So apparently, Stripe closed my express account through Artistree because I had one of my commission types as NSFW. And even AFTER removing said NSFW commission type, they still would not reopen my account even though they said to do so and confirm after. I'm literally selling SFW commissions on there like EVERYONE ELSE?!! The worst part is I barely even got to use the damn thing to get paid with.
I'm not sure if I have any more options (continued in replies)
The internet provides people space to build communities, shed light on injustices, and acquire vital knowledge that might not otherwise be available.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Kinda want to go back to when the furry fandom was small and I knew, or had at least heard of, almost everyone in it. I feel kinda lost in it these days.
So, today is osprey hatchday, and though it was the two days before that we went to #furway, it was like getting a great gift to be with so many nice floffs. We got to meet some old friends that we have not seen in "forever", and meet some new people with all sorta odd tails.
The meet brought back memories of the "long forgotten" Eurofurence#4, and it was nice to again be at a "smallish", camplike con.
The #furry fandom has been an integral, lifesaving part of my life since I stumbled over it in '94, but life getting in the way and the fandom growing at an insane rate has made us feel a bit alienated from a lot of the new crowd.
Furway felt very inclusive and friendly, much like how things were in the early days of the fandom.
And some peeps told me some very sweet stuff that meant a lot to hear. Apparently I was not as forgotten as I thought.
Albatross also brought her costume, will post pics of her later :)
#Fursuit and I know it is not #fursuitfriday but heck, were too busy being there then :P
Data centers and AI delivering a "golden era" for Big Oil
Big Oil is so excited by AI. Oil industry insiders believe that "a surge in demand for electricity to feed data centres and to power an artificial intelligence revolution will usher in a golden era for natural gas."
https://www.ft.com/content/1f93b9b2-b264-44e2-87cc-83c04d8f1e2b
Driven by Big Tech, humans are accelerating the pace at which we devour our environment.
Data centresβ need for reliable power supply set to soarFinancial Times
We donβt need a home on the moon. We have a home, and will continue to have one if we stop destroying it
βCave discovered on Moon could be home for humansβ
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce784r9njz0o
It is the first cave to be discovered on the Moon and could protect astronauts from radiation.Georgina Rannard (BBC News)
βYour trauma made you stronger.β
I am strong despite my trauma, not because of it. Stop glorifying trauma as some kind of life lesson we needed to learn, holy shit.
Last week it was where are the #butterflies, now itβs where are the #bats ?
The wet spring and summer are being blamed. That in itself is the result of climate change, but I canβt help but think there is something else impacting our insect populations which bats feed on.
Decline blamed on washout summer driving down population of insects, butterflies and moths they feed onDonna Ferguson (The Guardian)
I commented on this very thing last week. Normally I'd see several bats over my back garden at dusk but I've not seen a single one this year. I wondered if it was something to do with a decline in the insect population.
You only have to think about how, years ago, your windscreen and registration plate used to be pebble-dashed after a car journey. Now? Nothing.
It suddenly feels very Silent Springβ¦once populations decline to such a low level, can they recover?
As I think someone else said in the thread, there is a definite change. It's very worrying.
Oh, I've noticed a sudden influx of spiders. Isn't it usually autumn when they seem more visible in homes. It's not just that it's a different time of year, but there's a different type of spider that I don't recall seeing in the past. Lots of 'em! They're invading my daughter's too.
Weβve definitely had just as many cobwebs in our house and along the railings out the front! But I havenβt seen so many of the spiders creating them.
The consequence of using microsoft in production or at scale means that you have to use third-party tools to reduce your exposure to harm.
The level of incompetence on the OS development level means that such tools have to have executive control over things no third-party utility should.
The whole concept of "whole OS patches" is stupid and broken. "OMG PATCH NAO" is also stupid. "Patch management" is not security, it is garbage.
Increasing the frequency of patching, of updates, of releases, of deployments does not promote a healthy, secure ecosystem, but a tumultuous, chaotic mess where little to no QA, testing or staging is done.
Every single part of the absolute mess that people think of as "infosec" is basically trash-ass busywork that people think is "normal" because it's what they know.
And then people write "compliance" standards based on that mess that result in millions of meaningless compliance actions.
It didn't have to be this way. It still doesn't.
Start with a secure platform, then reduce attack surface. Secure the ingress, reduce or eliminate interlayer trust. Centralize complexity, distribute work in as simple a form as possible, with as little power and surface area. Aggregate events centrally, eliminate node individuality. Enforce class compliance. Replace security theater with end-to-end individual auth and change management.
Deploy to Testing->QA->Staging before prod.
Travelling by sleeper train beats travelling by plane. Hands down.
