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shane_kerr

@shane_kerr@fosstodon.org

DNS protocol nerd. Linux, Python fan. Go skeptic.

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becha, to Hrvatska
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Me, with a kinked neck, after sleeping the whole night on 2 trains & 2 busses (also the sculpture is called “vesna “!!)

shane_kerr,
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@becha I was feeling grumpy for having to wake up at 05:15 to catch a train this morning. Thank you for reminding me why I made this wise decision instead of traveling through the night. 😉😆

jpmens, to random
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Yet another draft: ZONEVERSION

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-zoneversion/

I actually like the idea of receiving the SOA serial (zone version) in a response. Makes certain debugs easier

shane_kerr,
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@jpmens I wanted a signed SOA returned, which could be used for TTL stretching by caches if allowed by the zone administrator.

For example, if I lookup a record in version X of a zone, then later look up a different record in the same zone and discover that it is still version X, then I can reset the TTL for the first record as if I had just looked it up.

jpmens, to Ansible
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quote: "Here's a cool one-liner for you:"

shane_kerr,
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@jpmens Incorrect laziness. You can just enable auto updates in Debian and not worry about it. 😄

shane_kerr, to random
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I guess I only have myself to blame for using Ubuntu, but upgrading to the latest version (24.04) switched Thunderbird from a proper Debian package to some Snap monstrosity, losing my account setup in the process. 😠

cassidy, to random
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I wish I had all the money to throw at hardware, specifically for Linux testing/development. 😭 I’m super interested in trying out:

• @starlabs StarFighter and StarLite
• Steam Deck
• Newest Dell XPSes
• Samsung 27" 5K display (HiDPI on an external display, yes please!)
• Modern powerful ARM laptop

I feel like there is a lot of interesting stuff going on in the hardware land that I don’t get to check out!

shane_kerr,
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@cassidy @starlabs I ordered my StarLite in August 2023. At that time the website said "7-9 weeks shipping time", which I thought was a lot but I'm patient.

Nothing on the web site indicated that the StarLite was not even manufactured yet, and certainly nothing indicating that it was more like 7-9 MONTHS shipping time.

I'm still waiting. It's looking like 10 to 11 months now. It better be fucking awesome.

https://support.starlabs.systems/status/abd989c6-61fc-4f18-b11b-45e94f9615d0

shane_kerr, to random
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I sat in a mandatory integrity training today. Apparently "integrity" means "don't break the law".

I'm trying to decide if the company is lawful neutral or lawful evil. 🤔

shane_kerr, to random
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I'm trying to set up a 3-node k3s cluster with Raspberry Pi's, which seems like it should be possible using only one install command per server:

https://docs.k3s.io/datastore/ha-embedded

However, the k3s instances keep crashing. Has anyone set this up? I feel like I must be missing something simple.

Also, I hate that the recommended way is to run a shell script off the Internet as root, but here we are. Also also, the logs are super spammy, making it hard for a n00b like me to debug.

shane_kerr, to Ansible
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I'm cleaning up problems reported by ansible-lint and am down to a couple of these:

https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/rules/no-handler/

The problem that I have is that if I follow the recommendation and convert the tasks to handlers, then the handlers will be very far away in the playbook - way down at the bottom, hundreds of lines later.

I can silence the error, but I guess it is there for a reason.

Am I crazy? Or is the idea that I should be having smaller playbooks or what?

shane_kerr,
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@ascherbaum But that's about when the handler is invoked, right? The definition of the handler will still be far below the task that triggers it, won't it?

When reading a playbook I can follow the declarations, but it is far below then I have to save my position in the file, search for the handler, read it, then move back.

It's like using end notes instead of foot notes, requiring a lot more mental energy.

shane_kerr,
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@ascherbaum Well I basically have a playbook that sets up everything on a metal server in a cluster. So installing packages, configuring email, creating swap, changing from systemd timesync to ntpd and so on. It's a lot of simple things. I guess that I can split it up, but have never had any reason to... until now, and it feels a bit arbitrary. 🤔

Lana, to random
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Dear New York Times et al,

He was never a successful businessman.

  1. He inherited 400 million dollars and turned that into zero dollars.
  2. He went bankrupt 7 times.
  3. Some of those bankruptcies were casinos, literally a licence to print money which he couldn't manage.
  4. He conned kids with cancer out of money once. That's why he can't run a charity anymore.
  5. The following business ventures no longer exist or are insolvent:
    a. Trump Steaks
    b. Trump University
    c. Trump Mortgage
    d. Trump Vodka
    e. Trump: The Game
    f. Trump Ice
    g. GoTrump.com
    h. Trump Magazine
    i. The New Jersey Generals
    j. Trump Airlines
    k. Trump Entertainment Resorts (filed for bankruptcy FOUR TIMES)
    l. Trump Tower Tampa
    m. Trump Taj Mahal
    n. The Trump Plaza
    o. Trump Castle
    p. Plaza Hotel
    q. Trump Media and Technology Group
    r. Truth Social
    s. Trump Shuttle, Inc
    t. Trump Fire
    u. Trump Power
    v. Trump's American Pale Ale
    w. Trump Marina
    x. Trump Casino, Indiana
    y. Trump Style
    z. Trump World Magazine
    aa. Trumpnet, LLC
    ab. Trump Entrepreneur Initiative
    ac. Trump Fragrances
    ad. Empire by Trump
    ae. Trump Mattress
    af. Tour de Trump
    ag. Trump Network
    ah. Trumped!
    ai. Trump Menswear
    aj. Trump Home
    ak. Success by Trump
    al. Trump Hotel Bedding Line
    am. Donald J. Trump Eyeglasses
    an. Donald Trump Regency Lighting
    ao. Select by Trump Coffee
  6. Of the 16 companies that were manufacturing Trump-branded products in 2015, only 2 remain in business less than 10 years later. Neither of those companies are American. One is located in Panama and the other is located in Turkey.

