Notices by `Da Elf (elfin@mstdn.social)

@TechBean

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I've had the, good fortune?!? of holding a part of The Wall in my hand. With graffiti.

I've held a lot of concrete in my life. Nothing Felt like that.

@ochaos @TechBean

Ok. That's funny.

This was Awesome. Now it's CSPAN I guess.

I'd get a streaming account again even.

DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels (Official Video)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY&list=RDM1N_wbhAfQ4&index=10

@trevorflowers
@jamey @drwho

Trust? Oracle.
Seed money from the CIA. Ellison being the Former Evil Villain until Elon came along.

You've never signed a licensing agreement with them. I can tell.

Ed. I'm an Old Sun Guy, I guess.

@cindyweinstein Outlawing dogs would be a really, really bad idea.

Liberals and Progressives would take up firearms, and MAGA would provide training and ammo to put a violent stop to That notion. It would be ugly, very ugly.

Ice cream is just a wee under that.

@feld @mainframed767 That's a bummer.
My Santa Cruz Operation Enterprise CDs are in (checks notes) Klammeth. I'll get you photos when I make a VM for entertainment.

Windows NT 4 stuff I think. And some (@$#*%&!) Novell tripe.

@feld @mainframed767 That's fucking Cool. I'mma send to Skolnick for a laugh.

@feld @mainframed767

BSD=>BSDi (ask me when I'm drunk)=>FreeBSD=>OpenBSD BSD is A Whole Different Thing. It is fearsome.

StarOffice=>OpenOffice=>LibreOffice (as I use Libre, assume bias) is a really great example. ALSO yanked from (fucking) Oracle and *made better*.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#/media/File:StarOffice_major_derivatives.svg

I use BackdropCMS which is a fork of Drupal7 (and I'm porting modules now that I can). I like Backdrop way better than D7, and it forked because of a scandal that was handled poorly and D8 was shit. MMV

@vhns @feld @mainframed767 We still need a complete rewrite. Some tools are too entrenched.

I use PostFix which is compatible with sendmail through shim-calls, or it wouldn't survive five minutes.

TLS would benefit from refactoring OpenSSL.

I mean, first change the fucking name. It's TLS, come on.

@mainframed767 MariaDB. I got one.

I'm expecting WordPress soon.

And four dozen that ended poorly.

Shot Class!."
He Winz.

SplitPixel is getting damned good with the laser.

I propose "TV;DW" = Too Video, Didn't Watch

@evacide I tell people I'm a Sanitation Engineer.

Ok, I gotta meet this Gal.

Around Redmond, there's a Wonder Woman Jeep. I've only seen the driver from a distance it's in passing and I swear she seems like the kinda gal that would be fun to have a beer with and talk shit.

She just passed with a trailer hauling a Wonder Woman *JetSki* (not a Wave Runner... JetSki riders, like myself, don't like Wave Runners, lazy bastards). Ok, I so have to meet this Lady. That shit is just off the hook.

@feld @sun @thendrix@social.hendrixgames.com Terry just got his bitch ass blocked.

Ok. This is just fun #TelCo shit.

So I called someone who does not have me in their contacts, on their company line with a PBX somewhere in there I'm guessing.

From my handset itself ( not my SIPs or Signal or whatever ) "Elf" is going to show up on Caller ID.

It's a fun party trick and I'm me.

How do you do it?

You call your provider and have them change your Caller ID. It's that simple.

I will now await the avalanche of new IDs running about telephone land while y'all have fun.

I say, "Let Darwin have a go."
https://boingboing.net/2024/09/05/ignoring-a-ranger-watch-yellowstone-tourists-get-too-close-to-a-bear.html

"WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH THREE COFFEES?"

"It takes three coffees for my brain to spin up to complex problem level. At 1 coffee my problem solving toolbox is unlocked but closed, and at two coffees the tool box is open, but only to the first tier."

"What's the first tier?"

"That's where I keep the hammer and the axe."

Good Simon.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/09/bofh_2024_episode_15/

@jerry @drwho
in this context: "Both" is the correct answer.

This is my turf.

@lain I've had too many cats with the "rub my belly?" game to take that bait.