Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

I am trying to stop myself going on a rant of the consequences of managers getting excited about buzzwords. I have been through this, in the course of 15yrs, with CRM, Cloud, and Containerization. It comes up every few years.

My boss has asked me to 'investigate Kubernetes'. Here we go again.

It's on Reddit so I have already eaten my own fingers this morning, but this is an interesting find about the dangers of automotive telemetry. Of course they're fucking selling it. One ithat made me think of @onepict
https://www.reddit.com/r/Hyundai/comments/1d4e4nn/dear_hyundai_you_just_lost_a_customer_for_life/

#F1 Frank Dernie (of Williams fame) talks to Tom Clarkson, mentioning how his ASD was a key part of his approach to work. https://youtu.be/O3FnvISSNsE

Nooooooo
Microsoft Reportedly Readies $16 Billion Bid to Acquire Valve / Steam https://www.guru3d.com/story/microsoft-reportedly-readies-billion-bid-to-acquire-valve-steam/

There is almost no way to do it without the employee feeling picked on, but they're fucking up, no two ways about it.

I have to have a performance/absenteeism chat with an employee tomorrow. Easily the worst part of any job.

People are spun-up about the new Epoch of ARM computers. Their power consumption is the good news. The bad news is that it will likely further enshittification of software toward the 'mobile paradigm'

We just got our revised Broadcom tarriff. $employer is furious.

Is there any more frustrating evidence of the state of US driving culture than these two stickers:
i) Vehicle speed monitored by GPS
ii) This vehicle does not turn right at red lights
Both are there to try and persuade impatient assholes to not be themselves for a minute. It's depressing.

We had a tornado touch down 2 miles from work. Four trees down, and one on the the road. I've never seen anything like this here. Passed about a mile north of my house.

Tornado warnings in SW PA. This is not normal.

There's about 7 miles of freeway for my daily commute; recent lane closures have led to it running about 50-55mph (which is funny, because that's the speed limit) and it feels slow, but what's a real eye opener is it adds about 3-4mpg fuel efficiency to the route.