h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

On Monday morning we (Mozilla) detected a very large crash spike affecting #Firefox users on Linux, specifically on an older version of a Debian-based distribution.

It turned out to be an interesting bug involving the #Linux kernel and #Google JavaScript code so let me tell you about it.

A thread 🧵

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839669 1/6

Feeling unnecessarily celeb as I spend the morning signing copies of my book to send to
Maths Gear! Only a limited run of copies for now - get your hands on one while you can: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/the-math-of-a-milkshake-by-dr-katie-steckles

resisting the urge to play with this all day:

https://random.css-pattern.com

#css

Spotted at my local leisure centre, in the car park, this wonderful piece of whimsy…

An article about archiving my father https://www.wired.com/story/my-fathers-death-in-7-gigabytes-internet-archive/

New Technical Difficulties in which Tom, @garybrannan , and Chris watch me attempt something that could end in one hell of an injury!

Https://youtu.be/G1yQsPI5ub0

One thing I own which is cool as hell is a vibrating reed based tachometer.

Lots and lots of tiny reeds, each tuned for a specific frequency. Place it on a piece of equipment, and the reeds start to vibrate if they're the same frequency as the equipment.

We take issue with Google favouring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of competitors.

So we have sent a Statement of Objections.

Our preliminarily finds that Google is favouring:

➽ its own ad exchange AdX in the ad selection auction run by its dominant publisher ad server DFP
➽ its ad exchange AdX in the way its ad buying tools #Google Ads and DV360 place bids on ad exchanges

Our Statement of Objections does not prejudge the outcome of an investigation.

Tumblr reminded me that Miss Piggy and Kermit meeting Luke Skywalker and Yoda on the set of Empire Strikes Back is a real thing that happened.

"Frank Oz who voiced Yoda, was also known as a puppeteer and actor who was responsible for the voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam and Animal in Jim Henson’s The Muppet Show. [...] One day, during a break in filming Oz and Henson, brought Kermit and Miss Piggy on set to meet Kershner, Skywalker and Yoda."

🔗 https://flashbak.com/when-kermit-met-yoda-the-muppets-on-set-of-the-empire-strikes-back-30342/

#StarWars #Muppets

Ofcom's changes to its guidance on incident reporting thresholds for the digital infrastructure subsector under The Network and Information Systems Regulations

I know, I know, just what you were hoping for before the weekend...

But if you provide DNS (authoritative or recursive) services to people in the UK, or run a TLD Name Registry or an IXP, you might want to read this update.

https://decoded.legal/blog/2023/06/ofcoms-changes-to-its-guidance-on-incident-reporting-thresholds-for-the-digital-infrastructure-subsector-under-the-network-and-information-systems-regulations

#BlogPost #Ofcom #DNS #IXP #NIS #cybersecurity #decodedlegal #lawfedi

Watchy - first impressions.

https://www.revk.uk/2023/05/sqfmi-watchy-first-impressions.html