SRE working in email. Gay. Married. Doggy daddy.

I like Star Trek, genealogy, O scale model trains, history, Pokemon, LEGO, coin collecting, books, music, board gaming, video gaming, camping, 420, and more.

Mastodon: @leopardboy@netmonkey.xyz

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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Depends on the context, I think. For me, I rarely do it for personal stuff. If I wanted to be perfect, I could do it, assuming a signature is available to verify, but I’m lazy. I would venture to say most folks don’t do it either.

    With that being said, where I have been consistent about doing it has been writing config management code at work. If I need to have it download an installer from an untrusted source, I can verify that I’m installing the same package on all servers by verifying the signature before installation. This doesn’t always work well in all circumstances, though.











  • In the Mastodon web interface, you can take the URL of the Lemmy community and paste it into the search bar. After you press Enter, the community should show up, and you can follow it.

    Another way to reference the community is using @ notation. For this community, you’d reference @technology@beehaw.org in Mastodon.

    I use Ivory to access my Mastodon account, and I’ve found that it doesn’t recognize URLs from Lemmy at all. So, the @ notation works best there. Regardless, the Mastodon web interface handles it all properly.