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Alex Gough

@quidity.bsky.social
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Reformed Relapsed Physicist. Chrome security improver. ACSC(j) survivor. Kiwi. Cyberblahblah. All opinions mine or three times your money back.

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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Leave my stylepile out of this
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If I was California I would simply print 'Not a ballot' on all the return envelopes.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Each point in the chain only pays the net gst the problem in NZ is monopoly/duopoly pricing power of the Australian supermarkets
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Natalie Silvanovich @natashenka.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Project Zero is hiring! goo.gle/3UMXQIZ Please share with anyone you think would be great for the role.
goo.gle
Senior Security Engineer, Security Research
Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for a...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Knoydart was awesome
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Does this mean we can stop saying Indo-Pacific until they come back?
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Can't get a pint of tea anymore but can get a flat white
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I can report that Aus/NZ coffee nomenclature has taken over the UK even into it's furthest corners.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ok but have you considered an underpowered heat pump in the entryway so your head is too hot but your legs are inoperable?
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If it's not scanned and it's a one off it is a plain text format and you can do it in an editor but you will hate yourself afterwards
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Yes we have sash windows - I think there is another kind where you stick magnets to the window frame but we don't use those
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wrong country but I've used these for our tiny apartment in a windy enough city www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08S...
amazon.com
Amazon.com: Yoochee Expandable Window Screen, 2 Pack Adjustable Window Screen (15" H x 21" - 40" W) - Medium Replacement Window Screens with Frame, Durable Replacement Screen for Window : Tools & Home...
Buy Yoochee Expandable Window Screen, 2 Pack Adjustable Window Screen (15" H x 21" - 40" W) - Medium Replacement Window Screens with Frame, Durable Replacement Screen for Window: Screens - Amazon.com ...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
You can get slip in or magnetic fly screens would that stop them? (Also stops flies)
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Scott Marks @bizarchive.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
ICYMI: this is a great @billystrings.com interview and worth your time to read
nytimes.com
Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back. (Gift Article)
The genre-straddling musician could have been lost to addiction and trauma. Instead he’s filling arenas.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It's about Daleks, Hal.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
bughunters.google.com/blog/evolvin...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There's not even a Temu chocolate fountain
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I will try. For science.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Did I do anything useful today? No. Did I walk around a lot and eat a donut? Yes. Very much yes.
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I think a bit about accounting, and also ask - if companies are asking *human beings* to control their AI token costs, doesn't that mean we've given up (for the time being) on the idea that machines can replace humans? backofmind.substack.com/p/tokenalysi...
backofmind.substack.com
tokenalysis and john henry
I have a few things to write about, but am now conscious of what ought to be going here and what ought to be going into the manuscript… so, instead of more stuff about governance and the problem facto...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Important face hole news you can use
Roasted garlic and butterLemonHard salty cheeseLinguine
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I am in exactly one group chat with everyone
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Always be booking a hotel room with trains
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Always be booking a hotel room with trains
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Love me a good hotel ballroom conference but for the love of everything if your projection screen has any part lower than the audiences' heads you've got to warn your presenters
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We already know that the people deciding won't be around when the rest of us find out
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Speed running "this loom in my house is so great I hardly need to work oh no better send the a six year olds off to the factory"
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Haha I remember that trip er seeing that sign in a hut already
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I need a maximalist bakery to host an afternoon tea evening stupor
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Too many bugs to coordinate them now just apply the fixes or throw the computers in the sea
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Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
kawaiicon.org Kawaiicon 4: October 30-31, 2026 let the magical con ritual begin!
media.tenor.com
a cartoon drawing of a sheep wearing a black crown
Alt: a cartoon drawing of a sheep wearing a black crown dancing
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
There's a Dune trailer and I'm here for the Duncans Idaho discourse
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Big problems looming if you have software and take bug reports - the AIs are getting good and you will have to figure out how to deal with the volume "Mozilla fielded a large number of reports..., helped us understand what warranted submitting a bug report" www.anthropic.com/news/mozilla...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Also Bands! If you use War Pigs as your walk on music I'm going to want you meet that bar
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Bands! Your merch has to be better than the venue's merch that's all I ask. (Also the UC theatre has rad merch).
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Is this Kind Hearts & Coronets but Today?
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Wish you were here
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Don't do that do this
Me smiling wearing a PFD with Morro Rock and sea kayaks behind
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If only we'd solved the first two problems along the way...
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Steve Syfuhs @syfuhs.net · 29/01/2026
Oh hey. We announced *when* we're disabling NTLM by default. Hint: soon.
techcommunity.microsoft.com
Advancing Windows security: Disabling NTLM by default - Windows IT Pro Blog
Learn how Windows is moving toward an NTLM-independent future with enhanced auditing, Kerberos enhancements, and a phased roadmap.
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 21/01/2026
You'll work in some of the most remote and beautiful places on Earth, build lifelong friendships, and contribute to vital science about our changing world. 🗓️ Contracts run from six to 18 months 💸 Salaries start at £30,244 per annum ✅ You need to have the right to work in the UK (sorry)
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Natalie Silvanovich @natashenka.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Today, Project Zero released a 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9. While it targets the Pixel, the 0-click bug and exploit techniques we used apply to most other Android devices. projectzero.google/2026/01/pixe...
projectzero.google
A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9 Part 1: Decoding Dolby - Project Zero
Over the past few years, several AI-powered features have been added to mobile phones that allow users to better search and understand their messages. One ef...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Oh you hate to see that happen to Rodgers
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
RIP Bobby Weir. His legacy will be seen in the support he gave to generations of bands that follow, recreating moments of music and joy every time they play.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It is a struggle I need tabs for tiny hands. Failing that I look for another voicing or just play the top strings or bottom strings. You don't want any wrong notes but you don't need all the right ones either.
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I was going to play computer games today but not like this but here I am matching things
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 30/12/2025
Oh this is devilish…a game where you have make to 45 groups of 45 items each by matching two at a time. Must take hours? (Where’s the multiplayer option when you need it?) [thomaswc.com]
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
You saw how many kids she had...
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Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Enjoyed Song Sung Blue but it's lucky that family didn't have a dog for the filmmakers to draw into their emotional manipulation.
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