Jèf Uphoff

@juphoff.bsky.social

Principal Systems Engineer at @ctrliq.bsky.social. Lapsed astro/physics guy. Ex C’ville & RVA, now Roanoke. Tours @ AWS, Red Hat, SUSE, rPath, NRAO, Transmeta, kernel.org, among others. Veteran x2. NAPS/USNA/VT/UVa alum. Pilot. Crazy cat gentleman. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

Me: "What's the difference between a duck?" AI: "It looks like your question was cut off! To give you an accurate answer, I need to know what you are comparing a duck to (for example, 'What is the difference between a duck and a goose?' or 'between a duck and a swan?'). No rizz. Pfft.

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Recipe for iced coffee. 1 Make strong coffee with hot water & sweetening to taste. 2 Become distracted. 3 Hours later, rediscover now cold, untouched coffee. 4 Add ice cube.

To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the

The war started because the US President is an easily-led imbecile and nobody in the chain of command is brave enough to tell him: No. The war cannot end because the US President is an easily-led imbecile and nobody in the chain of command is brave enough to tell him: No.

Preston Stewart • @prestonst.... 11h X Pretty scathing comments about the Iran war in a New York Times article this morning.
Robert Niblett, former director of the Chatham House called it a "strategic loss and an embarrassment" adding, "For U.S. allies and those who rely on the U.S. for security, this is confirmation that you can't trust the United States."
He continued, "people won't forget that their security and their future were dragged into question by an unpredictable and wavering
U.S. foreign policy."
Ali Vaez, the Iran project director for the International Crisis Group said "This is the crisis of credibility of the U.S. Neither its military prowess nor its diplomatic promises can be trusted."
Aaron David Miller, a former American negotiator and now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the conflict "has undermined U.S. deterrence and credibility, antagonized America's allies and delighted its adversaries,