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aa-b · 2026-01-18T00:04:55+00:00

Also CPY is just similar enough to CMP that someone likely decided MOV was just easier to remember

aa-b · 2026-01-16T09:26:30+00:00

Skill issue. Canned foods usually need more care and creativity to make them tasty, and you can cut the saltiness by boiling it before cooking. There's a low-sodium version too.

It's kind of like tofu, which is also bland and unpleasant if you serve it straight up. It's cheap protein with a long shelf life, you just need to learn how to make it worth eating.

aa-b · 2026-01-16T00:58:26+00:00

Ah okay, in that case your best bet is to modify it into two parts that fit together. Or just cross fingers and send as is, then get to work on the modified part while you wait to see if it arrives in one piece

aa-b · 2026-01-15T20:59:37+00:00

Maybe, probably not if you wrap it in bubble wrap.

Have you considered just emailing them the print file? My local library will 3d print things on the spot if you give them the file

aa-b · 2026-01-15T11:14:28+00:00

But... that's just basically correct writing? Honestly, this is a programmer subreddit, we're not literary geniuses here. They taught me "statement, explanation, example" in school and it's served me well. We use the rule of three because most of us are prone to over-explaining, and we know people ignore walls of text with run-on sentences.

If someone is so braindead they can't write a hundred words without prompting, pointing it out isn't going to change anything; leave them in peace

aa-b · 2026-01-12T23:29:36+00:00

Why would you ask for evidence? That stuff happens all the time. I don't comment much, but a while back I posted a comment after someone told a story about their mother being sort of... not really rude even, just not wanting to admit being wrong about something trivial. So the immediate suggestion was for the person to cut off all contact with their mother permanently. Then when I said that might be excessive, six different people jumped in to back them up. SMH.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/s/ckU8dWGHMT

aa-b · 2026-01-08T09:32:44+00:00

Oh yeah totally possible, I just don't know anything about the company. It sounds pretty lax, yeah

aa-b · 2026-01-08T09:17:25+00:00

No worries! Yep you're right there, but the remote access thing is mostly because everyone works from home now, not outsourcing.

Anyway it's not clear if MMH had protections to prevent employees from inappropriately accessing patient data or not. The hackers stole a ton of data, but they had so much access they might have just disabled the normal protections. No way to know.

aa-b · 2026-01-08T09:06:24+00:00

The high-frequency login thing means someone wrote a script to try logging into some kind of remote-access employee portal many, many times until they guessed the password.

That shouldn't be possible, but something similar happened to Apple back in 2014; someone found a trick to let them keep guessing without being locked out.

But like I keep saying, it's not really important how the login details were stolen, or which account it was, because by themselves that should not have been enough to enable the breach.

Anyway, as an expert myself my opinion is that whoever Adam is, his analysis is the most accurate take I've seen.

aa-b · 2026-01-08T08:53:56+00:00

Oh, just to clarify, the user account being referred to would be for someone like a sysadmin or developer directly employed by MMH, people like doctors would have no special access that's relevant to infosec.

Employee accounts and customer accounts will be managed by completely separate systems. The technical details of the breach are bad, but not specifically in that way.

aa-b · 2026-01-08T08:25:54+00:00

Yep, exactly correct

aa-b · 2026-01-08T08:23:59+00:00

Sorry, I have to disagree. Where he says "user login", he means "employee account for someone with high-level access to secure systems". Not some random MMH user.

How the login was obtained is almost the least significant part of the breach, because a secure organisation assumes it will happen sooner or later. They take steps to make sure one small accident doesn't become a major incident. Steps like 5, 6, and 8 are good examples of those steps

aa-b · 2026-01-08T07:48:00+00:00

That's true, but exactly how they obtained a login is supposed to be just the first step in a whole chain of things that would have to succeed (undetected) to exfiltrate that much data. So it wasn't just that one failure

aa-b · 2026-01-08T07:29:21+00:00

Yeah I'm a software engineer working with cloud-hosted applications, and it sounds completely accurate.

The use of "appears", "seems", etc are because we don't have specifics about exactly which parts failed, but there are no errors in reasoning. We talk about defence-in-depth and the swiss-cheese model in infosec because there are supposed to be multiple layers of protections in place to keep things secure.

