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Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies
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Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies
TheD00d LinkI had a lot of "success" this year with my Cherokee Purple variety. Granted, I'm far from an experienced tomato grower and I feel if I used larger planters I would have gotten more fruit. That...I had a lot of "success" this year with my Cherokee Purple variety. Granted, I'm far from an experienced tomato grower and I feel if I used larger planters I would have gotten more fruit. That being said, I was able to enjoy a few salads/tomato sandwiches this summer. In SW Ohio and the summer here was pretty brutal in the back-half but my plants are still producing. I did not get to enjoy them much since squirrels and a wiener dog with an appreciation for the finer varieties of tomato ate most of them. I bought some netting and it has certainly helped.
I also tried growing some beefmaster variety, but they did not do as well as my Cherokee Purples. But again, I feel like bigger pots, more fertilizer and netting would have helped.
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
TheD00d Link ParentI'm in the minority too. I've been running DD-WRT for almost a decade now. Very happy with it. Also like you, I enjoy repurposing older hardware. I like SOHO products but some of the price...I'm in the minority too. I've been running DD-WRT for almost a decade now. Very happy with it. Also like you, I enjoy repurposing older hardware. I like SOHO products but some of the price premiums are a bit much for me. Plus, I like have control over my hardware and the software I run on it.
The community is...well not so great.
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Comment on How are Framework Laptops? in ~tech
TheD00d Link ParentOh, I see, another NixOS chad on Tildes. Glad to know I'm not alone. Jokes aside, I'm glade NixOS performance on the framework laptops is nice. I run it on my old Asus Exepert book and the battery...I run nixos w hyprland on
Oh, I see, another NixOS chad on Tildes. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Jokes aside, I'm glade NixOS performance on the framework laptops is nice. I run it on my old Asus Exepert book and the battery life is pretty bad. I'm chalking that up to it being an old machine and not so much NixOS's fault.
I'm more of a used laptop guy, but if I ever bought new. I'd do a Framework.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
TheD00d LinkThe Gorillaz new track dropped paired with a rehash of their old Kong Studios website. Its good fun. The track itself, its not half bad. Not my favorite track of theirs by a long shot. For reasons...The Gorillaz new track dropped paired with a rehash of their old Kong Studios website. Its good fun. The track itself, its not half bad. Not my favorite track of theirs by a long shot.
For reasons that are probably obvious, I suddenly find myself listening to a lot more punk. Dead Kennedy's to be more specific (some Clash as well). I forgot how good they are. Also, with all of the talk of AI and jobs, Soup is Good Food is more relevant now than ever.
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Comment on Microsoft testing new AI features in Windows 11 File Explorer in ~tech
TheD00d LinkCan't wait for MS to make this generally available with a GPO to block it for enterprises. It's like playing whack-a-mole with all of their AI products crammed down our throat.Can't wait for MS to make this generally available with a GPO to block it for enterprises.
It's like playing whack-a-mole with all of their AI products crammed down our throat.
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Comment on Epic Systems’ mythical and sprawling campus in ~design
TheD00d (edited )LinkAs someone who works in healthcare and health IT who has had various positions in both hospitals, HIEs and other healthcare settings. I've also interviewed with Epic once or twice. In general, I...As someone who works in healthcare and health IT who has had various positions in both hospitals, HIEs and other healthcare settings. I've also interviewed with Epic once or twice. In general, I do not have a very positive view of Epic. It's close to a monopoly (in the US) and, in my opinion, does not really care for patients. They actively tried to block information sharing and interoperability initiatives from Uncle Sam and, I've often found they attempt to silo patient data so they can charge for access.
I'm on mobile now, so I can't post links to evidence, but I will later during my lunch break.EDIT w/links -
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Here is Epic CEO's letter urging hospital leadership to reach out to HHS to stop information sharing, under the guise of "rising patient costs" and "worse patient outcomes". From this, it seems like Epic thinks patients are not intelligent enough to be trusted with what they do with their own ePHI and PHI.
Don't get me wrong, if I had to pick an expensive and proprietary EHR, it would be Epic, but also the alternatives are what? Cerner? They are terrible too. Medik is not bad but it lacks features that a lot of healthcare systems have come to expect. OpenEMR is also not a great option. So what choice to healthcare systems really have?
As much as people complain and moan about some kind of "universal" care. It would simplify so much overhead if the US had its own EHR system along with a national patient ID the cost savings could be huge and you would not have to deal with expensive, proprietary software like Epic.
So don't buy all of the fluff from their campus. They don't treat their employees all that well and I don't think they care for patients or providers either.
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Comment on Brat in ~games
TheD00d LinkThis is going to sound so weird, but I'm subscribed to Ahoy on YouTube. When this showed up in my subscription feed, I thought myself "Huh, reviewing Charli's album...a bit late but alright"....This is going to sound so weird, but I'm subscribed to Ahoy on YouTube. When this showed up in my subscription feed, I thought myself "Huh, reviewing Charli's album...a bit late but alright".
