Victoria Walberg

@Reversity Yes. Finally made it back!

@Reversity Are you @1ns0mn1h4ck ?

@technollama I have my mini disc recorder lurking. I keep dithering about getting a dedicated device. (the ipod nano died)

I still own and use my iPod.

@reprise_99 Could this be in Europe? (I'm a Brexodus lovepat in NL)

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@Northvein Objective-By-The-Sea have hosted in Europe in places like that. @Bsideslisbon is lovely.

Is there anything stopping us from organising a security conference in the Canary Islands or the Balearics? Travel would cost about the same as major cities, there’s tons of accommodation, better food, better climates..? Am I missing something?

@RMGirlUK I occasionally pop by. Mainly on BSky and sometimes on Mastodon but I had an account on Maston pre the creation of theinfosec instance and am struggling with how to link.

is there anyone still here that is in the #DataProtection and #Privacy field? Just working out whether its worth monitoring this account still.

@williston_keith @merill While not chained to the canon of the film, if you're only staring out it's probably worth watching now, rather than after another 200+ episodes. (Alexis Cruz was in both the film and the series) Plus the film has a young James Spader.

@merill @vickyjo You don't need the movie. At this point, wait till you finish SG1. They didn't stay chained to the "canon" of the movie.

Watching Stargate for the first time to see what the hype is about. If I watch one episode a day, I should finish the whole series by this time next year 🤗

@merill Yeah, I would start with the film, it'll help explain some things in the first couple of episodes, and some characters.

@vickyjo No I haven't. Just finished the first episode. I think I need to watch the movie next lol Didn't know there was a movie 😀

"Why does our top performer get the worst reviews?" the boss asked. I was reviewing their annual performance data. "Show me," I said. She pulled up the ratings. Diana: 2.8 out of 5. Below average on "collaboration." Low marks for "team player." "What's her actual performance?" I asked. "Exceeded every target. Landed our biggest client. Trained three new hires." "So why the low scores?" "Her peer reviews are dragging her down." I scanned the comments. "Too direct." "Challenges ideas too much." "Not supportive enough." "Let me talk to Diana," I said. "I used to give honest feedback," Diana told me. "Said our pricing model was broken. Got dinged for 'negativity.'" "What happened with the pricing?" "They finally fixed it six months later. After we lost two major accounts." "What else?" "I questioned why we needed eleven approvals for a simple contract change. Manager said I wasn't being collaborative." "Are you still giving feedback?" "No. I learned my lesson. Now I smile. Nod. Say everything's great. My reviews are improving." "But nothing's actually improving?" "We're making the same mistakes. Just with better vibes." She chuckled. I went back to the boss. "Your review system doesn't measure performance," I said. "It measures compliance." "That's not true." "When was the last time someone got promoted for challenging bad ideas?" Silence. "When did someone get rewarded for preventing a mistake?" More silence. "You've trained your best people to stay quiet. And your mediocre people to stay nice." A few months later, they redesigned the system. Added a category: "Constructive Challenge." Points for identifying problems early. Rewards for preventing costly mistakes. Diana got promoted. "What changed?" I asked the boss. "We stopped confusing agreement with alignment. Stopped mistaking silence for harmony." "And?" "Turns out our 'difficult' people were our most valuable. They actually cared enough to speak up." Here's the truth about performance reviews: Most companies don't reward performance. They reward performance theater. The person who says the meeting was great beats the person who says it wasted an hour. The person who agrees with bad ideas beats the person who prevents disasters. You think you're measuring contribution. You're measuring conformity. And your best people? They've already figured out the game. They're just deciding whether to play it or find somewhere that values truth over comfort.

@__apf__ Just leaving this here microlino-car.com/en-us/microlino It's a shame the Smart for 2 are no longer made.

I want to buy this car. I want to have the kind of life where it would be possible to buy this car. I would wear suspenders, and wave to everyone, and drive 5 mph, and also I would be a talking anthropomorphic peanut

@MSFT365Status Will "@msft365status.bsky.social" become live? Or something over on Mastodon? It's a shame folks still have to come here.

@SANSEMEA Hi, what's the latest I can sign up for a course starting 2nd Feb? Are you moving to Mastodon (like @sans_isc) or BSky? Thanks

@Privium Are you moving to other social media channels, like @Schiphol ?

@BSidesLanc :( How accessible is that for folks without an account?

@vickyjo We are sticking with LinkedIN for now

@BSidesLanc Hi, are you moving to BSky or Mastodon?

@GazTheJourno @ProfWoodward Will you be moving to BSky, and/or Mastodon?

Revealed: The secret room beneath China's planned London mega-embassy that poses a threat to the City Exclusive by me, the best graphics desk on Fleet Street and about 10,000 gallons of coffee. Link below 🧵

@tomekkorbak @__apf__ I reckon if you head down Market St, and then off towards Union Square you'll find a few department stores, and other shops, esp if you keep going towards Folsom St. Think of it like Western Rd & North St, & heading into Churchill Sq, North Laine or The Lanes. (saw Sussex in bio)

@__apf__ yeah i’m used to a building with multiple shops in a city center, that’s a thing in Europe often called a shopping center or a shopping mall

today i asked a friend where in sf is a good shopping mall for buying pants and she suggested i can take a caltrain to south bay. how is this considered normal? like in london to buy pants i would’ve biked for 10 mins?

@__apf__ @tomekkorbak Woah, did Westfield close? (TBF I haven't visited since 2008) Googled it - wow, guess that's now the San Francisco Center, and there's not much apart from H&M. Looks like Old Navy moved. There are department stores like Macy's. SF a bit like London in that respect.

@tomekkorbak you're looking for a shopping district, not a mall. SF doesn't have a mall anymore, but shopping districts like Hayes valley have clusters of stores all on the same block. malls are more suburban

@grok @SteveStevens47 @NoContextBrits This was not portable.

The image shows a vintage portable gas heater, likely from the 1970s or 1980s. It's rectangular with a brown wooden or faux-wood casing. The front features a metal grill protecting glowing orange-yellow ceramic heating elements that emit warmth. A small vent or flap sits above, and it's placed against a plain wall, evoking nostalgic British home heating.

I’m this old.