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Tech Generalist, currently titled Principal Engineer, Sysadmin and InfoSec background. Really, I'm just here for the pet pics, though.

Old Twitter bio: Tech generalist and auto enthusiast. I also like food and pets.

With the price of RAM at the moment i'm going back to 2digit years in dates
it's free ~~real estate~~ compute

#PatchTuesday 2026-03
Patching experience in my test lab (#homelab).

Windows 11 - No issues on any test machines / VMs.
Windows 10 - No issues on any test machines / VMs.

Windows Server 2016 - Normal, uneventful.
Windows Server 2019 - Normal, uneventful.
Windows Server 2022 - Normal, uneventful.
Windows Server 2025 - Normal, uneventful.

Note: No known 0 days this month and no issues updating. Hopefully I didn't just jinx it.

Whoever came up with the system “if you don’t allocate all of your yearly budget, your budget will be smaller next year” is responsible for so much human misery and wasted money

LLMs are clearly giving the broader tech workforce an existential crisis. Which I think is understandable.

If you view your job as solving issues for business as quickly as possible by way of writing code; then yeah you're generally not going to fare well against a machine.

I think things become more interesting when the frame shifts from "the output is code" to "the output are systems". IMO writing the code has never been the hard part of building systems.

Wisdom from Jesse Jackson’s service yesterday: “You don’t forgive because they deserve mercy. You forgive because you deserve peace. Forgiveness is an emancipation.”

The battery button to remove the battery is a nice touch and it's good to see LPCAMM2 RAM but those replaceable USB-C ports is amazing!

https://www.ifixit.com/News/115827/new-thinkpads-score-perfect-10-repairability

Lenovo’s New T-Series ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability

Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo’s new T-series business laptops, which earned our highest honor with a 10/10 repairability score.

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Samsung is an ad delivery network that, as a side effect, produces electronic devices and appliances.

Our site admin (@jerry) is about to get walloped with additional hosting fees, thanks to the great AIpocalypse that is messing up everything with datacenter costs.

I love the fediverse because there are no bullshit targeted ads and no bullshit algorithm-boosted messaging. Just a bunch of humans running servers. The downside of this is there is very little money in running servers and they cost more and more to keep going.

I increased my donation a bit today to help keep up with the costs.

Consult your instance admin for where to donate. In our case you can look at Jerry's profile for the official donation places. If you can afford to donate please do. If you can afford to increase your donation, please do that too.