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Merlin

@merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy

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The human incarnation of the term chaos engineering. German. Ex-TUDO. Server-toucher. Banking IT. Pro-🏳️‍🌈. Pro-🏳️‍⚧️. Not a fan of computers. Not a techbro. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://toot.kif.rocks/@merlin, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 21h

I have given up on cable management and have gone full WiFi

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 23h

What an annoying workday

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

huh, upcloud object storage is affordable

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

so either it doesn't save passkeys if you already have a password configured or it doesn't show passkeys if you already have a password configured. I hate bitwarden's UX so much

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

thank you bitwarden for not saving my passkey

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

He’s done

An old iPod touch connected to some dodgy wiring leading into a telephone cord

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

this might explain somewhat how I evolved to be who I am today

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

back in the upcloud

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

my father is currently in the process of replacing the handset part of a telephone with an iPod "in case another call center annoys him"

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

oh right I dreamed of new domain names

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Just read the Wikipedia article on Merlin. Wtf.

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

this was one of 3 (three) different scam files on the desktop

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

what a great day...

Picture of a screen with notepad.exe open, a file called "MS-TECH" and instructions on how to tranfer 8 times 50€ via Google Play codes

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Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

same goes for "funded by the EU"

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

There was a time when "sponsored by mozilla" gave me hope for projects...

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Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 1d

today I learned that small network closets are in fact very small

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Thank god Tesla is releasing new models, makes it way easier to know who to cut off in traffic

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@openfactory don’t you dare :neocat_cry:

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@openfactory only if you can make VDSL2 somehow symmetrical

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 2d

why is tiktok showing me so much homelab and linux stuff all of a sudden, I do not want this

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 3d

hey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.

(this is going to be a very long thread 🧵)

Assembly code between iOS 4.0 and 4.0.1. It's basically the same except one instruction points to a different address.

A lookup table tweaked between 4.0 and 4.0.1.

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Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I know this won’t happen but a CCC (as in, congress) in the ICC Berlin would go crazy

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 3d

fun story, snapchat is bullying users by asking them to pay for storage, otherwise they will delete all the users' memories. This works in the US. it doesn't work in the EU because you can just download a dump of all your images and videos. long live the gdpr

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Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 3d

[Alcohol]

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Frosted glass mugs with red liquid inside, it says "Grüße vom internationalen Weihnachtsmarkt Essen" on the mug

Brightly colored market place with projectors all over r

Merlin @merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 4d

currently listening to a talk by a Google SRE