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Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

Old school IT Technician and Cyber Janitor.
Interests in InfoSEC, History, Physics and SciFi.

Anti-fascist. Wacky Improvisation and Drive by Philosophy Specialist.

The header image is a panaroma photograph of the view from the summit of Eryri on a clear sunny day. That's rare enough to be noteworthy πŸ™‚πŸ™‚

My avatar is a high resolution scan of a 120 film negative version of my portrait. You're not missing anything of artistic merit.


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Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley (UK fascist from the 1930's)

22 January 1962 Sir Oswald Mosley, 5, Lowndes Court, Lowndes Square, London, S.W.1. Dear Sir Oswald, Thank you for your letter and for your enclosures. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is always difficult to decide on how to respond to people whose ethos is so alien and, in fact, repellent to one’s own. I t is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism. I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us. I should like you to understand the intensity of this conviction on my part. It is not out of any attempt to be rude that I say this but because of all that I value in human experience and human achievement. Yours sincerely, Bertrand Russell
Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

My #FediCard πŸ™‚πŸ™‚

Artwork by me and the animation by @cjrando@mastodon.art

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Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

If you're interested in the explanations and causes of stupidity then check out:

Carlo Cipolla the Five Laws of Stupidity

https://youtu.be/3O9FFrLpinQ

and

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity:

https://youtu.be/ww47bR86wSc

They are complementary and offer good perspectives πŸ˜€πŸ˜€

Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.

Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley (UK fascist from the 1930's)

22 January 1962 Sir Oswald Mosley, 5, Lowndes Court, Lowndes Square, London, S.W.1. Dear Sir Oswald, Thank you for your letter and for your enclosures. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is always difficult to decide on how to respond to people whose ethos is so alien and, in fact, repellent to one’s own. I t is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism. I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us. I should like you to understand the intensity of this conviction on my part. It is not out of any attempt to be rude that I say this but because of all that I value in human experience and human achievement. Yours sincerely, Bertrand Russell
Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

Today the scene might have looked like this ... 🫀🫀

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
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For when that sense that future evenst are going to happen ... πŸ«€πŸ«€πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

So how many e-mails to I have to delete to save a litre of water? πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall

#InfoSec #Water #Datacenters #UK

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
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One quick video of a #lightning flash from a few moments ago πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ‘πŸ‘

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

Lighting on its way to West Wales πŸ™‚πŸ™‚πŸ‘πŸ‘

#Lightning #UK #Wales

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
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@bloor@bloor.tw

I suspect it might be easier to design and build a bespoke unit to the measurements needed. Perhaps as a fitted unit πŸ™‚πŸ™‚πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
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Courts service 'covered up' IT bug that caused evidence to go missing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye2q00k51o

#UK #IT #HMTCS

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

Currently doing some DNS testing via my ISP (Ogi) here in Wales at it seems that at the moment @aaisp@social.aa.net.uk has the second fastest DNS over HTTPS resolvers available!

'DNS over HTTPS | Min | Avg | Max |Std.Dev| Median|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
Average Delay | 0.012 | 0.014 | 0.015 | 0.001 | 0.013 |
Cached Name | 0.012 | 0.012 | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.012 |
Uncached Name | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.001 | 0.013 |
DotCom Lookup | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.000 | 0.015 |---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ https://dns.aa.net.uk/dns-query ANDREWS ARNOLD LTD'

Being a smidgen faster that Quad9 and NextDNS. Not too shabby! πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ––πŸ––

#DNS #UK #DNSoverHTTPS #Internet #Performance #AAISP

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊😊)
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My #FediCard πŸ™‚πŸ™‚

Artwork by me and the animation by @cjrando@mastodon.art

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