AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@inference Talk to women about the lovely weather.

@inference @thor American, can confirm that old world feelings towards the French are still present.

@thor @inference I mentioned it to an Engineer from Norway who said it exists but mainly older people eat it on special occasions.

@thor @inference There's enough of the old stuff to discover still. All the Detroit house labels, Acid, and the stuff from the late 80s and early 90s. I think Tropical House emerged here too.

@thor @inference I wasn't allowed to watch much secular tv and I wasn't allowed to listen to secular music until I was around 16. I went to special camps and dying for one's faith was taught in a way that didn't imply martyrdom. I was allowed to watch Keenan and Kel because no matter how cult like the church was, it didn't tolerate racism in any form.

I don't know much about Norway except for derailing Germany's nuclear program, there are good Engineers there and Ludefisk.

@thor @inference The humorous part is that it's American owned but focused entirely on England. The style is a bit different and it seems like there's always something good coming out in the UK.

I can't say much about what the US puts out, I'm usually just disappointed.

@thor @inference I have imported many box sets from the UK over the years. I don't like how they have the mixes as streaming or mp3. I didn't import the box sets to put beside my Docs in my English collection. I ripped them as FLAC.

The Ministry of Sound is great. I say that as I'm listening to BBC Radio 1.

@inference @thor Ministry of Sound before Covid-19 caused them to consider quality again.

@thor @inference The most impressive malware I've encountered in the wild was something that sounded much like MosaicRegressor. Kaspersky Labs found the aforementioned malware on a diplomats computer and they were unable to do much analysis on it.

What I encountered was modular, flexible, persistent but able to erase evidence. The malware infected the computer but what it did next was insane.

So I was around a company when someone complained that their computer wouldn't work with a recent hardware change. The company didn't mind me taking a look. It's just not loading the driver or it needs to be configured.

I worked on that computer for around 72 hours over 5 days. I didn't determine that it had malware until about 5 hours in and I didn't realize that it was related for a few more minutes.

So what I discovered was something that managed to infect all the way into UEFI with the latest security module and latest generation of chipset. I didn't have the ability to take it apart so I could clone the SOIC and it was the newer one with more pins.

I could get around the malware for most things after I used a trick on UEFI that stops the secure boot sequence. I was able to boot Ubuntu (signed by Microsoft) after this. The hardware was perfectly fine and functional, I watched the network traffic and it was normal. Back in Windows I had a thought as the internet stopped working on it within the first hour and I analyzed the network traffic. There was network traffic, connections to servers, RX TX and yet the OS acted like it had no connection.

I think it was closer to 96 hours of work to get it fixed. I had my whole kit with me. It was really labor intensive but I am sure that I got rid of it as it was. It could have just patched itself and remained hidden but I took precautions. It was also flagged by IT after I reported what I found. It's likely still being monitored.

In conclusion, I discovered something in the wild that I had never heard of before. This was more professional than some of the software used to manage servers. The only reason I discovered it was because it cut network access and blocked other boot media that was whitelisted. It wasn't sluggish, using excessive resources nor causing any other issues.

@inference @thor What is the most impressive malware that you have encountered?

@inference @thor Ah yeah, that fat guy wasn't it?

@GNUxeava Snap and Flatpacks somehow exist while I've never met someone who didn't say they were trash. Existence with them is pain.

@inference @thor Nintendo sent a guy to prison because they can't make everyone pay for games while they sell the same games on every generation of console they release.

I remember stories of a hacker called DarkAlex that was eventually confronted by Sony and went quiet. The rumor is that they found the hacker, made a proposal where they would be hired and paid money up front to stop the development of the CFW.

@inference @thor It's funny how that can happen but the DMCA exists.

@thor It's a cold world.

@thor If your country is anything like mine, you'll be put on a list of people that will likely not get housing again. It's a fucked up system with many more fucked up systems associated with it.

In the US, a bad credit rating will keep someone from getting gainful employment and they are overqualified for other jobs. The bastards will make one suffer instead of allowing one the opportunity to pay the debt.

@thor Society is fucked up.

@thor I think IKEA does the same thing with furniture.

@BowsacNoodle @doomspiral I'd rather wear a solid color BDU and boots. The fit will never be an issue.