I missed out on #introductions last time, so:
I'm a person. I think people and communities and subcultures are pretty interesting. Sometimes I try to archive these things, sometimes I just idly find them fascinating.
I appreciate things that are {open source, secure, well-designed}, most of the people I've met here, and @srn in particular.
I like to think I'm trustworthy and available. Feel free to reach out even if I don't know you.
(A few thousand more words available via my profile.)
@kellerfuchs Hey, you're still around! How's it going?
@djsundog Hey, do The Tubes still exist?
Mastodon server operators with Sidekiq queues that are backed up: what are your various queue sizes? (Some folks are brainstorming various things that might help, but it's a good idea to check whether they're likely to matter first.)
(If that's not you, sending a link to people you know who might be relevant would be appreciated.)
Did anyone get a complete #CVQCon2022 map? Mine just showed a straight line shortcut through "backrooms" between the food court and Eldritch Hall but the con doesn't have any signage back here.
After a segment of a podcast about someone suing over a "lifetime warranty" on socks and a discussion of how "lifetime" warranties are deliberately misleading*, I get an ad. For socks. With a lifetime warranty. Good job, advertisers.
*: Basically it's often for the lifetime of the product: until they stop selling that particular product, but depends on the fine print of the specific warranty.
@SuricrasiaOnline Where was your bleeps and bloops web tool? (I didn't see it at suricrasia.online, but I may have missed it.)
@djsundog @ajroach42 Is there a unified [multi] makerspace parts taxonomy / catalog anywhere? ("A 6mm M3 screw with a cap head is a subset of M3 screws, and has MPN 1234567")
@ajroach42 Looks like NPR commissioned a Microface action figure head as well. On a phone so I can't easily tell if the .zip has any license information, but since you'd mentioned the character before, you might find it interesting: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/13/1063733799/planet-moneys-supply-chain-holiday-extravaganza
(Also they've done a whole series on Microface, which I assume you're familiar with, but if not, you might find it entertaining.)
security, java
If you run, uh, anything in Java that logs things (Java Minecraft? A random webapp? Whatever.) and it's exposed to the internet, you might want to take it down and/or get it patched real fast. The log4j vulnerability can pretty much be sprayed everywhere much like "shellshock", and gives up code execution to an attacker, so widespread scanning / attacks are likely imminent.
Decent writeup at https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ .