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#DFIR,
#infosec,
#dadjokes,
#scifi,
#books,
#rpg,
#ttx,
#malware, elder
#genx, and
#gaming nerd. AKA an elder geek. Retired
#leo. Retired from
#infosec in
#OT now too.
Kindness first is useful but telling off toxic folks is on my response spectrum too.
quis custodiet ipsos custodes
Just seeing this picture caused me anxiety.
The nostalgia bait content leaves out some of the day to day parts of life in the past:
Post Your Favorite Star Trek Character. Wrong Answers Only! (if you feel like it)
Post Your Favorite Star Trek Character. Wrong Answers Only! (if you feel like it)
Something I learned about corporate planning:
Boss: "We need this done in 3 months."
PM: "Okay, here is a 2 month timeline to accomplish this."
Boss: "Really I would like that to be a 3 month timeline."
PM: "Why didn't you say you wanted it done in 4 months then?"
This game is making me dizzy.
Someday we are going to discover intelligent life in the Argos system and have a lot of explaining to do with why we repeatedly set different games there as a barren waste of a planet.
This brings back memories of handling fraud and ID theft cases in the early 00s. Companies decided to complying with the strictest states regs instead of having a per state regulation policy.
Typically California had the strictest regs and therefore became the national standard for companies. 1/3
“The Justice Department on Friday announced to employees it is creating an artificial intelligence taskforce to challenge state-level regulations so that AI companies can "be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation…”
DOJ creates task force to challenge state AI regulations
A new group within the Justice Department will target state artificial intelligence laws that it says hinder innovation, according to a memo.
The biggest difference then to now is there was already federal regs on the topic.
Some states were making stricter regs than those federal regs. Businesses that had operations or customers in those states took to complying with the strictest reg so they could have "one policy" on the topic. 2/3
I do not see a similar set of federal regulations on AI usage, so instead of arguing that "having a bunch of states can lead to de facto strictest being followed" the argument is "take all the safeties off and let this thing run" 3/3
Running back to a comfort show tonight. I still cannot believe the musical episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds was so well done.
youtu.be/B5pAHq3Exz8?...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | We Are One (Full Performance) | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
Well, that is a hell of a way to start a game.
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
Nobody gives a fuck what Stephen Smith gotta say at a time like this.
I am used to having earworms running through my brain. Generally some old disco or movie track from the late 70s, but for the last 24 hours it has been this:
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
I am very much looking forward to hearing about the discovery phase of law suits when it comes to that phone.
Everyone really seemed to enjoy the forensics/discovery process in some recent high profile trials. I think this could potentially top them all.
Calling the bank to set the clocks in the house.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
Hot-take: In the corporate world, a person gains more for their career by handling a crisis well than someone does for preventing a crisis from happening.
"It was never about the children" is the evergreen post of evergreen posts.
A tragedy in two lines:
My inner dialog: "This is not my problem, I should not ask any questions here."
Me: <Raises my finger to indicate I have some questions I would like to ask...>
So since the Giants won today, the Raiders should be able to actually try and win today too since they won't lose the #1 draft pick by winning today.
#sportsballWife: Do today's game [NFL] have playoff implications?
Me (scrolling YouTube): I don't know, let me check...
Me: <searching YT "playoff picture for week 18">
YT Results: Here are videos focused on the betting lines of each game.
Me: <remembering sports betting has ruined being a fan>
I am a horrible Bill's Fan. Wegman's now has a reusable grocery bag with Josh Allen's picture on it. I saw it while shopping today and my brain instantly created images of the cashier always dropping the last item they try to put into it. I may have an idea for a TT skit now too.
Me: I am not superstitious.
Them: But you won't say the "q" word that rhymes with diet even though you're now retired.
Me: That is because all those 911 dispatchers, police, fire, EMTs, and ED nurses & doctors don't deserve that.
Them: That is being superstitious.
Me: No, that is just a fact.
Reminder for the younger folks:
"The bottom of the hour" indicates where the big hand is on you grand parents' old analog clock, and it is pointing to the bottom of the clock face.
"Bottom of the hour" can also be described as "Half past" by the older folks in casual conversation.
Valid 2026 mood. Let me get that food ready for their midnight snacks.
Fuck it I don’t care anymore
