When people say Shakespeare isn't relevant to modern life it's good to have people like Sir Ian around to prove them wrong:

The voting has concluded, and we're thrilled to announce the top ten web hacking techniques of 2025! Massive thanks to everyone in the community for sharing their hard-earned discoveries, plus the panel and everyone who nominated or voted! https://portswigger.net/research/top-10-web-hacking-techniques-of-2025

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Fellow fedizens! As decreed by https://xkcd.com/843/ some fifteen years ago, it is once again time to spend the morning reading through the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions.

#xkcd #xkcd843 #misconceptions #Wikipedia

Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip

(with thanks to @JuliaRez for the original pic)

Mmmmm, cupcakes.

As a former K-12 technology educator, let me break this down for you. If a "toy" comes with an app, it isn't a toy; it's a data collection mechanism, and likely a brand loyalty engine.

Kids don't need these things. In fact, they're much, much better off without them.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-toy-exposed-50000-logs-of-its-chats-with-kids-to-anyone-with-a-gmail-account/

happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all those who celebrate!

I was wondering when a reporter would uncover this.

So BitLocker is super secure, right? Well... BitLocker recovery keys are backed up to Microsoft's Cloud - and they give them out to law enforcement on request. Using the BitLocker recovery key, you can just unlock the device without a PIN etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

IT job! Durham University (in the UK) is looking to hire a new "Technical Architect / Solutions Designer", which is a permanent, hybrid, senior technical role (at the same grade as me) in our central IT department:

https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=26000006

I like Durham, and we've no shortage of virtuous work to do.

If you, or anyone lovely and capable that you know, think this sounds like a fun way to earn a living, please follow the link!

#fedihire
#getfedihired

@mekkaokereke I get a little hot when I see these self-exculpatory stickers on Teslas. "I BOUGHT THIS BEFORE ELON WENT CRAZY". As if Tesla wasn't getting in trouble for the racial abuse at its factories as far back as 2015.

I mean, it's not exactly giving, "I'm sorry and I'm committed to doing better."

The boy in the blue cap.
The girl in the red coat.

Today marks 7 months of unemployment and I am very much down to the wire.

I am a full-stack & backend web developer, fluent in TypeScript, with experience building data-focused applications and both SQLite and Postrges databases.

I’m located in the northeast United States and have experience working and successfully collaborating with small, remote teams.

Boosts are appreciated. 🙏

#FediHire #webdev #typescript #backenddevelopment #fullstackdevelopment

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

More 70's computer magazine comics that have become prophetic.

The Altamont Pass was fogged in yesterday morning as I flew over it. If you look closely, you can see the wind turbine blades sticking up out of the clouds.

#flying #aviation #photography

root@kaka:~ sudo apt-get install inetutils-telnetd telnet
root@kaka:~ sudo sed -i 's/#<off># telnet/telnet/' /etc/inetd.conf
root@kaka:~ sudo /etc/init.d/inetutils-inetd start
root@kaka:~ USER='-f root' telnet -a localhost
...
root@kaka:~#

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/89

@socketwench

in space nobody can hear you perform Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation

Housemate:

"The existence of http and https implies the existence of http3, http: Resurrection, and http vs. Predator.

Discuss."

Finally joined mastodon in search of a sane online space! Where are my scientists at? #science #biology #engineering