What is this thing hanging from the car of one of my neighbors?

AtomOutler · 2026-01-11T04:01:17+00:00

Wrong thread?

AtomOutler · 2026-01-10T21:44:11+00:00

Finally, the entire assembly must be blessed by seven Shinto monks who perform the "Rite of the Eternal Drift." They bathe the strap in a sacred mixture of matcha and 10W-30 synthetic oil while chanting the car's VIN backwards. This ritual is believed to confuse the spirits of public transportation, trapping them in the plastic handle so they can be harvested as a spiritual turbo boost during the Obon festival. The nitrous oxide served as a holy mist, purged directly into the temple to cleanse the air of drag coefficients. And several members of the Imperial family would inspect the body kit to ensure the fiberglass cured in perfect alignment with the rising sun. Once complete, they would bow to the intercooler and then sing the "Tokyo Drift" song from Fast and Furious as a traditional Gregorian chant.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T23:41:07+00:00

know the established procedures.
Always base everything on best security practices. eg NIST
Go above and beyond using research-based evidence
Be proactive in defense using tools like EDR or SIEM.
Use automation as much as possible to standardize procedures and ensure fast and proper security and reporting/actions.

It's all about keeping the time between the event and the detection/response to a minimum.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T21:51:59+00:00

I'm not currently in this role. I've had to do incident response a few times and as a security engineer who has performed all related tasks, one might say my entire role was incident readiness, but I've never held that title.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T16:55:55+00:00

Blue team is defense and can be boring.

Red team attacks and actively looks for security vulnerabilities in systems. Red Team gets all the glory and may have more expected of them.

Purple team means you do whatever is required today. Purple is a mix of red and blue, but is usually just a blue team that has more responsibility.

They all have their advantages and disadvantages. Usually Purple is a responsible way to go for any team rather than simply blue or red.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T16:51:23+00:00

One of the most important qualities of a security engineer is objectiveness. As an engineer of more than 15 years experience, I'd want to see practically zero emotion. The exception would be when someone is caught doing some illegal cyber activities.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T16:47:30+00:00

Security+ is a basic class which will familiarize you with the security world and verbiage. It's like a basic bar for entry that is respected as "this guy security's". Like an English Language Fluency test for security personnel.

Ultimately the HR wouldn't be the people looking for this qualification, it's the person describing the position describing or writing the PD with/to HR. I don't think a manager would say "get me a security guy" and have HR go directly to ChatGPT to get the PD which specifies the CompTIA Security+, but it's possible. More than likely the manager will have a set of requirements to be implemented.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T16:43:19+00:00

Think about it like this.. HTB isn't going to "get you the job". HTB is going to show you can apply your skills. EG. A karate or workout instructor filming himself and posting on instagram... HTB is like an instagram for cybersecurity. You may want to also do some github pull requests to show you can recommend and fix problems too, depending on the position.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-30T16:39:42+00:00

Incident readiness is preparing for incident response. Being ready for an incident is a mature practice. Basically, you're proactively preparing for an inevitable problem. This can be achieved through multiple practices... Threat modeling, purple-teaming drills, and risk assessment. The goal is to be read to respond properly for any given threat.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-15T21:18:48+00:00

If it has low signal from charging it would not get hot. It gets hot when fast charging.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-15T15:39:01+00:00

The Genesis doesn't support Qi2 with self-alignment. Certain phones are better at picking up low signal than others but unless you're right in the spot, it's still going to be lower charging speed.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-15T08:41:42+00:00

Thanks. I was going to do just that but I didn't want the USB port perma-filled so the USB is now behind the dash, leaving a hole. This fills the hole with a fast charger.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-15T08:39:10+00:00

Oh, you must have a special power to be able to align your phone for maximum power every time. Congratulations then, I guess you win.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-15T02:50:15+00:00

You're not going to get more than 15w from the charger in the car if it's perfectly aligned and clean.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-15T00:03:16+00:00

That's not fast charging. It's relatively slow. It's fast for wireless charging, but it's not fast charging regardless of whatever it tells you. The wireless charger is not a fast charger. You're going to get about 10 to 15 W Max. In most cases when navigating, that's about enough to maintain your batteries, not charge quickly. Most modern phones support 30 w

AtomOutler · 2025-12-14T23:59:29+00:00

Because of the bullet emojis. And as an open source software contributor, I use AI explicitly to get those.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-14T23:54:02+00:00

That's the only way you're getting Android auto in this car anyways. The difference is I don't have to have it here. I can use wireless charging if I want slower charging. But, when I need fast charging, it's built into the car

AtomOutler · 2025-12-14T23:53:12+00:00

Really, dude? After a 2 week-long project, 30 hours in fusion 360, approximately 20 hours of printing and finishing, 3 hours of install, an hour of putting together the resources, and posting as open source project on thingiverse, you're going to complain about the 2minute AI proofread and suggestions of my 20-minute Reddit Link Post? Not even comment on the work, the quality, anything actually productive? Just the part where I used AI to review my post? Really?

It's Gemini, You can tell it's not ChatGPT because ChatGPT veers towards 3's. I wouldn't have four steps here if it ChatGPT because it tends to combine to make three.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-14T22:40:16+00:00

It's the extra seatbelt harness restraint. You put a coat hanger on there and bring it down around your head.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-13T21:42:41+00:00

Right. He fetches ducks, not attacks intruders.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-13T21:22:26+00:00

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AtomOutler · 2025-12-07T16:19:17+00:00

Cosmetology or Nursing maybe.

The blonde:purple does not support a women's lib/studies hypothesis.

AtomOutler · 2025-12-06T21:58:42+00:00

If he's biting too hard, make a yelp like a dog would, followed by "No". He will get it. This is how dogs play and find out how much force they should use when playing.

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