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nonspecialist

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:he_him: Living in #Naarm (#Melbourne) on Wurundjeri Woiwurrung country; I nerd. Linux/open source; metal casting; wild clay pottery; climbing; brewing; motorcycles; very left; completely atheist. Once upon a time, I was a sysadmin: SunOS and Solaris, and then Linux. Now, I'm a consultant, telling people what they've already heard about DevOps (the cultural kind, not just k8s with sugar on).

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nonspecialist, to random
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@decryption sent you an email

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Christ on a crutch Microsoft you bloody did not just add random ass widgets to the login screen did you? You did? WTF for? Who asked for this?

nonspecialist,
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@dawnstar @decryption could you just … not use windows? (modulo work-mandated/specific toolset requirements)

nonspecialist,
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@decryption @dawnstar yeah I admit I’ve spent a fair chunk of my time avoiding it. Successfully, so far, but still not possible to avoid some of the tentacles (Teams, Outlook, SharePoint …)

jpm, to random
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Ok computer-touches of the fediverse, I’ve had enough of the Windows fucks and will be installing Debian <soon>. Maybe 20 years has been enough for a viable Linux on the desktop, who knows…

So what window manager are the cool kids using these days? Is Enlightenment still a thing? I want to not have fuck with things

nonspecialist,
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@jpm Fedora with GNOME here and it just works.

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Did you ever eat dry 2-minute noodles as a snack? They‘ve make it into a product now

nonspecialist,
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@jpm one of the characters in “The Brothers Sun” eats Buldak x2 spicy noodles dry from the packet … one day, I’ll give it a go

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FUCKING RUDE!

ahem apparently Safari has a 500 tab soft limit

nonspecialist,
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@jpm wow this makes me feel practically in control

jpm, (edited ) to random
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with an immaculately-trimmed suburban driveway goatee.

nonspecialist,
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@jpm that looks like more of a merkin

jpm, (edited ) to random
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I’m going to spend my day by mowing the lawn and fixing cupboard door hinges.

nonspecialist,
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@jpm I’m respecting the troops by calling Mum and maybe making lime pickle then getting on the PlayStation till my thumbs fall off. It’s what the diggers would have wanted.

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Oh THAT’s neat! 1G SFP to USB-C NIC. I’d love a 10G version of this, but that’ll involve some excitingly expensive FPGA inside

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005744636349.html

nonspecialist,
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@jpm suspect that a 10G version would involve some exciting active cooling for a hotplug device

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Just copped toddler spews 2 nights in a row AMA

nonspecialist,
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@jpm maybe some kind of bib, helmet, or plug?

Been there. Hope it resolves soon. Not fun for anyone.

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I feel 10 x as productive already! https://chat.openai.com/share/a21e5542-49c0-43e4-839f-09b1ed2a09e3

nonspecialist,
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@aj @emilybache @jasongorman @matthewskelton so like pairing with an early career developer that’s watched a lot of videos then?

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What. The. Fuck? @CursedFootprint

Edit: this is not a @NanoRaptor shitpost, it’s real. Datasheet at https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/semiconductors/powerdevices/datasheets/dipipm/s-mini/ver6/pss15s92e(f)6-ag_e.pdf

nonspecialist,
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@jpm @CursedFootprint if this has nothing to do with @NanoRaptor then … well, totally cursed

nonspecialist,
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@jpm @CursedFootprint @NanoRaptor then, as you said, what the fuck?

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@jpm are you the right person to ask about RF stuffs? I have a weather base station that keeps losing signal, both from outdoor and indoor sensors. I have it apart and I think that the antenna is the wrong length (433MHz so 173mm quarter wave) so am considering trimming, but I’m for once asking others first

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@jpm this is Warburton so not too much military, but our neighbour has some Serious Kit up in the air (without actually asking it looks like ADSB-size)

Here’s a photo of the board/antenna

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ICYMI, this is the thread where at least 3 seasoned IT professionals with decades of experience each were simultaneously horrified by a shitpost that turned out to be real: https://aus.social/@jpm/111805019853291760

nonspecialist,
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@jpm make that at least 4

nonspecialist, to random
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Every now and then, you get to do a Thing that you know you know how to do, and it turns out that you did know. It takes 5 minutes, it works first time, and you wonder if you’re somehow … not doing anything special.

Don’t undersell the time, effort, and knowledge that you’ve spent building that understanding.

Don’t be paid for the outcome and the time - be paid for the years it took you to get there.

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Last boost: I make that nearly 4kg and I call shenanigans

nonspecialist,
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@jpm @liamvhogan we call them “bowl-chokers”

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More piccies from the amble.

Rock formations with interesting erosion.
A lush forest with dense greenery and a rock formation visible through the trees.
Two hikers on rocks with moss near a stream in a wooded area.

nonspecialist,
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@jpm @stufromoz @geordie everything’s lickable. Once.

jpm, to random
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H… holy shit… I found a logic bug using a unit test?

I should write these more often!

nonspecialist,
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@jpm bit think of how many future bugs you’ve addressed as well!

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Brb going drain fishing

nonspecialist,
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@jpm there’s a whole subreddit about pressure washing and they are Very Serious about the damage that can happen from not wearing PPE. There have been horrifying photos. Also, for next time: sunscreen.

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Pies are made. Chickens are brining. Pav is ready to be dressed. Wtf do I do with 4 extra zucchini?

nonspecialist,
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@timrichards well I have no idea how that came from me, then

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Can’t believe I don’t have any spare micro SD cards in the house. I can totally believe I just can’t find one, and that I’ll find two as soon as I get back from buying a new one.

nonspecialist,
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@jpm eek

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@jpm I got a “high endurance” SanDisk 32GB from orificeworks for $24. Seems about right

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