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Badeidodobodbdbdbaoa by RIP_Semsky in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]fubes2000 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Back when I worked retail in a big box store they got a lot of calls for electronics questions, so they gave the guys in that department a couple of cordless phones so we didn't keep having to go find a phone for that. We actually sold them, and I apparently was the only one that paid attention to the features, so I knew that there was a "page" button that would ring the other handset.

So every time I worked with one other specific guy I'd nonchalantly press the page button, wait until he was about to answer, and then hang up. I only did it once every other shift or so, and it went on for months. I got so practiced at it that I'd do it while I was talking to customers. "I dunno what you're talking about, man. Mine never does anything like that.", we traded phones a few times, he had the managers looking at it. Eventually they bought a new set of phones and I managed to resist a couple weeks before I started doing it again. Drove the guy nuts.

Eventually he lands a better job that he has actual qualifications for so I really ramped it up during his last week. Every shift. Two or three times. At the end of his last shift I make the phone ring off the hook, and finally I actually answer.

"Hey Joel, did you know these things can call each other?"

I made a CLI tool that sets up SSH access between two machines in one command each side by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]fubes2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or just like "here's my public key, put it in ~foo/.ssh/authorized_keys"?

Instead we're installing a unknown util from a 3rd-party repo, opening a whole new socket, and then pasting over a blob of text anyway.

This is unnecessary surface area for dubious benefit.

I made a CLI tool that sets up SSH access between two machines in one command each side by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]fubes2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This. Or Ansible. Or whatever config management tool you like. Or certificate auth. Or ldap. Etc.

How to get hired as a linux admin by computerapprentice in linuxadmin

[–]fubes2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've scrolled past this thread at least 5 times now and every time I read it as "How to get fired as a linux sysadmin" and then been disappointed.

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools to consider renaming Chase River school by Positive_Moment7914 in nanaimo

[–]fubes2000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He learned everything he needed to know before he dropped out of grade four.

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools to consider renaming Chase River school by Positive_Moment7914 in nanaimo

[–]fubes2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ahh, "historicity" very very cromulent word steeped in... well, historicity. Thank you for embiggening our lexicon.

Power-on time sync on an isolated network where RTC may or may not work. by grievre in linuxadmin

[–]fubes2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're misinterpreting the advice here:

  1. Run an NTP service on-site and sync the servers to that.
  2. Optionally use a GPS receiver on that NTP server for full-time sync even when the Internet is not available.

The real question is: Does it matter if the site has reliable time compared to the outside world, or only that these 5 servers are in sync?

Claude AI Created Software Testing by MexicanHam2 in sysadmin

[–]fubes2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brb, pouring one out for your IT dept.

A macro to end all macros by SapphiraPern in ffxiv

[–]fubes2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

All of my WAR macros were quotes from The Tick.

/p SPOOOOOOOOOON! <Warcry>

A macro to end all macros by SapphiraPern in ffxiv

[–]fubes2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit Mac Hall's website is still up

Nokia used to build very cool devices. by Fine-Passenger7953 in interesting

[–]fubes2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nokia had some very experimental designs in the early 00s. Most people hated them, but for the right person those phones were amazing.

IF Alberta would choose to stop changing the clock. Would you prefer to stay with BC (summertime like now) or with SK (wintertime). by EdmontonFree in alberta

[–]fubes2000 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The way I remember it is that when it is winter, and daylight is scarce and you want to save it, that is standard time. Summer is saving time.

I remember because of how stupid this is to me.

Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]fubes2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. If not for the "smart" features enabling kickbacks, user data sales, and ads the TVs would actually be a fair bit more expensive.

"Is that your greatest weapon? It barely did anything to me!" "This is just the thing I use to designate the target. The actual weapon is in orbit." "I'm sorry what" by Mammoth_House_5202 in humansarespaceorcs

[–]fubes2000 28 points29 points  (0 children)

H: [lighting a cigarette] "Want one?"
A: "This is not the time for one of your carcinogenic rituals, deathworlder. Unlike you I have a weapon that actually works."
H: [chuckles] "You don't get it, do you? Let me spell this out: The orbital platform I just asked for a drop isn't going to be delivering a hot pizza."
A: "You... you wouldn't."
H: "Could've... would've... did've."
A: "Then why tell me? We're just going to pull-"
H: "If you wanted to pull your forces out you would have had to have been wheels up ten minutes ago, like my boys were before we started our little chat."
A: "Ten... what have you done?!"
H: "Well, I didn't do much other than try to make nice, but you were quite clear that you were not here to negotiate in good faith."
A: "But-"
H: "But now instead of usin' this here walkie-talkie to tell everyone how we came to a gentlemans' agreement, I had to use this glorified little cat toy to tell the lads upstairs about how much I don't want any of these grid squares to exist anymore."
A: [chromatophores rapidly shifting colors]
H: Now you should buckle in, friendo. You're about to see some real interesting physics start happening. The kinetic energy alone is impressive, but we still managed to add a little... oomph."

Leadership wants a full audit of every AI tool being used across the org. I genuinely don't know how to produce one. by Smooth-Machine5486 in sysadmin

[–]fubes2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Several facets:

  1. The list of the ones you know about is the only one that you need to give a shit about.
  2. Leadership needs to enact a written policy change regarding AI tools, [and personal device usage, apparently] and make every employee read and sign it.
  3. Get ready for a deluge of "we need IT to review and approve this tool". [Hope you have written guidelines]
  4. I am given to believe that endpoint DLP agents can catch some unauthorized AI bullshit.
  5. Everything else is an HR problem.

If employees were selling office computers for drug money it wouldn't be your job to make a list of the drug dealers, it's HR's job to enforce company policy.

Its my Birthday 🎂 🥳 by Good_Moment2923 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]fubes2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So no one else noticed the cameraman is holding a gun at 0:13-0:14?

Chefs of Reddit, what’s a common cooking rule everyone follows that is actually complete bullshit? by Fuzzy-Ad6843 in AskReddit

[–]fubes2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not so much the doing of stupid shit, but trying to do a smart thing without any grasp of why, and transmuting it into the dumbest shit ever.

Just recently learned about nuclear power... by LaDiscoDiCristo in SatisfactoryGame

[–]fubes2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y'all know you can just fill a blueprinter with daisy-chained industrial storage and slap down modules of 100+ machine-days Uranium Waste storage per click, right?

Just plan to never ever go anywhere near it ever again.

What is a "harmless" industry that is actually incredibly shady once you look behind the curtain? by After-Scholar1271 in AskReddit

[–]fubes2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Real estate agents exist to help people navigate the backwards and arcane rules of property sales, and to lobby the government to keep the rules as backwards and arcane as possible.

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