Yeah, semi-public wifi is a lot more waterproof these days. My IPoDNS days were back in 2009ish

I haven’t used an umbrella my entire life, as rain never bothered me. May have something to do with growing up in coastal northern Norway, where sideways rain makes umbrellas useless.

Go out anyway. Your skin is waterproofing enough.

Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever used IKEv2 outside of IPsec.

I have, however, used ipsec with Ike (fortinet) and l2tp (cisco)

I used to do that once upon a time for free internet in airports

Peace of mind , and the resources to act on whatever comes to mind when I can hear myself think

Yup, there’s no kinkshaming here

Under Tony Blair they were all merged into Department of Highland Security

“Task failed successfully” was actually uttered numerous times earlier this week at work; we were testing this robotics and automation system and trying to detect various failure modes, and this was declared every time we managed to produce a new fault. This was so that we could write procedures on what the operators should do under various circumstances.

90% Secure shell, 10% the sound of a hush

“But we need someone electable, someone both sides like!”

Yeah no, the “both sides” these people are referring to is the defensive and offensive wing of the same group.

Stupidity has a tendency of outlasting the solvency of those betting against it.

Writing sci-fi and making music

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Well, he seems to be channeling some real Field Marshal Haig energy when it comes to losing soldiers

Yes. It was glorious.

On the flipside, there was a lot of broken CGI (as in, “common gateway interface”)

Liquid Tension Experiment - Rhapsody in Blue

I’ve liked LTE since I first heard them in 1999, and RiB has been a cool song to me for ages as well. I love how they combine even though I’m sure Gershwin would be rolling in his grave

Land of Confusion scared me as a kid. I have vague toddler memories of finding the dolls creepy to the point where I couldn’t watch it.

Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly

I haven’t got a fucking clue. I always hated normal jobs, but I do enjoy having both food and shelter (how decadent of me, I know), so I did what I could to scrape by. And what I “could” usually translated to “could find”.

Then my proper career started in 2008, and it was an offshore rotation. Give weeks offshore in various corners of the world, followed by five weeks at home. It paid well, and I got to see the world. I worked my ass off for five weeks straight, 12 hour shifts every day, and when I was home I was free ro do whatever.

Then came 2011: The company wasn’t doing too well, and I had contracted a family. I wanted to spend more time at home, and while I wasn’t completely prepared to change careers just yet, I was mentally toying with the idea.

In spring 2012 I decided it was time to find a “normal” job, so I could spend more time with my family. M through F, 0800-1600, mostly at a technical workshop, sometimes at clients’ places, and once in a blue moon at an office.

It. Was. Miserable. But having a normal job was what I was supposed to do, right? Well, the money wasn’t bad per se, but it was nowhere near what I used to earn. Plus, when I got home from work I was so exhausted I rarely had energy left over. The family life I was aiming for was severely limited by my stamina.

In 2019 I concluded that nor.al jobs are for normal people, so I reached out to some old colleagues of mine, and suddenly I found myself in a job interview. Got back offshore, and never regretted my change of heart.

It’s worth noting that I don’t really go offshore any.ore, as I have since ended up in a supporting role, where 90% of my job is done via email or VPN, from home, saving up energy for when my kids (now plural) get home.