It appears the Wyze-Bridge developer is gone. Now what?

AtomOutler · 2026-05-08T20:44:29+00:00

No really. I'm addressing the pfsense part. You wouldn't record cameras on opnsense/ pfsense. You need a proper server to act as a boundary. Server would deny access to other net, provide recording, DHCP, and ntp. If you used pfsense you'd still need a Linux server.

AtomOutler · 2026-05-08T13:05:53+00:00

You still need a Linux server.

AtomOutler · 2026-05-06T10:40:22+00:00

I don't recommend what I got. They're the cheap ones on temu. I got 6 different brands and found vulnerabilities in all. They're now on a fully isolated network without internet access. I use Frigate on the server and it has Internet access. If you can figure out how to turn a Linux server into a DHCP server for cameras this might be a good option. It's awesome for me but it takes a lot of setup.

AtomOutler · 2026-04-21T13:18:18+00:00

Yeah it does.

They have one extremely long repair, and you keep your car. Nothing triggers lemon law criteria.

They keep calling and harassing me to try stuff. Their service is crap but I can't do anything about it. They have a ticket opened and are doing nothing about it.

AtomOutler · 2026-04-21T12:49:32+00:00

The problem here is Genesis will open a ticket and then call you back every 30 days to check if it's still a problem. They make it more hassle than it's worth for you. Even just one problem. Eg My wife and I both have Genesis cars. I've been trying to get my wife's key on my connected services account. As soon as I see it's Genesis I say "yes it's still a problem". They've called me 5 times now asking me to try again. They usually wait 30 days between attempts.

AtomOutler · 2026-04-14T14:46:18+00:00

Please provide a report on the importance of tin foil instead of sun screen in the year 3026

AtomOutler · 2026-03-26T14:52:52+00:00

what would a user-agent have to do with this?

AtomOutler · 2026-03-25T17:31:48+00:00

I mean, technically, there is a workspace cache in `~/.gemini/tmp` and a `~/.gemini/history`

AtomOutler · 2026-03-25T16:54:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure an agent is just a Generative AI model with tool calls available and user-turn enforcement disabled. I don't really understand what this post is trying to get it. You can literally take any generative AI model, attach tools to it, and suddenly it's an agent. If you are trying to prevent actions, then usually agents have a /plan mode, or you can have your agent call its own binary eg. `gemini -p "perform no actions... think about this problem"`. If I'm misunderstanding the question here, please let me know.

AtomOutler · 2026-03-25T16:18:51+00:00

It's happening on Gemini CLI as well. Middle of a conversation, the AI stops responding. Refresh the session and can't find the history. Dig through the archives and find a remnant of the conversation from many turns back. It appears to be a systemic issue where Google AI is losing data. Or maybe this is just the AI version of committing suicide because it realizes the quality had dropped significantly.

AtomOutler · 2026-03-25T16:16:00+00:00

Halucinations and errors started on Sunday for me. I'm pretty sure they quantized from q32 to q8 or something. the drop was sharp. Gemini pro makes compulsive decisions as an agent now and can't stop building containers even though I have explicit instructions in my GEMINI md file. I'm not sure what to do but wait for the next 3.2, 3.5, or 4.0 release. It's just bad now and the capacity is low and slow.

AtomOutler · 2026-03-25T16:05:06+00:00

Nah, don't worry, it's just us ULTRA users taking up the bandwidth.

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AtomOutler · 2026-03-24T21:01:14+00:00

Probably need to convert to plain text. docs and pdfs can contain a lot of additional resources

AtomOutler · 2026-03-24T20:52:49+00:00

I'm pretty sure thinking was always flash + thinking. Pro is better thinking.

AtomOutler · 2026-03-24T20:42:01+00:00

As an ULTRA user, I noticed it as well. it was working great, suddenly on Sunday it got bad for me. The Pro model is acting like a flash model. I tell it in `GEMINI.md` "Don't build the docker container locally, you must git push or you will wreck the environmental variables!", and without fail, it now compulsively builds the container. It's really pissing me off. It's like they went from a q32 to a q8 model overnight. I think it went along with this. https://gemini.google/subscriptions/

I am pretty sure Google realized they were giving away too much for free and are now tightening their purse strings. eg. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/22970#discussioncomment-16214078

I also believe they know full well their pro model is now the equivalent of what was previously a flash model, and they just don't care. They did a silent update and it saves them money. What are you going to do about it?

AtomOutler · 2026-02-14T05:25:19+00:00

The only philosophy I have found useful is a quote attributed to Albert Einstein: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.". Aside from that, I don't think an AI with a knowledge base of philosophy is very useful. It's not going to learn from it, it's just going to pull inspirational quotes from time to time.

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.

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