Too old to rock and roll, too young to die. Vegan and anarchism curious. Likes permaculture, infosec, Tranmere Rovers, and whatever my current enthusiasm is. Officially not right in the noggin #ʘ‿ʘ #NoBot like: whatever Signal/WhatsApp: Tass.02/dave99 CO2 ppm at birth: 321.37 LinkedIn: AHAHAHAHA Location: Up a French🇫🇷 mountain in the Massif Central
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Last Notes npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: You meet a man on Oregon Trail. He tells you his name is Terry. You laugh & say its a girls name. He shoots you. You have died of dissin Terry. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: John Finnemore on the French horn/cor anglais: "I was idly wondering why the cor anglais has a French name meaning ‘English horn’, and the French horn has an English name meaning… well, ‘French horn’. I looked it up, even though I knew there would just be some reasonable but rather dull explanation. "There isn’t. There is a completely bonkers explanation, in both cases. Here’s the first. "So. The cor anglais isn’t English, or French. But that’s nothing, because another thing it isn’t is… a horn. It’s basically an overgrown oboe, and it’s from Silesia. But being thin with a bulb on the end, it looks a little like the trumpets angels are shown playing in medieval art. "Or at least it did to the Germans, who started calling it the Engellisches Horn, or angel’s horn. Can you see the hilarious misunderstanding that’s about to happen? Well, that happened. The Italians thought the Germans called it the English Horn, so they translated it to corno inglese. The French got it from the Italians, and called it the cor anglais. The British got it from the French, and presumably stared at it, thought ‘We can’t call that an English horn! It’s nothing to do with us, we’ve only just this minute seen one!’ …and I suppose decided just to keep the French name to save embarrassment. "But that is rationality itself compared to what happened with the “French” horn. "Right. The French horn. It isn’t French, or English… but it is a horn. So that’s something. (In fact, horn players just call it ‘the horn’, and they wish you would too, but they can’t make you.) This story is simpler than the cor anglais one, but even more gloriously stupid. "The French were famous for making beautiful hunting-horn type horns: curly tubes that made a nice noise when you blew through them. Then the Germans came up with a more complicated horn with slides and crooks and valves and what-have-you. So British horn players started calling the horns they played in orchestras French Horns, to make it clear they were having nothing to do with those funny looking new German horns with all the bits hanging off them. But the thing is… slides and crooks and valves and what-have-you are a really good idea. You can play tunes with them and everything. So, before long, in a brilliantly British combination of ruthless pragmatism and equally ruthless face-saving, British horn players were playing German horns… but still calling them French horns. "In summary then: the cor anglais, or English horn, is a Silesian oboe that the Italians thought the Germans thought was English, but the Germans actually thought looked angelic. Whereas the French horn is a German horn that the British called the French horn to distinguish it from the German horn… which is what it is. "All clear? Good. Carry on." npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I think he's *really* high right now 😁 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Yep, got to be very clear-eyed about what is feasible and that you will enjoy. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Actually, I've decided installing heat pumps is not for me. I'd need a big van, would get grief from residential prospects/customers wanting the moon on a stick for a handful of beans, the paperwork and costs are a pain, and little scrotes would be constantly trying to nick my tools. I'll stick to batteries via the internet and a bit of IT on the side. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Arsebuscuits, I fucked up the practical exercise. 99% chance I've failed. They don't tell you straight away because they're afraid of getting punched, but he started being a right twat with me to the point I wanted to punch him, and I'm not like that at all. Before we started he asked us all about our background when I told him I'd been in IT. I think he was putting me under pressure on purpose because he decided he didn't like me. After his first pisstake I mentioned I was disabled through anxiety and PTSD and he actually got worse. No wonder they're worried about getting punched if that's the way they act. Ho hum. It's not his fault I started losing the plot, but he certainly made sure I was totally out to lunch by the end. The theory was easy, however. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Oof, had to stop revising as I need to get up early. Good night little phone friends! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Soldering and doing the joints were easy, and I worked out the "diagramme enthalpique" for a zeotrope fluid (containing multiple molecules). Lots of revision to do this evening though. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Yay! Did the refrigerant course practical exercise under the 150 minute time limit and without effing it up (surprisingly, given my three previous attempts where I constantly had to check the materials and curse throughout the whole process). Not there yet, tomorrow's the big day, but oof! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Difficult, difficult, lemon difficult. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Don’t we make anything in this country any more? I just took delivery of a new TV set and I can’t even find on the map where it’s made - the sticker just says “Built in Antenna”. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/187/706/860/818/928/original/755e9d26958bdcd9.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: FWIW, the WebUSB installer worked fine for me from one Pixel to another. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Krebson S Curity esq? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: And what assurances do they have that Snowflake etc aren't keeping copies? You don't master a cloud supply chain. