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(DIR) Post #Ax8CJkKpdvmyTntk2K by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T14:34:08Z
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I'm on the server floor of a "highly secure data center with 24/7/365 surveillance, direct access control and robust perimeter security".An actual duck just walked by. 🦆 The panic is absolutely glorious. I think this just became one of the highlights of my life.
(DIR) Post #Ax8CJpCVYJ6LZR2fFw by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T14:36:21Z
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No photo or name. The general vibe here is "we'll punch you if you take photos, let alone share them"Female mallard btw.
(DIR) Post #Ax8CJtq0JP4Tx5YGNE by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T14:39:55Z
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My joke was not appreciated. Maybe Mastodon likes it:"Oh, is this that penetration testing IT people talk about? Would it not be better with a male duck?"
(DIR) Post #Ax8CJyC87599SrvzPs by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T14:50:17Z
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This Is Just To QuackI have walkedall acrossthe data centerfloor spaceon whichyou were probablybanning allof the ducksforgive meit was so shinyand coldand full of blinky lightsedit: changed warm to cold as today the outside temperature was actually higher.
(DIR) Post #Ax8CK35vtYA0f64bx2 by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T15:19:32Z
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No, it's not the DuckDuckGo datacenter. For a moment it did become the Duck Duck Goooooooooo! FFS datacenter.edit: this was my other unappreciated joke. By then from the parking lot. It was truly an excellent visit but by then I didn't feel like anyone would appreciate me saying so :-)
(DIR) Post #Ax8CZMZVlIhRPeD8JE by icedquinn@blob.cat
2025-08-13T15:35:14.949160Z
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@Pepijn thats little quackers, give him some bread 🍞there's an old NOC joke the cameras are there so you can watch people walk out with your servers.
(DIR) Post #Ax8EbA7BFOf3GWwe3s by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T15:31:42Z
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@Pepijn You know what you must post.
(DIR) Post #Ax8K21uwKgxvQnqmga by Twisted666@dobbs.town
2025-08-13T16:58:52Z
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@Pepijn Could it be...that the duck is an actual SPY??
(DIR) Post #Ax91DOqXiexdl7SgUa by PopeASDF@dobbs.town
2025-08-14T01:02:44Z
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@Pepijn @DamienWise I mean, it’s guarded by a man trap, not a duck trap….
(DIR) Post #Ax9Mf44SeauCTF0M5Y by fristi@56k.dile-up.nl
2025-08-14T05:03:02.726187Z
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@Pepijn agent D, ready to infiltrate the building!
(DIR) Post #AxE7PWNZ6sT26xs1ui by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T15:31:18Z
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I'll probably go there again on Friday. Hoping they ask me to sign another NDA just so I can ask if that's a No Ducks Agreement.:-) edit: tips on actually signing some ducks random NDA: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/110593227095090840#NDA
(DIR) Post #AxE7PXTH38czUxY6S0 by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T16:07:14Z
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Update: the duck was eventually removed from the premises. It required a bit of human flapping about. The access point was found as well. The duck had just walked in via multiple openings that should not have been openings.As far as they could find no literal shit had hit the fans. The figurative shit is reaching for the stars by now.And here's a song about another animal that reminds me of the good times and also reminds me of the bad times:https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7fwg_gqaZU
(DIR) Post #AxE7PYNHgtQmIfkpkm by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T16:48:21Z
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Lol @ the person(s?) going through my post history to find the name of the datacenter. Don't bother as you won't find it.Some hints though: it's indeed in the Netherlands, and I indeed travelled here from Denmark yesterday. And something easily overlooked: it's in an area with ducks (at least one).To everyone else: I love the duck puns 🙏
(DIR) Post #AxE7PZJQCjw3CyxGN6 by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T17:08:11Z
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Dinner time. I've never before been sooo tempted by the duck option 🦆 🍱
(DIR) Post #AxE7PaQY3jEKfNIT7Q by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-13T18:33:13Z
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Figured this can do with a meme ;-) Dinner was good btw. I had a goat cheese salad instead of duck.#darmok #tng #startrek #duck
(DIR) Post #AxE7Pb1PqeikViXuaG by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:05:23Z
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I see questions on what happened after the initial shock. I'll share what I can.As I personally prefer to know the ending of a story at all times let's do so here as well: The hero of our story, Agent Duck, ended up being absolutely fine.So. Here we were inside the datacenter when suddenly duck, DUCK! After the initial surprise slash utter panic it was clear Duck was not at all stressed and didn't seem bothered by the complexity of the situation.Frankly. Duck was just ducking about.-->
