Waitman Gobble

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:00:55 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Those sad people dont get handles on their bags. Lol. When i worked in grocery there were no handles. And we had to walk uphill to and from work in a snowstorm. Lol

Client Challenge

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:23:47 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Well I guess it just took 2 minutes to hack the Eu id app

Gotta watch those expensive numbskulls who blindly use AI lol :)

Paul Moore - Security Consultant  (@Paul_Reviews)

Hacking the #EU #AgeVerification app in under 2 minutes.

During setup, the app asks you to create a PIN.  After entry, the app encrypts it and saves it in the shared_prefs directory.

1.  It shouldn't be encrypted at all - that's a really poor design.
It's not cryptographically tied to the vault which contains the identity data.

So, an attacker can simply remove the PinEnc/PinIV values from the shared_prefs file and restart the app.

After choosing a different PIN, the app presents credentials created under the old profile and let's the attacker present them as valid.

Other issues:
1.  Rate limiting is an incrementing number in the same config file. Just reset it to 0 and keep trying.
2.  "UseBiometricAuth" is a boolean, also in the same file. Set it to false and it just skips that step.

Seriously @vonderleyen - this product will be the catalyst for an enormous breach at some point. It's just a matter of time.

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:54:01 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I'm not sure I believe this :) my experience has been I have to fill out the customs form with the harmonized codes before it is shipped. I have shipped many international packages. Also when shipping a container (like on a semi truck) had to do the paperwork and seal the container
Those were exports though. I haven't imported much. I don't think you import a bunch of random shit and have the broker figure out all the codes. The harmonized codes are international not solely USA. It can be tricky because some things like apparel or fabrics have different codes if it is manmade like spandex or nylon or natural like Cotton. As I recall it's more difficult to import natural fabrics if my memory is working lol

Manders noted that it's not uncommon for customs brokers to make mistakes in paperwork by, for example, applying the wrong tariff codes to a given import.

Yeah but it's their fucking job :) it's not that difficult.

The other issue I see in the article is that consumers don't get anything. Even if the importer passed on the tariff cost to the consumer, the importer can collect the money (twice) for example Amazon is mostly a middle man between the buyer and seller and likely should not get refund except they do have maybe hundreds of brands of their own that pose as third party sellers.

Trump administration set to launch tariff refund portal. Here's what to know.

A federal agency will open a portal on April 20 that lets businesses apply for a refund for Trump tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court.

Trump administration set to launch tariff refund portal. Here's what to know.

A federal agency will open a portal on April 20 that lets businesses apply for a refund for Trump tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court.

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:56:08 -0400 last edited: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:57:06 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Hmm this robot looks hella tall and is named panther. Not sure it's a good house pet. :) i can see it maybe getting angry and body slamming occupants and throwing animals. Lol
BTW what's up with using the registered trademark Unix in the company name?

Chinese robotics company UniX AI has announced the release of Panther, a humanoid service robot designed to help with common household tasks.

This humanoid robot does all your housework for you ‪—‬ and its makers say it's ready for your home

Panther has been filmed doing basic household chores, like making the bed and cooking breakfast.

Bill Statler

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:30:11 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

Perfect gift for my mom's 100th birthday.

hosh

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:46:21 -0400 from hubzilla

@Waitman Gobble My life would lack substance if I no longer had to make the bed and do the dishes.

Obligatory Zen quote: "Before Enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water".

Bill Statler

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:46:45 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

The Zen of Mom: Let caregiver make the bed, then re-make it after she leaves.

I'm trying to imagine Mom trying to train the robot.

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:09:03 -0400 last edited: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:09:45 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Finally an update to DKIM. See they slide in Ed25519 sigs pretending it wasn't already a standard that nobody implemented for like a whole decade (mostly, i think proton and a few smaller players support those sigs but none of the big guys budged.)

Doing something odd with JSON i think. Where is that supposed to go lol. Are we going to blow up the headers even more with JSON structures Header canonicalization on SMTP email is so much fun i know. :) i wrote my own signer. For v1 anyway. Took quite a bit of time for me to figure out that there can be no CRLF at the end of the header block you are signing :)

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dkim-dkim2-spec/00/

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:35:45 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

IPv8 intended to fix the issues with IPv6

IANA completed allocation of the IPv4 unicast address space in February 2011. Regional Internet Registries exhausted their allocations between 2011 and 2020. CGNAT extended IPv4 life at the cost of latency, peer-to-peer protocol breakage, and troubleshooting complexity.

