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Finishing #college... How do you make friends after #graduation? I've never been one to go out much but I kinda feel like it's important for my well-being. And also I'd just like to meet other people.

People are hard 9_9

The US Department of Justice plans to stop prosecuting good-faith #security #research that would have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7d9nb/department-of-justice-security-researchers-new-cfaa-policy

Wow, this is HUGE, although this is a decade-long overdue.

Aaron Swartz (RIP) is vindicated once again.

‘Why the “Cool Dictator” of El Salvador Went All-In on Bitcoin
‘Nayib Bukele’s crypto bet wasn’t visionary. It was desperate.’

https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/el-salvador-bitcoin-crash-nayib-bukele.html

CVE-2022-1183 has been released for BIND 9.18:

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/18/1

https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2022-1183

A.A. founder Bill Wilson credited his sobriety to an experience with LSD and even endorsed the drug as a springboard to the "spiritual awakening" thought critical for others in recovery. However, "most AAs were violently opposed to his experimenting wit...
https://psychedelictimes.com/when-12-step-programs-dont-work-aa-founder-bill-w-on-how-lsd-can-help/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/tilbots/status/1526575045031632898

It's the latest Dispatch from the Church of the Unanswered Question!

Let's discuss the dangers of MWOWM - and how it's worse than we thought. So donate to www.SubGenius.com to thwart the Pinks!

#SubGenius

Probably a re-post, but I just ran across this and thought, yep, that's another one that will play well on fedi which played to snores in other corners of the Web.

#illustration #cartoon #ShouldBeARealBand #VAX #DEC #mainframe

"The free and open-source software community is none too keen on closed-source, proprietary code. Back in 2006, for example, OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt criticized blobs – "vendor-compiled binary drivers without any source code" because "they hide bugs and workarounds for bugs." And Linux kernel supremo Linus Torvalds has similarly voiced his disdain for binary-only modules." https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/12/nvidia_gpu_kernel/

A fantastic soulful cover of For What It's Worth from Miriam Makeba. https://youtu.be/RC-CrWWjxrs