DNS continues to be the #1 thing that confuses the *shit* out of university IT departments. Which, sure OK DNS can be difficult but I’m talking the basics here. Like, updating an A record with a new IP address.
The second most confusing thing for university IT departments is creating and using SSH keys.
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Not content with littering up the Earth, the billionaires are now coming for our night sky too. I wish we could shoot all of it down.
JFC … why the fuck do academic IT departments leave all their shit until the last couple days before school starts?
“OMG THIS THING THAT WE HAD MONTHS TO FIX NEEDS FIXING NOWWWWW”
Well maybe you should have fixed it before you took that month off?
Wait, what do you mean you’re also taking this upcoming Friday off? GODDAMMIT.
The number one technical weakness of most post-secondary institutions’ IT departments?
SSH confounds them.
I mean, it totally and utterly boggles their minds. And don’t get me started on public and private keys… that’s a WHOLE ‘NOTHER level of confusion for them.
Yup. That’s right. The most common tool to manage remote servers and your typical academia IT worker can’t use it properly (or in many cases, at all).
*sigh*
Post-secondary institutions make the *stupidest* decisions when it comes to spending their money.
Mine is more than happy to spend 5x more than is needed on a project, because the company that won the bid has a flashy website and lots of employees (most of whom won’t be working on our project)
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Dr. Fyzziks
JA Westenberg
Eugen Rochko