On Portable AC units:
If you're adding supplemental cooling this summer, here are a couple things to keep in mind.

1. You absolutely want a Dual Hose design (hose in hose is ok). It's way more efficient. Single hose uses room air as the intake, creating negative pressure.
2. The Energy Guide "Annual cost" dollar value on the box is for 8 hours a day for 3 months and is based on 13 cents per kWh. The rate in my area is almost 15 cents. Effectively you should consider the annual dollar amount on the box as a monthly amount to be safe. Double-check your utility rates as well. Even if you don't run it all day, your rates may be higher when you need it.
3. Most dual hose units will simply evaporate the accumulated moisture, but draining is better if you can swing it.

Side note: The planet isn't getting any cooler. If a mini-split is simply out of reach, the new U-shaped window air conditioners are a little cheaper for the same cooling capacity, and are quieter due to putting the compressor outside. Keep in mind they shouldn't be left installed year round if you get sub-freezing temps in the winter.

Other side note: Higher end units can also be used as heat pumps, but it's important to understand if it's truly a heat pump or simply supplemental resistive heat+fan (just an integrated space heater).

EntraID PSA: Disable OAuth Device Code flow in your default conditional access policy.

You can search sign-on logs for people using this method to baseline and manage exceptions where appropriate.

Was listening to an Ezra Klein podcast today over lunch and there was a statement on modern media that was very well presented:

"If you're in media for instance, and you run a podcast on health and wellness week after week, you have to find new things to say. Just getting on the mic every week and saying, 'Here's another week when you should eat whole foods and reduce your stress and sleep well' it doesn't last. Even putting aside the fact that some of them are getting a cut of either supplement companies or advertising for it, they have this huge bias towards the next new thing."

I think it's worth repeating for friends who keep chasing the new thing when consuming this kind of media.

Fiber One bars are the LaCroix of pastries.

I will not elaborate

RE: https://genealysis.social/@catsalad/116805312459184895

This is me, when I export logs from SIEM or EDR and analyze them in Excel.

Reppin' the Cyber War Veteran pin acquired years ago from @Johnhultquist

These old men keep going back and forth saying "we needed this" about the rain. #dogsofmastodon

I don't mean to brag, but momma deer thinks my front yard is safe, and left her baby to chill while she foraged.

He misses mom. It's been a whole 2 hours. #dogsofmastodon

I started taking a weekly medication a couple months ago and decided I would do it on Wednesdays, since the internets are pretty good about reminding folks that it is Wednesday.

It's the next day and they've switched it up. #dogsofmastodon

They're in prime nap position #dogsofmastodon

Been fighting an apparent HDMI HDCP issue for awhile.

Roku Ultra (current version) --> Marantz Cinema 50 --> Epson 5040UB Projector [Monitor 2] and TCL QM8k [Monitor 1]

No issues with E-ARC.

Isolated the issue to the Receiver when both video outputs are enabled, even if they aren't both in-use. Manually setting the output works.

If you search the interwebs, all they ever say is power cycling, cable replacement, and other standard layer 1 things. Receiver-specific guidance talks about upscaling, eliminating video processing, and manually setting HDCP version to 2.3.

Just throwing this out to the void in case others have similar #hometheater #hdcp #avr issues. Will see what Marantz says.

I determined yesterday that the AI Support/Help chatbot in a major EDR keeps the conversation available after being forced to logout from the console for inactivity.

Why in the world doesn't it continually check for authentication? That's been a recommended coding practice for at least a decade.

The chat session disconnects, but happily resumes when you expand the window, exposing all the chat history specific to the customer environment...

"If I have the same problem in 2 platforms, how many problems to I have?" feels a lot like, "How many holes are in a straw?"

I need someone to explain to my dogs that spicy cheese is non-taxable.

I can't finish getting my windshield replaced because a cloud-hosted calibration app is down.

The future is stupid.

Introducing a new PCAP tool - OhMyPCAP

OhMyPCAP is a standalone web application for analyzing PCAP files:

It was a dark and stormy night.
The dogs bounced.