Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

The notification glut has now got so bad that when I get an SMS now, I can't see it because there are two pages of crap spamming the notification area.

I am in an absolutely foul mood and i can't put my finger on why. Everyone is irritating me.

A first for me this morning. I could not get to my parking due to road closures. the DPW has been slowly strangling the access road for the last month, this morning finally everything was closed. Several hundred of us use this lot. No notices about it anywhere.

We have a Redhat license at work but I never used any of the support (we don't run anything complex or any parts of their stack) and I used CentOS for a lot of installs. I am steadily rolling out Debian now. I liked Ubuntu Server but Canonical plays a lot of the same pay-to-play games as Rhel so fuck that.

This is my surprised face
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/computer-speed-gains-erased-by-modern-software/

The last couple of days have been characterised by high humidity, boiling over into intense thunderstorms. I remember one August like this, back in 2016. I don't miss it. It's diabolical outside.

It's Anthrocon weekend and one thing I like about Pittsburgh is how the city just completely embraces it.

Sad to hear of the layoffs at Plex however the monetization of the platform has been a trash fire from day one. It was a great thing ruined by money.

W'e're back up to shit air quality levels again, and I can feel it on my eyes and the back of my throat.

People really tried.
Emails Show Submersible Expert Worried OceanGate CEO Spurred on by Criticism
https://www.insider.com/submersible-expert-worried-oceangate-stockton-rush-spurred-on-by-criticism-2023-6

Since going back to the office I've been driving regularly for about a month. I have not missed it. People have become absolutely psychotic on the roads.

Regarding the #oceangate serious marine casualty, Page 9 of this lawsuit of their former employee (fired for very much doing his job) tells pretty much the whole story.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23854184-oceangate-v-david-lochridge

Extreme negligence looks likely.

Hashtag topical

Lady at the sandwich shop said I'm order 66 so I asked where the Jedi temple was. She looked at me like I was nuts. Sandwich is good though.