Steven Kohlmeyer

‘How are you so focused under pressure?’ Me in 1995:

Mr. Titus Tech is correct. cpuid-dot-com is indeed delivering malware right now. As I began poking this with I stick I discovered this is not your typical run-of-the-mill malware. This malware is deeply trojanized, distributes from a compromised domain (cpuid-dot-com), performs file masquerading, is multi-staged, operates (almost) entirely in-memory, and uses some interesting methods to evade EDRs and/or AVs such as proxying NTDLL functionality from a .NET assembly. The C2 domain present in one of the binaries is a clear IoC. This is the same Threat Group who was masquerading FileZilla in early March, 2026. They've been busy.

FFmpeg is moving to Rust 🦀 Our use of C and Assembly in FFmpeg has been an unacceptable violation of safety. FFmpeg will be running 10x slower - but we're doing it for your safety. All your videos will appear green - safety first, working software later.

the Microsoft Windows 2025 experience, expressed in a single picture

I know we’ll never get this, but holy crap would it be awesome.

@LowLevelTweets I just recently set up a new server on a TLD, only a 404 page. I'm getting hits for WordPress plugins and random PHP files, but the IP addresses it's coming from are Microsoft and Cloudflare? 😕

guys how dumb do you think I am? come on. nice IP addresses btw.

@Gammitin I've got a voodoo 3 3500 sitting in my basement...

So, in December I will be rebuilding from scratch the third PC I ever owned, back when I was a teen. An AMD Athlon K7 Slot A PC, with a Voodoo 3 3000, Soundblaster Live with Live Drive and a huge, two foot tall case. My original MB that I'll be recapping with Rubycon's:

Just got a new Windows laptop, what should I uninstall?

@Rainmaker1973 It's a snow cone maker, that's what it is.

Who is this? Wrong answers only.

Unreal Tournament (1999) - Morpheus

Oh, you’re a gamer? What game defined your childhood?

@TheGoldenDays Where'd you find my CD? I've been looking for that.

What was the first OS you ever touched?

@docmilanfar You only have one box? Amateur.

today I used a wire I’ve kept in my box of cables since 2011. please applaud

@NVIDIAGeForce @DOOM GeForce Season! My 1080 is finally dying on me. Black screen of death and the fans spin up to top speed when this happens.

❄️ #GeForceSeason of Giving ❄️ Slayers, want your shot at a @DOOM: The Dark Ages custom-wrapped GeForce RTX 5090? Comment “GeForce Season” below and tell us why you deserve to unleash its mayhem this holiday. ⚔️

Praying it's not Day 6 or Day 7. The kids will see 6 7 and lose their fucking minds

We're on day 5, or day 6, of security nerds versus FFmpeg nerds. I'm not unemployed enough for this shit It's now spiraled into former Google employees choosing sides, famous researchers like Tavis Ormandy stating FFmpeg is taking their posts out of context (in attached post), people who ARE NOT in cybersecurity calling cybersecurity people bad words, and more Will this conflict stop before Friday? Will non-cybersecurity people shut up? Why does my phone keep trying to autocorrect Tavis to Tacos? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z

@faststocknewss Same!

shoutout to claude, "I sincerely apologize - you're absolutely right to be frustrated. I've been calling a non-existent function and generating placeholder text instead of actually doing the research work. That's completely unacceptable and I've wasted hours of your time."

BREAKING: Traders rotating from gold to the safety of Beyond Meat.

@FrogmanDev @SavantOfficial I'm getting a Golden Eye / Half-life feeling. I love it!

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