IPv6 [RFC8200] was developed to address exhaustion. After 25 years of standardisation and deployment effort IPv6 carries a minority of global internet traffic. The dual-stack transition model -- requiring every device, application, and network to simultaneously support both protocols -- proved commercially unacceptable. The absence of a forcing function meant organisations could continue with CGNAT indefinitely.

IPv8 resolves address exhaustion without dual-stack operation. IPv4 is a proper subset of IPv8. The transition requires no flag day and creates no operational discontinuity.

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.html

show all 11 comments

Bill Statler

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:54:04 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

I'm trying to figure out who Jamie Thain is, and whether he's qualified to invent IPv8. Having a bit of fun doxxing him. Is he a Famous Computer Guy of Olden Days? It does look like he has put a lot of work into this, but I'm definitely not qualified to judge his proposal.

draft-thain-ipv8:

 0                   1                   2                   3
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Version|  IHL  |Type of Service|          Total Length         |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|         Identification        |Flags|      Fragment Offset    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|  Time to Live |    Protocol   |         Header Checksum       |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                    Source ASN Prefix (r.r.r.r)                |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                    Source Host Address (n.n.n.n)              |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                 Destination ASN Prefix (r.r.r.r)              |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                 Destination Host Address (n.n.n.n)            |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

draft-meow-mrrp:

 0                   1                   2                   3
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|           Meow Mrrp           |           Moew Mrrp           |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                        Meeeeow Nyaaaa~                        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                    Mrrrreeaowwww Mrrp :3                      |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|  Meow |       |M|E|O|W|M|R|R|P|                               |
| Mrrrrp| Purrr |N|Y|A|A|A|A|A|A|            Mraoww             |
|       |       |M|I|A|O|W|I|N|G|                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|           Mrrrowww            |         Urgent Meowing        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                           [Meeeowo]                           |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               :
:                             Meow                              :
:                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

😹

Waitman Gobble

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:14:57 -0400 last edited: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:15:49 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I dont know who he is. But in the DKIM example there have been standards that went through review and are official yet none of the big guys implemented it. Even if his idea is brilliant and works and is vetted it's possible that companiea such as Cisco won't budge on implementing it but then years will pass and you'll see a similar proposal with big corp names on it. Getting implemented.

That happens i think

I dont see how it would work but i think he is right about things like the shittyness of ipv6 and how you have to run ipv4 and ipv6 both and it's true our network services are a hodgepodge of stuff

The concept of ipv8 seems better but.. how people would agree to rewrite all the services seems unlikely. ... but 30 years from now it could be true.

Actually with AI one day it won't matter because AI will adapt the network autonomously. Opensource software projects will evaporate. There won't be a need to have a group of people working to write an HTTP server, for example.
People will just say "i want this thing whatever" and AI will pull it all out if its ass in miliseconds. And then we're on a curve straight up where humanity changes and evolves

hosh

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:39:14 -0400 last edited: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:24:32 -0400 from hubzilla

@Waitman Gobble Did Bitcoin turn out to be a bit of a bubble, as the skeptics said it would? I haven't seen the analysis. Like you, I don't think that AI is quite the bubble that it has been made out to be in some quarters, at least not in the long term. Maybe in the short term because such an incredible amount of money is being dumped into it that it is probably impossible to live up to all the hype, within the time-frame that the investors would expect.

But for sure it's here to stay, for better or for worse.

In order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, maybe regulations should come into play, so that millions of workers are not left without jobs in the short term and more genocides like the gamified AI-assisted Gaza genocide do not become so facile. But I actually don't put too much hope in the likelihood of any such regulations being enacted. As with social media, such regulation usually comes too late, if it come at all. So we may just have to live (or die) with the consequences.