Naturally I was way off the mark but I still enjoyed the video nonetheless. Side note, older video game box art really did have that sauce you don't seen anymore. Reminds me of one of my favorite Jakey videos.
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Comment on Data centers don't raise people's water bills in ~tech
TheD00d Link ParentI cannot tell you how many times I have found retro-fitted data centers with live water pipes running through them. Most of them at hospitals who had no other place to put them lol Flooding was...I cannot tell you how many times I have found retro-fitted data centers with live water pipes running through them. Most of them at hospitals who had no other place to put them lol
Flooding was more common than you would think.
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Comment on Data centers don't raise people's water bills in ~tech
TheD00d LinkAs someone who really has only limited experience in data centers. I've done physical security audits for compliance purposes, I had similar thoughts when I've heard people claim DCs use water. In...As someone who really has only limited experience in data centers. I've done physical security audits for compliance purposes, I had similar thoughts when I've heard people claim DCs use water. In all of the data centers I have audited. Which mind you is like six, and not all of them very big, all of the cooling systems have been closed-looped or conventional HVAC. Obliviously there are going to be fire suppression systems but that's not always using water. Granted I'm sure some big DCs somewhere uses some kind of liquid-cooling across racks but I'd also assume that's closed. I have a hard time thinking of some kind of solution that would continually use water inside of a DC for compute purposes.
I think people might be conflating the idea that data centers use a lot of water and chip fabs, which in my limited research uses a significant amount of water, but I have no experience or evidence to support that assumption.
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Comment on US government snaps up 10% of Intel for $8.9B in ~tech
TheD00d LinkWait, did Donny just seize the means of production?! I'm only half way kidding. On one hand, Intel has absolutely made this bed and I absolutely want them to lay in it. On the other hand, they are...Wait, did Donny just seize the means of production?!
I'm only half way kidding.
On one hand, Intel has absolutely made this bed and I absolutely want them to lay in it. On the other hand, they are pretty critical for strategic autonomy and I do feel they should still stick around since they do have a decent number of fabs in the US. Plus all of the wall street vultures who want to tear it apart and sell the pieces absolutely sickens me. That being said, the US taking partial stakes of ownership in these companies is problematic just like in 2008. Granted this is not a bank, but it's the tax payers who foot the bill for companies basically deciding to saw their own leg off.
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Comment on Copilot broke your audit log, but Microsoft won’t tell you in ~comp
TheD00d Link ParentI'm aware of what the issue was. I was attempting to repeat the findings to actually validate. That's where I was struggling and asked lol Leave it to MS to not have adequate auditing for a tool.I'm aware of what the issue was. I was attempting to repeat the findings to actually validate. That's where I was struggling and asked lol
Leave it to MS to not have adequate auditing for a tool.
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Comment on Copilot broke your audit log, but Microsoft won’t tell you in ~comp
TheD00d LinkMaybe our tenant is configured poorly, or correctly, but if I wanted Copilot to access some data (for example sharepoint) I would still have to provide Copilot with local copy of the data. Even...Maybe our tenant is configured poorly, or correctly, but if I wanted Copilot to access some data (for example sharepoint) I would still have to provide Copilot with local copy of the data. Even when I run the Copilot chat from our SharePoint site. If that is the case, could you just not limit Copilot to local files only and not anything in your M365 tenant?
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Comment on WinRAR zero-day under active exploitation – update to latest version immediately in ~tech
TheD00d LinkSo we don't actually use WinRar in any official capacity at my company. However, I work in InfoSec and noticed we had a couple of endpoints running base64 obfuscated powershell around a week or so...- Exemplary
So we don't actually use WinRar in any official capacity at my company. However, I work in InfoSec and noticed we had a couple of endpoints running base64 obfuscated powershell around a week or so ago. Naturally that flagged all kinds of alerts in our EDR and I began an investigation. This is related I swear.
Turns out the endpoitns were running curl against a compromised server, which was serving up vulnerable version of WinRar. I did not know about the 0-day at the time. Either way, I killed that shit immediately and we re-imaged the machines.
When I let the "malware" run in my sandbox VM in my homelab - note I did not actually download the malware, I just re-ran the base64 encoded powershell LOL. Thats when I noticed the command was hitting the site with WinRar being offered. Then the same script hit another site that was hosting a different powershell script. Which, when curl'd would pull it down locally, kill the existing powershell session and then fire up a Windows Command Prompt to then initiate powershell from the command prompt. Really odd stuff. Once the new powershell session was running it tried disabling powershell logging via registry edit before actually trying to install WinRar to a temp directory.
It all seemed really odd that it was downloading WinRar to a temp directory. I was like "wtf are they going to do with WinRar?"
