I have a USB-C cable that was sent to me with by an Eastern European company that sells a device to hack our products. It’s *probably* not an O.MG cable - debating whether to get a knife out to check, or simply bin it.
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I have a USB-C cable that was sent to me with by an Eastern European company that sells a device to hack our products. It’s *probably* not an O.MG cable - debating whether to get a knife out to check, or simply bin it.
This is very accurate
You’ll need a tray.
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Americans Astronomers watching watching US politics Betelgeuse 🤝 “It could happen at any time”
The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
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They just want to return to the “good old days”, prior to The Good Friday Agreement. If they succeed, it’ll be best to avoid Brighton hotels, Downing Street, London parks, pubs, anywhere near army barracks, Wembley, Bishopsgate, Warrington, and Central London.
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
The school really shouldn’t keep the current password written down in a drawer that a student can access…
here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
New plan: we get Obama to demand the death certificate
With AI, the problem isn’t the supervised-learning, it’s the unsupervised coal-burning, and unscrutinised shit-churning.
Ah, that’s a shame. How about a nice game of chess, instead?
Well, if someone’s willing to pay £12m to avoid being formally labelled as a nonce, I guess it’s best to check the libel laws first.
Hate these woke attempts to make Enid Blyton “modern” and “relevant”
What should we call the Duke of York? 🎣
Other than the badges, how can you differentiate between the Series VI Morris Oxford and the Austin Cambridge?
Hey, congrats to you and the team; well deserved!
Watch out for the fella on the left - he’s always whispering secrets to someone.
Huge support for CDC staff resigning over Trump and RFK Jr's purge of leadership outside the HQ in Atlanta.
I don’t have a problem with morons choosing not to vaccinate their children, so long as they also ensure that they don’t leave the house, and never need medical treatment.
After Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent MMR paper: Measles cases: up 1200% Mumps cases: up 70,000% Multiple fatalities People with no science knowledge were taken in by Wakefield. People with no science knowledge are taken in by anti-vaxxers. Listen to scientists www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
What a great description of Trump.
Scientists believe we may be as much as four generations away from self-awareness in tech bros
Using the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 paired with some custom code, feature writer Simon manages to put together a custom, software-defined radio system. It’s a superb read!
There should be GCSE and A Level qualifications in critical thinking. It's what underpins everything else. It needs to be taught and people need to be good at it. Employers should demand good passes from new hires.
Don’t shoot the messenger, but the next bank holiday is Christmas Day.
Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I loved the movie OPPENHEIMER about the race to build that world-changing negotiation.
Fucking awesome. With a few blasts of red spray paint you can turn the English flag into the Dead Kennedys logo As the band said: Nazi punks, fuck off!
😂 I attacked the washing machine PCB with a soldering iron to remove the sounder, to make it STFU.
My bear's diarrhoea problems are starting to worry me. The vet says he's getting better but he's not out of the woods yet.
Pop Goes the Xenomorph! Hilarious Alien Chestburster Jack-in-the-Box Build
If you do “upgrade” to Windows 95, I hope you have a Goodtime! archive.org/details/weez...
Windows 95 was released 30 years ago today. Friends don’t let friends run Windows 95! archive.org/details/Micr...
Minister insists people treat law like magic. “Please do not circumvent this easily circumventable provision.”
My girlfriend just said I was rubbish at describing her. She's got a cheek.
Good luck to all households with someone getting GCSE results today. If they’re not what you’re hoping for, make sure to remind the recipient that all is not lost; supermarkets always need someone to collect trolleys.
The idiot counter is up to 35 now. I seems that I work with some real fuckwits, from all around the world. : “please remove me from the list too”
It’s careless to reply-all to a company wide distribution list email, but it takes a special kind of idiot to subsequently reply-all to ask to be removed from the thread, and if you’re the third person to do so, please get sterilised before you reproduce.
Ah, too late, have ordered one from Amazon 🤦♂️
I really need to get that t-shirt!
I'll give you my footlong spicy Italian sub when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
And breathe a sigh of relief… youngest son got (exceeded) the grades he needed to study Veterinary Medicine at university 🍾 🎉
ACME Protocol automates the issuance and renewal of SSL/TLS certificates, making web security management more efficient. Let's Encrypt uses the ACME. Now, nginx web server introduces native support for ACME protocol. No, need to download 3rd party script or certbot blog.nginx.org/blog/native-...
Just got banned from IKEA whoops...
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
Things are tense in the @barsteward household tonight; tomorrow is A-Level results day for Clone #2 😬
Top tip: if you’re about to be in a physical fight, take off your shirt, then run away while they are still laughing.
