Some of our bigger windows stuff came back on its own, but not the business critical file server FML #crowdstrike Official remediation worked 2nd attempt
Meanwhile, the #OpenBSD servers which I fought to keep with an exemption to the EPDR policy are quietly enjoying their breakfast of electrons, probably wondering why it is all so quiet
An embarrassing crash causing transportation chaos, you say?
This here is Kiwi ferry Aratere adding a new, unscheduled stop to its itinerary after somebody pressed the wrong button. Why there was a button marked "ram the nearest island" is a question best left to the inevitable enquiry.
Crew have since been ordered not to use the autopilot "in certain situations". What situations are unspecified, but surely include "when fucking up would be embarrassing".
There's no easy fix for this, you have to do it fucking manually. Happy Friday Wall Street #Crowdstrike
As we approach the holiday here I'm reminded of the ever hilarious Dennis in Derry Girls trying to flog his dodgy flags
https://youtu.be/EEYTK6FnyOc
Looks like I moved up a spot and am now the author of the fourth most-downloaded article in the ACM Digital Library!
And this is why all of your academic publications should have absolutely shameless clickbait titles.
Today in 1934, 90 years ago: in Germany, Adolf Hitler orders the assassination of his political opponents (Night of the Long Knives). Nazi serviceman Ernst Röhm is murdered.
Today in 1521, 503 years ago: the Spanish conquerors razed the city of Tlatelolco, an ally of Tenochtitlan, in one of the decisive battles of the conquest and destruction of the Aztec Empire.
FOSS, motorbikes, and photography.