Renby ΘΔ 🏳️‍⚧️ @renbymon@computerfairi.es

And in the news, How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Brute Force Your Password In 2024, Ranked: https://digg.com/tech/link/how-long-hack-crack-password-hive-systems-2024 ​

Huh, I don't think my passwords are doing too bad according to this! ​

if you want a small home server, don’t buy a raspberry pi and cry when the sd card gets corrupted yet again. buy a second-hand office computer.

dozens of these things go for <200 AUD every other month at my local auction house. they’re quiet, they’re fast, and they use less power than you’d think.

from left to right:
• jane — opnsense home router, intel 4th gen, 0 AUD
• tol — plex server with hardware encoding, intel 6th gen, 71 AUD
• smol — 3d printer server, intel 6th gen, 100 AUD

UN report released on the UK government's violations of its human rights obligations towards disabled people. this is a follow up to the recent UN inquiry that the UK government was summoned to give evidence at. report finds the UK has made *no progress at all* after prior investigation a few years ago that found "grave and systematic" violation of disabled people's human rights by UK.

[CW for article text: abuse of disabled people, benefits system, suicides mention]

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/04/24/uncrpd-report-april-2024/

Via: https://bsky.app/profile/lonestartallboi.bsky.social/post/3kiib4qnjt324

"Like millions of #Israelis, I was also kept ignorant by the state and its educational system on purpose. However, once you unlearn #Zionist propaganda, there is no going back; the world makes so much more sense, and it feels similar to what I have heard of those who escaped a cult."

I should not be allowed unfettered access to communications equipment.

Presenting my next exhibition: The Lost Art of PC Game Installers Which Will Always Be Better Than That Generic Soulless Steam Install Button

Attended a union brown bag today.

About half of the questions were related to the employer asking people to work extra and then take it back as "flex time"

Which is something you can do, if you as the employee requests it! The employer cannot ask you to do that, and if you refuse they need to pay overtime!

If you're lucky enough to be part of a union, attend their meetings. You'll learn the most interesting things

squish 'em kiss 'em renamons