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TL;DR: Don't keep all your eggs in one basket! What pisses me off about this whole Google Cloud London is down issue is that its not supposed to be like this. We all know the cloud is just someone else’s computer/infra, that's fine I'm not shitting on "the cloud", just how companies use it.

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When IT comes knocking for a new server, accounts shouldn't be thinking "Do we have the budget for this server", but should be thinking "Do we have the budget if the existing server does down?"

Anyway. Just a rant because I needed to get that of my chest, because I know plenty of my fellow nerds are out there are putting out fires right now while yelling "I fucking told you so!!!" every time their higher ups ping them "Is it fixed yet" As it didn't have to be like this!

IT is often seen as a cost centre, but in today’s age IT is more likely YOUR PRODUCT. Sure you could save money not stocking your shelves, but you ain't gonna sell many units that way. Sure, the cost of IT can't exceed income, that would be silly, I'm not saying It should have an unlimited budget.

But we also don't min/max every other part of the company simply because of cost. We don't say "Because the sales teams phone lines aren’t at 100% utilisation Alice and Bob are gonna have to start sharing a mobile phone!

The great part of the cloud is that its SOMEONE ELSE'S computer / infra. If you build your infra correctly then someone else's computer(s) going down ain't your all hands alarm to deal with. "Oh eur-west2 is down? Well eur-west4 is fine" Or "Oh the whole of Google Cloud is down. Well AWS is fine".

The whole point of TCPIP was to route around issues in the network. Back when we thought that telco central offices / exchanges were a single point of failure (they still are - but better then they were) we created solutions to the issue. But many have gone back to that SPOF mindset.

Reversing a label printer.... cause fuck your DRM label rolls thats why... Anyway... I need to change the code to my suitcase. (Granted, they do encrypt data on the tag too... but still...)

Atleast their encryption key is a little bit better. I mean its not like they are only using 64 bits of a 128 bit keyspace... Oh wait.. Algorithm: TEA, 32 rounds, 128-bit key. Firmware reads each key word little endian. Raw 16 key bytes (RAM order): A1 CC 00 00 B7 72 00 00 58 67 00 00 C9 65 00 00

So niimbot label printers store a table of 20 of the last rolls it has seen, If you block the writing of the NFC tag it updates the internal table with the usage count anyway... It also sets the printing density to -3 if it can't see the NFC tag when a print job is sent.

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Reversing a label printer.... cause fuck your DRM label rolls thats why... Anyway... I need to change the code to my suitcase. (Granted, they do encrypt data on the tag too... but still...)

Would be a shame if we binary patched the firmware to disable these things ;-) In other news: My D110M now prints on rolls of labels without a NFC tag. But as the label size is determined by the NFC tag, gonna need to binary patch in some auto sensing / custom commands to set the label size ;-)

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15 Jan 2025

It's always a good thing to be diapered responsibly!

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Welcome to Bluesky.

Bit of a crappy week, but some enforced nap time always helps…

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26 Aug

Rip Tim Curry... He finally went to space! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_U5...

6 Aug

As it popped up, I'll just say it here incase anyone else is wondering. I'm still about, still locked (just about), just quiet atm as arthritis flared up after helping the family with stuff last weekend. Normal service will resume once I can walk up and down the stairs without requiring pain meds 😂

28 July

Enjoying the chastity ride atm, so threw the keys in the ksafe. Set to unlock give or take 1pm on Friday

28 July

Added some seals cause why not 😝

27 July

When yourin that part of the chastity cycle where everything just feels just right! Your not waking up because of the belt, your dick isn't complaining (too loudly) about it, But your waking up glad to be in the belt. That point where if someone said you could take the belt off, you would decline.

27 July

So it turns out: a) I can't hear jack fucking shit with ear defenders and white noise playing (well expect for the white noise) b) my "internal monologue" can't hold on to a thought for very long at all in such a state. c) Undesided if b is a good or bad thing, but its a very different "thing"...

27 July

Everyone are meanies!!! They kept turning the toy off, just as it was hitting the spot!!!

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Locked up! Belted, Bluetooth butt-plug, diapered, gagged, blindfolded, white noise being played in my headphones, Ear defenders, No idea when the locks will release! Why do I do this to myself! lol. https://toys.kinkycoder.com/remote/KJX2PEU8

26 July

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Was in a pink mood…. It would be a shame if fell into a chair I couldn’t get out of… 😉

Arts and crafts day!!!

One note I will make. It will take some practice to wear this for a period of time, it’s defo not a gag to wear with blocked sinuses 🤣

2nd arts and crafts project of the day. Got a new diaper cover, so naturally I had to make a Segufix belt for it! 3rd project: I made the chastity belt one notch tighter, so far feels better!

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Arts and crafts day!!!

Arts and crafts day!!!

Tagging @drknrdy.com cause I blame them for this! 🤣

16 July

I forgot how much of a pain in the ass handling live stream video is over the internet lol...

It updated quicker than the BBC site I had open! lol... (noticed cause I had it in vibrate mode and heard it buzz)

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Testing.....

Testing.....

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This might be a bad idea (who the fuck am I kidding it’s an awful idea, but it’s an idea and I can’t shift it), won’t have time to code it for tomorrows game but will be able to for sat/sun. Idea: Locked to the chair for the duration of the game. Zapped for every goal scored (including pens)

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@edlemming2008.bsky.social will be enjoying the game tomorrow dressed like this… but he would really like some companionship- anyone else gonna be gearing up for the game? Headpats and brownie points for anyone who shows themselves in some form of gear tomorrow evening :)

Need to flesh out the idea a bit. Double check fetching live scores from the game. But it’s an idea. If there’s interest I’ll work on it in my spare time during the week so it’s ready for Sat/Sun

ITS ALIVE!!! Using a high level because low levels lighting the neon blub don't look great on camera. YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE LEVEL 50!!! Fuck from past exp, level 10 fucks you up!!! Just a test UI to make sure I can transmit from the Latch Lock device. Hopefully Wednesday eve I work on the UI.

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You know what. It’s SHOCKING what I can come up with when I’m left unattended! ⚡️ This is why I need an adult 🤣

Still need to think long and hard about actually wiring this thing up to the internet! 😂

13 July

You know what. It’s SHOCKING what I can come up with when I’m left unattended! ⚡️ This is why I need an adult 🤣

13 July

Will only have time to work on this in spurts during the week (fucking IRL getting in the way 😂) but always got a few ideas to improve it! Again, I really should get an adult to keep me in check (However my last partner, she just encouraged these types of shenanigans lol)