RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116561043652311822
Layoffs given AI tools is stupid beyond belief.
The value of a team is institutional knowledge.
The value of a team is understanding customers and systems and the history of tradeoffs.
Throwing that away is just fucking stupid.
Computers have gone from being a bicycle for the mind to a motorcycle for the mind. Harness the power of those minds.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@da_667/116116812032776927
Let’s do some math… feeding a person 2,000 calories a day over 20 years is about 15 million calories or 18Kwh… or the power required to run one of the gigawatt data centers for 0.007 seconds
Yeah… I’ve been doing tech professionally since 1978.
We as an industry really got it wrong.
The US government also failed to regulate the industry… probably starting in 2005. But at the time, regulation and government surveillance went hand in hand. So, now we have a weakened government and vast private surveillance.
It's #Sysadmin Appreciation Day!
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(yes, I'll be reposting throughout the day, sorry.)
In October 1996, a guy named Craig was working for me at NetGuide Live, but he was underperforming because he was spending too much time on his e-mail list of apartments and jobs in San Francisco… so I fired him.
Shows how much I know…
Today! 29 years of #craigslist
Signed up for Paramount+ to watch Star Trek.
First experience… a stupid ad. Canceled immediately.
If you’re going to charge me for TV, then it’s gotta be ad free.
Eminem and Eleanor send greetings to the Fediverse
