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Barry Dorrans

@blowdart.me

Security Curmudgeon for Microsoft .NET Do you really think work wants my social media opinions? Not nice, but kind - @medus4.com 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

created April 22, 2023

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Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

No one warned me how naughty kittens are

2/9/2025, 3:32:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chuck (@chuckdries.com) reposted

My latest side project is live! It's an app that holds your hand as you learn your computer's command line. Currently Mac only, Windows soon chuckdries.itch.io/command-line...

Screenshot of the introduction tutorial Screenshot of the main screen of the app Screenshot of a recipe in the app
2/9/2025, 2:46:44 AM | 34 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

He likes being thrown onto the dog bed when he tries this 🤦

2/9/2025, 1:48:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How am I supposed to play like this?

A kitten sitting on front of a tv
2/9/2025, 1:45:27 AM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reposted

The most cursed bluesky post ever

1/9/2025, 1:34:14 AM | 21 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

No kitty Bad kitty That’s my wheetabix

2/9/2025, 1:22:41 AM | 25 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Oh we have the upright for the dog :)

2/9/2025, 12:54:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

We had the first kitten wet burp and got to use the new Bissel little green machine. It is wife approved.

2/9/2025, 12:27:53 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Friend shaped! Cuddles!

2/9/2025, 12:25:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 9:37:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

Wait wait A vertebrae? Rudy has a spine?

1/9/2025, 8:47:36 PM | 30 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Surprised it’s not a Forbes story.

1/9/2025, 8:42:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

What is this euro nonsense?

1/9/2025, 8:41:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

These two aren’t scared of the vacuum cleaner. Instead they attack it.

1/9/2025, 7:55:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Neither of them has had human food

1/9/2025, 7:07:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture World Bollard Association™️ (@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social) reposted

Yes, it’s a BMW. What else would it be? #WorldBollardAssociation 🤭

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Profile picture The Louvre of Bluesky (@thelouvreof.bsky.social) reposted

Bill ThePony @billthepony.bsky.social • 3h Did this hit the discover page or something? Because I'm being brigated by a bunch of lunatic British nationalist right now. But if British nationalist don't like their history as thieving colonialists, that's not really my fault. BillThePony @billthepony.bsky.so... • 19h Of all the strange interactions I've ever had on social media A British person telling me that chicken ticket masala is British cuisine is really really high up there. ... jesusubsm.bsky.social @jesusubsm.bsky.... • 3h Hey as a non white brit, maybe listen to us. What you are doing is very racist. Would you say someone who has Mexican hertaige is not American. The food created was created by British person. ... BillThePony @billthepony.bsky.social Yeah, no. I'm not going to listen to you about this.
1/9/2025, 4:22:03 PM | 1582 167 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

www.instagram.com/reel/DN0NC6d...

1/9/2025, 2:38:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marcus Hutchins (@malwaretech.com) reposted

In London when using public transport you can scan your contactless credit card when entering and exiting, then it automatically calculates the fare and bills you. If, like me, you forget which card you scanned on the way in & scan a different card on exit, you get charged a fine on both 💀

1/9/2025, 1:24:36 PM | 137 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

You could just unfollow it 🤷‍♂️

1/9/2025, 5:26:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I’m half tempted to make it keep count and only respond to you, and you alone, 1-2 times out of 5, just to give you a false sense of security

1/9/2025, 5:23:26 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Ittttttsssss baaaaacckkk 😬

1/9/2025, 5:21:36 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture thegrovedigger.bsky.social (@thegrovedigger.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

OMG I had to email this NOAA researcher to be like, what's this .rex file things you're using, it's not documented anywhere, and he was like I named it after my dog Rex Because the dog was big and the files were about big hurricanes

1/9/2025, 3:56:20 AM | 163 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

😈

1/9/2025, 4:14:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I’ve tried using various image ais to describe pictures where I get stuck and the results have been very very mixed.

1/9/2025, 4:14:31 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture slacey AKA DJ BEAThov'n (@skilletqueso.com) reposted

so was jesus the ultimate nepo baby?