From someone who reviews a lot of conference talks, stop using "join us as we share actionable strategies and key takeaways..." unless you're going to provide examples of actionable strategies and key takeaways in the abstract. It's vague and adds a lot of words without adding any value.
41% of people in the US are either unsure or disagree that dinosaurs died out before humans! And more than a third think the Government controls hurricanes 👀
Hey BBC News, show me an example of how giving equal weight to two sides of an unbalanced argument, sides with extremism…
1212
The actual PIN was 1212, but I tried a bunch of others first; it got me thinking that this is an excellent way to trick someone into divulging every PIN they can remember using for anything!
Close, but no cigar!
I usually quite enjoy puzzle games, but tonight’s was called “Guess what pin I set four years ago to access the TV box settings, that I failed to record in my password manager”.
Scenario: a large media company accidentally transfers £20m into your personal bank account. What do you do? (asking for a friend. No, *really* asking for a friend.)
This Secret Cinema immersive Grease production in Battersea Park was great fun tonight - it’s only on until September 7th. greasetheimmersivemoviemusical.com
I suppose I should be relieved that this image wasn’t worse
Sorry, Charley says I should always tell my Mummy before I go off somewhere.
Dragos just opened 21 positions in Australia, UK, and US/Canada. Not my team, not the hiring manager, but there is an array of roles
NO MORE MISTER NIGHT SKY.
www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-...
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Hmm…let’s just say that I’m expecting a recall for the badge to be changed to a swastika!
Breach of verification data and images at “Tea” app foreshadows impact of hacking vibe-coded “Age Verification” providers https://alecmuffett.com/article/113803 #AgeVerification #HomeOffice #OnlineSafety #cybersecurity #tea
My car has front radar sensors, which worked when I bought the car, but have since been disabled by an over-the-air software update.
Want to help build a crowdsourced microcontroller? You're invited to design peripherals (UARTs, timers, synths, etc.) for a @riscv.org.web.brid.gy chip that will be fabbed for real! Take part for free! tinytapeout.com/competitions...
Today especially, I miss Janey Godley…
Internet of Shit continues; I’d be pretty annoyed if I was effectively ransomwared by an IoT vendor. youtu.be/KNuZ3BjT7IU?... consumerrights.wiki/Futurehome_S...
Is Monday over yet?
The height of burgers is getting out of hand...
I thought it would kick off when a kid (with Tourette’s?) shouted something that sounded very much like “Pikey”, within earshot of the 3 drunk members of the Irish travelling community who were play-fighting just by Chertsey Station. Instead, they started harassing a lad minding his own business.
BREAKING: The first Post Office Capture conviction is to be sent to the Court of Appeal in a "breakthrough" moment in the IT scandal news.sky.com/story/first-...
“Today’s Internet is a series of walled gardens, controlled by billionaires, not humans”
He probably thinks this post is about him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I wonder how much this will change the amount of political campaign funds spent on TikTok influencers? Don’t get me wrong, I think young people should get a say in their future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
Recently got asked one of those default interview questions about "Name someone who inspires you". I've always struggled with these questions, as I'm not one to put people on pedestals. But then I remembered someone who legitimately inspired me in every way A former student of mine 1/15
Today was my eldest son’s university graduation. Today was a good day! #ProudDad
Wes Streeting is accidentally described as health “secretory” in today’s Guardian newsletter.
We are back! #C64 www.commodore.net The first official Commodore 64 in over 30 years is here - a faithful recreation of the original motherboard on FPGA hardware. HDMI, WiFi, USB, but compatible with every existing cartridge and peripheral. Not an emulator - a recreation. Same price as my first $299
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Hmm…I’m not keen on the conflation of the term checksum to also describe a cryptographic hash. We see enough people misunderstanding the properties of each! Both have their roles, but people must know when to use the appropriate one.
Adarma, the big UK cybersecurity provider and MSSP, is in severe financial trouble. There’s nothing from them announcing it, but they’ve filed a Notice of Intent to appoint an administrator.
Tonight we went to see Thomas the Tank Engine, the Musical, or as they called it, “Starlight Express”.
'Take the Third Reich'
I’ll drink to that 🍻
Wave your hands in the air if you’re also celebrating Flying Ant Day in the UK today!
major job losses in the neo nazi industry, as publications replace writers with Grok
psst you! yes, you would you like to see a piece of fantastic investigative journalism, uncovering an international tax fraud scheme (in minecraft)? do you want to see how some kids invented CDOs-but-worse and how it ended? here you go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQLm...
and the first one www.youtube.com/watch?v=imnZ...
I particularly liked the keywords section.
What could possibly be more romantic to take my wife to for our 28th wedding anniversary?
That’s such a coincidence, I had such similar experience on Thursday; really enjoyed meeting up with someone who goes out of their way to inspire others and build the infosec community.