Michael Richardson
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Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant.
An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the
1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and
building embedded networking products, in the security sector.
Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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1d ago
@AskPippa eSIM. I like airolo. I maintain their Global SIM, so my second number stays the same: (a) Canadian providers suck at doing prices. (b) Receiving text and calls is usually free. (c) CDN banks never got the NIST message about how insecure SMS is, and go whole hog on it. Annoyance is group SMS breaks. Do not reply to texts from the bank, or you pay the $14 to roam that day.
If airolo would let me port my number to them, it would be bye bye Telus. I do appreciate Telus have V6.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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3d ago
@buherator @badkeys No, they thought they were generating an ECDSA key, for which a 256 or 384 bit would be strong. But, they didn't provide the right arguments, and wound up with RSA. I think the OP posted the private key that they were able to crack trivially.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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6d ago
https://jamesfell.substack.com/p/terry-fox-begins-his-marathon-of April 12, 1980, Terry Fox started. "I'm not crying, you are crying". I lived in Fredericton, NB. I was 9, and I couldn't really understand how difficult a challenge this was. I didn't know Four Seasons had supported him.
I remember seeing the sign outside Thunder Bay on our 2018 trip.
I only vaguely remember him travelling through Fredericton.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Mar 28, 2026
@kb01 @Aleums Back in the early days of smartphone (Nokia9000, 770/Maemo...) people imagined/prototyped key exchange systems that involved putting two devices together and shaking them together. okay, so leave the devices in your pocket, and dance together... Dirty dance maybe.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Mar 27, 2026
@Aleums It's not a rave. It's a human powered random number generator.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Mar 04, 2026
Does my #mastodon instance/account keep track of number of people who follow me (that I don't follow back) who then have their accounts killed/removed? 90% of people following me in the past few months have been real, interesting people who I definitely wanted to follow back. But, in the past few weeks it's been 90% empty accounts, which I assume are phisphing.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Mar 04, 2026
"The cool thing about solar and wind energy is that it doesn't need to pass through the Strait of Hormuz" ("kirtzimmer"). #operationepsteinfury #operationenduringepstein
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Mar 03, 2026
#microslop ! (ham, eggs and ...) #microslop [Would be nice to get independent confirmation of this]
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Feb 26, 2026
An article https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/adhd-symptoms-high-stress on why #adhd #neurodivergent "stay" calm in a crisis.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Feb 23, 2026
I get really irked at TV dramas that can't seem to read an airline schedule, or calculate time zone differences. From Death in Paradise always talking to London at the wrong time of day, to The Recruit to does DC<->Phoenix without even knowing there are time zones. Now... Departure... a movie about an air crash/tragedy... that also seems to not understand that 99% of east bound atlantic flights are overnight. Yeah, there are a FEW JFK->LON which are not, but only because it's such a huge market.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Feb 23, 2026
More incredible incompetence at #canada #revenueCanada: "Submission Issue via Internet File Transfer (IFT)
You are receiving this notice as you are subscribed to the following electronic mailing list: Electronic Filing of Information Returns.
This notice is directed to users of the Internet File Transfer (IFT) application.
You may encounter the following error while submitting your XML file via My Business
Account or Represent a client, on the “File a return - Confirm of receipt” page:
Error - General
Please contact CRA
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Feb 23, 2026
#canada #ssc #competition #android "<info@competitionbureau.gc.ca>: connect to
competitionbureau.gc.ca[192.197.183.84]:25: Connection timed out "
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Feb 22, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1sJ3EplDz8 Snow (avalanche, I think) conditions cancel #FIS #Freeride World Tour #fwt Georgia 2026 event. I think that means next one is Alaska... where is the date for that..
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Jan 31, 2026
@zacchiro@mastodon.xyzy my fifth #fosdem, I have yet to go to any talk in Jensen, opening or closing. I agree it is exciting that we have that many new people... Willing to get up early...
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Dec 28, 2025
@mattblaze@federate.social I wonder if there advantages of the rotary converters? Like maybe the inertia helps to damp voltage variations?
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Michael Richardson
@mcr314@todon.nl
Michael Richardson is an open source and open standards consultant. An autodidact, he wrote mail transfer agents as a teenager, and in the 1990s, after failing at high energy physics, found his calling designing and building embedded networking products, in the security sector. Michael is a father of a young adult, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Oct 26, 2025
@sodiboo Technology has no volition, it can't be cool or not. It wasn't technology that was cool, it was always that the TransFurryHackers that were cool. That the moneysick were posing as cool people (and they convinced the moneysick poser media) is really just another part of their sickness.
The "500 channel universe" was never supposed to be owned/intermediated by these morons. That happened because: NAT44, Windows-too-unsafe-to-use, Incumbent-Telco-want-eyeballs-not-citizens. #ipv6 #homehosting
I keep looking for business models that would support #littlebrother community mesh networks. Best I have come up with is community backups.
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