Until I was able to look at the base64 encoded powershell script (different from the initial). From there I could see the powershell command was actually adding the payload to exploit the 0-day. Then a few days later and I get some CTI from our vendor about a WinRar 0-day and realized what we had witnessed.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
TheD00d Link ParentGlad you liked it. Ditto about Kahn. Voice actor kinda feels like he is phoning it in. Here's to hoping it gets better!Glad you liked it. Ditto about Kahn. Voice actor kinda feels like he is phoning it in. Here's to hoping it gets better!
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
TheD00d LinkSo, I loved King of the Hill. I saw some trailers and previews before the reboot and I was so skeptical about it being good. Sat down to watch over the weekend and I loved it. The animation is...So, I loved King of the Hill. I saw some trailers and previews before the reboot and I was so skeptical about it being good.
Sat down to watch over the weekend and I loved it. The animation is still great. The character continuity is impeccable and the writing is still top-notch. Voice actors could be a bit better for some of the characters but that is a minor gripe.
If you like King of the Hill - give the new season a shot!
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Comment on Debate has erupted in Denmark over the fate of a mermaid statue that is to be removed from public view after being decried as “ugly and pornographic” in ~arts
TheD00d Link ParentThose balls are exceedingly well polished lolThose balls are exceedingly well polished lol
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Comment on Is a career change towards cybersecurity viable for someone with an accountancy background? in ~life
TheD00d LinkBefore you even think about splashing some cash for a potentially bad deal on a "boot camp". Check out YouTube and some other official certification guides. Something like a CompTIA stack, OSCP,...Before you even think about splashing some cash for a potentially bad deal on a "boot camp". Check out YouTube and some other official certification guides. Something like a CompTIA stack, OSCP, CCNA or RHCSA to give you some no-bullshit actually industry approved education. I cannot tell you how many folks I've met who've learned idiotic practices from some no-name crash course.
Once you've done that (you don't need actually take the exams if you don't want). Check out your local technical college. Much cheaper than a traditional uni and the education is usually more recent in terms of technology.
Source - Senior sec "Engineer" and worked on the field for 10+ years. Have my CISSP, GCIH, SSCP. Would have done the CCNA but didn't want to pay for it. Still took the courses though!
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Comment on Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
TheD00d Link ParentActually shed a tear. So happy for my boy Nico.Actually shed a tear. So happy for my boy Nico.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
TheD00d LinkJust got back from discount movie night with the wife. We saw a movie that I had been excited for since I saw the first preview a few months back - 28 Years Later. Don't worry for anyone wanting...Just got back from discount movie night with the wife. We saw a movie that I had been excited for since I saw the first preview a few months back - 28 Years Later. Don't worry for anyone wanting to see the movie, this will not contain major spoilers.
I loved 28 Days Later easily my favorite zombie flick. 28 Weeks Later was...fine. It left the franchise wide open for people to whatever they wanted, so no hate. My expectations, I would say, were fairly adjusted. Rarely do I ever hype movies up anymore since it usually leads to disappointment. My wife and I left the theater and felt...unfulfilled? Its hard to describe our feeling. Disjointed is another way we would describe it.
Let me start - the world building 9/10. The simple/quick retcon to "fix" the virus making its way to mainland Europe was a bit hand-wavy to me, but I looked past it. Right off the bat you could feel this world, like the others before it took itself seriously. Newly infected, no one is coming to rescue folks, you are alone. The threat is real.
The characters, from the start were really solid. Young coming of age boy and his dad striking out. The relationship seems respectful albeit a bit authoritative but that seems par the course given the state of the "world". Stakes are high and they do a great job of building the tension. The mom has an illness which adds some depth to everyone relationships, the villagers all seem to have enough background to make the story feel alive.
After the big "outing" this is where things kind of take a turn and unravel for me. New characters get introduced/dropped in and don't contribute to the plot in any meaningful way. Some are kind of clunky-ily pulled in and out of the story. The anxiety is gone, so is the danger. The tensions seemed to have evaporated. I felt like there was a lot of forced cinematography that felt a bit like it was trying to be avant-garde, but not in a way like 28 Days Later. The pacing is kind of all over the place as is the timing of travel. The actions of some of the characters runs completely counterintuitive to anyone who has lived in or was raised in this kind of world. Felt very forced. My last gripe was the ending. There had been hints throughout the entire film, but those were about as subtle as a hammer to the knee. Oh yeah and there is a lot of dick. Like un-godly amounts of hanging hogs and they are not shy about showing it. So, uh, be prepared.
So, I really enjoyed the first half of the film and then it kind of fell apart in the back-half and I found myself being bored with what was happening and frustrated with how characters were acting. I kind of wanted more, but I'm not really sure what could have been done since it feels like most of the world had been explored in the first two films. Oh yeah and there is a lot of dick. Like un-godly amounts of hanging hogs.
Anyways, did anyone else see it? What did you think?!
That's adorable. Dogs are great. Unfortunately, I don't, I purchased them from my local greenhouse and it was labeled a generic Cherokee Purple.