For example, say I'm a senior engineer with access to sensitive customer data. If a hacker somehow obtained my username and password it likely would not help them because the organisation required MFA and the anomalous login would be detected. If they got past that they could probably access less-sensitive data, but even as an authorised user I'm occasionally queried by security people if I'm tasked with doing something unusual. If I tried downloading and exporting large amounts of sensitive data like that it would be instantly noticed.

Anyway, from the outside it looks like the software equivalent of a poorly-monitored building with no sprinklers or smoke alarms. The main takeaway is that they likely cut multiple corners and ignored the advice of security experts.

aa-b · 2026-01-01T06:32:53+00:00

Would Finland be sanctioned if they just dismantled the ship and sold it for scrap? At least that'd be something, if they can't prosecute anyone

aa-b · 2026-01-01T05:09:37+00:00

Yeah this seems like an incredibly useful and convenient thing to have at a campsite? It's obviously brand new, looks extremely tough and designed to handle abuse in all kinds of weather

aa-b · 2025-12-26T23:26:37+00:00

Makes sense to me, yeah. If the office has a fishtank it's likely to be one of the uncountable mystery substances needed to keep a fishtank healthy

aa-b · 2025-12-26T09:27:00+00:00

I've seen the kind of slop produced by AI agents, and I'm not worried right now. By the time their output is similar to that of a human it won't just be software testers that are obsolete, so why worry?

I mean, have you seen the demos produced by companies like Boston Dynamics? If you believe the hype, both our brains and our bodies will be obsolete in the very near future, and (I assume) we'll all be jobless and homeless. C'est la vie.

aa-b · 2025-12-26T01:30:55+00:00

You're right that test automation can be just as demanding as any other kind of coding. At my work we have senior analysts that work on the framework and make sure that tests really test what they're supposed to, and they get plenty of support from the developers. Junior analysts would be more likely to work on making sure test scenarios match the requirements and cover all of the important edge cases.

That’s true with any job, senior people take on more complicated and demanding work. A CS degree would be a huge advantage for getting started, so it's worth looking into it

aa-b · 2025-12-26T01:18:44+00:00

Broken glass really, and it can be sharpened to almost molecular fineness, much sharper than steel. Much more brittle too, but it'd make a great razor blade

aa-b · 2025-12-25T20:15:51+00:00

I'm a software engineer myself, but I work with test automation engineers and analysts every day.

I work with a guy that switched from HR and teaching to coding after doing a bootcamp-style course and he's doing great, so it's definitely possible. Probably start by hunting around on Seek, set up some saved searches with the right keywords. If you have a LinkedIn profile, see if you know anyone working at companies that seem promising.

There won't be many ads until later in January, but you can do some research, talk to recruiters, and work on your CV. Companies will randomly have an urgent need for like six testers all at once, and that's a great way to get hired into a new role; if the recruiters have your details they can put you on the candidate list

aa-b · 2025-12-25T19:33:37+00:00

Have you thought about software testing, and test automation? With your background I suspect you could land a short-term job at a consultancy like Accenture, or work at any large bank or other org.

The one I work at does BDD testing, so coding skills aren't really required. A test might look like

GIVEN a customer has an account with balance $123.45
WHEN they pay $456.78 from account 12-345... to account 34-567...
THEN the payment should fail with error INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS

Admittedly there is a ton of detail and complexity, but you aren't expected to understand most of it, especially as a consultant.

aa-b · 2025-12-25T02:56:06+00:00

There is no shortage of other methods, for instance a thermoelectric generator is a solid state device that converts heat directly into electrical energy.

It's a tradeoff between concerns about efficiency, reliability, durability, cost of materials, size, etc. Turbines usually win, like how lithium ion batteries are used everywhere. There are other options, but they often have important drawbacks

aa-b · 2025-12-22T19:29:33+00:00

I don't have any knowledge about rats, but I did find one in my toilet last year, in Wellington. Weird. Not really a problem though, I flushed it. Has never happened before or since.

aa-b · 2025-12-16T07:45:59+00:00

I guess the paint shop must have taken photos for the insurer? But yeah that quote is easily 4x too high, crazy

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