i feel like @NatGrayYes would like this, assuming Nat isn't already following Mark

rather than consuming more media intended to stress you out, watch this guy carefully repair old stereo equipment instead.
https://youtu.be/DB4_q__WnkQ

neurodivergent in that my brain makes that sound the airlock in The Martian makes

I'm posting so fucking hard right now

kinda want to make some kind of hack for a linux desktop environment that fades in the "Activate Windows" overlay once the computer has been idle for 30 seconds

christ alight, what a fucking day

Trying to read the CA cert inclusion policy because of Today's Massive Security Problem #1 but the site is offline due to Today's Massive Security Problem #2 :blobcat_thisisfine:

almost certainly was going to have the "we're concerned about your recent performance" talk tomorrow, but there's a shitshow on the horizon with that php vulnerability that i am maybe going to be able to use to justify rescheduling that meeting. thanks, neglected custom wordpress app

me, talking to spouse, just now: look, i know my anxiety is just teetering on the cusp of well-managed, but ...

an algorithm cannot generate a random number. for many purposes, though, the desirable quality is unbiased, difficult to predict outputs. this is why we refer to an algorithmic generator of this type as a PRNG, a prediction-resistant number generator

it did not

going to see if the local dimly-lit independent convenience store has any suspicious dick pills

if this is my last post ever, this was a joke

really fucking bummed to read about Modern Times this morning
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/modern-times-cafe-which-experimented-with-free-model-during-metro-surge-will-close

time to sit in on a couple technical interviews for my company

dm me for bribes

a passage from Perfect Victims by Mohammed el-Kurd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Victims

oh

it went badly

the only dialation i want to do is with DTMF

alternate history where the capital of ireland is a ligma

so, work does a forced reboot of your laptop if you don't reboot to install updates. annoying but normal stuff; if users keep refusing to install security updates, you have to keep the fleet in compliance somehow.

but i guess our remote management solution doesn't account for updates that fail to install and auto-rollback. so now a bunch of laptops in our org are in forced reboot loops.

i am so fucking glad i'm not in IT anymore

is there a word for when you're sitting quietly in a room alone and the quiet sound of your own breathing becomes distant, horrified frantic screaming in your head? like, sit up, heart racing, look outside, open a window because something horrible must be happening? and it stops as soon as you can convince yourself it isn't real, but in an hour or two it starts again?

there's probably a german word for it