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 Bill and Pickle were largely responsible for discovery of a security issue that involved a comedy of errors, and eventual discovery of an old "fixed" bug that's not //truly// fixed for many users of FreeBSD. Whilst I can't draw attention to the public comedy (it's not entirely amusing), here's a two-point overview: Bill and Pickle were largely responsible for discovery of a security issue that involved a comedy of errors, and eventual discovery of an old "fixed" bug that's not //truly// fixed for many users of FreeBSD. Whilst I can't draw attention to the public comedy (it's not entirely amusing), here's a two-point overview:
  
-   - https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111377465852217006 +   - [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111377465852217006|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111377465852217006]] 
-  - https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111421799789564704 explaining the cats' role in discovery.+  - [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111421799789564704|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111421799789564704]] explaining the cats' role in discovery.
  
 Sidestep away from the cats. To me, and where I hang out: Sidestep away from the cats. To me, and where I hang out:
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   * [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin ]]   * [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin ]]
   * [[https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin|https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin ]]   * [[https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin|https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin ]]
-  * [[https://forums.freebsd.org/members/grahamperrin.35084/#about|my profile at The FreeBSD Forums ]] – access restricted (not by me), it's not significantly different from what's above. 
  
 I'm dyslexic, reportedly. It probably doesn't show in my writing. Long story. I'm dyslexic, reportedly. It probably doesn't show in my writing. Long story.
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-Avatar in [[https://codeberg.org/grahamperrin/|Codeberg]] and some other places: from the cover of [[https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2014/07/19/book-review-the-worlds-of-frank-herbert-frank-herbert-1970/|the 1970 edition of]]// The Worlds of Frank Herbert//  (credit: Jan Parker).+Avatar in places such as [[https://codeberg.org/grahamperrin/|Codeberg]]: from the cover of [[https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2014/07/19/book-review-the-worlds-of-frank-herbert-frank-herbert-1970/|the 1970 edition of]]// The Worlds of Frank Herbert//  (credit: Jan Parker). If you're vaguely disconcerted by detached heads and shoulders in a serene alien landscape, you should tremble in fear at [[https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/111460966674032287|the detached head]] sometimes encountered by people like me on planet Earth.
  
-Mugshot in [[https://gitlab.com/grahamperrin|GitLab]]: from a 2018 holiday in Greece.+Mugshot in places such as [[https://gitlab.com/grahamperrin|GitLab]]: from a 2018 holiday in Greece. 
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 +Avatar in places such as [[https://github.com/grahamperrin|GitHub]] and BSD Cafe: [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/forestservicenw/23273672529/|a bunny rabbit]]. Partly because it's less confusing than a 1970 vision of a faraway planet, but more because: 
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 +  * **bunny rabbits**. 
 +Think about them. Think: bunny rabbits. Feel better? //I do//. 
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 +**Footnote**: bunny rabbits tried valiantly, ultimately failed, to spread happiness at the Forums. 
 + 
 +I joined in 2012, quit in June 2022, rejoined in October 2023. All profiles, including [[https://forums.freebsd.org/members/grahamperrin.35084/#about|mine]], are hidden from the public. The May 2024 transformation – from //Graham Perrin//  to **//Cath O'Deray//**  – was: 
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 +  * largely for giggles ([[https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/113/467/713/668/554/284/original/587211c0e8d9773a.png|avatar: a cathode ray tube]]) whilst continuing to provide technical support – with screenshots, as one might expect from a CRT TV screen 
 +  * harmonious with whims of the intolerant, narrow-minded [[https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/ignoramus|ignoramus]] clique that insists upon "The Power To Serve" __without__  the modernity of serving links to a twenty-first century Internet that exists beyond The FreeBSD Forums. 
 + 
 +Readers with a sense of humour might note that Cath's primary occupation was //Tube//. Her secondary occupation, not divulged during her time there: //Statistical Analyst//  – a five-month contract, which involved removal of a few hundred links to the Internet. (She didn't pay attention to all 8,000+ comments, only the subset that was found through normal web browsing.) Conclusion: 
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 +  * links to the FreeBSD subreddit – one of the clique's irrational obsessions – formed less than 0.005% of what's now gone. 
 + 
 +Analyses complete, I quit, for the second time, [[http://archive.today/2024.11.11-072117/https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ekvrxv/best_place_for_technical_discussions/lunpa0w/#15%|in October 2024]] – [[https://forums.freebsd.org/tags/absence/|https://forums.freebsd.org/tags/absence/]]. I suppose that mean-minded bloodsuckers will continue to infect the place – I'm thankful that those emotionally ugly suckers are so miniscule a part of the community, but more thankful that I quit before they bled me dry.