Consumer of fine internet products. Cognitive spendthrift. Infrastructural pet coddler. He/Him. @beamflash@hachyderm.io
Perth, Australia
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Kid just asked me whether there was a negative zero.
I knew this day would come but I wasn't quite ready to have The Talk about IEEE 754 quite yet.
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Types of open-source libraries
ALT Types of open-source libraries: - Popular library that does what you need - Smaller than popular lib (with way less features) - Faster than popular lib (by like 5%) - Extremely important lib (not updated in last 5 years) - Unimportant lib (that's still a crucial dependency somehow) - "Open-source" with impossibly complex code base - Unfortunately weird licensing - Underrated gem - Half-finished side project - Good luck installing this - Cryptic README (no idea what this library does) - React-everything
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The privacy problems of COVID tracing apps?
"As IT professionals, we must always be aware of the limitations of the technologies we work with, and be prepared to advocate for stronger enforcement rather than just technological workarounds."
technologydecisions.com.au/c…
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My favourite poem is section 370 of the Western Australian Criminal Code, "Things Capable of Being Stolen" slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans…
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"This card is financial abuse. If a spouse or partner did this to you and your partner wanted to know where you were spending your money and why, if they demanded receipts – we would call that financial abuse." #EndCashlessWelfare #CashlessDebitCard theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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It's 2021.
@discord - It's time to introduce an Export function. An export of logs, of channels, of materials. Do it however you want, make it an admin-level option, hell, even make it part of the Nitro level. Regardless - it's way beyond time. Critical discords are being made.
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Insights from the education sector - James Andrewartha delves into what was required to get a school running virtually during COVID bit.ly/3iBEuPw #covid19education #itpa #remotelearning
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every company has a bug bounty program, the difference is just whether or not their security team knows about it
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The Government’s failure to include not-for profits in the stimulus package is reckless.
They provide some of the most important services in our community including childcare, disability, community & aged care services.
#Auspol #COVID19 #COVID19Aus
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Parents: panic buying tissues and soap.
Children:
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Calling for feedback - do you see an IPCO or AAT model as a way to address some of issues with the current TOLA Act (for example the current lack of industry / expert involvement in determination of a systemic weakness)? #ITPA #INSLM #TOLA #encryption #cybersecurity #gdpr
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ITPA have been invited to appear before the INSLM TOLA Public Hearing later this month. ITPA President Chris Herrmann will travel to Canberra and represent the voice of our members at the hearing.
itpa.org.au/news/inslm-tola-…
#auspol #dataretention #aabill #AssAccess
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I support the #righttoknow campaign but I think it's a mistake to see free speech as only for journalists.
Whistleblowers, scientists and ordinary citizens have important things to say too.
In cryptography/cybersecurity a lot of ordinary communication is forbidden in Aus.
You have a right to know what the governments you elect are doing in your name. But in Australia, people who speak out are penalised and journalism is being criminalised. It needs to change. #RightToKnow #pressfreedom #MEAAmedia yourrighttoknow.com.au
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who tf called it a bogus nagios alert about the system clock being slow because you accidentally told nagios to check against an NTP server in east asia and not "the past and the spurious: tokyo clock drift"
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It wasn't Netflix that killed the NBN It wasn't Netflix that killed the NBN It wasn't Netflix that killed the NBN It wasn't Netflix that killed the NBN It wasn't Netflix themonthly.com.au/issue/2019…
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Me, an undead cybergoth, unable to burst out of my burial vault:
"this is not what I meant when I said I wanted unbreakable encryption"
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Western Australians, the Government is consulting on enacting safe zones around abortion and other health services providers. It’s a short survey, get onto it: healthywa.wa.gov.au/News/Saf…