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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Them: "Oh yes, while we remember the 1 remaining guy we have working int he US is going on leave for a week. You'll be OK to handle his workload and yours next week?"

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All this time I've been grumping about not having a decent pasta place *in south yarra* that I can get to for lunch and I've been ignoring the fact that I can be one of *those* people and get lunch delivered. Fuck it, I'm treating myself today.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ive started openly drawing in meetings again, which is a sure sign I really dont give a shit anymore.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Working my way through The Expanse again and hands down Amos is still my favourote character without any doubt.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Things just get better and better; Customer: Half our Fleet is offline (over 50 devices) Me: Ok, If its half your fleet, its more likely to be something you've done on your side - but I'll check. *later* I have to Apologise. this is seeming like its Our Issue(tm)

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Customer: Our Users are disconnecting and complaining. Me: Ok - I'll need specifics to investigate (locations, dates/ times, usernames) Customer: Here are some users that are disconnecting. Me: this isn't enough, I need specifics. Customer: Why are you making it so hard for us to get help !? *sigh*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Where was this track when I needed to um..Visit the bathroom for an extended length of time during a DJ Set!!?? ... Oh yes, thats right, It was queued up straight after a Sisters of Mercy track. Never mind.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Apparently, the Unifi schedule firewalls rules only allow traffic to be blocked, and not dropped. Which means that as long as you're 'using' a device after the schedule kicks in, it wont apply until the connection is paused or restarted. I did wonder how Jasper was still accessing stuff at night.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ivan recently had some work done - 'A radical redesign of his grey matter' - And now, theres a tiny cluster of cloned brain tissue that do nothing but dream and in return Ivan doesnt have to sleep. Ever.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sung By: Gru from 'Descipable Me' You're welcome.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This sounds like a TISM song slowed down to 3/4 speed. Seriously.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sharks are the cats of the sea. Self centered, Always Hungry, Able to sense a (metaphorical) fridge door opening from 3 blocks away and extremely bitey.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For Fucks Sake. If I ask a question, I would like an *answer* to the question. I don't need you to solve what YOU think the problem might be, I didn't ask you to solve a problem, I asked you a question. I. Just. Need. An. Answer. To. The. Fucking. Question.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

User: 'Can we do this?' Me: 'Well.. we've done it before, but that was some years ago, let me check and get back to you' Me: *asks question in internal support channel* *10 days later* Me: Hey, Can someone answer please? Eng: Dunno - Have they tried just doing $somethingelse? *cry*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OK, Heres my issue. Crysknives are made from sandworm teeth - and your average sandworm is big enough to consume a spice harvester, which presumably means some pretty fucking big teeth. So why not *swords* ?

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ENG: "We released a new feature that wasn't meant to be visible yet, but the feature switch was set to ON by default in the code so when it was merged.... etc etc. Possible solutions to this - Create another switch to set the visibility of the switch we..enabled by default." #DeveloperLogic *cry*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*In a Robert Downey Jr doing an Australian accent voice*; “WODONGA! WODONGA! WODONGA!” Dont ask me why, I dont know. You’re Welcome.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Godamn You, The Expanse. RIght in the Feels. Eveey Time.

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Although some groups still adopt the traditional jackboot neo-Nazi aesthetic, it is more common for members of extreme right groups to use covert signals of their affiliation, adopting fashion choices that allow them to blend in.”

theconversation.com

How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism

The extreme right has learned to navigate Germany’s strict laws on extremist symbols

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New Crysknife design - The whole thing measures about 44cm long, so.. its really a long blade, but I kinda like it. Its nice and plain which I always imagined a Crysknife to be given what they're made from.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For a while I've been trying to identify the difference in my thinking patterns pre-post medication in terms of problem solving and I think I've figured it out. It comes down to the capacity to follow a complex problem through and synthesize all the variables and not just focus on the first issue

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Additionally, one of the only SANE QA people here just told me her performance review was 'written' by Claude. ... Fuuuuuuuuck..

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wow... A fix for an issue I reported over 2 years ago is going into the next release. Apparently I should be grateful.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is just getting ridiculous. I ask for help from an engineer and he sends back a link to a knowledge base article. This in of itself wouldnt be that bad except A: It didnt answer my the questions B: I’m the author of the article. C: The article states “Ask Engineering for more info” *headdesk*

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ROCKY & BULLWINKLE producer + co-creator Jay Ward (1920-1989) was #BOTD. "It was the first time I can recall my parents watching a cartoon show over my shoulder and laughing in places I couldn't comprehend.’’ — Steven Spielberg #TVSky #Animation #Cartoons

Jau Ward left, w/ his most enduring creations: Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose, Natasha Fatale, and Boris Badenov.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OH Look, and now theres an Claude Automation to automatically parse whats in a aupport ticket and raise an escalation ticket. *sigh*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This in my email box from Atlassian today... *hysterical laughter*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Last one, I promise*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mounted a 3rd ‘test’ display on my setup at work.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rewatching The Expanse, and Ive just noticed that the Belter neck tattoos are based on the burn scars around Anderson Dawes’ neck. A damn nice touch.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

QA: We found a major bug with the Beta of the latest Mac OS and our client. Eng: Sure, We'll fix it, But.... we're not planning on releasing a mac client update any time soon so it wont be merged into core or released. Apple: Here is 27.0! *avalanche begins*

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Every so often I get one of those tickets where I can just lay every little fact and metric out for the user and say 'no, No we didn't break your network, Your network broke your network' and every single piece of the below data says so. It just.. flows.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Noo.. The Solution here is Stop Using Claude.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Weekly triage meeting; Me: I'm escalating $THIS - Its a long running ticket with a big history, so I would appreciate if it's given some extra attention the complete history read,not just a first pass over with Claude. Eng: Sure, *nodnod* *30 seconds later* Eng: Claude Says have you done $THAT yet?

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I explained to someone a while back why I stopped drinking; "As soon as I have a drink, every idea that I have is a good one. Usually starting with 'have another drink' and ending somewhere around 'where did the last three days go, and my arms are fucking ruined'" When I say every idea, I mean it.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The madness is that all these business managed just fine until very recently and now they act like they can't survive without it. Fucking pathetic.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What with all this buzz and commotion over 'AI' - I thought Id dig out my copy of the Turing Option and read about Machine Intelligence done right.

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Nief @nief.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm doing the ITIL 5 foundation course at the moment, and I'm trying very hard to; A - Not scream obscenities at the training material B - Not to go to work and scream obscenities at various people.

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