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I'm at #SharkFest this week and someone brought in a vintage protocol analyzer. As you can see, looking at network traffic used to require gear that was a) specialized and b) heavy.

My dudes, if you can understand SYN-ACK, you can understand consent

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Not sure what conclusion to draw from this, but selling all of your AI stocks probably isn't outside the bounds of reason.

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Wireshark 4.6.6 is now available! See release notes HERE. Support ongoing development by donating via the Wireshark Foundation.

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Interested in Stratoshark? Learn how to analyze system calls and log messages more effectively. Don’t miss Pre-Conference Class II at SharkFest’26 US in Nashville! Josh Clark will lead this 1-day training course on July 20: Introduction to Stratoshark for Network Engineers. Register now!

the severe misread of youth by ai prophets is that at 22 you’re starving for agency. all your life you’ve waited to call your own shots. the idea that what you get instead is “tell the machine to draw a horse” is inherently offensive

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yup. It's so tiring hearing that we (as teachers) MUST "prepare our students for an AI future" & "get on the AI train or else be left behind," & I'm aware that some professors are using AI for grading or creating AI lectures using avatars of themselves, but I think if "AI is the future" we're fucked

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I’ve posted it before, but it feels evergreen The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

Jake Anbinder@jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I think we need an inverse thread where we talk about things that normal intelligent people universally agree upon that are for some reason hot takes within your profession

Periodic reminder that if even a little bit of your job involves looking at packets, you should show up at SharkFest.

Wireshark Foundation@wiresharkfoundation.org · 5mo ago

Wireshark comes to Nashville, TN for SharkFest’26 US, July 18–23! Dive deep with hands-on labs and expert sessions led by the people who build and use Wireshark every day. Meet core developers, network with your peers, grow your professional network, and more. Register now!

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Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture. Understood instantly what it meant.

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Go home Visual Studio Code, you're drunk and getting handsy.

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explainer thread re: some of the most important physical components & what actually does what in a(n ethernet) switch:

Apple 1992 vs 2025

I keep having to justify why I want to go to conferences outside the USA and the simple answer is "Many of the people it would be helpful to talk to are no longer able to enter the USA"

The changed code is a small fraction of an open source contribution. Your commitment to understand the issue, how your proposed solution fits with the project, and be ready to own and push the review process forward is the biggest chunk of the work. Your effort is the contribution, not the code.

Just want to take a moment and give the @wiresharkfoundation.org a shout-out for having AWESOME documentation. I absolutely love it when official docs include clear and concise explanations, including "hey here's this common issue, why it happens, and a few ways to work around it."

a woman in a tuxedo is sitting in front of a crowd of people at an awards ceremony .

Alt: GIF of Meryl Streep clapping and pointing shouting "YES"

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im so liberal even my home network is using DEI

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