mkb

Infosec, privacy tech, gaming (many flavors). Oakland, CA. 🧷🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦

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2024-10-02 17:16:47

It bugs the crap out of me that even bright, engaged Americans think violent crime has been spiraling out of control. Crime statistics are easy to find yet people are typically oblvious to how much safer we have become over the past 40 or 50 years. https://www.threads.net/@potus/post/DAoDqu_vttn

2024-09-18 02:31:32

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@npub1j2y…ggdc 🤘🤘🤘
I really need to get to one of their shows.
You’ve seen their NPR Tiny Desk Concert, yeah?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6CNFF0Ql0ME

2024-09-16 17:49:00

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@npub1khx…geyg Excellent! What’s the role?

2024-09-09 18:57:13

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@npub1vs7…a6g3 I hereby decree that the past tense form is snode.

2024-08-27 16:02:19

If you're a #drummer, a fan of The Police, or just interested in #music making and band dynamics, this interview with Stewart Copeland is worth your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIJkRhd1CTY

2024-08-19 22:41:28

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@npub1yqu…t2x5 Maybe if they’re sufficiently relaxed they won’t go 1968 on us.

2024-08-15 16:48:55

Best advice ever for someone wanting to get into #noisemusic
"Get a small guitar amplifier, a microphone with an xlr to 1/4 inch cable, and a guitar cable. Buy a buncha cheap guitar pedals and hook them up to the microphone and start screaming about mail fraud, taxidermy, and how the CIA tapped your water."
#noise #music #taxidermy

2024-08-03 02:37:40

I am so happy to have been wrong about how things would play out if Biden withdrew from the race. I was positive Democratic infighting would doom us.
Instead, we quickly coalesced around Harris and TFG keeps piling on the unforced errors.
After feeling increasingly pessimistic about the future, I am suddenly hopeful. I suddenly have more energy for music and household organizing.
Friend after friend keeps telling me they feel the same. Let’s win this.

2024-07-27 01:18:42

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@npub1yme…r5de Donated. Thanks for doing this!
#MastodonForHarris
#StopTheCheeto

2024-07-16 23:41:09

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@npub1su4…a0dw Always remember:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/798/810/834/092/552/original/4146150ea4641047.jpeg

2024-07-15 21:10:06

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@npub1rky…0xq2 I’m delighted to learn you have a new version in the works. Here’s hoping the beta yields good info.

2024-07-13 01:57:06

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@npub1ept…jcl3 Congrats! That’s some august company. Good on ya, man.

2024-07-05 18:17:29

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@npub1mqx…xqll I told ‘em you were downtown, drivin’ all the old men crazy.

2024-07-05 18:16:00

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@npub1mqx…xqll
“Between Slepnir’s Breaths” by Sunn O)))

2024-06-26 17:31:37

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@npub1mqx…xqll
Adrian Belew
Robert Fripp
Adam Jones
Craig Brodhead
Billy Duffy

2024-06-24 16:52:30

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@npub1waj…c4zf This is delightful! Great start to my week.

2024-06-23 19:57:50

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@npub1mqx…xqll
Cool Cool Cool
Fu Manchu
Ebcidic

2024-06-17 18:04:01

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@npub1auh…u2le The Tonga Room is no substitute but has hints of what you want.

2024-06-16 16:05:14

I am now the proud owner of a cup of coffee.
#lifeGoals
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2024-06-14 15:53:21

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@npub1mqx…xqll
I’d always assumed Thin Lizzy was from a big, industrial city in the northeastern US. Nope. Dublin, Ireland. Go figure.

2024-05-31 18:23:29

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@npub1rkt…sqek That’s awesome! Congrats! I’ll look for a copy this eve.

2024-05-30 21:03:47

Now is the time to raise a glass for all the server ops teams at the major news outlets.

2024-05-22 02:51:26

How did I not previously know about Elf and how can I now un-know it?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/482/469/930/531/327/original/7c226f928b851923.png

2024-05-16 23:59:36

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Ooof. Who is the vendor?
(Part of my job is getting people training which sucks less.)

2024-05-13 02:50:37

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@npub1r7v…qwpu OK, I need to re-learn how to play Holiday In Cambodia. East Bay Ray for the win.

2024-05-10 05:34:43

Legit.
#infosec
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2024-05-09 17:04:58

Protect yourself from the ravages of JHVH-1. Paise “Bob” today by listening to music from your fellow subgeni.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjfUpIwK23s&pp=ygUPZGV2byBleHBsb3Npb25z
#devo #slack

2024-05-02 15:33:25

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@npub1r7v…qwpu I’m always struck by how clean cut they looked. It’s hard to imagine those young men in collared shirts producing Disorder or Shadowplay.

