Notices by nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social), page 36

I shared this one on other social media platforms, and some tech bros are angry 😡 lol. I never understood why some people worship big corporations so much 🤔 It is not just that these companies are also firing people left and right despite making huge fortunes. They only care about meeting shareholders' bottom lines; everyone else is just a casualty. So much for one big happy family 😵

Delta CEO says CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million. He called Microsoft the most fragile platform. What do you think will the CEO replace Microsoft with Apple? Perhaps THEY need to consider Linux? https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24210680/crowdstrike-microsoft-outage-delta-lawsuit-class-action-damages

@briankrebs I'm so sorry to hear about this. I hope you get all the help and care you need. Stay safe. Take care, mate.

Dann. 15k? It is a huge number. Chipmaker Intel says it is cutting 15% of its huge workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around to compete with more successful rivals like Nvidia and AMD. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-cut-more-15-workforce-203625717.html

@piyuv it is a meme format based upon the current events

Senior developer from elite uni vs self taught developer (pink shirt)

PSA: Test your backups by doing a full restore.
Please find out how many hours it takes to restore your data. You will be surprised by the results. 🧑🏻💻 #sysadmin #linux #unix #macos #freebsd

The worst things that happened in the technology sector in the past ten years

1) Monthly software subscription service
2) Greedy VCs (venture capitals)

Can you think of any other?

Here is a handy and useful Linux and Unix shell script that reduce PDF file size using Ghostscript. No need to upload your PDF file to the shady third-party website. https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-shell-script-to-reduce-pdf-file-size/

Do not want. Please go away.

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i paid for all cpu cores and i’m going to use them 🧑🏻💻

This is wild. ps aux written entirely in bash without ever forking https://github.com/izabera/ps #linux

What's "AI safety"? 😱

Sir, just turn off the computer. How hard is that? 🤔

Have you ever been blown away by a product's stunning user interface? Which one takes the crown for you? 🤔

If you don’t understand recursion, reread this post again 🤭

How to automatically shutdown #FreeBSD laptop when running out of battery power to avoid filesystem corruption and send notification via email or mobile device https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/shell-script-to-shutdown-freebsd-laptop-when-low-on-battery-power/ #unix #sysadmin #opensource

What is an IP Address? Wrong answers only.

Shell script to see Time-To-Live (TTL) for a DNS record on Linux, Unix, macOS and FreeBSD https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bashl-linux-unix-script-too-see-time-to-live-ttl-for-dns-record/

kids who would run dos defrag utility and sit and look at the little squares change colors are either {developers, sysadmin, devops} now or retired farmers