Firmware (n): The part that the hardware and software teams can blame on each other.
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mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchProgrammer (C, Perl, others). Sysadmin of Unix and Linux instances. Remembers Usenet.
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@bonkers@nerdculture.de @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social What else was there to do before the Internet?
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@malison@soc.nochn.net Vibe coders may not actually be literate, but having the relevant O’Reilly on the shelf is a powerful talisman.
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@clew@ecoevo.social @ricci@discuss.systems Unix was the peak of the lost culture in which you got manuals with stuff.
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@argonaut@mastodon.social @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social With the pinboards spring-loaded to flip over on each connection attempt.
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@mick@cosocial.ca Sorry, nobody current, and the Bell folk I used to know were on the voice side.
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@mick@cosocial.ca There was a past issue with them filtering third-party VoIP and VPN traffic.
Always doublecheck you’re on mute before taking a leak.
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@clew@ecoevo.social @ricci@discuss.systems Early 80s I remember the row of manuals in the student lab were soft-bound and 3-hole punched so 3 steel rods in the official reading shelf could secure the books from going walkabout.
Early 90s I remember my then-employer setting up a PC tower case with six CD readers so up to six manual sets could be simultaneously available over our 10-meg LAN. That was before hard drives grew.
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@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange Just wondering why the aforementioned second monitor is down under the desk there?
The existence of Continuous Integration implies the existence of Continuous Disintegration.
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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social 42, the answer to The Ultimate Question Of Life, The Universe, And Everything, turns out to be a cardigan size.
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@joelle I feel guilty when I'm slow responding to a captcha, figuring my answers are being relayed to vehicles approaching those intersections.
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems The cable is probably the snake’s platonic ideal of a mate.
Unit testing. Regression testing. Kicking it out the door for customers to find dumb stuff. Pick any two.
No dark sarcasm in the standup
Imposing strict namespaces on a software development team is the continuation of BDSM by other means.
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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social It’s wonderful if you can get ethanol-free fuel, but the evil additive is mostly mandated in Canada and eventually turns to crud in your engine’s plumbing.
For my small engines I get premium grade ethanol-free at the nearest Rez and even then make sure I run everything at least twice a year.
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@robpike@hachyderm.io I have a black edition Das Keyboard, so absolutely no keycap letters even from brand new. Nothing quite like that to make an honest touch typist!