https://wapo.st/48Xe6Zm

2024-03-15 08:21:37

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp To the moon!

2024-03-15 08:21:27

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp @npub1xkg…gph9 Well I will remind you this conversation started when you tooted about … crypto LOl @

2024-03-15 08:20:49

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp Me too! See? People can disagree and maintain civility and even have fun

2024-03-15 08:17:51

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp But if you want to hate on it I strongly recommend reading the talented and often hilarious @npub1xkg…gph9

2024-03-15 08:16:52

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp Fred, I really don’t need to read up on the topic. We simply disagree.

2024-03-15 08:12:53

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp I mean, if you don’t like it, you probably should use it. :)

2024-03-15 08:11:57

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp OK that’s like saying that Euros are a scam scheme because an ATM charged you €5 to withdraw money.

2024-03-15 08:08:43

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@npub1mhp…6t73 @npub19tf…przp Well, we disagree on that but that’s cool.

2024-03-15 07:40:32

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@npub19tf…przp @npub1mhp…6t73 OK

2024-03-15 07:37:18

Golly this sure looks like a great opportunity to hire a writer. I’m so glad she emailed me.
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2024-02-11 19:48:45

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@npub1t2c…d0pp I bet switching it out would get you a 10% to 20% speed boost, lower latency, and the joy of denying AT&T both revenue and so much of your data.

2024-02-10 17:26:19

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@npub1t2c…d0pp Buy your own router for sure

2024-02-10 12:29:56

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@npub1yyx…qa5g No, they say you’re good.
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2024-02-10 10:51:28

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@npub1mhp…6t73 Love foley work

2024-02-04 21:25:12

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@npub18c7…er9d Sure but they work. But the fact that the writer just assumed there was an external safety is really pathetic.

2024-02-04 21:20:34

Sometimes you’re reading and enjoying something and then the writer steers you face first into a brick wall and you just want to ask why he never went in to a gun shop for a conversation.
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2024-01-13 18:33:57

#ACAB. Body cam video of officer diving into icy pond to save eight year old girl. https://apnews.com/video/law-enforcement-vermont-michelle-archer-national-national-8f1584e36c834c148a7839087f7fc2e6

2024-01-13 12:14:19

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@npub1yyx…qa5g Remember when it was notable that Google dropped “don’t be evil” from its mission statement?

2023-12-25 09:54:23

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@npub1mhp…6t73 Thank you for saving me from watching it. My wife and I have a rule that we never tell each other what we think of a film that one of us has seen and the other hasn't. My wife had seen it and refused to say anything, but she agreed ENTIRELY with your assessment. So there's two hours of my life I won't regret losing

2023-12-24 11:08:29

If you don’t see the nazification of global political discourse, you’re not paying attention. Not only is it not hiding, it is leading in popularity among young people. Regarding the German AfD party:
“…[S]ix of the ten most successful Tiktok accounts of German politicians belong to the AfD, measured in terms of followers; There is a similar dominance when it comes to likes.
The AfD has almost 18 million likes, the former Left is in distant second place with 6 million, and the SPD brings up the rear with less than 300,000 likes.”
https://taz.de/AfD-auf-TikTok/!5979204/

2023-12-24 04:18:59

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@npub1gzl…kk4u this was one of the first things I noticed when I moved to Europe in my 20s: at social events and parties, “what do you do?l just isn’t a question that comes up. Or rather it will but much later in the conversation.

2023-12-22 17:21:24

Wow this is fascinating and counterintuitive: people don't just prefer sloppily wrapped presents, but they prefer what's inside the package "significantly" more when it is sloppily wrapped. What a COOL experiment https://theconversation.com/the-science-of-gift-wrapping-explains-why-sloppy-is-better-128506
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2023-12-22 14:30:26

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@npub1mhp…6t73 And you think knowing his motive will help you do that? Well, power to you.

