Posts by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
(DIR) Post #APmcomYiPjgQqr2LtQ by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-11-20T04:06:19Z
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@mastodonusercount get ready for another wave...
(DIR) Post #APrxkPd4l4eeKVSm2q by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-11-22T04:00:01Z
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Timeline of a new Mastodon user:Day 1: this sucks servers are confusing and why is my feed emptyDay 2: why is there no quote tweet this is dumbDay 3: mastodon better make some changes if it wants to compete with tw_tterDay 7: hm, people are really nice hereDay 10: loving the no ads and real conversationsDay 15: THE WORKERS MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND EXECUTE CAPITALISTS :ablobcatrave: #TwitterMigration
(DIR) Post #APrxkRVhlRwmAE1upk by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-11-22T04:16:07Z
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Not saying this is gonna *make* you into a leftist, it's just gonna amplify your already existing left-curious tendencies.If you think that sentence is re-adapted from something I used to say to frat guys in college, you're right.
(DIR) Post #APuJgfuMsW7Gy25uD2 by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-11-23T03:46:53Z
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Now, see, in my mind this was much funnier than the original post.
(DIR) Post #APuJkYZ67bIfLqzp0y by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-11-08T00:39:47Z
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New #introduction post:If you're new here, follow the FediTips hashtag. Fill out your profile and make a pinned #introduction post. It helps! Use CWs on anything potentially traumatic or emotionally charged. It's considerate.Random follows and messages cheerfully accepted.
(DIR) Post #APuJxnXNlYkfYHVXpA by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-05-10T23:33:58Z
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Hi!I'm Jim. I'm a systems engineer living near #Boston #Massachusetts. I do cloud orchestration using #ansible, #powershell, and #javascript on mostly #vmware and #EC2 infrastructure. I also do #ActiveDirectory stuff.My first love is #skiing but in the summer I like #golf #gardening and #camping. I also do #crochet because it helps with #anxiety. Oh, and I'm #gay and like fast cars and doing #jeep stuff. Nice to meet you all!#introduction#introductions#newhere
(DIR) Post #AQaGPAJSxKX8pX6rk8 by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-12-14T02:30:33Z
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Ok one of my hookups I MEAN BOYFRIENDS wants to know:
(DIR) Post #AQaGVFk5gMpzPHSx5E by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-12-14T02:51:54Z
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@fcktheworld587 haha good for you
(DIR) Post #AQfqOigcEtOtHupAYK by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-12-16T19:13:44Z
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@mastodonusercount Ah yes, the old "oh god what did he do NOW?!" graph.
(DIR) Post #AR99Y59raorEfAwfuS by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2022-12-30T22:48:47Z
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@stux this is how you know #mastodon has arrived, it's important enough to try to phish credentials for now!#phishing #scam #StaySafeOutThere
(DIR) Post #ASMfoqgNxapK4BIEi0 by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T08:36:02Z
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@14mission @jwz At Big #Software Company™️, we bend over backwards to support customers that simply can't, for reasons either political or organizational, upgrade to meet modern standards. For example we kept supporting our stuff on (pre-open-standards) Solaris until like 6 months ago.
(DIR) Post #ASMforspUoNJn47gkC by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T08:43:04Z
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@jwz @14mission But also, yes, click-and-bang relays were so beautifully elegant I would feel bad about telling any customer they had to abandon them 🥺
(DIR) Post #ASMfosuHgt8IxroMeO by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T08:57:38Z
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@jwz @14mission I'm old enough to miss the clean universal logic of the Bell system, but I have to be real and tell customers, look, I'm so glad that Solaris or AIX or HP-UX has worked well for you for 25 years but even Big Software Company™️ can't find anyone to develop on a platform that went end of life in the Clinton administration, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL RETIRED OR DEAD, so,
(DIR) Post #ASMfotrU8mUJvTVdvU by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T09:03:19Z
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@jwz @14mission I don't see anything wrong with that
(DIR) Post #ASMfou0haVrQO3p0IC by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T08:39:15Z
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@14mission @jwz Until you've had to do it you'll never know: some companies are so paralyzed by their own bullshit that asking them to upgrade to anything remotely modern is literally impossible for them. Talking about a company I won't name but it these with Beneral Pholectric.
(DIR) Post #ASMfouOo8t8vap6Frk by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T09:07:31Z
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@jwz @14mission I'm in a place where:HR: Now hiring, people who can program the flight control on the Space Shuttle computersMe: Uh, you can't, that isn't, there aren't any, uh, this doesn't exis--HR: THIS IS WHAT THE CUSTOMER NEEDSMe: I am very sure that the customer is doing it wrong, because there hasn't been one of those in production sinc--HR: ARE YOU NOT A TEAM PLAYER?
(DIR) Post #ASMfowFJHAjZJwfhL6 by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T08:58:50Z
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@jwz @14mission Don't even get me started on DB2
(DIR) Post #ASMfoxyMr8N0fylCD2 by andthisismrspeacock@mastodon.lol
2023-02-05T09:11:31Z
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@jwz @14mission Me: the only surviving one of these is hanging from the ceiling of the Air and Space museum. But you go ahead and put that in the job description. See how many applications you get. (spoiler alert, it's zero)