DavidNelsonNM
@davidnelsonnm.bsky.social
Old school IT engineer, weather gazer, Padres sufferer. RIP Heidi (Oct ‘23) & Wolfgang (Jan ‘24). I talk about CHF & Parkinsons cause I have them. USAF vet.
My favorite headline, and used often by me for our various IT projects both then and hey, even still now.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayQ: You were trying to make upgrades at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon. Why? Why not do it at say midnight on Saturday when there are fewer planes lined up to take off? DUFFY: There will be a reevaluation of when we do this work
“See, the Nvidia card drivers were promiscuous and humping the router protocols, and then kept jumping from router to router. But we found some of the router patch cables were made overseas, so we’re having them all replaced immediately.”
If I were on a group call with our telecomm vendor during a massive outage and support said, “Our CEO is the best at leading us” they would NOT like what I’d say next. And I have been, and never heard anyone that stupid.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoMarkwayne Mullin: "President Trump is the best at leading us"
There’s no need to panic - Donald Trump says all “Airplane!” memes are locked and loaded. Him & Duffy are ON IT. They would also like to mention a plane was late once during the Biden administration.
<cough> You might notice that AI never seems to solve one of these large system outages … and even better, never seems to prevent one either.
As an old IT engineer who worked in these areas a lot, here’s the deal. “Go fast and break things” as a policy is completely incompatible with serious policies like redundancy, change management, and quality assurance. That said, remember the popular Picard meme about losing? Yeah.
Here’s my Microsoft outage reason guess: Probably someone turned off that Windows 2000 server in Redmond somewhere. Good news, they know what it does now! 😄
Guess it’s time to again start blocking morons, such as New York Times columnists. Although I repeat myself.
Hope Trump is not following me or anything, cause I posted this yesterday. 😀
Some thoughts on Stephen Miller as the new White House chief of staff: My sense is that people are overthinking it. I don't believe it's a sign of doubling down on brutal government repression and I don't think it represents a greater threat. If anything, it likelier poses *less* of a threat now.
It’s rather weird to see New Mexico greening up suddenly from all the recent big rains, in November, while the trees in the bosques and arroyos and washes are all changing color. #nmwx
Look, I’m not taking credit but since I got my Covid/flu/shingles vaccines on Friday Oct 30th, but: - UNM won, now ranked for 1st time ever - Cowboys meltdown, plus Chargers to 0-7 - told my SIL’s stage 4 cancer has been halted - Ds win big - sun came back to NM Vaccines work people!
Do you *really* want to start making a difference, beginning today? Cancel that New York Times subscription. If we’re gonna teach lessons this month, let’s teach.
Speaking of those not on the ballot but still losing big time … Fox News, everybody. That channel might get weird tomorrow.
I feel like I went to Baskin Robbins and bought 29 flavors. My freezer is freaking full.
Trump finally called into Fox News. He sounds drunk. Not making much sense either. Claims lots of Democrats are calling him. Mansplaining what a Jumbotron is. It’s glorious.
The last time I saw a butt kicking this bad, they fired the coach at halftime for running up the score. To which I say tonight - run up in the stands, slap they mamas. (cc: @owillis.bsky.social)
I bought pizza and ice cream to celebrate some tonight, though sadly not enough for everyone. I just got home - what’s the score? Whoa … 👀
1971 Toyota Corona. In Germany. (West, to be specific)
Dennie Edwards@dennieedwards.bsky.social · 2w agoQOTD: What car did you learn to drive a manual transmission in? I learned in a friend’s 1987 Chevy Spectrum.
Lord, just one more day. On the bright side at least I voted absentee (and yes the clerk’s office has it).
Our corporate media are mostly bullies, in the sense that they really are cowards who love to punch down. “Speak truth to power” died years ago. But just watch, if the midterms are a blowout they’ll suddenly jump on a wounded Trump. (Not with both feet, but still.)
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2w ago1. Major news outlets who did not report on the new rape allegation against Trump: The New York Times The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal ABC News CBS News CNN NPR PBS News Business Insider Axios The Associated Press Bloomberg The Atlantic Reuters NBC News Politico (con't)
The retribution that will arise one day against the lies, the greed, and the elitism of these people will be truly awesome and fearsome in its spectacle.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHusted on data centers: "Down in Pike County, the people down in Pike County, I was just there. They want them. They're a poor area. They have no, they have no tax revenue. The data centers are going to bring millions and millions of dollars to the local community."
Voted today. Okay, dropped off both our absentee ballots at a voting location. It counts though. Also got the covid, flu, and 1st shingles vaccines. And with points I refilled the tank at $3.59 a gallon! (Still not voting for any Republicans …)
I like to think I’m not nearly old enough to have people I began to admire over 40 years ago die. But as life keeps insistently pointing out - I would be wrong. Go forth, Captain.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoPatrick Stewart, titan of stage and screen, dies aged 86
Holy heck - the iOS 27.2 update for my iPhone 17 Plus is a load! Almost 17GB in size. And it’s already on the latest, 27.0.1. If you have a slow connection like me I feel your download pain.
Here in New Mexico we certainly appreciate Mother Nature trying to make up for all the extremely dry months we had before September, but think I speak for everyone when I ask that She pace herself a bit. #nmwx
