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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @natpryce@mastodon.social

@natpryce@mastodon.social One reason I've left my 'Dave tries possibly dumb ideas' repo public

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 21, 2026

Replying to @GeePawHill@mastodon.social

@GeePawHill@mastodon.social My stroke of library fortune was when my Mom had a quiet talk with the librarian, and my 11 year old borrowing limit was quietly doubled. I didn't know such a thing was possible.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 17, 2026

A good, "we used to know this, then forgot it, and are now re-inventing it but with different [ed: adversarial] incentives" presentation on alerts and notifications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ira28fgSF7M

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 16, 2026

Re-sorted a bunch of cables to consign half to e-waste. Now have ziplock bags with labels "USB A", "USB micro", "USB mini", and "USB WTF?!?" That last bag scares me. In boxes here somewhere there are probably oddball devices that need one of those cables that's USB on one end and something decidedly not USB on the other. A sure way to discover which is to throw those cables away.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 15, 2026

Replying to @marick@mstdn.social

@marick@mstdn.social Many years back when I was driving my daughter to an early HS class ('zero hour', may such things die in a fire), we'd crank this up to jump start the morning. It delivers.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 13, 2026

Replying to @ceejbot@toot.cat

@ceejbot@toot.cat ouch!

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jul 06, 2026

World of Wonders: Water Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-hsN9VIgEY

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jun 29, 2026

Replying to @gdinwiddie@mastodon.social

@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social They do empasize only doing this on old whiteboards

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Jun 29, 2026

We have a whiteboard that's old enough that WIndex only moves the smudges around. Found a new (to me) cleaning method that uses toothpaste, isopropyl alcohol, and WD-40. And it works! Note the advice on using unscented toothpaste. I didn't, and a room here now smells MINTY FRESH! https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how-to-restore-an-old-whiteboard/

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · May 12, 2026

Replying to @jasongorman@mastodon.cloud

@jasongorman@mastodon.cloud Ask them to complete the thought. Often it's some combination of "... and then the tests run forever and slow us down," and "the tests are brittle, and having to constantly stop and fix them slows us down." There's not great guidance on how to navigate that (or there is, but it's drowned out by guidance that isn't so great).

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · May 11, 2026

Replying to @timbray@cosocial.ca

@timbray@cosocial.ca It might help to distinguish between text and image. I see little of the former, and alot of the latter.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · May 07, 2026

Replying to @brohrer@recsys.social

@brohrer@recsys.social I was thinking LinkedIn, but either works

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · May 07, 2026

Replying to @brohrer@recsys.social

@brohrer@recsys.social Los Angeles

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Apr 28, 2026

Replying to @davidism@mas.to

@davidism@mas.to Allowing for null distinguishes between not knowing a thing and knowing that it's nothing. What to display in the UI is a policy decision the app gets to make.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Apr 28, 2026

Replying to @miguelgrinberg@mstdn.social

@miguelgrinberg@mstdn.social Same. Tending towards https://linuxmint.com/ on the recommendation of a friend who has sound technical judgement.

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Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Apr 21, 2026

Replying to @jmeowmeow@hachyderm.io

@jmeowmeow I had some delicious cheese and herb stuffed,grilled Anaheims once, and am still looking for the right kind of soft cheese to replicate it.

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Dave W Smith @dws@infosec.exchange · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @jerry@infosec.exchange

@jerry Thanks for this

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