Lesley Carhart Feb 22
On immigration as American IT people
Show threadNo.
@hacks4pancakes I got pretty miffed once when some programmer acquaintance called what I do, system administration, being an IT Janitor, in a derogatory tone. It is a noble task. Civilisation run on an enormous amount of legacy systems of all kinds.
Feb 22 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadLesley Carhart Feb 22
@m and it might get you out right now.
Show threadNo.Feb 22
@hacks4pancakes I am a Dane in Denmark, so I am currently not in a situation I want to get out of. I was just commenting on the relative sexiness of things.
Show threadLesley Carhart Feb 22
@m oh, I meant an ambiguous “you”!
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 25

@m @hacks4pancakes

Still adore "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" @pluralistic

https://craphound.com/overclocked/Cory_Doctorow_-_Overclocked_-_When_Sysadmins_Ruled_the_Earth.html

It was included in the anthology "Wastelands"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastelands:_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse

When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth