evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

@SwiftOnSecurity
Very true. I’ve worked in several fields, and none of them work like people who are on the outside think. It's not even close. I was certainly surprised each time. It’s taken me decades to figure this out and internalize it.

Amazingly, almost everyone seems to think they’ve got everyone else's stuff figured out…just like I used to think. (and occasionally still do unfortunately)

Seek out experts. Trust them.

My philosophy: Treat support incidents as mysteries.
Your only goal is to solve the mystery, not fix the computer. Even if you find out the user is doing something wrong (wasn’t the case) well you solved the mystery.
Really I have rarely ever finished a call and resented it.

Always cool to see comments in the wild where I leave an impression

BELIEVE in the power of DEMOCRACY!

*giggles*

#video #loop #prairieDog #googlyEyes

Folks, taking down billionaires might be easier than we thought. JUST BOO AT THEM, ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE

The original author of the cartoon, Holly Todd, who posts content on Instagram, has made this design available on shirts, totes, prints, and stickers.
https://www.redbubble.com/people/hollyatodds/shop/
“I'm amazed & touched that people want to buy my art, so I'm going to donate 50% of whatever I earn on this design to the fight against climate change - specifically, 25% to the Union of Concerned Scientists to support the science, and 25% to 350.org to support the social movement.”
~ from a post on Holly’s Instagram.
One can find Holly posting new cartoons on Instagram here.
https://instagram.com/hollyatodds

I am not of a tradition that celebrates Diwali but I fucking love it, there's such a beautiful sense of togetherness as the fireworks go off and light up the sky. Warms the heart in these miserable, cold times and I really seeing and hearing it. Happy Diwali to all who celebrate it!

The world of pokemon is full of mystery
An ode to adventures past

#pixelart #ドット絵

@briankrebs

Embrace your inner curmudgeonhood!!

FAO white people: it's Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. More than a billion people in the world celebrate it. Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some sects of Buddhists set off fireworks over the days it occurs and is a major religious festival all over the world that happens annually. That's why fireworks are going off ~when it's way after bonfire night~

lol lmao etc

In a move that does not surprise anyone with half a brain, of course, the english defence league and their associated racists turned up to the cenotaph looking to get violent, with those marching for peace.

That's what those fascists do. They fight the ppl marching for peace, and it turns out the police

I have the best conversations with my mom. I try my best at a translation of the call I just had with her:

phone ringing
Me: Hello m...
Her: Eʟᴅᴇʀ Sᴘᴀᴡɴ.
Me: ...
Me: Yᴇs Gʀᴀɴᴅ Mᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜ.
Her: I sʜᴀʟʟ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪɴ ꜰᴇᴀsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇs ʟᴀɪᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴜs ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴀʏ ᴏꜰ sᴜɴ. Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇᴇᴅ ᴍʏ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴs?
Me: checks calendar
Me: Tʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs ᴀʟɪɢɴ, ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. I sʜᴀʟʟ ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 12ᴛʜ ʜᴏᴜʀ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇs ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ ɪɴᴠɪɴᴄɪʙʟᴇ.
Her: Tʜᴜs ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴛʜᴜs ɪᴛ sʜᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ.
Me: Great, see you on sunday.
Her: Try to be punctual.

I always refer to her when people ask me "why are you like this?".

This just blew my mind My respect for the modern tech I use just went up a level

Important news for all nerds: The Unix timestamp will begin with 17 this Tuesday.

i think it's crazy that any usb cable designed to supply over 60 watts or 480 Mbps needs to have a dedicated IC inside. the so called "E-marker" chip. at what point did electrical engineers think it was ok to turn cables into computers? the interface should handle all that not the cable. just sloppy and stupid. PoE can supply 100 watts and gigabit speeds with just a regular Ethernet cable. no excuses.