1/9/2025, 4:08:18 AM | 371 35 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Lolz but you’re writing things in go

1/9/2025, 4:12:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the little donkey too.

1/9/2025, 4:11:17 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

And if you want to see how bad the code for @beans.monster is, including the mess that is dockerisation ping me your github alias on teams

1/9/2025, 4:09:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Also please log any bugs or any doc issues where I’ve written something confusing.

1/9/2025, 4:08:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I see the Tennessee Holler unpinned their only post which had alt text. Which was a post about their merch.

1/9/2025, 4:00:55 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

You should try to get the plate of a cyber truck

1/9/2025, 3:58:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Was that your own plate? 😂

1/9/2025, 3:50:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I totally did 😈

1/9/2025, 3:41:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

@jamiemagee.bsky.social what have you done 😂

1/9/2025, 3:37:29 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I’m starting to wonder if Eins isn’t human.

1/9/2025, 3:36:28 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

My second defcon I was sitting in a .net session getting more and more annoyed but someone else stood up and pointed out all the flaws and it amused me so much.

1/9/2025, 3:34:35 AM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

Ah now alien earth is finding its way

1/9/2025, 3:33:11 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

That statement just makes me wonder about their submission truthfulness even more.

1/9/2025, 3:28:30 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture soap 🇺🇸🦅🇻🇦💦 (@soap.systems) reposted

how to encrypt files on linux 😱😱👇👇👇 `cat file.txt | base64 # IMPORTANT: replace file.txt with your file!!!` follow for more interesting tech tips 😄

1/9/2025, 2:46:22 AM | 162 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

It’s like you want Morty to get caught. After all those years of not getting caught.

1/9/2025, 2:32:02 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

About that Cc @davidfowl.com

A man smiles with a “for rectal use only” sticker on his forehead.
1/9/2025, 2:31:07 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Morty come on, you have way more subtle ways at your disposal. Insulin for example.

1/9/2025, 2:19:57 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted

The United States killed American Indians and drove them from their homes in order to steal their land. Could it work in Gaza?

1/9/2025, 2:15:02 AM | 1463 210 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I should send them to @syfuhs.net for ntlm

1/9/2025, 2:10:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Pool cues. Staplers. A paper guillotine.

1/9/2025, 2:04:13 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I got in trouble with those in the office.

1/9/2025, 2:02:02 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

This doesne narrow it down

1/9/2025, 2:00:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Clank clank fold clank

1/9/2025, 1:58:13 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

Or instocklabels.com/product/will...

1/9/2025, 1:55:27 AM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

This has possibilities instocklabels.com/product/for-...

1/9/2025, 1:53:52 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I say it with love though Bex.

1/9/2025, 1:51:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

To be fair most users won’t notice

1/9/2025, 1:49:36 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Given your height isn’t that just two large normal icepacks glued together?

1/9/2025, 1:48:51 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Reznor or Darby?

1/9/2025, 1:39:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

A big round of applause to Ars. I really want to see what the submission was to Defcon that got accepted, because this was bad.

1/9/2025, 1:38:22 AM | 84 20 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

The most cursed bluesky post ever

1/9/2025, 1:34:14 AM | 21 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

No kitty Bad kitty That’s my pasta

A kitten trying to climb onto the kitchen counter to get people food
1/9/2025, 1:30:34 AM | 40 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 1:28:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

@tess.bzky.team did you remember the can opener?

1/9/2025, 1:23:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Beans on toast
1/9/2025, 12:05:53 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted

Medical science: Ahaha we have invented tens of thousands of life improving and saving medications ahaha we are unstoppable Grapefruit:

A larger than softball sized grapefruit my 13 inexplicably brought home to try, with googly eyes stuck on it, making it seem like it's looking very upset at the two tiny Advil in front of it I placed there for both scale and comedy
31/8/2025, 3:05:56 PM | 629 198 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

Daaaaaaad he’s touching me

A kitten stretched out asleep on a sofa next to a chocolate lab who is tolerating this intrusion
31/8/2025, 8:48:26 PM | 31 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Sounds like the right place.