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: The signs were always there https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/104/396/671/100/837/original/135b343fe57cf627.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I'm too lazy to browse from a PC most of the time, so tend to rely on: Browser: FF with ublock origin and privacy badger Apps: DDG App Tracking Protection Belt and Braces: Pi-Hole server. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: So glad I left that horrible platform a few months back. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: https://www.mieliestronk.com/corncob_lowercase.txt which no longer exists. I can extract the words if you want. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Did you catch that 58,109 word list I used for my passphrase generator before the link went dead? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I thought I'd check out the winter olympics by watching some ski jumping. Then I ended up watching the bobsleigh, downhill, freestyle skiing and luge as well. It's a slippery slope. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Could really do with getting Signal decentralised and more resilient. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Ok, it is, but very slowly. And I'm not seeing if they got it. DDoS attack? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Bugger, it's not even sending messages. Yikes. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Blimey. Well done, kid https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/03/boy-swims-four-hours-rescue-family-western-australia npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: You, Sir, are a man of excellent taste 👌 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: This is totally insane 😳 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: "Took a picture of my wife standing in front of a horse and now she won’t talk to me. 😖" via Mike Bales https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/928/314/058/266/589/original/9bb51c1f97530f28.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Quick question... I've been trying to fix a knackered old Dell laptop for my neighbour's 13 year old daughter. It was obviously important that it looks good. But I've just spoken to a friend who gave me a Mac laptop for work (that's finished) which will obviously be way cooler (and I don't use it apart from for rolling joints). So he's happy for me to give her the Mac, but it's a UK QWERTY keyboard. Is there any way to change to a French AZERTY keyboard expediently? She'll be really chuffed if we can do this. Paging @npub1ulc…x3hg Boosts much appreciated! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Yum! https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/775/068/956/428/555/original/ee4a56afefec96a9.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: "As Mozilla moves forward, we will focus on becoming the trusted software company. This is not a slogan. It is a direction that guides how we build and how we grow." He then bangs on about AI, totally ignoring the above and the reasons for the growth in the market, the massive throbber. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: eBay? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Just took the dog out. It was a beautiful starry night and I was enjoying not being anxious about everything for a change when I saw a wonderfully bright meteorite right over my head going east to west. It was quickly followed by another one on the same axis further towards the horizon. I assume they were part of the same cosmic debris and I've never seen anything quite like it. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I'm just a bit flabbergasted that the security services don't seem to have dedicated staff for this sort of thing. It wouldn't take much to use long range reconnaissance drones to quietly keep an eye on these ships and intercept them for a full search if they're seen launching drones. It would stop this part of Russia's hybrid warfare in its tracks. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: When seven German journalist students do a better job of tracking down the sources of the drone flights over Europe than the security services... https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-droned-back npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: That's weird. When I was working at EUMETSAT they used debris tracking and moved LEO satellites based on the collision risk. I'd assumed that was the norm. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Does anyone know of a decent inexpensive European domain registrar (with email included for at least three accounts)? My current one is getting too expensive. Do your thing, Fedi hive mind! Boosts appreciated. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: My spidey senses tell me this won't end well for him. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/519/435/817/214/138/original/302a11b3a8f72b8c.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: The EU takes up the AI baton just at the right time. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/344/238/359/652/228/original/15a99c4588e8e1a0.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: My work here is done, Mwahahaha! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Oh my God, what an utter scumbag. It's no wonder his son is messed up with an utter creep like that for a Dad 😬 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Hi @npub1kwa…e0nj is it normal that my pixel 6 displays this on startup every time or did I forget a step at the end of installation? https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/220/341/063/924/618/original/8f62479d51b4199c.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: ommm... npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Currently having "artistic differences" with the CEO. If he wants to replace my painstaking internally consistent methodology with some AI bollocks then I'm not really adding value. I don't want to sound like a primadonna but I'm on the verge of resigning. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Is there an antidote to a pizza overdose? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I think that's where the Pi-hole helps. Does NextDNS do the same thing? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: My connection is far slower but between the pi-hole, DDG app tracking protection and FF extensions (ublock origin with some optional stuff switched on, and privacy badger) life is a lot easier nowadays. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Does the UI respect users' quote post settings? It would be great if the Mastodon instance itself queried the quotee's settings and refused the quote if it didn't respect their settings (this may be the case, I don't know). npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: “it’s the deli llama” npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: This absolute idiot is the most powerful man on earth. I despair. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: TIL the origin of Lieutenant Columbo's "just one more thing" catchphrase. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/023/391/104/446/096/original/7fbd38744c0d9fce.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/998/127/739/593/219/original/fb5bb04ed702d699.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/975/745/306/855/124/original/6042ab6c7af7b8f2.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Fibre! Energy for your gut microbiome 😁 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: HOLLER! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: ublock origin has features that are off by default that get rid of them. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Hello Fedizens! I'm winding down for a short weekend and would love a couple of good "slightly baked-friendly" films to watch later. Recent releases or older fillums that aren't too much of a downer and are pretty immersive would probably hit the spot. TIA 😇 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Blimey, had a mad morning. I'm now apparently facilitating the facilitators. I'm kind of winging it, but it's coherent. Oof. Anyway, time to switch off. 😵💫 https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/913/957/530/216/119/original/945a4b0c4676bcd1.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: A very interesting development in the fascist regime succession stakes. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/890/426/756/425/569/original/c3ffed65e7eb4891.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: sorry dude 🤪 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/856/648/281/248/770/original/da1f786075cc2eb5.jpeg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: A word of advice. If you've been strimming/weed whacking an extensive patch of land in the hot sun without wearing a full protective suit, do not wait before cleaning yourself up. I forgot once as I was tired and ended up in hospital for a week with blood poisoning and a cytokine storm. On the third day when I was feeling a bit better the Doc told me I had a 5% chance of snuffing it. Don't be an idiot, take a shower you smelly git. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I'm seeing a dash rather than -1. Weirdly, we're all on the same instance. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/835/223/377/879/952/original/6a8bc43dc38aa5a5.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Utter, utter, scumbags https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-denials-cigna-unitedhealthcare-aetna-prior-authorizations npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Yay! https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/699/483/535/733/790/original/35c5c338a6401eb8.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: What could possibly go wrong with this tech? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Super excited about the amateur autopsy club I just joined. Tuesday is open mike night! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: 🤣 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Have just been chatting with some people about near misses and actual run-ins with the law. I've only had two... As a teenager I was quizzed for a couple of hours by two rather thick rozzers who thought I'd committed a burglary. And nearly got arrested for spying in a top secret defence facility abroad for sniffing their network. Unfortunately I can't really say much more about that. Anyone else with such tales of mild peril? Or actual horror stories? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Does anyone know EdrawMax? Any good? https://www.edrawsoft.com/edraw-max/ npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Structural straw bale has great thermal efficiency. Coupled with lime render (on the outside) and clay/lime render (on the inside, for high thermal mass) it's a solution that doesn't require membranes and allows water vapour to pass through. It can also be coupled with a passive solar design. But you need to get the fitting just right unless it's as a separate sun room. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Does anyone know a good visual modelling tool for patent claims? I've got a fairly complex one to flesh out with quite a few sub-claims and embodiments and pretty complex relationships to child claims. It would be nice to be able to put a description of each claim, plus embodiments and their description, and to be able to link either to sub-claims. Ideas? It's not for the actual patent application itself, more as a sort of organising tool for me and my collaborators. Edit: re-upping this as it's now my go-to excuse to not make any progress... npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Ah, you've fixed it. Any wisdom to pass on? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Hmm, I use OCSP for a little project I did years ago for HSTS, Let's Encrypt, OCSP etc. That still seems to work (I am not a web dev...) https://penfold.fr Could you show one of your offending URLs? npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Another banger from George Monbiot: "If such claims arose from any other sector, we would recognise them for what they are: industry lobbying. But because their bucolic imagery chimes with deep cultural themes, enthusiasm for such non-solutions extends all the way from McDonald’s to King Charles. The phenomenally complex challenge of feeding the world without devouring the planet will not be met through wishful thinking and romantic simplicities." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/07/cattle-sheep-farming-sustainable-food npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: This is what happens when you add a snooping function to Signal (in this case for records retention). npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I don't buy toilet paper there any more. