dojo o'clock!

Trying running my office on wireless. Things connect, but seemed laggy compared to the dmarc. Speedtest.net is not a great way to test connectivity, but performing two consecutive tests against the same server is a reasonable test.

Mac Studio wifi: 18mbs down, 16 up. Good enough to work, but I'm paying for 300mbs.

Mac Studio ethernet to Mikrotik wifi bridge: 210mbs down, 200 up.

Sigh. Apparently I'm back on my Redundant Array of Inexpensive Crap kick. #sysadmin

The bonsai, it has sprouted!

Gonna name her "Banzai!"

A good #sysadmin article on how to tell if AI scrapers are eating your bandwidth.

https://bunny.net/blog/how-to-tell-if-scrapers-are-eating-your-bandwidth/

Truffle is stashing fresh sheets, and if you get in his way he will correct you. #petRats #rats

John Oliver as a General Hospital villain?

The role he was born to play.

https://type-click-type.ghost.io/john-oliver-general-hospital-video-character/

no matter what, no matter the excuse: never trust anyone with a white supremacist tattoo.

What if they remove it? Well, are they doing anti-racist work? Doing the labor of contrition? Or are they expecting instant acceptance because they took the sign off?

That's the #openzfsmastery "pools" chapter done!

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If the Netherlands are on my bug-out list, maybe I *should* consider FOSDEM?

Fly into Brussels. Hop the bus for Amsterdam. Poke around for a week, see what I think. Have stroopwaffle for my 60thh birthday. Hit the con, go home.

But 8,000 attendees? :flan_yikes: That promises to be utterly overwhelming.

nfacctd's "print" plugin is nice. "Don't store the data, I'm not ready. Just print the data to tell me you're receiving from my router, so I know that part works."

I think I win?

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@peteorrall/116873481787949853

I don't care if this is true or not, I'm going with it.

new passport does NOT have 47's photo. #relieved

Seems the Discourse Wheel has landed on "I don't have time to write, I'm not a full time writer, it's not fair, so I use AI to write." How did I become a full time writer?

By #writing and traditionally publishing a dozen books while employed, plus 14 failed books. I wrote many more failed books in college.

I gave up nights, weekends, holidays, TV, in favor of writing.

Some folks cannot do that. Many aren't *willing* to.

The nice thing about having an incoherent book catalog and a blog with wildly varying content?

The AI spambots cannot comment sensibly on any one item. :flan_royal:

Researching countries to reliably emigrate to, where I can work as a writer and I can provide an way station for friends who must leave the US in a hurry. (I know, I know, "the midterms will fix everything," but I want to prepare.)

Many countries that are advertised as expat-friendly require resources I lack.

I keep winding up with the same list: Netherlands and Thailand.

I have friends in the Netherlands, but housing is challenging and Dutch is notoriously difficult to learn. I could probably manage it financially, but am concerned about those who would follow me.

Thailand is cheap and they welcome anyone but the weather... holy crap, the weather.

"Just leave the US." Ha!

ETA:

Canada, NZ? Hard to emigrate to.

Ireland? I don't make enough money.

Portugal? Running a business is more complicated there.

If I was a more successful writer many of these issues would vanish, but that same barrier would block friends seeking shelter from following.

Cage cleaning day, and we are BETRAYED #petRats #rats

Bradley's gotta reappear.

"I just shattered the front of his pelvis. He will never fuck again. Next?"

It's a holiday today. Not gonna promote any books.

In fact, I should warn you that Prohibition Orcs is obviously woke trash and you should probably stay away.

https://mwl.io/static/books/prohibition-orcs.html

Quercy is normally very definite about not wanting pets. I think the booms worry him. #petRats #rats

(fan and AC noise is much louder in the video than in real life, no idea why?)