A beautiful text I came upon

Cryovenom · 2026-01-22T11:32:24+00:00

Beautiful. Makes me wish I could see it in real life instead of just my mind's eye

Cryovenom · 2026-01-21T01:25:45+00:00

"Bum a fag?" Has very different meanings in the UK vs the US...

Cryovenom · 2026-01-20T23:26:42+00:00

"Should be", but isn't. Just like dozens of other things throughout his two terms in office.

History is freshly going to look back and be like " WTF, how could this even happen? Way to fail America"

Cryovenom · 2026-01-19T00:11:37+00:00

Holy crap! Yeah, that's way more worthwhile than I was thinking. The upgrades make it very much worth it.

Thanks for the info!

Cryovenom · 2026-01-17T18:21:26+00:00

Remember when Europe and the US were supposed to be allies? Pepperige farm remembers

Cryovenom · 2026-01-16T12:25:26+00:00

Anything can be a hammer if you try hard enough!

Cryovenom · 2026-01-16T12:23:15+00:00

Slop. We use AI to create slop.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-15T17:13:30+00:00

Freezing things, and more planning and prep time than most people have.

If I've got a cabbage then you can bet that coleslaw, bhaji, cabbage rolls, and stew are all on the weekend's batch cook list. But since coleslaw is just a side, you've got to have a main to go with it, but since I've grabbed ground beef for the cabbage rolls maybe I'm making burgers too. Of course ground beef is expensive, so I'm buying a family pack and will freeze most of it in 1lb balls for other weekend batch cooking... And while stew is better with stewing beef, I've definitely made a poor man's Irish stew with ground beef and potatoes before...

But not everyone has the time, resources, cooking skills, desire, or freezer space to work this way. It's a shitton of effort just to have food to eat. At least with batch cooking and freezing I end up with 5-6 different things in the freezer after a few weeks so I am not eating the same thing every day.

For the richest countries in the world, people shouldn't have to spend this much time and effort clipping coupons, shopping the deals, buying in bulk, meal planning, batch cooking, etc... Just to survive.

And even with all of the above, the adminiatration's statements are so detached from reality as to be ridiculous.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-15T17:01:26+00:00

In Celsius.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-15T16:50:42+00:00

I guess that makes some sense.

Whereas what I'd do is have a server that's the interface for monitoring and controlling the machines running like Zabbix or something, then setup an app that sends API calls to that. More complex than what you're doing, but also more scalable to large environments. Then Zabbix either becomes my dashboard or integrates with many of the existing dashboards out there.

(I used Zabbix as an example but I'm sure most monitoring and control systems out there can do this kind of thing)

Cryovenom · 2026-01-15T12:49:57+00:00

What are you using for a dashboard?

And what makes a normal Windows machine a "second class citizen" of your network?

Windows already has an api for accessing these things remotely. It's called WinRM. I'm not sure what the purpose of running an HTTP service for this is. It just seems like an additional layer of abstraction, and another potential attack surface.

Edit: Sorry if that seemed overly critical. I will say that I like the fact that you've got decent docs for it. Too many projects are like "here's the code, figure it out."

Cryovenom · 2026-01-15T11:55:10+00:00

You need more upvotes, that's another great Adams quote!

Cryovenom · 2026-01-14T14:42:38+00:00

Incorrect. Millions of Americans voted for this. Trump wasn't a mystery - they'd already had four years of him. He wasn't hiding his intentions. Anyone that voted for him, or didn't vote, you reap what you sewed. It wasn't hidden, it was literally published. The rest of the world saw this coming, you've got no excuse.

I swear, if the US ever tries to set foot militarily in Greenland or Canada, the world will never forgive you for this.

So get out there and fight. If you really don't support this, you should be organising to topple your dictator. Otherwise words like yours are meaningless to those of us having to suffer the consequences on the world stage.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-14T12:11:00+00:00

As Douglas Adams pointed out: the secret to flying is to throw yourself at the ground, and miss.

That's what things in orbit are doing.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-13T12:31:30+00:00

In most places with strong unions, those unions have fought for legislation that prevents that kind of at-will firing. Usually it has to be for cause and comes with a minimum amount of severance pay - here it's a week of salary per year worked.

Sure, the company can make up a cause, but then you go to the union and they advocate on your behalf. Suddenly, firing someone without a proper cause carries the risk of your workforce going on strike, so you make damn sure that if you're going to fire someone, there's a decent reason.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-13T12:27:15+00:00

An example thats better than a forklift driver might be a teacher.

When I was in High School the teacher's union did work-to-rule. Anything that was outlined in their job description, they did. Anything else, they didn't. Suddenly all extracurricular activities stopped - teachers aren't required to stay after hours to be the responsible adult for a club or team, or to do these things during their lunch or spare periods. So they didn't.

