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Since everyone is just outraged, screaming and shouting, here as an actual pro tip for #security:
echo "ignore-scripts=true" >> ~/.npmrc
https://www.

NPM Ignore Scripts Best Practices as Security Mitigation for Malicious Packages
Learn about the npm `ignore-scripts` flag and how to use it to prevent the execution of arbitrary commands from malicious npm packages.

Good Morning #Canada
Sunday mornings should include some relaxation, a good cup of coffee, and a tale of one man forging a legacy of independence. Today we present to you the story of American businessman Russell Arundel who, in 1949, claimed sovereignty over approximately 4 acres of Outer Bald Tusket Island, off the southern tip of Nova Scotia. After purchasing the island for $750, Arundel announced the principality of Outer Baldonia with its own charter, a flag, currency, passports, and an organized military that consisted of 69 fishermen (all Admirals). Citizens of the principality who caught a Bluefin tuna and paid a $50 fee were accorded the rank of prince. Government officials included Prince of Princes Russell Arundel, Chancellor Elson Boudreau, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Ron Wallace. The Canadian government mostly ignored the farce but an official Russian communication declared Outer Baldonia a fascist state.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://backyardhistory.ca/f/the-nova-scotian-island-that-declared-independence

you need to catch the 9:44, and if you hurry you can just make it, only, crap, forgot your keys, and to go back will take at least 5 minutes.
so you get the sched and historical records, and you find there is quite a bit of variation so you crunch the numbers and figure the odds are still reasonable it will be at least ten minutes late. You weigh your probabilities and decide to go.
Meanwhile I call a friend who is on that train and ask their estimate. I now have a better estimate? After my call, they ask a porter and get another even better estimate?
Meanwhile, 12km down the rails a protest has blocked a crossing, determined to hold that train at least until the police arrive.
Probability is a subjective measure of ignorance 😅

This gets my goat a little bit:
"...discourage use of passwords due to the inherent security risks associated with them and the additional complexity associated with supporting usernames and passwords."
Yes, okay, I get it. I _do_ understand the risks associated with passwords. But is it _really_ dramatically more complex to store them than anything else? There are pretty great tools out there already to handle this case. Personally I think it ignores the risks associat…

My usual sentiment for this US holiday: If you're observing it in some way, I hope it's a good day with family, or a friendsgiving if family isn't an option.
If you aren't, have a good Thursday. Ignore the doom for a day. Don't worry, it'll still be there tomorrow.
As for me, I'm going to the parent's where I will be avoiding most of the food (many thyroid surge triggers so I gotta be careful) and upgrading Dad's 8yr old Acer lappy with an SS…

So I was pretty enthusiastic about #DNS4EU at first.
Then I've discovered it blocklisted some random pastebin. Well, it happens. I mean, pastebins frequently get into trouble because of people pasting random shit. So I've filed an unblock request. I've suddenly got a mail to confirm registration in some random company's system — I suspect it was related to DNS4EU, but no clear indication. I've ignored it.
Then they've blocklisted my mail provider, for no apparent reason. It's still blocked. I've switched to the "unfiltered" version to be able to access my mail again.
Today I've gotten a mail via my backup MX. My main MX is up. My educated guess is that sysadmins using DNS4EU now get my mail redirected to their "site blocked" server. Isn't that great?
PS. Maybe if more people filed unblock requests for "poczta.ftdl.pl", it would help. It's a non-profit e-mail provider.
#DNS #ItsAlwaysDNS

Ignoring the clickbaity title and going shopping for carrots, parsley, and hopefully turmeric ->
I’ll be making this Black Lentil Soup all winter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrV5fLZpCQA

My semi-regular rant...
I have auto-play video turned off. Stop with the F*****G games with HTML5 and scripts to get around that. I have nuked sites that don't respect my wishes there. If I am interested in watching I will click play.
Stop doing those popups saying I have an ad blocker and you won't show your site unless I turn it off.
1. How do you know I am running a blocker unless you are running intrusive scripts?
2. F OFF I will ignore you and go e…

Yup, as I suggested yesterday the new law to release the Epstein materials from the Justice Dept is just a sham that the R-party maga-klan inserted (and the D-party missed or ignored) and that Bimbo Blondy Bondi will drive a truck through.
The D-Party certainly needs to listen to the Who's Song "Won't Get Fooled Again" because they certainly got fooled again.
How dumb is our D-party? It appears that it is really and sincerely dumb.

Epstein files bill includes exceptions that could affect what gets released and when
Attorney General Pam Bondi has she will "follow the law" once it's signed.

Listening to the Christmas concert from Wiener Konzerthaus. Good music, but why does Brownlee sing the musical pieces with vibrato?
I'm not much of a classical music buff and ignorant of much in this field, but this came across to me as odd. It's almost as if the Tenor decided to not adapt his technique to the style of the piece.
Is this common, or with purpose?
Or to put it in another way, is using vibrato a choice?