On a personal level, as I'm retired, financially independent, and have enough time on my hands, I am trying (struggling) to draw some sort of line in the sand regarding further dependence on huge, energy-wasteful infrastructures and their dependencies, such as crypto and AI. So far, I have been successful with at least those two. But I'm privileged - and it doesn't matter at all to the overall picture if there are a few stubborn individuals holding out and waving red flags.

hosh

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:00:32 -0400 from hubzilla

@Bill Statler My two geeky sons, and indeed almost everyone else I know, swear by it. Example yesterday when son and I were wiring the house with ethernet cables, and at one point the phone guy had used our intended cable to install the landline. A phone takes only one of the four pairs in an ethernet cable, and we had the question whether we could simply use the remaining 3 pairs of a Cat 7 cable without compromising speed. Son asked the AI and a cheery definitive audio response came back immediately. I would have looked at three or four websites no doubt and gotten the same answer, maybe with a little more confidence as i had properly researched it, but it would have taken a few minutes longer. Too long for my son, of course. But my other son, as mentioned here previously, is helping to deploy AI in the company he works for, which has resulted in laying off about a third of the programmers. The ones who are the first to lose their jobs are the less experienced coders. Recent grads will of course be less likely to find a job in the first place. Those still in college will have questionable skills in any case, because they have been depending on AI all throughout their studies; the same being true for most other fields. I don't think these are examples of 2026 era AI being incompetent, but rather of a society that simply doesn't know how to properly integrate AI without causing serious problems. "Move fast and break things" is no longer an appropriate motto when it leads to wide destruction, and this is without mentioning the enormous ecological toll. But let's rant, ha ha, and see where it gets us!

Waitman Gobble

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:55:21 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Here's an article from 10 years ago by someone who seems to have been around since the beginning, or at least understands the problem.

Also mentions QUIC. Anyone using QUIC? I have one site set up for QUIC. Browsers support it but prefer TCP. So you have to force it. QUIC runs on UDP port 443 and the big guys act like its the next big thing but actually from the 1990's i guess

The world in which IPv6 was a good design

Last November I went to an IETF meeting for the first time. The IETF is an
interesting place; it seems to be about 1/3 maintenance grunt wo...

Waitman Gobble

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:29:51 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

But wait... a second article. This is fun reading if you like historical stuff going back to before the internet.

Postel’s Law is the principle the Internet is based on. Not because Jon Postel was such a great salesperson and talked everyone into it, but because that is the only winning evolutionary strategy when internets are competing. Nature doesn’t care what you think about Postel’s Law, because the only Internet that happens will be the one that follows Postel’s Law. Every other internet will, without exception, eventually be joined to The Internet by some goofball who does it wrong, but just well enough that it adds value, so that eventually nobody will be willing to break the connection. And then to maintain that connection will require further application of Postel’s Law.

IPv4 vs IPv6: A Shift in Attitude and the Future of Networking

Explore the evolving perspectives on IPv4 and IPv6. Discover how a shift in design philosophy and the challenges of dual-internet networks shape the future of internet connectivity, with insights on Postel’s Law and the concept of IP mobility.

Waitman Gobble

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:59:24 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Oh shit we're about to have a. Arc de Trump

Planned "Arc de Trump" would be over twice as high as Lincoln Memorial

Plans submitted by the Interior Department show the triumphal arch would be 250 feet tall, the tallest triumphal arch in the world.

Marshall Sutherland

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:12:45 -0400 from hubzilla

To celebrate fucking over the whole world economy in the past month?

Waitman Gobble

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:05:45 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

it's an odd vision. might need a nightclub at the top. :)

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:07:03 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Frank Zappa Who Are The Brain Police Live with PSA at end.
- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:14:45 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

That's some James Bond shit going on there.

A hacker has allegedly breached one of China’s supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data | CNN

A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data – including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics – from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could potentially constitute the largest known heist of data from China.

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:15:49 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Jackie Chan is on top of it.

Waitman Gobble

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:52:28 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I must be getting old. Fisher Cats? Sea Dogs? Are these AI teams. Lol

Waitman Gobble

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:59:43 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Copyright wars. Also I read that Paul McCartney was banned from Reddit because he posted on stage selfies and the venue has a strict policy against photography. :) lmao

A musician’s post about battling a copyright troll has been removed for copyright infringement.

