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sirocyl

@sirocyl.bsky.social

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platform sec researcher, OS dev, systems architect, composer; Other (please specify). vintage computer/electronics nut. I am @significantb.it; I also do @styx-os.org blocks: f4f/followbot campaigns mutes: meta, outrage (news), beg/boost campaigns eggbug

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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 1d

Recent @Mariners games have been shaking things up enough for our seismometers to notice but those waves are all in good fun. It's a great reminder that real quakes can happen anytime. Join us tomorrow (10/16) for @ShakeOut and practice what to do when the ground really moves.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 1d

Νоrmаlіzе Вeinɡ Α Ηοｍogⅼурһ

David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 1d

The regex from hell

A small snippet of a list of complex regular expressions, packed with alternative forms of each letter to stop bigots disguising slur words

sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 1d

yes, and it is in part inspiration for the cursed thing I am trying to do (I literally mentioned it when this came up in chat elsewhere lol)

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

installing one in the break room like "I got Home Box Office on the office Homebox"

sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

iPod TV

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 3d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Washington State Dept of Natural Resources @wadnr.bsky.social · 29d

Mount St. Helens was not getting attention for 5 minutes so she had to go dig up 45 year old dirt on everyone

Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · Sep 16

USGS has issued a statement noting that Mount St. Helens has strong easterly–southeasterly winds in the vicinity of Mount St. Helens, which have picked up loose volcanic ash deposited during the 1980 eruptions.

You can view the live web cam here: www.usgs.gov/media/webcam...

Ash can be seen around St. Helens via a web cam

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

when you win the nobel prize in medicine

Washington State Dept of Natural Resources @wadnr.bsky.social · 2d

No, this email does not find me well. I am on the trails, taking advantage of every moment of sunshine before the big dark.

The email can’t even find me at all.

sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

worse. bootstrapping

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

incredibly cursed phrase: "the ASCII-printable subset of x86"

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 2d

This brutalist Timezone arcade in Christchurch New Zealand gives off a weird feeling. r/brutalism

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

random memory unlocked: I remember someone with a wifi password like:

twoTwoslikeTheNumber2Capital_t_Three4sOneZ&AnUnderscore_

... and they set their router's multi-PSK so if someone used 22T444Z_ as the password it would dump them to goatse

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

god bless cheapass 2006 cyberhome dvd players

sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

(this is a very very thin reference for like 2 or 3 people max I'm sure)

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

one-winged

A small icon with a movie camera pictogram and "ANGLE" in the caption.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 2d

it uniquely sits right up there with writing MPEG codecs and working in US politics as simultaneously "things I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy" and "places where you will struggle with the GOP"

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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 3d

Chef Boyardee, who earned the Gold Star from the War Department in 1946. During the war, his canned food plant ramped up production to 24 hours a day keeping soldiers and civilians fed the world over.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Authorizing, please wait.
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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Drag the circle until the numbers match. Which animal is different from the others? Solve this equation. Anubis is checking your client. Cloudflare is verifying your computer. Please enter your credit card. We will charge between $0.01 and $0.12 to verify account validity. Please enter that amount.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Select all squares with buses. Try again. Try again. Select all squares with motorcycles. Try again. Try again. Try again. Select all squares with crosswalks. Try again. Select all squares with traffic signals. Try again. Try again. Try again. Try again. Move the item into the container it belongs.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Your phone number wasn't accepted. VoIP and prepaid service is not allowed. Please use a different phone number. Scan your driver's license to confirm your age. Facial recognition. Look up. Look down. Look left. Look right. You need three points of ID. Please scan your passport or birth certificate.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Username. Email. Password. Security Question 1. Security Question 2. Security Question 3. Date of Birth. Last 4 digits SSN. SMS confirmation. E-mail confirmation. 2FA. 3FA. 4FA. Password again. Passkey. Login with Google. Login with Facebook. Login with Coca-Cola MyRewards. Verify with ID dot me.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone I've asked says "this is very familiar, but I can't put my finger on it".

After the fifth time of being woken up by this song, I got up and tried to transcribe it in FamiTracker, and my PC blue-screened.

Undeterred, I opened a VM on my mac, and tried again, and it crashed the host macOS.

sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone recognize this song? It kept showing up in my dreams this past night, right before I'd wake with cold sweats.
It would crash my machine whenever I tried to transcribe it.

While I wrote it, I couldn't stop crying. I have no idea why, tears would begin rolling whenever I hear the song.

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 4d

The Microsoft Visual FoxPro 95 splash screen, but it's been edited to say Microsoft Visual BoxProBroProBroProFoxBox™

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