2024-04-27 18:20:07

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@npub1mqx…xqll
Dethklok — Go Into The Water
Ozzy — Mamma I’m Coming Home
Van Halen — Take Your Whiskey Home
Chris Remo — The House, Part 1 (soundtrack to Gone Home)
Covenant — Call The Ships To Port

2024-04-21 20:45:44

#Graffito #photography from Vancouver a couple months ago.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/311/162/648/643/879/original/c4095d88a3365fba.jpeg

2024-04-20 18:02:44

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@npub1rkt…sqek This looks amazing bit is in the heart of my west coast workday. Will your talk be recorded perchance?

2024-04-20 04:14:09

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@npub1r7v…qwpu What’s that in the bottom left?

2024-04-01 02:11:33

Can any of y’all recommend an inexpensive tool for sending faxes from a computer?

2024-03-26 18:15:59

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@npub1vgg…pm2j I think we all know what the most likely choice is. :)

2024-01-02 20:53:21

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@npub178r…qekt For purposes of your (most excellent) photography and CC license is a crop a derivative work?
I ask because several shots look like they’d be great to accompany one of my tracks on Soundcloud but would need to be cropped square (assuming the composition still works).
No offense taken if the answer is that a crop would violate the license. They’re your photos, after all. :)

2023-12-31 04:18:14

Special for @npub1r7v…qwpu, X as The Warfield right now.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/673/100/850/448/639/original/8d2ced8c3da45f2e.jpeg

2023-12-28 20:54:06

New proposed FTC rule:
If your "elevated number of support requests" is more than N days per year, the company is legally required to instead say "We have chosen to consistently underfund our CS team so they are unable to keep up with entirely predictable levels of demand."

2023-12-05 17:57:14

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@npub1ywy…cksd @npub1wf4…94wn I’ll never forget the first time I walked over my computer to look up a word on m-w.com rather than use the dictionary I had to walk past on the way there.
“Always on” sounded like a minor convenience before I experienced it. Instead it was life changing.

2023-11-05 20:14:53

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1uty…sq7q To be fair, my work running #InfoSec programs largely comes down to stochastic regurgitation. We mostly see the same problems and situations from company to company.

2023-10-19 00:09:32

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@npub10fm…x0qg I save Safari for sites that break under my somewhat protected Firefox setup.

2023-10-17 18:11:49

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@npub1lrv…tth9 The idea that reporters must be objective, while reasonable on its face, easily becomes moral and intellectual abdication.

2023-09-25 17:58:02

Hey, #synthesizer #sampler people, I’m looking for a sample library full of one-shots of #metal guitar: individual chords and chugs, not loops or riffs.
So far what I am seeing is full of loops and riffs with few if any individual hits. Yes, I could just sample my favorite albums but this particular project will wind up on YouTube so I want to be a good boy and do everything by the book.
In a perfect world the sample pack would have long and short hits across a wide range of notes for each.

2023-09-17 06:58:45

Hey #synthesizer people, I'm looking for samples of that classic #DX7 bell sound that used to be used everywhere. It's the one from the chorus of Siouxsie's "Cities In Dust."
So far my Google skills are failing me. I was sure the DX100 pack by Samples From Mars would have it but no dice.
Help me Mastodon, you're my only hope.

2023-08-11 16:48:24

Are there any #Kiss fans in the house?
There’s a little stutter in the main riff of “Deuce.” After decades of listening to that album on the regular I still can’t tell whether the rhythm is intentional or they didn’t quite have the chops to play what they intended.
#KissArmy

2023-08-11 16:44:57

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@npub1j2y…ggdc Start Fist of Removal or Start Fist of Retrieval? Pick a side, man!

2023-08-11 15:40:24

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@npub1j2y…ggdc And by extention, it points out the ridiculousness of the idea that if you like Foo you must dislike Bar. Cats vs dogs, Star Wars vs Star Trek, etc. are silly lines to draw. We can like both, or neither.

2023-07-20 03:34:56

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@npub1r7v…qwpu That was my first exposure to Gary Oldman and he knocked it out of the park.
My initial thought was “Darn, I wish they’d cast somebody who looked more like Sid.” By the end of the movie, Gary Oldman *was* Sid. Dude killed it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OVg3fgjvkvw

2023-06-18 04:45:18

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@npub17hz…cj9z
The Ayatollah Khomeini
Has come to power
And the Shah is through
And the Shah is through
He’s taking all the hostages
Americans
Fifty-one or two
Fifty-one or two
And Iran
Iran is for far away
In Iran
It’s night when here it’s day
They couldn’t get away

2023-05-29 21:14:29

I occasionally buy games for a dissident author I like off of his Steam wishlist. Right now he appears to be playing the game I just got him so I am experiencing fighting-the-good-fight satisfaction right now.

2023-05-18 02:36:31

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@npub1j2y…ggdc Only 49 days left!

2023-04-22 20:50:03

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#[0] #[1]
It’s so maddening. Nuance is derided. Even worse, it’s somehow bad to change one’s view after receiving new information.
As Colbert put it: “George Bush believes the same thing on Wednesday that he did on Monday, regardless of what happened Tuesday.”
(And oh how I miss the days when I thought Dubya was the nadir. Silly me.)