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Maybe join a gym? Get into gardening? There's loads* of potentially useful offline stuff you could get into that may make you feel more grounded. * possibly 😬 npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: That's just so stupid and pointless. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I'm looking at picking up a cheap antique tractor with about 15-20hp and a dead engine. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Sort of! I've actually got a project for a battery powered tractor, but using LiFePO4 rather than Li-ion. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Ooh... https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/319/075/329/047/784/original/d3facc0d44c633b6.jpeg https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/319/077/120/378/883/original/d403f74778afe83a.jpeg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: The Graun article on dire wolves was correct in saying they have the dire wolf phenotype (not genotype, although they could have explained to the layman what this meant). It's basically genetic lipstick rather than anything approaching de-extinction. What a colossal waste of resources. #direWolf npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: This shows that the statement I screenshot is incorrect. Private banks create US dollars as private credit (for over 90% of it), most of the rest is government bonds, which is also credit. And the Fed regulates (lightly) the ability of banks to create broad money (see the BoE pdf above, it's pretty accessible). And the Fed is not the Treasury, it's not a part of government. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/302/978/284/481/010/original/c15e0f1f928b31b3.png npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Both state and private debt increase over time without defaults. It's the nature of broad money. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/quarterly-bulletin/2014/money-creation-in-the-modern-economy.pdf ⬅️ this describes the creation and destruction of broad money, but doesn't show the cumulative effect of interest. This does https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12202.pdf This is similar, and was produced in Iceland after 2008 https://bsd.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/monetary-reform-Iceland.pdf npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: The fuzz. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: "Pakistan isn’t trying to become a Silicon Valley of solar. It’s not chasing unicorn valuations or plastering press releases with blockchain buzzwords. It’s solving energy poverty with sunlight and silicon. It’s trading diesel for distributed storage. It’s moving from grid collapse to gridless competence. It’s trading petrol for electrons. And it’s doing it at a pace that should embarrass countries with ten times the GDP." https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/04/pakistans-22-gw-solar-shock-how-a-fragile-state-went-full-clean-energy/ npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: It's bonkers that they don't have some bespoke national security app for this sort of thing, but also a pretty good advertisement for Signal (for those who aren't dead of brain). npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: This is genius. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/16/will-the-tooth-fairy-pay-up-if-the-tooth-has-been-swallowed Original thread on bsky https://bsky.app/profile/seamas.bsky.social/post/3lkigjm7sk222 https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/174/397/040/881/742/original/696d83709a93f3ee.jpg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: It's not really a security failure when you accept the Trump administration is now totally aligned with Moscow. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: He's an absolute idiot npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: My 3D awareness let me down a couple of times when attaching lugs to the cable so wasted some cable and lugs, and I initially had the one coming out of the bottom of the circuit breaker straight, but the cable wouldn't bend enough when I attached the front plate (meaning it was below floor level) so I had to do a 90° one instead. I'll shorten the ones to the battery when I'm sure I've got enough lugs to change them out. When I do that I'll add some shrink insulation too. The shrink wrap I've got now is either too small or too big for these cables (the latter being for Li-ion drone batteries). #homeStorageBatteries https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/043/522/266/482/247/original/ea438f0553cc7ea4.jpeg https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/043/524/182/007/199/original/7328261797d7077a.jpeg https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/043/526/433/233/045/original/fbd7e6332e5801fe.jpeg npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Actually finished one of the two 16kWh batteries and somehow managed to lug the 100+kg into the garage. Just need to torque everything down when it's in place. Photos to come when my back recovers... npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: We value your privacy, now try to navigate these maliciously compliant dark patterns to avoid being spied on by 867 companies. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: People don't believe me when I say I can cut wood just by looking at it But I saw it with my own eyes npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Starmer has to accept the reality of the massive change in US position and adjust towards Europe accordingly. But he's a bit of a centrist neoliberal oaf with a special relationship fixation and a fear of the press so I'm not sure if this computes in his noggin. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: Vance is in a security conference in Europe. Does he talk about the war currently ongoing in Europe? No, he pushes the far right "lack of free speech" bullshit. What an odious little hobgoblin he is. npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: When did that come out?! npub1x32x9cxltwew567669hccnv4r5xzkl70lc6z8zy003fmavwk9d6s9w5aer David Penfold :verified: I was well into AD&D in about '83 but I don't remember that word 🤔