Call me Al

Internet unperson by choice. Must love cats.
Here to learn and find friends, not to fight. [email protected]

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@EBasilion Yes! I also recall very good cantaloupe as a child.
Stopping once with my grandfather on the way to the shore they were 10 for a dollar!
(Now, decades of inflation later, $4/ea at Trader Joe's)

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@just_bearit May your circadian rhythm soon be back on track.
Definitely not normal. Hope you sleep well tonight.

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@Giantguitars The original vintage white pickguard on my '69 Tele bass eventually disintegrated; voting for black.

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@VibesMBSE Fumbled the blocks, tho - should have been 132col green-bar fanfold.

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@PontistGirl Still true.

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@burn_naomi @littlebayschool Long-lasting, as they are impregnated with creosote.

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@MrCamerahead @funplings Affordance is the heart of it.

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@400LUXMP33 Congratulations! My your years together be joyous, fruitful, and many.

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@generic_void No Sgian dubh in the right sock; perhaps you are left-handed?

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@mberk May I paraphrase Brigham Young:
'The Mill of Government grinds exceeding slow,
and not particularly fine'

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@mberk Similar for my F2917 for penalty abatement, F4107 for WebPay relief. Sent via USPS certified, return receipt, and FTB did not start working on them until uploaded electronically. Never acknowledged the paper copies.

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@Casumptious A very handsome cat. May he fit in nicely with the others.

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@mberk I have been using it (with little success so far) trying abate an unfair penalty arising from trying to use WebPay.

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@mberk You have to create a myFTB account and log in with 2FA for it to be available. v.i.

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@mberk I have reasonable experiences with myFTB online chat.
Usually <15m wait, and you can copy & save for a record of what was said. No music; some reminders of your place in line.

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[Shaban Shaame @shaban_shaame]

I got hacked at 3:59 AM without clicking anything. My voicemail handed the attacker my Telegram login code.

Here is exactly how it worked, so it doesn't happen to you.

3:54 AM. My phone rings about ten times in a row, No Caller ID. That was not harassment. It was the attack: keep my line busy.

Meanwhile, the attacker asks Telegram to log in with my number and picks "send the code by phone call". My line is busy, so Telegram's robot call lands on my voicemail and reads the code out loud to it.

Carrier voicemail can often be reached remotely, with a default PIN or a spoofed caller ID. He listens to the message. At 3:59 he is in.

Fortunately, the attack was noisy. The calls woke me up. At 4 AM I only wanted to go back to sleep, but I had the presence of mind to check my notifications. Telegram was showing a new login from a device I didn't know. That check is what saved me: I ended his session within minutes. If I had rolled over, the next day would have been a mess.

In those few minutes he had already typed /balance, then /start on every old wallet bot he could find in my chats. He was hunting for funds tied to my Telegram. The bots were long dead and nothing was lost. He still had time to set his own 2FA password on my account.

What would have stopped it:

Telegram two-step verification, with a recovery email. With a password on the account, the code alone is useless.
Your voicemail. Change the PIN, block remote access, or turn it off (##002# cancels call forwarding on most carriers).
Same for WhatsApp and any service that can send a code by voice call.
No seeds, keys or passwords in Saved Messages. Ever.
A burst of masked calls at night is a signal, not a nuisance. Check your notifications and your active sessions.

I have been building in crypto for more than ten years and I had never thought about my voicemail. Check yours today.

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@desertlace DM fee will sort out the poors, for sure.

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@CarolWalshReal1 Reminds me of:
Red sky at morning - sailors take warning
Red sky at night - sailors' delight

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@Spanish_Techno 🫡