Iβm travelling in a small hotel room with a view. It almost feels as soothing as sleeping in a boat. I got to the train by foot and Iβll arrive in the city centre.
Compare that to a cramped seat in a crowded plane and traffic jam before and after the trip.
Trains are the future of transportation.
The Labour Govt. has launched an ongoing 'structured' set of meetings with the EU, aiming at re-establishing normal regular relations rather than the ad-hoc posturing on Europe that we experienced with our previous government(s).
This is explicating about building trust & reliability; so, I expect to see a number of tightly constrained sectoral deals made so each side can 'test' the other's commitment to rapprochement....
Its going to be slow, but in the right direction!
AΒ new study in The LancetΒ demonstrates that face coverings dramatically reduce the load of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath from infected persons.World Socialist Web Site
I would like a key on my phone keyboard that says "sic" and it's just a space bar that doesn't apply auto correct.
Like a "I know I typed it wrong and also you don't need to learn it" button
that'd be useful!
I've said before I'd like the opposite, too: something for desktop computers so I can hit a key that says "I know I misspelled that last word, but I basically got it. Go apply the first suggestion".
Because then I can just hit it instead of having to switch to my mouse and click it, and to be honest I can't actually remember how to spell "alienation" but I'm sure you can, spellchecker.
Worldcon attendees, please note: UK is pronounced "uck" (rhymes with duck).
If you spell out the letters, everyone will know you're a tourist.
There's no programming language that will force you to write the right code.
Your code can be type-safe, thread-safe and memory-safe, and still wrong.
Don't push to prod on a Friday
To be safe, don't push to prod on a Thursday night.
Really, someone might be off so don't push on Thursday.
Consider not pushing to prod on Weds, as that's when everyone is running their security scans.
Don't push to prod on Tuesday for reasons I can't yet think of.
Don't push to prod on Monday, you're still getting over the weekend.
Consider just not pushing to prod.
I am seeing so many incorrect reckons from people about patch management staging.
Modern EDR content updates donβt work the way old school patches do.
You have agent versions.
Policy versions.
Content versions.
This all work slightly differently.
Staging them old school ways is impossible if you want to get protection for threats updated in time.
Wake up babe, new furry elevator stress test meta just dropped.
#furry #convention #AnthroWeekendUtah2024 #elevator
Oh, so, spicy take -
I expect to see other failures of similar nature to the crowdstrike issue, in other companies and their products.
My expectation is informed by the massive number of layoffs in the past couple years, and a suspicion that many companies' internal infrastructure has been running in a degrading or possibly entirely unmaintained state since heavy layoffs occurred.
I just digitized a VHS tape produced by Yggdrasil Computing, Inc., titled "Linux - Installation and Beyond" that doesn't seem to be preserved anywhere. It's an interesting look back at what Linux installation was like in 1995, and hopefully should provide some historical context for those of you who weren't (un?-)lucky enough to live through this period of Linux.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/2IAa6MYVpVs
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/linux_-_installation_and_beyond
A seminar produced by Yggdrasil Computing, Inc., in 1995, demonstrating how to install Linux, recorded from VHS tape.Contents:- Introduction - History and ca...YouTube
PSA: delete your old Photobucket account now! Donβt put it off.
You know those emails youβve been getting for a year from Photobucket threatening to delete your old account and you were like lol who cares and ignored them?
Turns out they didnβt delete them anyway, they repurposed the business as a broker of biometric data to AI companies and theyβre using your old pictures for that. You have to actually go in and delete your account to opt out, and you only have until Monday, July 22 to do it.
Microsoft Recovery Tool available now, with instructions to assist with the Crowdstrike issue impacting Windows endpoints.
This will require physical access & 1GB USB. You will need admin rights (+ access to the Bitlocker key, if Bitlocker is in place).
Steps for how to access and use the recovery tool Microsoft created to generate a USB recovery drive to expedite the repair process from the CrowdStrike issue..TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM
Them: βYouβre not trans, why are you always defending them?β
Me: βI am also not a domestic cat, and if I see you abusing one of those Iβll kick your ass too.β
Shiny yote meets fluffy proot! What kind of mischief are they planning π
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Right: me
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#SqueakySaturday #latexfur #rubberfur #latex #rubber
Folks, I just spoke to my MP and the main takeaway was that we have to mobilise people who aren't transphobic because MPs are inundated with cis women who are scared and angry about trans folks.
They are simply not hearing from people who aren't scared and angry.
If you haven't contacted your MP about this - please do it now! Especially if you're a cis woman.
Normal folks hating on C++: itβs an old and memory unsafe programming language.
Me hating on C++: there is a convicted rapist and registered sex offender on the C++ committee and the committee leadership worked really hard to keep him there.
My brain has never brained logically π
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