Yes. this is a good thing for #ITsec to let end-users know if their system runs #outdated / #vulnerable #Microcode and have #Linux update it.

• OFC this can't fix the systemic issues #ix86 & #amd64 have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into @OS1337 as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!

Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be #reprpduceable, #auditable and small enough to fit on a #BootROM!

A #PSA for anyone living, staying, entering or even travelling to/from #Australia:

Apparently, #Australia decided to mandate it's #GSM systems to be shutdown because some #GalaxyBrainChair wanted to yeet #2G & #3G and demand everything to use #4G & #5G when in fact #VoLTE support is spotty at best and #EmergencyCalling oftentimes is explicitly hardcoded to not use #WIFIcalling or VoLTE as providing #triangulation and #LocationData via #SS7 is a desired feature when someone calls EMS, Fire Dept or the Police for help...

• So essentially #tourists and anyone who hasn't an explicitly fully VoLTE-functional device they tested and verified to also do #EmergencyCalls via VoLTE are fecked with no reception when they need it the most!

• This WILL KILL PEOPLE!!!

As much as we want to bitch about #GSM & #GPRS / #UMTS being #outdated and #inefficient, there are reasons to at least keep 2G available - ranging from lower power consumption to higher resilience in emergency situations.

• #NewZealand for example does shutdown non-#EmergencyCalls during severe #Earthquakes so that people trapped and/or in need of urgent assistance can get through to dispatch operators and everyone else has to get in line and take a number aka. use #SMS or if existing #Internet to say "I'm fine!"...

• If the Ozzies really need that juicy #UHF #SubGHz #Spectrum it's totally feasible to instead change the #allocations and reconfigure #CellularNetworks to use lesser bandwith for 2G (i.e. only keeping the absolute mininum of channels available for any service) and thus clear up space...

And to add insult to injury, Australia passed a #NorthKorea|n-alike #CellPhone #ImportBan for any device that doesn't do i.e. the bespoke proprietary garbage that i.e. #Telstra, #Vodafone and #Optus do with the #baseband modems of their #branded devices...

Seriously, which #TechIlliterate dickhead decided it's a good idea to do that #3Gshutdown in Australia without even a basic 2G network up and running at all?

• At least #Switzerland [AFAIK] still has #3G up and running (tho it would've been wiser to do it like #Germany and keep #2G as emergency fallback with it's functions like #CellBroadcast....

Comment in a work chat: "Your (sp) the man"

Well, actually....

Time to update some of our acknowledgements.

Normalize wearing “outdated” clothing because you care more about the environment than keeping up with the Kardashians or whatever.

Remember when new clothes only came out in stores seasonally? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/sustainability/fast_fashion#:~:text=Waste%20occurs%20at%20every%20stage,of%20global%20carbon%20dioxide%20emissions.

Konami warns players of “outdated” content in Metal Gear Solid collection - Enlarge / Someone had better warn that snowsuit-clad guard about the "o... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962127 #metalgearsolid #disclaimer #outdated #gaming #konami

#outdated A later than immediate introduction Toot(skipping the fart joke for now...)

I'm a Dad, Husband, Son, Friend, Programmer, Gamer (board, TTRPG, and video/PC), reader, pepper grower, atheist, left-leaning, fellow.

Things in into now...
* Coding a game of my own,
* Playing Deep Rock Galactic
* Playing Valheim
* DM-ing Spelljammer for my crew
* Managing a PANS/PANDAS child
* Occasionally geeking out on the "You are not so smart" podcast
* World-Building for future projects
* more...