HTTPS Where It Needs To Be
https://mathstodon.xyz/@robinhouston/116405254492922325 (edit: forgot post link)
i am so glad that someone much smarter than me is speaking out against https everywhere
Unfortunately there is no way I can persuade you to watch this by quoting a particularly amusing moment, because there are so many particularly amusing moments that I can’t possibly choose one.
Here’s the paper, in case you’re more of a reader than a viewer: https://tom7.org/httpv/httpv.pdf
@FreakyFwoof I once got a call pretending to be Microsoft, had detected a problem on my computer and needed to remote fix (I was all in on Mac but never mind that!).
I played along until they wanted me to go to a web site and provide some credentials. I asked “Should I disconnect from the reactor first?”. He was puzzled, and I explained that I was in the control room of Heysham Nuclear Power Station and the PC ran Reactor Control software.
Click.
I just got an amazon scammer on the phone, calling to tell me that' An order was placed for Apple iPhone'
and they were *supposedly* calling to confirm it.
Of course most people go 'No no it wasn't me of course not, what do I do?'
To which they would take over my machine and do unspeakable things.
I just said 'Yep, I placed that order'
and totally derailed the script.
All he could do was hang up.
tosswank!
TIL the UK's pre-decimal currency came by way of France, but not through Normandy. The Carolingian Empire adopted it, & Offa of Mercia brought it to what would become England 150 years later.
20 shillings to the pound,
12 pence to the shilling, &
2 halfpence or 4 farthings to the penny.
TIL the US used it until 1792.
Animorphs Has Always Been About Anti-Fascist Shapeshifters. The franchise’s vocal trans fandom should come as no surprise.
https://www.them.us/story/animorphs-adaptation-essay-trans-allegory
@cwebber “and what if, stay with me here, what if we decide that Ai agents have seven asses each? It would make sense for each agent to then require seven seats, right? That’s just common sense! Will you be putting this on a credit card or do you want our wire transfer info?”
Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-executive-suggests-ai-agents-buy-software-licenses-seats-2026-4
*deep breath in*
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA of fucking course lmao
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