Stop saying "successful businessman". My little company founded in 2014 has been in business longer, employs more people, and makes more income than 99% of his ventures. The difference between him and me is access to capital, which means he gets unlimited bites at the apple, and I get just this one if I'm lucky.

Signed,
a small business owner in Washington

shane_kerr,
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@jik @Lana https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-casinos-were-failures-2016-6

Apparently he was both a bad businessman because he borrowed at high rates and siphoned off money from the business to himself. Basically what you would expect.

jpmens, to random
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    shane_kerr,
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    @jpmens I feel personally attacked. 😉

    dnsoarc, to random
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    Shane Kerr @shane_kerr from NS1, an IBM Company is sharing some surprising revelations with us about what actually happens during an outage when you have tried to add resilience to your authoritative DNS by using multiple vendor hosting... 😱 https://bit.ly/3SNG0ST
    ^CA

    shane_kerr,
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    @jpmens @dnsoarc Usually OARC sessions end up on YouTube at some point. The slides are already up:

    https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/48/contributions/1035/attachments/1001/1951/Using%20Multiple%20Authoritative%20Vendors%20Does%20Not%20Work.pdf

    I'm also happy to discuss the research and findings!

    shane_kerr, to random
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    I admit I die a little inside every time I see concrete data showing that zfs is the best file system for some use case.

    shane_kerr,
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    @jpmens I'm sure that ZFS is a fine file system, but the fact that Sun and/or Oracle deliberately chose a license incompatible with the GPL means that it is DEAD TO ME. ☠️

    Basically I agree with Linus Torvalds when he wrote, "Don't use ZFS":

    https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189841

    shane_kerr, to random
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    @bortzmeyer Yesterday I wore the same shirt that you have on now. Narrowly missed a fashion faux pas at FOSDEM!

    shane_kerr, to random
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    Netflix used to have older Star Trek shows in the Netherlands, until sometime over the last few days. I desperately need these so I can listen to the latest episodes of the Greatest Generation podcast.

    I tried startrek.com but the "where to watch" button only tells me about new Trek shows. Searching for CBS streaming only returns how to use a VPN to pretend to be a client in the USA.

    I can order a DVD of the season I'm watching on eBay for €15, and find a DVD reader to rip it, or Pirate Bay?

    jtk, to random

    Weekend Reads:

    shane_kerr,
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    @jtk TFW the very first toot on Mastodon fills most of the day reading...

    b0rk, (edited ) to random
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    i have this long term project I've been slowly thinking about for years to figure out how to help folks get more comfortable on the unix command line.

    I have this sense that there are a lot of people who have been using the command line for 5-20 years but still don't really feel at home there

    (not looking for advice, it's just something I'm thinking about)

    some related posts:
    https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/08/what-helps-people-get-comfortable-on-the-command-line-/
    https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/04/12/a-list-of-new-ish--command-line-tools/

    shane_kerr,
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    @apgarcia @b0rk @hyc Definitely! Forcing myself to use Emacs for a month let me know that it wasn't for me. 😉 (My pinky was both stronger and a bit sore at the end of the month though....)

    jpmens, to random
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    shane_kerr,
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    @jpmens AWK was ahead of it's time, and it's amazingly useful even today. My favorite thing about it is that it is available almost everywhere; since it's often built into BusyBox there's a good chance that it's also available in random embedded systems....

    becha, to random
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    Greetings to all the Mastodinians from the train!

    I'm on my way to in Prague... now via Ban Bentheim & Berlin.

    WiFi on ICE works! I'm pleasantly surprised...

    shane_kerr,
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    @becha Same!

    SteveBellovin, to random
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    Proposed new regulation: any household gadget that beeps should be required to encode a device identifier in the beeps, so that a phone app can tell you what is beeping. It took me several minutes today to realize that it was the washing machine cycle being done, rather than someone boosting a post of mine on Mastodon.

    shane_kerr,
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    @SteveBellovin This is definitely possible, but I don't think that it requires sounds intended for computer recognition.

    Having a menu to basically set the ringtone on my dishwasher seems like a pretty good idea.

    Ideally I could set everything to call out in the HAL 9000 voice. "The laundry is done, Shane. It requires human attention."

    shane_kerr,
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    @SteveBellovin I hope that it is completely silent then! Except for the intoxicating gurgle of the coffee being brewed, of course. :coff :ablobcatcoffee:

    shaft, to random
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    Internet-over-HTTP. Literally this time

    9484: Proxying in
    https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9484.html

    shane_kerr,
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    @shaft The April 1 RFCs are a bit late this year....

    davidho, to random
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    This story about how a bunch of conservative politicians and Fox News hosts (read: climate deniers and fossil fuel boosters) have solar panels on their homes is wild.

    https://wapo.st/3MgKpKv

    shane_kerr,
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    @davidho The motivation for installing solar panels in this article are either independence or (presumably) financial. It is quite possible to be a climate change denier and still get solar panels.

    It's a pity that the right has made using renewables difficult due to identity politics. But rather than calling it hypocrisy, maybe we should be congratulating anyone who has renewable energy, and using them as examples to encourage other conservatives to stop killing the planet?

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