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30 Years engineering and systems experience. Passionate about technology and solving problems.

I had the misfortune to work with Fortigate products 2 years ago. I can build a better firewall using only FeeBSD base. For the gooey fans there is pfsense or opensense.

It's 2025. There is no excuse for any product to past tokens into SQL statements like this, much less a security product. Fortinet, a cybersecurity company, has become famous over the last several years for its security flaws. An occasional flaw is forgiveable, but this line of…

ErrataRob's tweet image. It's 2025. There is no excuse for any product to past tokens into SQL statements like this, much less a security product.

Fortinet, a cybersecurity company, has become famous over the last several years for its security flaws. An occasional flaw is forgiveable, but this line of…


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It's 2025. There is no excuse for any product to past tokens into SQL statements like this, much less a security product. Fortinet, a cybersecurity company, has become famous over the last several years for its security flaws. An occasional flaw is forgiveable, but this line of…

ErrataRob's tweet image. It's 2025. There is no excuse for any product to past tokens into SQL statements like this, much less a security product.

Fortinet, a cybersecurity company, has become famous over the last several years for its security flaws. An occasional flaw is forgiveable, but this line of…

I just noticed CVE-2025-25257 and had a giggle. Not because it's yet another Fortinet remote bug. But because it's a SQLi, in a WAF product. The irony...



Dear @FNBSA please stop spamming me that my non existing FNB account is restricted due to unconfirmed information. #banking #spam #timewasting


Videos like this should be illegal. Never do this.

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Is opposing renewable energy really in the UK’s best interest? Trevor Hutchings, chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association, argues Reform UK’s stance risks leaving Britain behind as the net-zero economy outpaces the rest. Read more here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mr7VJ0

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Reform UK’s attack on renewable energy is unpatriotic and uneconomic

Reform UK's full-throated opposition to the booming renewable energy industry is putting the country's lead and energy security at risk.


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This benchmark might kill your belief that LLM agents are “almost there.” OdysseyBench doesn’t test if an agent can summarize a file. It tests if it can survive a week at your office. And it exposes a brutal truth about today’s agents. Here’s what you need to know:

godofprompt's tweet image. This benchmark might kill your belief that LLM agents are “almost there.”

OdysseyBench doesn’t test if an agent can summarize a file.

It tests if it can survive a week at your office.

And it exposes a brutal truth about today’s agents.

Here’s what you need to know:

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Since ugly speech is being normalized in some Christian circles, here is a good verse to strive for in an internet age: "to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people" (Titus 3:2).


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If you’ve never had to take care of a parent/grandparent with Alzheimer’s or Dementia, please count your blessings That shit is NOT for the weak. To see the look in someone’s eyes that took you to school, taught you how to tie a tie, and taught you golf……


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Ok, Google 😂

zsk's tweet image. Ok, Google 😂

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Stark Industries, a UK-based hosting company, has been on our radar for some time. Last year we supported the German non-profit @correctiv_org with their investigation into the Neculiti brothers'. And almost a year to the day, @briankrebs published a deep-dive into their murky…


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A warning. “As the Christians gained in power and secular advantages, true piety declined, and corruption and wickedness prevailed among them.” —Jonathan Edwards


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Me: I'll just check one pcap file *6 hours later* Me: Why is the printer talking to Russia?


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There is no use case for blockchain that is not already solved by an existing, simpler, safer and more reliable technology.


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The iconic Swiss Army Knife™: always at your side. For those who seek top-quality precision in every scenario, even a picnic amidst moving boxes. Uncover Swiss craftsmanship: vx.ag/3uYj7Tx #MyVictorinox #MadeToBePrepared

Victorinox's tweet image. The iconic Swiss Army Knife™: always at your side. For those who seek top-quality precision in every scenario, even a picnic amidst moving boxes. Uncover Swiss craftsmanship: vx.ag/3uYj7Tx
#MyVictorinox #MadeToBePrepared
Victorinox's tweet image. The iconic Swiss Army Knife™: always at your side. For those who seek top-quality precision in every scenario, even a picnic amidst moving boxes. Uncover Swiss craftsmanship: vx.ag/3uYj7Tx
#MyVictorinox #MadeToBePrepared
Victorinox's tweet image. The iconic Swiss Army Knife™: always at your side. For those who seek top-quality precision in every scenario, even a picnic amidst moving boxes. Uncover Swiss craftsmanship: vx.ag/3uYj7Tx
#MyVictorinox #MadeToBePrepared

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Seems important that in Fahrenheit 451, books were still “available” in single-paragraph summaries—“read Hamlet in five minutes!”—but the books themselves had been banned for being too difficult. Tech boosters see a warning and think it’s an instruction manual.

Personally, I read a bunch of classics in high register in college. I guess it was fun. I recently ChatGPT'd Aristotle into readable English, finished it around 5x as fast as a translation, and felt I got the main gist of things. idk does the pain incurred actually teach much?



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Dit was deel van ons vakansieritueel. Ma se frikkadelle, appelkooskonfytbroodjies, stukke boerewors en gekookte eiers in die kosmandjie gepak. Langs die pad, onder n boom die kosmandjie op n sementtafeltjie staangemaak en lekker geeet... saam soet swart koffie uit ma se fles...

KarooBoer_45's tweet image. Dit was deel van ons vakansieritueel. Ma se frikkadelle, appelkooskonfytbroodjies, stukke boerewors en gekookte eiers in die kosmandjie gepak. Langs die pad, onder n boom die kosmandjie op n sementtafeltjie staangemaak en lekker geeet... saam soet swart koffie uit ma se fles...

Dear @WOOLWORTHS_SA please fix your website to accept valid e-mail addresses. It is never a good idea to tell your customers that their perfectly valid e-mail address is incorrect. #badwebdesign #Website #webdesign #ux #ui


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The Fulmar A platform, operated by Repsol, has been served with a prohibition notice by the Health and Safety Executive. Read more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0fdg6w0


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This week my 87 year old father spent almost an hour trying to make a bot understand his query with @Discovery_SA - he was in an absolute state eventually. If it was easy to speak to a human his question could have been answered in 5 mins. I hate every channel that is not human

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Global superstars of the music world come together for an unmissable concert to mark the reopening of the iconic Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral. Tune in this Saturday on STAGE+ and experience performances by @GustavoDudamel, @lang_lang, @nadinecsierra and many more!…


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