[-] ___@lemm.ee 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wanted to be a big shot IT guy with my own company. Started doing a bunch of plastic surgeon offices and hanging out with celebrities. I hated driving to the city at 6am and staying till 11pm, didn’t really enjoy the work, and just ended up in the socialite party crowd.

I left when the question “Do you want to go to the bathroom?” was ambiguous beteeen cocaine or a sexual advance. Neither of which ever appealed to me.

I disconnected from the field which included cutting orthodontal work half way through that I had exchanged for my expertise.

Drank heavily and even alone for a few months in the comedown and no longer drink at all.

Bouncers in the city will remember your name and let you into just about any club when they see you with a big name they want to get back. I remember walking into one place and it filled with Victoria’s Secret models out of nowhere. Got to hang with some playboy photographers and handle some hip-hop star interviews.

Some of the people I couldn’t figure out how they made their money ended up being nothing but glorified drug dealers, but their IT and SEO was top notch.

Don’t regret it, but don’t wish for it back.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

Friendly reminder to change your master password. You’re one SIM jack away from having your life locked away for ransom. They didn’t breach the seeds, but next time who knows. I would start migrating and changing 2FA codes just in case. You never know who might be spraying.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

I think you need to stop looking at yourself.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

I think nuance goes out the door when tens of thousands of innocent civilians are butchered in the name of defense. Hamas is bad, that doesn’t excuse Israel’s actions.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

Most chess advice. It teaches you to think in simple terms without actually thinking about a position. It’s good if you want to get passably good, but it’s a handicap once you improve.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago

I’m building my way up to a helicopter.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago

The same as anywhere else on the internet. Anonymity is the user’s responsibility, not the platform. This is generally the case.

The server operator and every hop on the network, along with dns has your IP. Tor or a trustworthy VPN on a burner phone hotspot driving around in a van with an untraceable Craigslist laptop would do the trick.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago

True, but having the lights dim as you start a plex movie can get you laid.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

I have a cyber-security joke, it’ll be 30BTC to unlock it.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

Lately, just about everything.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

I still dance when I’m alone.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

It’s not. These are opinions. Snap on the other hand… THAT is bad.

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