abadideaApr 7

Company wide email last week: there is an emergency patch for some software you’ve never heard of. Please update manually NOW; if it’s not patched by Tuesday, your machine will forcibly reboot.

Me: o software management portal of my work machine, is this software even installed, that I might update it?

portal: it’s not installed, no.

[Tuesday comes]

Your machine is going down NOW in the middle of the workday because you FAILED TO INSTALL THE PATCH, SINNER.

Show threadSamApr 7
@0xabad1dea wait we work at the same place?
Show threadabadideaApr 7
@0f4d0335 I work at a hardware security lab in NL that was acquired by a much larger electronics equipment company.
Show threadSam
@0xabad1dea i work at manufacturer industry that gobbles up other businesses (globally) so often we have an entire department that handles the acquisitions. my office is one of many in the same city and can survive a direct hit from a missile. we have several offices in nl.
Apr 7 at 1:01pmWeb