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colin

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Greetings, #comrades. I’m an IT manager and #sysadmin, a #PowerShell developer, #writer, #hacker, #APRS enthusiast, and I’m sure I have other talents, too. :mimi: :cash: :carter: :chloe_basket:

Workers of the world, unite! If you’re not woke, you’re asleep.

(searchable) #nobridge #fedi22

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FediTips , to random
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Okay, this is possibly going to be controversial in some quarters, but it has to be said for the good of the Fediverse:

Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you're already on mastodon.social, you might want to move your account to another server. I've done an article about this topic at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server

If you want to move your account, there's a complete step-by-step guide to how to do it here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

colin ,
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@xepher @FinchHaven @Mrfunkedude @FediTips Yeah. I started off on Mastodon.social, and switched away for that reason (and someone I talk to had his server actually defederate M-s due to spam). We’re here to inform and educate.

colin ,
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@FediTips @xepher @FinchHaven @Mrfunkedude @mrfunkedude Ah, the real-life Fediverse. Lol, all good.

randahl , (edited ) to random
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Wait… WHAT??!?!?!?

Trump is now publicly fantasising about getting reelected and throwing the president's wife in jail, as revenge for 12 jurors in Manhattan finding Trump guilty of a crime.

I am truly lost for words. As a political campaign message, this makes zero sense.

Clearly, my field of political analysis does not suffice. If a psychologist or a doctor has an analysis of these ramblings of a madman, I am all ears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyUsWoGclQ4

colin ,
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@randahl Huh? I thought he was past his “lock her up” phase, if he’s to be considered a reliable source.

Bender, more commonly known as “the ‘huh?’ cat” doing his thing. It looks like this fat tuxedo cat is saying, “Huh?”

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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Jesus. Well if you’re not gonna even try…

colin ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot Is the Bank of America Car better than the Tesla Model X?

vinnie , to random
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The recent migration of artists from to get me wonder if is there a place for in . Do you believe there is a potential for the art community to federate?

colin ,
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@BeAware @vinnie If you’re into music, there’s @radiofreefedi streaming the best federated artists 24/7. I’ve bought a few albums that I’ve heard there.

jerry , to random
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Ok, looks like I have to find a new dns home for Infosec.exchange. Bunny.net is not working out. Who do you all like?

colin ,
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@jerry I use Hurricane Electric’s free DNS service. I run a hidden primary that syncs with them, and they provide five named secondaries. Full support for , because it’s not 1998 anymore. https://dns.he.net

chris , (edited ) to random
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How to quickly check if your system may be affected by the recent XZ utils backdoor.

Update: (thx @scy) I've been advised not to run "xz --version" because the full extend of this backdoor is still being researched. Instead use your package manager to check the version, i.e. for apt that would be:

apt list liblzma5

very bad: versions 5.6.0 or 5.6.1

5.4.6. or earlier - probably ok, no one knows for sure right now, keep an eye out for updates

colin ,
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@chris Good news, Ubuntu LTS is still on the 5.2 branch.

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