31/8/2025, 7:54:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Can’t be worse than Petdata who won’t let you hide pets that have passed away so they’re there every time you go to renew a license.

31/8/2025, 7:54:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Or you have tiny hobbit hands

31/8/2025, 7:45:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’ll be in the back seat 😈

31/8/2025, 7:45:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

You can’t buy dignity, only find it where you lost it.

31/8/2025, 7:39:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

You will not!

31/8/2025, 7:36:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Did you make a shopping list?

31/8/2025, 7:33:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I’m really not sure you should be let out without adult supervision. You ordered a new can opener on Amazon right?

31/8/2025, 7:10:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Staring from the bottom is at least date four.

31/8/2025, 6:57:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Odd. Log an issue with them 😀

31/8/2025, 6:50:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Oh well then. Making bread is seriously satisfying. It’s in the OneNote I shared, the rapid rise white bread. You’ll need 2 loaf pans too.

31/8/2025, 6:49:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I almost want the framework desktop but only two front facing ports? Missed opportunity

31/8/2025, 6:46:56 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Good excuse to justify buying a mixer though

31/8/2025, 6:44:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Oh yea it’s not exactly obvious. But then it’s not just the claims it’s the signing too, and most just want to accept not make. It does suffer from its roots in WS* I’d encourage you to leave feedback on the msal repo github.com/AzureAD/micr...

31/8/2025, 6:44:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I’d give you a bread recipe but you’re never organised enough 😂

31/8/2025, 6:39:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Beans on toast 😈

31/8/2025, 6:34:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I’m confused, JsonWebToken absolutely takes and exposes claims. Are you trying to construct a new one from scratch? That’s a bit more convoluted.

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Profile picture Rob DenBleyker (@robdenbleyker.com) reposted

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Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

The .net feed picks up c# from people talking about music and I kind of love it

31/8/2025, 4:41:51 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mondo Mascots (@mondomascots.bsky.social) reposted

In Kochi City Station there’s a statue of Berobero No Kamisama, a nude, pink, spiral-eyed figure who is the local god for drunkards.

A nude pink character with spiral eyes balances a sake cup on each hand and a sake bottle on his head.
31/8/2025, 3:06:09 PM | 1666 401 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me)

It’s raining!

31/8/2025, 4:30:26 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I suppose once we’re forced back to the office to have teams calls in just another location

31/8/2025, 5:01:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I acknowledged your birthday ma’am Jim just tagged along.

31/8/2025, 4:36:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How very docker desktop of them

31/8/2025, 4:32:50 AM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

You can’t just call Jim “an older joke”.

31/8/2025, 4:19:29 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Oh I see how it is. Jim can make old comments and get away with it?

31/8/2025, 4:12:44 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Will Quinn (@willquinnart.bsky.social) reposted

Daily bunny no.3063 sees a squall brewing

A bunny in a ramshackle house by the sea looks out over the waves. Dark storm clouds have formed over the water, and heavy raindrops have begun to fall. The bunny holds a lantern, and is wearing an old-fashioned yellow raincoat
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Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

Oh please you are not a Sophia.

31/8/2025, 4:00:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don’t forget your fluffy old lady socks

31/8/2025, 3:56:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“It’s raining older men! Centrum silver!”

31/8/2025, 2:27:01 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You need a nap. Under a blankie.

31/8/2025, 2:23:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mondo Mascots (@mondomascots.bsky.social) reposted

The mascots of Tokyo’s Suginami Ward are Namisuke and Nami, a pair of puppy-sized dinosaur-like fairies with forests on their backs.

A green and a yellow mascot, both with big eyes, stand in a shopping mall.
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Profile picture Barry Dorrans (@blowdart.me) reply parent

I have mixed feelings that I’m singing this

31/8/2025, 2:16:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Over 40 Morty

31/8/2025, 2:14:26 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Someone needs her old person nap time.

31/8/2025, 1:14:38 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s a haggis

30/8/2025, 9:54:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#caturday

A kitten in his back on a sofa looking deceptively cute and innocent A chaos goblin half asleep, half plotting in the back of a sofa
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