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Ruben Schade 🔰 🇦🇺

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Hi 👋 I’m a human, blogger, technical writer, IaaS engineer, weeb traveller, urbanist, third-culture kid, profile list enumerator, and retro computator in Sydney, Australia, formerly Singapore. He/them. Friend. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Runs #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #illumos. Slings #Xen and #QEMU at work. Co-host of #BSDNow!

I am bad at replying; sorry.

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Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺9h ago

Sashin 9h ago

Has anyone else noticed that Horror movies always seem to go the extra mile to convey that *the bad thing* was extremely preventable?

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺11h ago

Elyse M Grasso 11h ago

#ScribesAndMakers 12 Our next featured creator is a Table Top Role Playing Game designer. Do you play, or have you played, TTRPGs

I have owned various sourcebooks, dice and gaming paraphernalia since the 70s, but I have not played. (I tend to approach them as objets d'art and examples of world building).

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺11h ago

I definitely like the idea of tablet computers more than using tablet computers.

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺14h ago

Justified Ancient of Moomin 16h ago

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺1d ago

Client cut over to their new environment successfully with <5 mins downtime :). Long night, but always happy to put the extra effort into clients who are great to work with. Funny how that works!

Night 👋

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺1d ago

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Stefano Marinelli 1d ago

@rubenerd yes, I know that feeling. Every time I say using the BSDs is good to avoid monoculture, (some) people start shouting "but less eyes means less secure!"

Somehow, some think that adoption rate is proportional to the security.

I usually stop them saying that Windows is the most used desktop os, but, by far, the less secure.

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺1d ago

So relieved we have a Tong Li, green grocer, and Aldi nearby. Coles and Woolies are really taking the piss with their prices now :/.

Remember the early days of Uber and Lyft, when rides were dirt cheap because the companies were operating at a loss in order to capture the minds/wallets of the masses?

The rug pull in the AI/LLM world when the companies adjust pricing to actually make a profit is going to be spectacular. Especially when you consider the numbers of people / orgs that are addicted to or dependent on such technology.

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺1d ago

@janbeta

Catching up on your videos, thanks for the tip to try DolphinDOS! I only knew Jiffy/JaffyDOS, so something else to try ^_^/

Ruben Schade

🔰 🇦🇺1d ago

My recent post about Linux monoculture being bad for security has now started generating responses from people saying other systems are insecure.

I... yes? Literally the point of the post. In the words of infosec professional Bob Dylan, everything is broken. Diversity is strength.