2023-12-22 14:28:27

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@npub1mhp…6t73 Yes. It's a horrible set of circumstances. I don't think the murderer's thoughts and reasoning are among the most important things to discuss. I think they are in fact among the least important elements of this. Frankly, I couldn't possibly care less why a murderer murders, but if it maks the New York Times feel better, "He did it because is is a crazy and evil motherfucker."

2023-12-22 14:20:37

Yes, yes, I am sure the families of the murdered are only concerned with motive. As if anything could explain away their despair. Why do we allow "journalists" to write this horseshit
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2023-12-22 06:58:59

We are now ready to commence the Christmas cooking season. Sauerbraten down!
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2023-12-20 08:12:44

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@npub19lt…qfjk You've got it exactly: crimes at the national as opposed to the state or regional, or municipal level is what they're referring to. So, terrorism (national) versus, say, breaking a state ordinance (like opening a shop on Sunday in Bavaria). And it's a manifestly dumb and American way to state it, but what do you expect from CNN? I am still upset when I get on a US-bound airliner in Germany or Austria or the UK and they say that, "Federal law prohibits smoking in the lavatories..."

2023-12-18 17:09:51

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@npub12f7…lkxh Aren't all of those symptoms of COVID-19 as well?

2023-12-12 10:57:01

Keurig machines should be banned from the planet. In addition to being selfishly ad unforgivably environmentally noxious, they make repugnant “coffee”.

2023-12-11 16:45:20

You hear that everyone? We're usin' code names.
From: @npub13d8…ycpx
https://chaos.social/@realhackhistory/111562481853572861
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2023-12-11 11:12:43

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@npub1mhp…6t73 Untrue. You only must pay to uninstall it completely.

2023-11-27 22:49:25

Starlink sent me eight roof mounts. I ordered one. They charged me for one. I have eight. And there is literally no way to contact Starlink.

2023-11-27 22:36:01

Somehow I distrust the algorithm
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2023-11-13 06:56:57

As one of the painfully few non-Australians who occasionally gets a hankering for Vegemite, and having allowed people I had warned - often dramatically - to taste it and then observed as they decided that it is just one big mean practical joke, I’d say that this quote is an indication of a gross national delusion on unprecedented scale:
“Looking to the next 100 years,” he said, “I still think Vegemite could go global.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/world/australia/vegemite-centennial-history-melbourne.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-Ew.ygiG.2OViF0P1fSdw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-11-10 00:40:01

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@npub1xl5…wsca out of curiosity why the ~five degree difference at the start?

2023-10-29 06:51:33

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@npub1mhp…6t73 I read in the Variety obit that in his book he described significant addiction issues. It can be unbelievably difficult to turn around. Some of us don't ever recover. Some of us recover partially. We're never "cured". In my experience it can get better.

2023-10-29 06:46:09

Ten online substance abuse and addiction resources (please boost for visibility). I don't recommend any of them; whatever works for you is the best one there is:
1. Betty Ford Clinic Resource List: https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/resources
2. Reddit Stop Drinking: https://www.reddit.com/r/stopdrinking/
3. 25 Non-Traditional Sobriety Support Groups: https://www.thetemper.com/sober-communities-beyond-traditional-aa/
4. Women for Sobriety: https://womenforsobriety.org/
5. Alcoholics Anonymous: https://aa.org
6. Narcotics Anonymous: https://na.org
7. (US) SAMHSA - https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
8. In The Rooms: https://www.intherooms.com
9. Free sobriety apps https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/sobriety-addiction-apps/
10. Living Sober (NZ) https://livingsober.org.nz
My earlier post: https://infosec.exchange/@fuzztech/110903562776784426

2023-10-29 06:12:47

Wanted to boost this post of mine about sobriety from this past August. If you are thinking about getting sober or clean, or if you're struggling with staying that way, I and others are here for you.
https://infosec.exchange/@fuzztech/110903562776784426

2023-10-23 18:26:03

@npub1yyx…qa5g finally an exception? From the NYT: "Do you really need to shower every day?"

