valthonis

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

It is wild to compare the increasingly shrill news coverage of the college protests to the on-the-ground reports I get from my kid. Really drives home that media and politicians care about what something looks like, but not what it actually is.

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

Asked my son today what it was like living next to an protester-occupied lecture hall. He said “not bad, actually. They're better neighbors than the cops.”

Cassandra, 1 month ago to random

The final episode of Voyager!

The crew is now old. Harry Kim is now a captain rather than an ensign.

Apparently you can fly a starship through the Golden Gate bridge.

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

Thicc dames before thicc frames.

Dealing with MTU mismatches at work. Jumbo Frames: not even once.

darth, 1 month ago to gaming

Can you recognize her?

#Gaming #VideoGames #MacroPhotography

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

Me: “We are having a problem with feature Y on device X. We have performed steps A through F as advised by the knowledge base. These are our observations. Please advise.”

Support: “Hi, we understand you're having a problem with device X as regards feature Y. Here is some copy pasta from the same knowledge base page with the steps you said you already performed. Please let us know if this helps!”

Me: 🤨

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

After working with Juniper and Palo Alto devices for years, going back to Ciscos and their "every change you make is live instantly" bullshit feels like walking into the ocean.

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

A bunch of horny plants get all freaky, and suddenly I'm fighting off a biological attack.

#allergies

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

Well, now that it's over I can say that I've been part of an enormous effort to move one of my employer’s physical datacenter presences to another datacenter about 25 km away. This involved months of planning, a lot of late nights, and more than a bit of stress, but I'm happy to say we seem to have pulled it off with minimal issues.

Probably the biggest infrastructure project of my career.

I would very much like to sleep for a week now. 😮‍💨

valthonis, 1 month ago to honkaistarrail

These ladies are a force of nature…

#hsr #honkaistarrail

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

Tacking the phrase "the Elder" to the end of a name is the ancient Roman version of becoming known as "Ol' <name>"

Ol' Pliny. Ol' Cato. Ol' Drusus.

valthonis, 1 month ago to honkaistarrail

Honkai Star Rail players before 2.0 : Sam the Stellaron Hunter is so badassssss!

HSR players after 2.1: thirsty for Sam.

#honkaistarrail

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

Welp, here goes WW3.

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

It is so much more fun to be a dad who accepts his kid as they are than it was being the kid of a dad who spent their energy trying to turn me into who they thought they wanted me to be.

valthonis, 1 month ago to random

One of my favorite things about this place (as in the Fediverse) is that when I am engaged in conversation or commentary on what I post, I usually end up finding new cool folks to follow instead of new dipshits to add to a blocklist.

It's pretty nice.

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

Trump is 77. That means he’s been practicing crime for at least 73 years.

valthonis, 2 months ago to random

I really enjoy having discussions with my son about slang, jargon, and the development of new terms that reframe things in the perspective of the young. When I was growing up, the only reactions I ever got from my folks was disdain for "kids these days.”