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Jeff Mc

@jeffmca.bsky.social
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UofLouisville sports fan, mostly Volleyball, WBB, and Softball. Tech geek, mostly networking engineering, a heavy dose of systems engineering, and increasingly software engineering. Build more roundabouts, trains, and bike paths.

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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 8h
Aside from the ridiculousness of what's being advertised there, I've found that I have developed a very visceral response to that visual style.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*nods in network engineer*
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Networking/server room
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
maxlength considered harmful.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Woot! Dare you/we think it could be a good day for *2* offers? Or is that pushing fate just a bit too much?
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I hear you, and think you're pretty much spot on, even though I'm speaking from a spot of less experience in that space. But, boy do monocultures make me extremely nervous.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm looking for the JSON people. Oh, and the YAML people will be the first against the wall.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
There's even a pretty well known, named logical fallacy for this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable...
en.wikipedia.org
Parable of the broken window - Wikipedia
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Wow, I bet that made you kinda jumpy. Sorry, sorry, trying to delete...
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Oh, I see that now. Not like my cargos, but ok.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Lack of pockets.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ah, I get it. Thanks for the knowledge (and insight).
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pardon the ignorance, please. NOFO?
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Temporary jobs, while they're being built, maybe, but after that... Maybe a handful, but not large numbers.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Well, minor in that it's a single character I think? And the timeline was fairly well clarified later in the article, but glad to be of service.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Minor nit/typo: Beginning of 3rd paragraph, "In the summer of 2025..."
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
And "feels like" (I know, and fair enough) 95 already
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I flew into SLC once, but didn't really spend much time there, immediately ubering out to Park City (which is also very delightful). May have to make a point of experiencing SLC. I've heard good things about it from others.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
What's the meme? "I'm in this picture and I don't like it."
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What did Bloomington do to deserve the bullseye?
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Rational" market.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Working with dates and times is THE WORST. I was dealing with some of my own challenges in that area today. (Python's datetime.datetime doesn't serialize to JSON without...extra stuff)
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
And now Watterson anti-clockwise is closed at I-71 split for a semi crash apparently...backed up to Bardstown Rd. Or more
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I, to this day, still remember watching it the first time around as a teenager, and remember how intense it was. "Shook" is probably an apt description of how I remember feeling, yeah. So, some empathizing with your kids.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
NGL, one (not only, of course ) of my motivations for voting for her is so that I can pop some popcorn and watch LMPD (both organizationally and individuals) s*** their pants if she's elected.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My father taught high school, not college, as Prof. Dunman esquire here does, but I can affirm that the letters and such that he received from students were *cherished*.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I've had friends who insisted that I wait outside to initially greet their dog to avoid the urination-from-excitement in the house.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I... I fear that there are network engineers that would take that at face value.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
*I don't know....
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I didn't know...just sounds Republican.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
For water it depends on the design of the data center. None threaten *pollution* of water sources. And "closed-loop" cooling systems in data center pose no threat to water system capacity. Evaporative cooling? Yeah, potential big problem for water systems.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
OpenStreetMap has many of them mapped
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I had early success with: "Hey, Bellarmine's plate is black too." Then UofL switched theirs so even better. There are choices here, so I give no cover for wanting black + black being the reason for that type of plate.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Depends on the nature of the documents you work with. Long skinny documents are where the win is for portrait mode. Long text docs, spreadsheets with lots of rows and fewer columns.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Nice space! I know I mentioned this before, but have you trialed a portrait mode monitor? I didn't think I'd like it until I tried it and now I'll never go back.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Tangentially, have you looked at OpenStreetMap for locations for these devices? It's probably not comprehensive, but I know there have been a lot of them added in there across the city.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Ah, the repeated excitement of, "Well, at least it's a different error."
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Nope, you've had a couple of great weeks of geeky fun, based on all the reports (from you and others) that I've seen. I won't be the one to destroy that sense of joy. I keep telling myself to book myself on that cruise and keep missing it.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
As part of the laptop + 2 external monitors camp...yes, so much. Laptop + landscape monitor above it, then portrait monitor to the right of both of them. A portrait mode monitor is a game changer.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Ah, the theateriest of security theater.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
And then wonder what the big deal about roundabouts is.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Worth it, for the bit, tho. I applaud the commitment.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Number 1 needs some commas, but otherwise I say either
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Rationalization? Maybe not exactly that.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It's not a technology, per se, but I'll put out there - open source software.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A childhood of listening to Dr. Demento means I have to request "The Ballad of Irving" (the 142nd fastest gun in the west) Though I'm not sure how well the humor holds up in this day and age.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
That's awesome. I'll definitely keep an eye on that project.
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I had the opportunity last month to record a Heavy Networking podcast with Packet Pushers. This was a lot of fun and was a great exploration of implementing EVPN/VXLAN everywhere instead of VLAN trunking driven by great questions by Ethan and Drew. packetpushers.net/podcasts/hea...
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HN809: EVPN All the Things! | Packet Pushers
Heavy Networking welcomes Jeff McAdams to let him make his case to "EVPN all the things!" Is he kidding? Only a little bit. Jeff gives details on how VXLAN and EVPN work; talks about use cases in the ...
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
setattr() might be the better way to do this, though. setattr(self, 'foo', 'Hi There's)
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Jeff Mc @jeffmca.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Cool little trick. In a class __init__ method `vars(self)[attrname] = attrobj` This will set an attribute on the object named whatever is in the attrname variable. So: attrname = 'foo' attrobj = "Hi There' vars(self)[attrname] = attrobj results in: self.foo == 'Hi There' #python
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