Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Slightly alarmed to see Emoji support in my Mutt subject lines, like guests at a party you know should be there but sort of want to throw in the pond

@craigmaloney I read an interview with Larry Ellison in the late 90s where he pretty much predicted a lot of this.

The stress can be absolutely massive.
#infosec

Security pros are being hospitalized by after-effects of ransomware hacks | TechRadar
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@why@shitposter.club That's the life

@weilawei@mastodon.online I remember one of them on the bathroom windowsill fell into the window frame track. It just stayed there, stuck, with its butt up in the air, as if to say "Oh well, guess I'll just die now". I pulled the little guy out and off he trotted.

@johncarlosbaez I remember a few years back being at the park and the Cicada noise was unearthly. A sort of hum you just don't hear normally. And it was loud.

@Mitsu Needs Merida wig

@Mitsu That's awesome.

Dug out this old documentary about a British Rail Leeds to London service during 1991; the beginning of the end of BR. It's a fascinating time capsule and the battle between the unionised workforce and the dark forces of privatisation is well covered. It's low quality video but the content is absolute gold.
https://youtu.be/wcn3xX-vF8w

@aleksdem That is beautiful.

@feld The parts should definitely be subject to some kind of inspection, I think this is how they uncovered the counterfeiting problem in aviation. It appears the ball has been dropped everywhere.

The entire point of such a long supply chain is cheap labour and reduced cost, after all.

Although according to this news page it is an FAA approved part, so again it is likely not the issue, unless they can demonstrate it was not made to spec.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/boeing-door-plug-malaysia-supply-chain-737-max-9-4059941#:~:text=WASHINGTON%3A%20The%20US%20National%20Transportation,a%20Spirit%20facility%20in%20Malaysia.

It turns out the Alaskan 737's plug door was manufactured in Malaysia. Nothing wrong with that, but it shows the subcontractor subcontracted their own work. I doubt anyone was checking it was done to the certified standard as the FAA does not maintain an office in Kuala Lumpur. That's what happens when everything just gets outsourced.