2023-10-22 16:16:55

Regardless of whether you think Merrick Garland would have been a good justice, there is a direct straight line from Mitch McConnell shutting down the Garland nomination to the overturn of Roe. The fact that McConnell is now siding with Biden on a military package doesn’t make McConnell a moderate nor a bipartisan. He is still a hypocritical, self-serving POS traitor.

2023-10-19 07:41:39

I just clicked, for the first time in my life, on a YouTube ad. For the Mous commuter backpack - anyone here own one who can talk about it?

2023-10-19 07:25:34

Thanks to @npub1cmg…rzd2 I've started watching Finnish comedian Ismo. This guy looks at English in a way I haven't seen since George Carlin, but it's different - oh, very. I really like his work. His best known bit is on the word "ass". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0Z1yq-2FQ But here he talks about, as an example, the use of the word "language" to call out the use of foul language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I21QYzumagc

2023-10-17 15:18:45

It really is quite extraordinary - not that Rep Jordan and his supporters are choosing the Trumpian tactics of fear and blackmail, but that it is working so well. The House Republican Conference really is just a huge bunch of pussies in allowing a small handful of psychopathic extremist extortionists to actually take over the wider party. Just astonishing.

2023-10-17 06:55:47

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@npub1xl5…wsca Oh it's gorgeous and I saw you say you love love love it. Have you done a review? I *did search for one but got...
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2023-10-17 06:52:40

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@npub1xl5…wsca That is excellent, and I agree with you in all respects. Really - I wish I could have found that and I am not sure why I didn't - perhaps because I was looking for How To's and not reviews. I have the Professional and I absolutely love it - though now you have me coveting the Superkop even at that #$)*(&!@ outrageous price

2023-10-17 06:43:06

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@npub1xl5…wsca I'd send you mine, but the shipping would be, ah, enormous :) I have to say I love the machine and after lots of trial and error I've got it consistently the way I like it, but (a) I could be wrong and (b) getting that head start was what I had wished for. The videos I have seen are sub-par.

2023-10-17 06:40:07

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@npub1xl5…wsca Great! Now you should make a How To brew an espresso with La Pavoni machines. :)

2023-10-17 06:36:23

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@npub1xl5…wsca What an excellent idea. I have just written to the vendor of the most recent machine I bought naming the reviews that got me to buy it. Thanks, I will do this from now on!

2023-10-14 22:09:23

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@npub1xl5…wsca fair enough. You’re kind to answer when I was being snarky.

2023-10-14 12:04:53

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@npub1xl5…wsca I mean, I love your reviews, but the way you make it sound pouring water over the grounds and having coffee a few minutes later, is like a big deal. Like there’s this significant workaday toil involved with other brewing methods. And another thing, I put 60 g of coffee into my wilfa and, less than six minutes later I have brewed coffee lol.

2023-10-08 13:50:59

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@npub1yyx…qa5g I can guffaw. That's ok, right? Guffawing?

2023-10-01 12:43:30

If you went to grade school more than 20 years ago and you think America is the country they told you it was in grade school, get a load of this list of books that are currently banned in Texas - it will change your mind. It certainly changed mine.
https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/list-of-texas-banned-books-shows-state-has-most-in-us-17480532

2023-09-24 11:39:09

NY Post today has a story about how conservative Republican Jeff Duncan (R, SC-3), who runs on a platform of traditional family values, has moved in with his mistress and out of the home he shares with his wife, according to the divorce proceedings filed by his wife. What this man does with his penis is absolutely none of my business until he tries to make his hypocritical positions affect the lives of my family and friends, which he does.
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2023-08-17 10:24:54

So, back in 2016 I wrote a galloping, frothy rant about the FBI's idiot plot to gain encryption back doors to our phones (something of which they must be inordinately proud this month, given the MSFT signing key and TETRA public safety communications back door debacles). (https://nselby.medium.com/the-information-asymmetry-of-digital-triage-300c497dca19) And this, really, is the money shot:
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