(DIR) Post #AxE7PbmD2g9QqqRHWK by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:06:41Z
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Meanwhile I had stopped laughing (CCTV footage from the initial moment shows me with a massive grin on my face shouting "hah, there's a duck!", my colleague neutral, and the locals in instant shock) and decided I would absolutely not be the hero.Reasoning was that I didn't want to be redshirted by being shat upon while being filmed from all angles. My colleague clearly had the same reasoning. The locals appeared to be "caught outside protocol" and looked genuinely bemused.-->
(DIR) Post #AxE7PcHl9NO8QhCThI by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:13:55Z
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By now Duck was puttering about in some cable-heavy-area. Locals were very nervous about that.The Operations Manager (in charge of the tour) heroically aimed for a quick resolution, ran at-, and aimed to grab Duck. This ended in unfortunate failure as Duck speed-wobbled away and our hero graciously fell on the floor face first.Duck did a tiny poop on the floor.While this was going on, staff in the operations centre had started to pay attention and informed us there was a duck.-->
(DIR) Post #AxE7Ph33RTb3CXMIyG by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:15:10Z
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A somewhat heated discussion evolved that I won't document here. It did conclude with the operations centre being fairly sure there was only Duck, and not Duck, Duckster, Ducky and Ducktilla. They also figured out how Duck had penetrated the facility.Also by then an organic process of fricking common sense had figured out that it would take two people to catch Duck. A decision was made to bring in two people with tools: a jacket and a broomstick. -->
(DIR) Post #AxE7PlnzktWNxHLqgy by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:16:24Z
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After a couple minutes two security type dudes and their tools got into the server area via the timed door system (or whatever it's called: it's like an airlock that cycles between two doors and deliberately takes a couple minutes).We were still there as well as protocol, safety, timed doors etc etc.I was fine as, again, one of the best days of my life. :-) Duck by now had done a fully 360 loop of the server area. My brain started leaking out the duck puns.-->
(DIR) Post #AxE7PqgjbJgV6CzcZM by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:17:23Z
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Now it all went fast. Dude one used the broom to duckhunt Duck into a corner. Dude two then jumped on Duck while using the jacket to cover and grab Duck. This went super well as Duck was remarkably okish with all of this.Dude two then secured Duck in his jacket/arm combo and looked extremely proud of himself. I said "Nice, you must've played a lot of Nintendo!" and received cold stares from the datacenter people and a smile from dude two. Dude one tried really hard to be professional. -->
(DIR) Post #AxE7PvgD2hEea1mlwe by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-14T21:20:20Z
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The two dudes were now ready to escort Duck off the premises. They cycled through the "airlock" while we waited inside for the Powers To Be. Those powers soon decided a debrief was needed, which we ended up doing over coffee in a meeting room. We got our phones. The NDA was discussed again.. And no, we would not be getting a CCTV clip of Duck.Meanwhile Duck was released in the little pond close-ish to the datacenter. When we left later it had already blended in with the other ducks.---------
(DIR) Post #AxE7PzcoNGtUoeE7Ci by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-15T18:30:19Z
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Some updates:-No, we didn't return to the facility today.-I talked to the Operations Manager who had been forwarded this by a friend (who has no idea it is about his friends facility). He used his office printer to print the entire thing 😂 Note: the post mentioning him was fine-tuned: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115029182763323544-people keep asking for photos. And that won't happen. That said. I want photos as well, so when I'm home again Toddler and myself will reenact it all as professional as we can.🦆
(DIR) Post #AxE7Q3qmfGRnv8nKXQ by Pepijn@mastodon.online
2025-08-15T18:41:26Z
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Re: fine-tuned: It was pointed out to me that the Operations Manager did not "flopped on his face." but in fact "graciously fell".He has access to the CCTV footage thus has the means to check whether he indeed was gracious in falling.We do proper datacenter duck journalism here. So that's why it now says "graciously fell on the floor face first." 🦆I was also informed the lawyer laughed when reading this thread and didn't see any issues. I wish he simply hadn't mentioned the lawyer. :-/
(DIR) Post #AxE8EGkMzQ0UOijfEW by tim_lavoie@cosocial.ca
2025-08-15T17:46:57Z
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@Pepijn In an area near where I used to live, they had to disable the motion-activated doors to the hospital ER.Deer were walking through the doors, to eat flowers off the nursing desk.