The resulting carnage was as swift as the DEC Alpha was powerful. 😂

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/who_me/

#SysAdmin

#sysadmin

thinking about how i’d handle subdirectories for a smol #Python script of mind.
had a lovely stream of consciousness sort of progress going, before I realised, I had reinvented BASE\_DIR
I really need to read a lot more code to familiarise myself with common programming conventions

#python

Put me in your pocket and run …

https://youtu.be/V-7s5AVkVGc

#mjbMusic #RagNBoneMan

#mjbmusic, #RagNBoneMan

#Ansible #SysAdmin #Devops folk need help

What is the generally accepted wisdom on updating the os and packages on systems with Ansible?
Five systems on my network is getting too much to handle and I want to automate os and package updates with Ansible. Good idea?

#ansible, #sysadmin, #devops

Imagine being born into an age when #QuincyJones reigned supreme. Nothing in pop ever came close after that :)

RIP Quincy!

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#quincyjones

and also, “You’re welcome you ungrateful fuck.” is something I’m going to use a lot

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“i will start and not finish whatever the fuck i want”, is exactly the thing I needed to hear today :)

https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/765964861184278528

via DD’s Tumblr (#DianeDuane)

#Reading #Writing #Books #Creativity #Arts

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#DianeDuane, #reading, #writing, #books, #creativity, #arts

Here’s what I read last month

86. Head First Go, Jay McGavren
87. The Rest is History, The Roman Conquest of Britain, Episodes 499-502
88. All Systems Red, Martha Wells
89. Artificial Condition, Martha Wells
90. Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells
91. Exit Strategy, Martha Wells
92. Network Effect, Martha Wells
93. Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells
94. System Collapse, Martha Wells
95. Grit, Angela Duckworth
96. The Art of Resilience, Ross Edgley
97. When the World Screamed, Arthur Conan Doyle
98. The Disintegration Machine, Arthur Conan Doyle
99. The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle
100. The Captain of the Polestar, Arthur Conan Doyle
101. Playing With Fire, Arthur Conan Doyle
102. How It Happened, Arthur Conan Doyle
103. One Crowded Hour, Arthur Conan Doyle
104. The Fall of Lord Barrymore, Arthur Conan Doyle
105. Dreams With Sharp Teeth, Harlan Ellison & Erik Nelson
106. A Rare Benedictine, Ellis Peters
107. A Morbid Taste for Bones, Ellis Peters
108. Once Corpse Too Many, Ellis Peters
109. Monk’s Hood, Ellis Peters
110. Saint Peter’s Fair, Ellis Peters
111. The Leper of Saint Giles, Ellis Peters
112. The Sealed Room, Arthur Conan Doyle
113. The Lost Special, Arthur Conan Doyle
114. The Sanctuary Sparrow, Ellis Peters
115. Github Actions in Action, Michael Kaufmann, Rob Bos & Marcel de Vries
116. Strange Beasts, Susan J. Morris
117. Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie
118. Powerful Command-Line Applications in Go, Ricardo Gerardi
119. Murder in Mesopotamia, Agatha Christie
120. The Devil’s Novice, Ellis Peters
121. Dead Man’s Ransom, Ellis Peters
122. The Pilgrim of Hate, Ellis Peters

The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2024/

#mjbReads #Books #mjbBooks #Reading #mjbReading

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#mjbreads, #books, #mjbbooks, #reading, #mjbreading

Happy Deepavali folks!

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My new motto
https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/113394204508730857

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