Clint "SpamapS" Byrum@SpamapS@fosstodon.orgfosstodon.org

Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in Jul 1993. It is the oldest distro still in existence. However, someone was dissatisfied with Slackware and created another distro a month later, in August 1993. This was Debian, the second oldest distro, founded by Ian Murdock. Both of these distros are still maintained, and Debian is often known as the "mother distro" because it has spawned many more distributions. #Linux #OpenSource #history

I have a podcast about resilience in tech now!

https://www.thisisfinepod.com/the-pod?format=rss

I always felt like "Site Reliability Engineer" was inadequate to describe what I do... https://medium.com/@Spamaps/the-sociotechnical-reality-engineer-8a51e31c841b

Leaving “Sent from my iPhone” on is a complete release from the aesthetic jail of composing a well crafted email. Just throw words onto your screen and send. You are set free, there is no form to bend to

Percentile: 87
https://datcreativity.com

Pretty fascinating. Take your time but don't read up on it before you do it.

A reminder to think hard before planning that holiday code freeze: https://medium.com/@Spamaps/water-and-code-two-things-that-burst-pipes-when-they-freeze-fd77485b63dd

Google paid $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine | Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38041335

The beloved Pixie Boots socks are coming... to @SeaGL 2023! Find me at the conference Friday or Saturday, say hello, and ask about OpenStack Ironic and get a pair.

For bonus points, attend my talk on Trust in an Open Source Community and learn how the #1 thing to look for when finding OSS communities to trust is free hosiery.

Any OpenStack-Ansible users out there? The OpenInfra Foundation is hosting the Project Teams Gathering this week, with Operator Hours for the OpenStack-Ansible Service Team happening 17:00 - 18:00 UTC on Monday, October 23. Learn, deploy, or get help troubleshooting. Rocky Linux is a supported OS for OpenStack, so we encourage participation in this PTG. https://www.openstack.org/ptg/rooms/grizzly #openstack #ansible #openinfra #ptg2023

“root cause” is just blame for machines. —Matt Davis @dtauvdiodr

I just got to experience a fire drill on the 65th floor of 4WTC. Seeing how FDNY approaches this inspires me to do better with briefing operations teams, preparing simple response mechanisms, and normalizing safety conversations. In 5 minutes the fire warden was able to make very clear to 35 or so people what to do and when to do it. "See a fire? Close the door. Walk to a staircase. Pull the fire alarm. Pick up the water phone. Tell them the story." -- What's the technical operations equivalent?

Hey NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Independent Study Team - did you take the Flake Equation into account in the study?

From March 24, 2010 - https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/718:_The_Flake_Equation
https://science.nasa.gov/uap
#xkcd #UFO #Aliens

Am I the only one that thinks a stealth fighter crashes and nobody can find is just screaming to become a dad joke?

Ok, ok… I recycle, I compost, I bring my own bag to the grocery store. But hear me out, what if maybe, just maybe, WE GET THE G-20 TO REDIRECT THE $1.3 TRILLION IN ANNUAL FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES TOWARDS SOLAR, WIND, AND GEOTHERMAL?!?

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! (Gift link, no paywall)

You’re doing it wrong: Recycling and other myths about tackling climate change https://wapo.st/45PsQZb

How many active Trello boards is too many? I just create my 5th. #burnout eminent?

Dear Product Managers,

The ability of your engineering team to make changes and operate the product sustainably *is a feature*.

Signed,
Exhausted Staff Engineer

Nice to see I am not the only one dismayed by the proliferation of nonsense in df/mount output.

Handy arguments to restore the harmonious output of those tools: https://dbohdan.com/clean-mount-lists

(via Hacker News)

#linux
#sysadmin
#docker