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Archive for October, 2024

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Block 185.235.84.0/22 (which ad broker criteo – used by WetterOnline/WeerOnline/others port-scans) via Sven222@Friendica Social Network

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/31

[Wayback/Archive] Friendica Social Network | Sven222 @ Friendica Social Network:

Also, falls jemand UFW am laufen hat und keinen Bock auf criteo hat:
edited: UFW Regel nach Hinweis aus Kommentaren angepasst.
ufw deny out from any to 185.235.84.0/22

Or [Wayback/Archive] Tobias Klausmann: “@sven222 Bei mir ist nftables …” – mas.to:

@sven222 Bei mir ist nftables statt ufw, ich hab dann das hier gemacht:

ip daddr 185.235.84.0/22 tcp dport 443 jump rd
ip daddr 185.235.84.0/22 tcp dport 80 jump rd

“rd” it eine chain, die normal rejectet (also wie “port ist zu” aussieht), aber bei hohen Paketraten zu “drop” wechselt.

Oh, and WetterOnline were the ones that forced the German state weather agency to limit the usability of their free app: [Wayback/Archive] BGH-Urteil: Staatlicher Wetterdienst muss Gratis-App beschränken | heise online.

For that reason alone, WetterOnline and their obvious local brands are blocked here, as is criteo.

If you want to read more: [Wayback/Archive] WetterOnline | DE – Criteo.com

--jeroen

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Reminder: check out what GitLab has put in place for “dormant” or “inactive” repositories

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/31

A few of my git repositories and technical surroundings (like pages) should outlast my life expectancy, for instance the ones supporting the IT infrastructure of my mentally retarded brother after I pass away.

Most of the involved repositories have no write-activity (they are either documentation that the people can use after I passed away, or are semi-static web-pages that require TLS in order to keep functioning; GitLab provides an automatic update mechanism for that which is based on Let’s Encrypt).

Summer 2022, GitLab caused quite some stir when they planned to first delete dormant repositories. Links on tose below.

Of course I could move to GitHub, but that lacks access control through project hierarchy provided by GitLab and could implement a similar repository dormancy scheme in the future.

Using an external “keepalive” mechanism only induces a game of walls and ladders [Wayback/Archive] (likely requiring intervention after I die) and also makes the infrastructure more brittle so I proposed a lump sum plan.

Some links for my reminder:

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Posted in Development, GitLab, Internet, InternetArchive, Power User, Software Development, Software Heritage, Source Code Management, WayBack machine | Leave a Comment »

If you sunset things, at least remove references: Finding information (IDE Tutorial) – RAD Studio

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/30

The sad thing about sunsetting useful resources is that usually a proper cleanup is not being performaned.

Take for instance QC: it died 7 years ago (Embarcadero QualityCentral is dead; man-decades of customer work down the drain) and is still mentioned in dozens of places including this prominent one: [Wayback/Archive] Finding information (IDE Tutorial) – RAD Studio.

This is just an example from a product I still love, so I know what is lost, but plenty of other companies forget they are the custodians of their own sites and leaving things rotting makes for a bad feeling of their overall behaviour.

It’s not hard to be not sloppy. Here are some 20+ more links to fix: [Wayback/Archive] “qc.embarcadero.com” site:embarcadero.com – Google Search

Note the next will be CodeCentral, which was annouced to get sunset 5 years ago:

People want to save this (see for instance [Wayback/Archive] EMBT: Code Central is going away – Tips / Blogs / Tutorials / Videos – Delphi-PRAXiS [en]), but regrettably companies aren’t going to do themselves it despite they owe it to their customers and their legacy.

--jeroen

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For my link archive – AndreaJensen on Twitter: “Hi testers, What do you find difficult, tricky, or challenging about #ExploratoryTesting? Please share your thoughts”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/30

Since there is a lot of confusion about exploratory testing (for one: it is not ad hoc testing!), I need to revisit this some 2 year old tweet and learn more: [Wayback/Archive] AndreaJensen on Twitter: “Hi testers, What do you find difficult, tricky, or challenging about #ExploratoryTesting? Please share your thoughts. Rt are also highly appreciated. Thanks”

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According to Imgur: The new abbreviations for Generative AI is PISS

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/29

Plagiarized Information Synthesis System as per [Wayback/Archive] Spot on! AI can piss off. – electronics post – Imgur

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Posted in AI and ML; Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, ChatGPT, Development, Fun, GitHub Copilot, GPT-3, GPT-4, LLM, Meme, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

On my list of things to try: Cisco Duo MFA

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/29

At the time of writing [Wayback/Archive] Two-Factor Authentication & Data Protection | Duo Security is supposed to be free for up to 10 users.

That seems to be an excellent opportunity to re-learn MFA things as it has been a while since I have done big work in that area.

Duo was one of the very many Cisco acquisitions and I wonder how it fits into the Cisco landscape.

Documentation bits to start at:

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Ethics in Bricks on X: “Your daily reminder: It’s okay to say ‘I don’t know’, particularly if you don’t know.”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/28

[Wayback/Archive] Ethics in Bricks on X: “Your daily reminder: It’s okay to say ‘I don’t know’, particularly if you don’t know.”

LEGO scene: lecture room with inclusive set of students and (grey haired) teacher

[Wayback/Archive] GUOGSboWgAAoNQP.jpg (1200×801)

--jeroen

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Apply for a free ADS-B receiver – Real-time flight tracker | Flightradar24

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/28

For my link archive:

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Is there a an official playlist of music played during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics yet?

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25

A few months ago [Wayback/Archive] Paris Olympics: will there soon be an official playlist of music played during the opening ceremony? – Sortiraparis.com

There was a preliminary list of original songs at the same site: [Wayback/Archive] Paris 2024 Olympics: the playlist broadcast during the opening ceremony – Sortiraparis.com

--jeroen

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Note that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have M.2 PCI-e x2 (the 3070 documentation is correct; the 3060 documentation indicates x4); same for mini and tower machines

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25

Now that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have become available quite a bit  cheaper than before, please note that both only support M.2 PCIe x2 (though the 3060 documentation indicates x4, the 3070 documentation correctly states x2).

This is a board electronics issue, as the chip-set does support x4.

The M.2 connector however is more versatile than I expected and does support a variety of M.2 keying of which not all “big connector” PCI-e or USB M.2 adapters support:

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