ethernet is just computers agreeing to touch each other in a very specific way
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🚀rockit network engineer 👩🏼💻ethernet fangirl 🛜 weird use cases & silly tech! 🌎 tracketpacer.com/links
as a result of last night’s election, all network standards are no longer allowed to reference ‘m*ster’ or ‘sl*ve’ & instead must use the woke-approved terms ‘dom’ & ‘sub’ instead
oh my god texas flipped even while gerrymandered to shit so you know they’re really fucking fed up. im so proud of my home state
TracketPacer@tracketpacer.com · last wk.Abbot & Paxton: eat shit & die
the best thing i can say about working in florida is rockets. the worst thing i can say about working in florida is rockets.
to the little turd middle school boys who took all the candy in my candy bowl this year—straight up dumped it all into all 3 of your bags—i’ll be back with super soakers next year
why do i even talk to software engineers at work anymore all they do is copy/paste claude at me. im dead serious
i feel like every other week i learn about a new guy in cybersecurity or networking who’s a batshit right wing christian freak who hates The Queers. im tired grandpa
network engineer interviews be like “you need to have expert level knowledge & experience working with BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, 4 major vendors, & route redistribution in production” …& then the job is just answering the same easy customer ticket over & over forever
it’s spider season in seattle, which means it’s time for me to abduct a bunch of juvenile orb weavers & rehome them in my garden
im back for WiFi Day 2026 my dudessssss let’s go!! October 22 @ 12-3pm ET Ekahau is giving away a Sidekick 2, full license, & ECSE training to one lucky winner drawn out of the registrants! all u gotta do is be on stream when we call yr name 🛜
@tib3rius.bsky.social & i are streaming CRUSADER KINGS 3 tonight at 9pm ET/6pm PT! twitch.tv/tracketpacer
the pressure as a content creator to film fakeass B roll of myself crying is a battle i fight every day
It's happening. 🔥 Join @tracketpacer.com and I for a co-stream (watch either channel) where we play some Crusader Kings III. This Friday at 9pm ET.
> work on project 2 days straight, very pleased with progress > nice diagram, good code, well-thought-out test plan > “thanks for doing this, Lexie, but we need to completely scrap it and do something much more over-engineered and complex” 😐
she YOLO’d the stairs when i wasn’t looking & turns out she’s a natural (horse)
some of u may remember me posting a fundraiser link ~2 yrs ago, where i smashed some network stuff to raise $ for a litter of puppies that my friends found on the side of the road in TX. well, things have come full circle bc i have now adopted one of those (grown) puppies!! her name is Siana ♥️
every time i film a skit like 10 of my coworkers message me on teams the next day to tell me they assume it is about them 😩 stopppppp
the coldest, funniest professional dis is seeing a photo of your team’s lab bench show up in the annual lab training as “DO NOT DO THIS”
if u have ever wanted to see me say “i can’t talk about that because ITAR” in person now’s your chance
TracketPacer@tracketpacer.com · 2mo agoi will be a panelist at WA NUG’s fall event this week, 9/24! come hang out if you’re in the seattle area! (it’s free, you just gotta RSVP) www.usnua.com/live/wanug-f...
i will be a panelist at WA NUG’s fall event this week, 9/24! come hang out if you’re in the seattle area! (it’s free, you just gotta RSVP) www.usnua.com/live/wanug-f...