(He/Him) World's only AAA-rated GRC Hacker. DEF CON Group Melbourne Founder. Infinidash Expert. @aldebaran@defcon.social Former blue check.
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At DEF CON 34, we celebrated the people building hacker communities year-round. Our DCG Creator Stage recordings are now available, showcasing the voices and experiences that make DEF CON Groups what they are.
Watch: youtu.be/xnEnjZmfJgU
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We started "Distance" back in 2020. More than 900 hand-painted frames and a long list of talented collaborators later, it's finally done.
Written by Nate DiMeo and originally published in @thememorypalace , it tells the story of Samuel Finley Breese Morse: his years as a painter, his personal story, and the path that led him to help shape one of the most important inventions in modern communication.
It had its night on the big screen in September where it won "Best Canadian Short" at the Spark Animation 2026 festival @SparkCG. Now it's coming to the tiny ones in your pockets and your desks.
Online premiere October 21.
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Except in the Southern Hemisphere, they go clockwise
Did you know that there is AN ACTUAL STUDY about circle pits and how they rotate counter clockwise? It blew my mind, I could NOT think of a single pit I’ve been to where people are going clockwise (unless they are crowd killing or forming after a wall of death)
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Look, picking between nano or vim isn't just an editor preference. I have a theory that it tells me what kind of person you are.
nano users:
- get promoted at work for being "easy to work with"
- spend a considerable amount of time working on improving their LinkedIn headline
- write documentation
- likely have a plant on their desk
- cook from a recipe
- have a partner that knows what they do for a living
- have more IRL friends than online
- write dates like Sept 16, 2026
- have hobbies
vim users:
- have job stability because no one else knows how to keep the legacy servers running
- spend a considerable amount of time working on improving their terminal settings (zsh ftw btw)
- don't read documentation
- likely have a mechanical keyboard on their desk
- cook from memory or feel
- have a partner that just thinks you "do computers" for a living
- have more online friends than IRL
- only uses ISO 8601 date format
- have a hobby
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Share this with your local @defcongroups and beyond 💯
#CantStopTheSignal
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The flyunder at the NFL game in Australia was incredible
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Did you love the live music sets in Chillout at #DEFCON34‽ Well, they are now available on the DEF CON media server. Thanks @defcon_music @defcon and all the amazing Artists! #chillout #hackermusic #DEFCON
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For those interested, I wore these amazingly disturbing toe shoes on stage for Feet Feud.
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i just explained to one of my team members that IR exercises are actually just an exercise of the 5 stages of grief. felt that i could impart that wisdom here as well.
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My @McDonalds bigmac had no bigmac sauce.. totally summed up my day today
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The #bsidesmel2026 team right now. Thank you to the absolute legends who make up the @BSidesMelbourne team and everyone who helped make 2026 the best yet.. until the next one!
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