CISO at @sardineai. Treasurer of @OWASP Board of Directors. (he/him) qatta' mIghtaHghach.
Phoenix, AZ
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Bil Corry retweeted
Given that pretty much every developer on a Mac that I know uses iTerm2, please upgrade today as it patches an RCE:
blog.mozilla.org/security/20…
(also consider donating to iTerm2 and/or the Mozilla Foundation, which helped support the audit)
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Bil Corry retweeted
This essay is wonderful and sums up something I think about a lot and try my best to practice:
"Are you willing to embrace that *truly slight* inconvenience — and maybe pay a few dollars more — so that a person’s job is *significantly* less shitty?"
annehelen.substack.com/p/wha…
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When I was at @PayPal, we had a contractor we wanted to convert to full time, but she was near the end of her pregnancy. We sped up the conversion, she was hired, and went on paid maternity leave.
That’s how it should be.
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Bil Corry retweeted
Oooof. Was just subjected to the most credible phishing attempt I've experienced to date. Here were the steps:
1) "Hi, this is your bank. There was an attempt to use your card in Miami, Florida. Was this you?"
Me: no.
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The @owasp elections wrap up next week. If you’re a member, be sure to vote!
And men’s clothing, on average, costs less too.
nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads…
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Only if no single party has a clear majority, but our two parties are so awesome, that wouldn’t happen.
If we’re making changes, let’s add in proportional representation to give ourselves more than two choices.
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I was actually hopeful for a moment. Just glad I figured it out, and I feel really bad for those who don’t have the technical knowledge to fix it themselves.
Seems like a good racket for @dell though, they suggest an update, you do it, it goes bad, you pay them to fix it.
BTW, as you might have saw, Dell Support reached out via Twitter. They helped me by telling me that my warranty was expired and that I can contact their main support line. Pretty sure this is my last Dell purchase.
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Now when I logged in, the DellSupport app said the roll back couldn't be completed, so I chose "Cancel" and everything seems normal again.
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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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Bil Corry retweeted
I recently left Stripe after 4.5 formative and magical years. Some reflections on what made working at Stripe feel different than working other places:
1/Turpentine
2/Writing
3/Meticulousness
4/Principled decision-making
5/Ambition
6/Talking up
7/The API metaphor
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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!)