nethope @nethope@octodon.social

My therapist says healthy adults ask for what they want.

I want my children to learn this skill, and not to think it prevents colds, so I say:

Emotionally-healthy people ask for what they want.

Just mention what you want. You might not get a pony, but at least it's known that you actually want a pony. Otherwise it's random at best that you get what you really want.

This is sometimes phrased as "Use your words" but is one of the times when I don't subscribe to my mantra of SHORTEN.

Weather forecasts:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/18/the-best-forecasts-for-hurricane-irma-came-from-a-computer-model-few-people-know-about/

(I support that infrastructure)

Today's installment of phrases I never expected to say:

This rack-mountable server is better than that one for the ratio of [possible] VMs to decibels.

They're both loud, but one has much more RAM and CPU, and the other ... well, the other has a floppy drive and VGA.

Correction, National Bat _Appreciation_ Month!

http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1017/october-is-national-bat-appreciation-month.html

I have bats living behind one of the shutters of my house, and I'm happy to see them. Mosquitoes love to bite me, so bring on critters who don't want to bite me but do want to eat those mosquitoes!

I have a very squeaky yard around dusk.

#bat

In honor of National Bat Month, here's a cutie:

https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/videos/1878308758856793/

#bat #fox

I smile every time I see this car in the parking lot at work because it reminds me of the fun history of zombie apocalypse jokes with my friends every time ...

https://octodon.social/media/s_GoHpgTBqk2nqZFpAM

"The hardest part about a zombie apocalypse will be pretending that I'm not excited."

I have enough gear that would mount in a 19-inch rack that it may be time to consider getting one.

On the 19-inch-with-ears side, I have a patch panel, 2 switches, and 2 servers - although one server frustrated @nivex today by not booting well, and the other server should be retired ... it has a floppy drive, folks, it should be retired.

Any suggestions or useful tips out there? Maybe @rey ?

In the US, September is Classical Music Month. ref: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/STATUTE-109/STATUTE-109-Pg1812/content-detail.html

So here are some topical links to enjoy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_50_Greatest_Pieces_of_Classical_Music
https://theclassicalstation.org/
https://www.thebalance.com/free-classical-music-downloads-1358036
https://www.thoughtco.com/intro-to-classical-music-723900

@rey

I apologize for BLASTING you with my strong opinion this morning. My irritation with your ex had been building for a while: I've lived through that, and I would really rather that no one else live through that too. I wish I knew how to convey that message to the unkind (Yo! Be more kind!). Short of that, at least I can offer support (in my awkward, untactful way).

Today is National Bad Poetry Day. [1] This must be a Vogon initiative. [2]

[1] https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bad-poetry-day/
[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/vogonpoetry/lettergen.shtml

TFW I'm going to bed when I usually get out of bed.

At least I'm going *back* to bed so I'm not completely off my schedule. (Sick kid finally feeling better and finally fell asleep.)

Work conversation:

$boss: These throughput graphs got spiky after $external-change.

me: Oh, that looks like TCP responding to packet loss!

Followed by me excitedly explaining bufferbloat, and that I might be able to help.

PSA: https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/Introduction/

In my imagination (that tends to be funnier than Real Life), a weatherperson was watching me just now and thinking: What part of Heat Advisory did [I] not understand? Alright clouds, you know what to do!

It is now raining, so I put away my chainsaw and came inside.

Imagination Weatherperson: About damn time!