xyguy

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[–] xyguy@startrek.website 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Mine is usually sheer horror at the prospect of getting that far and screwing up on an international stage. Secondhand anxiety is in the red zone.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago
[–] xyguy@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago

Hopefully more Justin and Tawny than Alex.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So does writing down a card number or writing a check or even the dreaded IOU. Double also, if things break like they did on Friday, ways to get cash(ATM, tellers at a bank) will also be impacted as well as the things that you might spend cash on (gas pumps, cash registers etc).

I dont think that cashless needs to exist and having paper currency is useful in a lot of cases but in 2024 the idea that cash is the solution to much of anything is a little silly.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago

My conspiracy theory is that hes sitting on a mountain of Hillbilly Elegy DVDs and this is his plan to finally sell them all.

But yeah, he believes in whatever is making him money at any given point because hes simply 10 pounds of slime in a 5 pound sack.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 14 points 4 months ago

You're absolutely right. Everyone will be very worried and talk about the importance of security in the enterprise and yada yada yada until a cool new AI spreadsheet software comes out and everybody forgets to even check if their firewall is turned on.

But with that being said, if you have been looking for a good time to ask for cybersecuity funding at your org, see if you can't lock down 5 years worth of budget while everyone is aware of the risk to their businesses.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm willing to invest in a truckload of A&W if that's what it takes.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Amazing behind the scenes from said film.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago

Id say its more like a brother that I know could be doing better for himself but is instead repeatedly screwing up.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago

This is such a tragedy. And magnetic tape from that era may or may not hold up long enough before someone finally gets around to having them digitized.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Can, yes.

Should, maybe.

Enjoy doing, unlikely.

And for sure your home isp has all the email ports blocked upstream.

With all that being said, to call SMTP dead is wildly insane. I do figure it will die someday though. Probably around the same time of universal IPV6 adoption during the year of the linux desktop.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Its been taken over by a new artist and its a lot better now in my opinion.

https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2024/07/12

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