Paul FordDec 25, 2022
Happy Family Sysadmin day to all who celebrate.
Show threadDenny Cherry
@ftrain this is why I started telling family that I don't know how to work on computers that cost under $100k. I started doing this 20 years ago. It worked like a charm.
Dec 25, 2022 at 9:57pmWeb
Show threadbigjslDec 27, 2022
@mrdenny @ftrain I bought a Mac 20 years ago and started telling everyone I use a Mac and don’t know about PCs. Worked a treat until everyone started buying Macs.
Show threadKlavsKlavsenDec 27, 2022
@bigjsl @mrdenny @ftrain i have run Linux on desktop for 20 years, and saying I only know Linux helps a lot :)
Show threadMatt Rose  Dec 27, 2022
@bigjsl @mrdenny @ftrain This is what I did. I can pretty honestly tell people I have no idea how to fix Windows.
Show threadJeff MooreDec 28, 2022
@mattrose @bigjsl @mrdenny @ftrain Off-topic but on-theme: I made a firm conscious decision many decades ago never to learn COBOL, to ensure that I'd never accidentally get sucked into a situation where I was writing or maintaining COBOL code.
Show threadgturpinDec 27, 2022
@bigjsl @mrdenny @ftrain I've been using a Mac for 30 years at home and somehow that's the only bit of data that stuck with my family, even though I've been using Windows for 25 years at work. Off the hook!
Show threadasharDec 28, 2022
@bigjsl So, John, what are you moving to now? @mrdenny @ftrain
Show threadbigjslDec 28, 2022
@ashar @mrdenny @ftrain The cloud.
Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EADec 27, 2022
@mrdenny @ftrain need to write up an SLA and establish a rate for service calls.
Show threadDrYakDec 28, 2022

@mrdenny it's even funnier because that's also literally my case (bioinformatics analysis on very large HPC)... and my mom's (worked on IBM mainframes back in her days).

Cue in both of us looking clueless in front of some modern tiny shiny gadget.