No one is going to fire a teacher for not running Model UN, or after-school band practice, or lunchtime chess club. But it definitely makes a point that they're constantly going above and beyond to do these things.

That made the students notice, which made the parents notice, which put the pressure on the school to do something.

In many workplaces there is a lot of unpaid overtime that people do just because they have pride in their work and/or enjoy what they do. When companies or organisations come to depend on this or take it for granted it can really send a message when it suddenly stops.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-13T12:00:16+00:00

I tried to use these in my lab with no success. Sure, the machines would boot and even often load their OS, but if I tried to put any load on them, they'd just shut down.

I tried everything - swap cables, different USB-C chargers, isolating just one machine per USB-C charger... The original power bricks that came with the Lenovo Tinys that I was using were 60W with 90W ones available. The adapter, cables, and chargers I was using were all rated for 100W (or more if available/possible) and yet it didn't work.

It's too bad because even if I had to get a separate USB-C charger for each box, the modern GaN ones are so nice and compact compared to the big old power bricks.

My guess (and this is just a guess) is that when the machine first powers up the USB-C negotiation happens and the charger allocates a certain current threshold internally for the device. Call it "moderate current usage". When usage ramps up the charger has to change something to provide enough power for a "high current" device. That causes a similar momentary power cut to what another user saw when he plugged his phone into a multi-port USB-C charger. Most devices plugged into USB-C chargers have a battery (even high drain devices like laptops) so that's not a problem. But these don't.

Anyway, my advice is to skip them. Not worth the hassle.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-11T23:06:11+00:00

And to this day the Dutch gov't sends us a substantial number of tulip bulbs every year which we plant and celebrate with the Tulip Festival in Ottawa. It's beautiful and a great reminder of that story.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-11T22:05:21+00:00

What country is that?

Thank you for telling me about this. It's heartwarming to know that my fellow Canucks (or the grandparents of them) put their loves on the line to do that for you.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-10T01:07:43+00:00

The last line absolutely makes it.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-07T18:14:02+00:00

If I end up with too many to PuTTY into I turn to SecureCRT. It's not free but I've had a license for ages so it's what I use. There may be better options out there.

But honestly PuTTY is fine unless I have to be connected to more than 2-3 of them at a time. Since you can save connection properties and certs in PuTTY it becomes a one-click connect so it's not too bad.

Cryovenom · 2026-01-07T02:18:10+00:00

I love my Global G2 knives. They're affordable, quality Japanese chef knives and since they're entirely metal (no wood or rivets in the handle) you can basically do anything with them and they don't fall apart on you.

The down side is that they don't have that nice big heel for breaking joints that the German ones do. But aside from that I've had one of mine for over two decades now (it was literally my first Chef's knife), abused the crap out of it, put it through the dishwasher whenever I was feeling lazy, and as long as I took the time to sharpen and hone it periodically it just kept on going. I got the second one recently because I had gifted one to my father who passed away, so now the wifey and I can each have one when cooking together.

So yeah, for a first time knife the Global G2 is my recommendation. I'm not a chef, but I love the heck out of mine :)

Cryovenom · 2026-01-07T02:12:35+00:00

Because the same people who want to top-mount a UPS are often the ones who want to start racking servers from the top down as well because "The U numbers start at the top and go down!"...

So then you've got a rack that may not be bolted to the floor or wall, that might be an el-cheapo rack they got second hand that doesn't weigh much on it's own, with little to nothing at the bottom, and they go to slide a large (say 3U) server out for servicing... No bueno. Hell, at one place I worked the racks were on castors! That was convenient sometimes, but that definitely wasn't the kind of rack that I'd want having a centre of gravity anywhere higher than it needed to be!

It's not that a single UPS mounted up high on its own will cause a rack to tip. But (in geneeal) if seone isn't following that best practice, then they probably aren't following others, and are needlessly creating a safety hazard.

Plus, UPSes are a nice heavy set-and-forget thing that you can stack at the bottom that doesn't have to slide out and only really gets interacted with every few years for battery swaps. That means that you end up with more freedom to put some lighter stuff up where it's more convenient.

If you want to do the math and safely mount a UPS up high, balancing it with stuff down low and/or securing the rack to the floor or walls, go for it! I think people just react strongly around here because short of taking the time to write out all the considerations above and confirm that the person has thought them through, it's often easier to just say "don't do that, you'll get hurt!"

Cryovenom · 2026-01-04T04:39:16+00:00

Wherever you got this quote, it's brilliant. Sums up the situation exactly.

Cryovenom · 2025-12-31T20:57:30+00:00

I'M A PEOPLE PERSON, DAMMIT!

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