CISO at @sardineai. Treasurer of @OWASP Board of Directors. (he/him) qatta' mIghtaHghach.
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To fix that problem, I hard powered off the desktop on the screen that said don't power off the computer (ha), booted it back up, went into DellSupport app, restored before the update, restarted, it again sat on the "Windows is preparing..". Hard powered it off, booted it up.
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I replaced the CMOS battery with a new one for good measure. Once it was booting again, restarting would then show it trying to do the Dell update via "Windows is preparing your update".
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For anyone that finds yourself in this situation, I was able to get my XPS Desktop back to life by unplugging the power, removing the CMOS battery for 30 minutes, held the power button for 15 seconds, put the battery back in, then connected power and turned it on.
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Don’t ever update the BIOS on a @Dell computer. When it bricks the motherboard (like it did mine), Dell will accept no liability if out of warranty. Seems like something their DellSupport system should mention when it prompts you to update.
dell.com/community/Customer-…
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Excellent book that changed my world view on marriage. If you’re married, thinking of getting married, avoiding marriage, or are not sure about marriage, this book is for you (ie everyone should read it).
I wrote a book, All the Single Ladies, that chronicles the history of this exact pattern of cultural messaging to women — you’re getting too educated/successful to get a man — in late 19th century, mid 20th century, and 2010s (hi Steve Harvey!)
Years ago my daughter was waiting to get her picture with the Evil Queen. EQ asked the girl at the front of the line who was the fairest in the land, and the girl answered “Snow White”. EQ got mad and walked up to my daughter, who meekly said “You.” We were moved to the front. 😆
Seriously WHO is this actress? She's having such a blast being evil. And she's gotta riff the whole thing. Just amazing.
Talk idea: "Detecting Attacks with Ransom Demands. A responsive strategy that utilizes low upfront costs coupled with cyberinsurance."
propublica.org/article/the-e…
An old idea of mine: create a new protocol handler (and port?) that has all the security features enabled by default. Can even re-imagine SOP. So instead of visiting https://domain.tld, instead visit web://domain.tld. That won't break any websites and allows gradual adoption.
Aka “we need back doors, trust us, they’re safe.”
US can put backdoors in all of the Federal systems today, doesn’t need a new law.
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For slim fit jeans, this works better.
amazon.com/Zipper-Dadbod-Yiu…
California has a law that might prevent this behavior, not sure if applies to rewards programs, but for anyone living in California, here it is.
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/f…
Very true!
One of my interview questions is: “How do you stay on top of current infosec news?”
Almost no one says “Twitter.”
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Several years back, I was buying a pink collar at a pet store with my daughter for her large toy unicorn and the woman behind us asked what kind of dog we have.
My daughter replied, “it’s for my unicorn.”
Without missing a beat, the woman asked for the unicorn’s name.
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For my son's art project, his teacher asked him how she should grade it.
He wrote "Art is not meant to be measured." and provided Nick Cave's MTV letter.
They mutually agreed she should grade it based solely on effort.
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It’s awesome that resources such as ASVS exist, and that there’s a friendly community of us that share this knowledge, and all of it is free.
I’m personally grateful and thankful.
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