Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Got a very chunky palo alto firewall for evaluation so I'm going to fuck around with it on my desk. Bye bye little Netgear switch, you served me well and you shall have a little holiday.

These yearly wraps people share should give users pause for thought. This engagement gimmick is a demonstration of what they are selling of you. I know it's fun and I hate to be that guy about it, but there is a downside.

Because I've turned into my mother I've really enjoyed S2 of The Gilded Age, or 'Real Housewives of New York' as some wags have it.

Boss copies me on a mail when I'm on a family outing stating there's an issue on a prod server but "He might not be able to get to it as it is a weekend". You cannot say something like that to someone like me, or any sysadmin. It's really fucking dirty.

The question isn't if it's needed but why it is not already a thing.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-is-exploring-adding-a-command-line-text-editor-into-windows-and-it-wants-your-feedback

I have never understood the way some people use their computers, but starting in the days when Windows needed booting into a particular config to run some games probably inculcated those habits.
https://www.pcgamer.com/sorry-apple-turns-out-8gb-of-memory-on-an-mac-isnt-anything-like-16gb-on-a-pc-after-all

Sent this to my sis many years ago. Definitely not because it reminds me of her.

Also on the occasions I've played around with the budget to find money for such things, when I approach departments for a buy-in they're not interested unless it's for their sole use.

Absolutely infuriates me ever since I became 'management'.

I am told, repeatedly, we are the most expensive department in the organization. Any yet they STILL live in a world where resources and the staff to run them cost nothing. "AWS is too expensive" they cry. Funny that. You don't want to pay the Bezos tax? Dig into your pockets.

"Hello, we're trying to recruit ML/DL faculty and wondering what GPU compute resources you could dedicate?"
It's funny, just this morning I was wondering what to do with the brand new GPU server we have in the basement doing nothing. Yes, that's right, the imaginary basement. Imaginary server, too, because SHIT COSTS MONEY AND YOU NEED TO FUCKING BUY IT

Some greatest hits on shithead driver charts today. Honked at by some ballbag in a white Camry, who then honked at me again because I wouldn't pass a stopped bus at an intersection (forbidden unless it is controlled by a light). Then another guy honked at me when he pulled out in front of me and I had to brake hard.

Finals next week. I think the stress is starting to show.

One of our NAS boxes has a delegated DNS entry, using simple round robin node balancing. "Great" thought I, "I can use the DNS name for SSH work" Alas it causes host key alarm because there's multiple hosts...I don't like to switch that off so I guess I'll just stick to the IP I've had stuck in my head forever. #sysadmin