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Stephen Foskett
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mastodon 4.7.3Former sysadmin and #storage consultant
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Future old man shouting “on-premises” at clouds
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Also posting #photography #homeassistant #linux #apple #uspol #reading #music #science
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org when I was in college I had dinner with Danny Hillis and Brian Eno but I didn’t know who they were
Get out there and vote, vote, vote!
Good read and good thoughts from @tonhe@hachyderm.io
I love this book. I bought a first edition when I was 19.
As a UNIX sysadmin, it’s embarrassing to admit, but whenever anybody pronounces /etc as “ET-see” I think of Etsy…
RE: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Excellent advice as always from the idiocracy! In general, do exactly the opposite of what the billionaires want you to do.
RE: @newsguyusa@flipboard.social
Renew your passport NOW before this abomination is put into place!
Trump has a week to resolve the Iran situation before it becomes illegal without congressional approval. Think congress will push back or even notice? #uspol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/opinion/trump-iran-war-powers.html
The local political organizations rely 100% on Facebook groups and Messenger for communication.
I tried to tell them that this was alienating younger and privacy-aware members, but they haven’t successfully pivoted to plain old email and websites yet. I even volunteered to help, but no call back.
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@jeffluszcz That was basically all it could do but they convinced teenaged me it was R2D2
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online I remember thinking anything over $15 was too much for an LP. Now they’re all over $40!
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@jetkvm@mastodon.social This is very cool! As an avid @homeassistant@fosstodon.org user I can’t wait to try this!
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@jeffjarvis It’s worth noting that their illustration is misleading: the dumb arch would be 250 feet tall, which is 38 feet shorter than the Capitol building and less than half as tall as the Washington Monument.
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But that being said, I absolutely DO avoid local businesses run by asses! How do I know they are an ass? Because asses tend to make an ass of themselves and I tend to notice.
That’s right folks: #AI is now “SI”!
“From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super’ as opposed to ‘artificial,’” Mr. Trump said. “So it’s super intelligence.”
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@millardjk @effinbirds I suspect it will be gone just a quickly as possible under the next administration. They’re gonna spend a lot of money removing his face and name from things...
O Canada what are you doing to us?
#Ohio
These people are deeply, deeply weird
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Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero, who led the effort, was convicted at court-martial and reduced in rank after misleading her superiors about the unauthorized system. The investigation revealed over 15 chiefs were involved in the conspiracy, which posed security risks to the ship and its crew.
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Despite multiple inspections and denials, the network was eventually discovered when a civilian installing authorized equipment reported the unauthorized Starlink dish.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/
“The #RedSox have parted ways with manager Alex Cora, hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach Rámon Vázquez and game-planning coach Jason Varitek, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The club has not confirmed the report.”
Hey! Bernie Moreno did something good! #Ohio
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Ohio though…
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@bruces@mastodon.social ya know, all dem celebrities on here are using assistants because they don’t care
Diesel is the new duck fat