Murphy Campbell’s nightmare isn’t over yet. Distributor Vydia has rescinded its claims to her YouTube videos. But her Facebook and Instagram posts about the incident have been removed for copyright infringement. Neither Meta nor Vydia have responded to a request for comment, but it’s unclear what could possibly have been infringing in this video (reposted by United Musicians & Allied Workers).
[Link: A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll | https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/907111/murphy-campbell-folk-music-ai-copyright | The Verge]

Waitman Gobble

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:03:25 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

She quickly surmised that someone had pulled performances of the songs she posted to YouTube, created AI covers, and uploaded them to streaming platforms under her name...

Campbell was shocked, “I was kind of under the impression that we had a little bit more checks in place before someone could just do that. But, you know, a lesson learned there,” she told The Verge.

Bill Statler

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:43:08 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

Parasites.

Waitman Gobble

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:05:58 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

A fun video about one of the best films ever made. (The remake was a dumpster fire in my opinion)

- bad news bears

njoy the vieos and muc youve, uplad oginal cotent, and sharll with frids, famd the worlon ube.

Lol

Waitman Gobble

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:49:30 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Hacker News wrote the following post Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:09:03 -0400

No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In
L: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47635472
posted on 2026.04.03 at 23:42:49 (c=1, p=4)

Bill Statler

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:01:13 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

Were this guy and RFK Jr just DEI hires?

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:32:36 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I actually reported this to the sheriff's department. Someone left it on the door and normally I would toss it as junk but the word Realtor stood out. Any real estate agent would never use that term like that. Fined and possibly lose their license

Of course they want to organize your documents esp bank statements

So many red flags in this social engineering attempt

Marshall Sutherland

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:29:32 -0400 from hubzilla

I guess the real estate market is getting pretty bad.

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:26:56 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

People are losing their minds lol

“So fucking fucked up. I’ll pray they fuck him to his face. Sorry, I say fuck a lot these days.”

Nevada congresswoman sends, deletes expletive-filled post about President Trump

Nevada Rep. Susie Lee sent an expletive-filled post to X Tuesday morning in response to news that President Donald Trump would be the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme…

Bill Statler

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:14:52 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

True, but how is this post different from all the other political posts on X (or any other social network)? She's just lowering herself to the normal level of public discourse.

(Which is pitiful, because the Good Guys are supposed to be better than that.)

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:44:06 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Whew, just think had a dem won the election prices would be skyrocketing
Big Sur gas station shocks drivers with prices near $10 a gallon

As drivers feel the pain at the gas pump, some are getting sticker shock when they pull in for gas in the coastal hamlet of Gorda-by-the-Sea on the Big Sur coast.

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:47:13 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

And wasting money on stupid shit like healthcare
Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We’re fighting wars'

Trump urged states to fund benefits programs instead because "we have to take care of one thing: military protection."

Waitman Gobble

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:07:54 -0400 last edited: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:08:55 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I think Hegseth will probably get fired when one of Trump's grandkids tells grandpa there are 90 million people living in Iran.
It will be settled in a few days right.

Marshall Sutherland

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:17:00 -0400 from hubzilla

Oh, so THAT'S how you avoid paying for things: Start a war!

Waitman Gobble

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:37:26 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

A friend in highschool drove an International Harvestar car.. crazy thing lol

International Motors facility to be sold to defense, commercial vehicle manufacturer

Springfield’s International Motors, formerly known as Navistar, plant will be sold to a defense and commercial vehicle manufacturer this fall.

Waitman Gobble

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:41:40 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Not the truck, it was a sedan.

Waitman Gobble

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:29:48 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I wonder how many will chamge their passwords to 'imnottellingyou' or 'wipealldata' or fuckyoucopper' lol

Hong Kong police can now demand phone passwords under national security law

Those who do not comply can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to HK$100,000 ($12,700; £9,600).

Waitman Gobble

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:28:39 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I think Edison wanted DC power but Westinghouse wanted AC. Empire of Light book. But it's been awhile since i read that one.

Is DC Power the Future of AI Data Centers?

Could switching to 800 V DC be the key to more efficient data centers?

Waitman Gobble

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:59:22 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Oops no more pro nookie for congress, airline withholds escort service

Delta suspends 'specialty services' perk for members of Congress, cites DHS shutdown

Delta Air Lines' move comes as airports around the U.S. are seeing extra-long security lines as a result of elevated absences by TSA agents.