Daniel Moch

Looking forward to publication version 4 of NIST SP 800-63B so I can point every IT organization to section 3.1.1.2 and tell them to stop making me periodically change my password csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/...

Just sat down to host a speaker office hour at #OSSummit. I’ll be here until 11. Come and find me behind the escalators if you want to talk s3c!

Speaking at #OSSummit today on software supply chain security in the public sector. Check it out if you’re around!

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Fun talk from @eddiezane.bsky.social and @danielmoch.com at #ossummit about working in air gapped environments with open source tools.

At the gate, MCO -> DEN for #OSSNA #opensourcesummit

See you there!

New blog post: "Why computational reproducibility matters"

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Yeah, it doesn’t have container-level isolation, and one hopes macOS Containers will “just work” in a way Lima can’t boast, but still, I’ve successfully used the latter *behind an inspecting proxy*. That takes some real flexibility, and it’s all there.

I’m as excited about macOS Containers as anyone, but I also think the fine folks at lima-vm.io deserve credit for already putting together a great solution for Docker on macOS

I think a sandwich requires bread. Do wedge salads typically include croutons?

a person is reaching for a book in a library with a caption that says i bless the rains down in africa . Alt: A clip of Toto’s “Africa.” Reads: “I bless the rains down in Africa.”

Me, choking on Saharan dust:

TIL that *proximal* cause is a term of art in philosophy, while *proximate* causation is a legal concept.

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It's an "n=1" data set, but it appears that missing my evening
dose of magnesium can cut my sleep in half.

Just learned that the hard way.

a woman is looking at a chalkboard with mathematical equations on it . Alt: Meme: confused woman sees math

Me trying to figure out why the builtin MacOS Terminal isn't enough

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Apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK.

I haven't seen a lot of people mentioning this, but if you are going to #Kubecon and you have a US passport (among many others) you need to get the Electronic Travel Authorization before you go to the UK. It can take up to 3 business days, though mine took 15 minutes.
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I’m happy to share that I was recently elected Co-Chair, Public Sector User Group at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). If you work in the public sector and are interested in learning more about cloud technologies, I'd love to talk to you!

It is noteworthy how often I will have a vague thought that I do not fully understand it until I have written it out. It is embarrassing how poorly I have recognized and understood this dynamic.

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Local coffee shop playing The Decemberists and The Smashing Pumpkins. 🎶🎵

Not even an old one?

It was a pleasure working with the folks @openssf.org on this!

I have written a guest post for the OpenSSF blog that has just gone live!
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Looking back this is almost always the result of a lack of discipline on my part, and not due to the fact that I particularly did not enjoy any of them, much less that I disliked them. So I am going to start going through these books more intentionally.

After about a … checks notes … 13-year hiatus, I have started maintaining my Goodreads profile again. If I have learned anything from the experience, it is that I have started and subsequently not finished a lot of books.

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I've never had this before, but it looks delicious!

Hope and Other Things

In which I reflect on a long, personal, and emotional journey

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#personal #mentalhealth

I also think it is a funny passage. I am not really going anywhere with this. I just think it is nice having kids old enough to appreciate some of the same things you do. I am here for this new phase of being a parent!

“Good morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat. “What do you mean?” he said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” “All of them at once,” said Bilbo.

Last night I started reading The Hobbit to my children, and they went to pieces as I read this exchange:

Acme: The Un-Terminal

Reasons to prefer an integrating development environment

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I have spent far too long this weekend trying to figure out how to prevent superscripts from affecting line height on web pages.

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