Mason @r4v5@octodon.social

@jordyd without knowing your specific chipset, there might be something in pauvcontrol (or alsamixer if you’re oldschool) about an optical output that you could disable.

(incidentally the old airport express has the same thing happen, just... normally)

@OliverUv it in both, my dude

oncall week did a number on me

@catoutofbed fun fact: snmp and ldap are siblings of TLS

hey folks let’s say someone’s developing a pretty annoying RSI in their thumb, how the fuck does that person keep using a phone

or do i just give up on it

#accessibility #rsi #disability

Another round of #introductions!

I’m a #sysadmin / #devops type in #Chicago; i have a day job doing that and also help run a #nonprofit around police accountability and tech #mutualaid for other #activists; I helped run Chicago’s cryptoparties for a few years and still help run digital security trainings

I have a lovely girlfriend @itsJunebug who lives in Sydney for now but will be joining me in America

I err on the side of overusing content warnings whenever possible and you should too!

my brother is asking me for advice on what to do if the asshole he works with who bullies him all the time gets fired tomorrow and comes back with a gun

perfectly normal fears for a young adult

perfectly rational country

@Fidgetcetera yes! this is totally a valid specialization to have, and at most companies would fit somewhere on the line between SRE and support engineer depending on what code you’re debugging.

Heck, there are entire consultancies doing forensics on “something terrible happened, what factors within and outside the code helped cause it?”

clouds, but the good kind

who called it “throwing an exception” and not “running it up the call stack to see who salutes”

i am so terrible at patience. knowing i have wonderful things happening soon-ish but have to wait for them is excruciating.

how do you get better at anticipation?

@HeckTheCistem i haven’t heard that cover but the original knocks me cold

@nonphatic i haven’t seen it yet but have heard good things about Touch of Pink

holy crap Into the Breach

more tactical mech games pls
#gameing

“this thing doesn’t have obvious value to me, therefore this thing does not and cannot have value” is such a toxic idea and it can seep in when you’re not looking

and if we tear this kingdom down, tear it down
let it be with a deserving and joyous sound
#fediplay #np https://youtu.be/FiQQvCRzXJ4