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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets)

@cursed.monster

Computer necromancer/vivisectionist, spoiler of grain, electromagnetic wave wrangler. Has strong opinions, weakly held. Pronouns (he/him) in bio, always antifascist.

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11.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those are called tartsicles

11.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So first of all, the DOJ's standards are....extremely fallen, I cannot imagine this happening much earlier in time.

Second, the word "intentionally" has very specific meaning and this lawyer thirty years into practice knows what it means, and the judge is being very clear about that.

10.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 324 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

I can just imagine being read for filth like this on the public record and I think I would just fill my pockets with the heaviest available objects in the courtroom and walk into the nearest river

11.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

American guy drinking a wing flavored protein espresso martini while he posts about off flavors in shou on a tea forum

11.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Feels like something I would not want a judge to say to me, a US Attorney in their court

10.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Which is unfortunately starting to look like the only likely resolution

10.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, one way would be to reach an agreement with a different guy

10.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is not lost on me that Witkoff is the US envoy in both cases

10.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran faces the same situation re: resumption of hostilities that Ukraine does, though I don’t suppose the folks who keep urging Ukraine to acquiesce to a ceasefire will acknowledge it

10.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No, no, that just encourages him

10.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A casual reminder that our current commander-in-chief wanted to nuke a hurricane

10.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Won’t do much, but I don’t think that’ll stop this lot from trying it

10.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, they can

10.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, how many mines does it take for insurers to refuse to insure boats through there or make the rates unprofitable? How much evidence of clearance do they need before they go back to something approaching normal?

10.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But, uh, well more than two

10.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

God, same

10.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
its donald trump forbidding iran from mining the strait of hormuz forthwith

its donald trump forbidding iran from mining the strait of hormuz forthwith

I do not give the IRGC or any entities associated with Iran permission to mine the Strait of Hormuz. With this statement I give notice to the IRGC it is strictly forbidden to mine the Strait. The violation of ukase can be punished by law (UCC 1308 11 308103 and the Rome Statute).

10.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1289 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 18

Even reasonably credible *rumors* of mining are enough to get the actuaries to clench hard enough to make a diamond

10.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Long and uncertain, and the timeline for insurance companies believing it’s done enough to satisfy them is even longer

10.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a leather jacket is standing in front of a building with a sign that says opening on it . Alt: Smart guy tapping head

They can’t sink the whole group

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

so:
a. the Strait of Hormuz is def actually mined
b. they did ZERO planning for this
c. they're freaking out now that it's leaked to the press and trying to ensure us that 'no it's not'

10.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 520 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

They also never had a problem silkscreening on the Thunderbolt logo where it applied, so πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

10.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell, Apple refused to put USB3 in at all for entirely too long, but the color thing was mind-bogglingly bad and yet another thing I won’t forgive Jony Ive for.

10.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was very glad that the moment Jony Ive bounced, they brought back the MagSafe and HDMI ports and the SD slot, but I’m still a little annoyed they didn’t put in a USB-A-3 because I still very much prefer those for flash drives, yubikeys, etc.

10.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It does seem silly not to label them for what amounts to a pretty big difference, but I’m unfortunately used to Apple doing extremely dumb things with ports.

10.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At least in this case the machine notifies you about what’s wrong.

10.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right, in this case I don’t think charging is a differentiator, I was only using the Chromebook as an example of where it surprised me (coming from Apple world where in general every USB-C port behaves the same) and where the label actually didn’t make a difference until I’d already figured it out.

10.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The rise of memory-safe languages had some of us in the infosec field wondering if we’d need to find other jobs, but this has if nothing else indicated that we should remain gainfully employed for a while longer.

10.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda

10.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 2145 πŸ” 908 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 80