Dennis @dennis@social.bankmann.name

Wanna feel old? This coming March is Futurama’s 20th anniversary.

Blockchain study finds 0.00% success rate and vendors don't call back when asked for evidence

“Though Blockchain has been touted as the answer to everything, a study of 43 solutions advanced in the international development sector has found exactly no evidence of success.”

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/30/blockchain_study_finds_0_per_cent_success_rate/

Man, it seems so bad you’d almost think I’d have a slide warning people about blockchain oil salesmen (they’re almost entirely men) in my talks or something…

#blockchain #bullshit

The map is not the territory.

World Mercator Projection with True Size Country Added
Source: http://ow.ly/9VUw30mzr7S
#Waps #World

Toot 1.1 is finally out! It is, as usual, available on the App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toot/id1229021451?ls=1&mt=8

If you have it already, you should see an update soon!

americans are asleep. make posts with reasonable date formats and units of measurement

#programmers

Mastodon security:

Additionally to the vulnerabilities discussed here [1], there are two other vulnerabilities fixed in Mastodon 2.5.2:

– nokogiri (1.8.5)
– XSS vulnerability

The remaining question: How many instances are vulnerable this time and remain vulnerable for weeks/months?

[1] https://mastodon.at/@infosechandbook/100940522638417331

#mastodon #security #vulnerability #infosec #security #cybersecurity #nokogiri #doorkeeper #xss

It's finally here! v1.0 of Toot! has been officially released on the app store!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toot/id1229021451?ls=1&mt=8

For those who have not been in on the beta test already, this is an Mastodon client for iOS, full of character and whimsy. It is multi-instance, multi-account, it is fast, it is comfortable and it is above all a lot of fun!

It has a strong focus on user experience, animation, and attention to detail, as well as being the best client for Mastodon around. Try it now!

Mastodon security:

In August, Mastodon 2.4.4 was released which contains two fixes for security vulnerabilities.

Today, 39.5% of all Mastodon instances which show their version number are still running vulnerable Mastodon < 2.4.4.

We already checked this twice:

– 10/1/18: 42% vulnerable
– 8/23/18: 38.6% vulnerable

Either the remaining instances are all unmaintained or admins refuse to update.

#mastodon #security #vulnerability #infosec #security #cybersecurity

So happy about this icon for @tootapp that I finally managed to put together.

My favorite IBM design though is their 1980s cloth-bound manuals, designed by Massimo Vignelli. These are a joy to use and to look at.

Boost if you remember #retrogaming

Escher's relativity, in Lego .. http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html

Amazing video about game design and development tricks in crazily limited amounts of RAM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQ0591PAxM

#retrogaming #nes

Holy crap. Malware hidden in a strand of DNA hijacks the computer that analyzes that particular gene sequence.

We're going to live in a very weird world man.

https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack