If you have never had to endure software development run by MBAs, you probably don’t hate the word movement. Decades ago, when I was contracting at Caremark between two of their bigger Medicare fraud convictions. Not their current record fraud, between other records. Look it up, they’ve got a lot of them. You also have to look up MedPartners, but I digress. Yes, this is a follow-up post to my Fedora 43 post of this … Not All Movement is ForwardRead more
Experience
What life gives you when it doesn’t give you want you want.
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Fedora 43 and Postgresql
While Fedora 43 has a fairly clean look, it once again goes to great lengths to be “expert friendly.” This particular battle has to do with Postgresql. Regular readers may recall my post about getting Postgresql to install and run on Fedora 33. Most of that post is still relevant. fedora 43 postgresql Error: connection to server at “localhost” (::1), port 5432 failed: FATAL: Yeah, most of you found this post because of that error. … Fedora 43 and PostgresqlRead more
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Beware 24-MAG
24-MAG appears to be yet another in a long string of fake hiring identity theft scams. Beware! Since they are routing people through mercor I have to also question the legitimacy of that site as well. Hadn’t heard of it linked it in their email to me. Yes, I’ve written about hiring scams on this blog before. Please take note of the address. Red Flag One No person to person interview. Everybody can Zoom or … Beware 24-MAGRead more
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Amazon Tried to Replace Visa Workers with AI
When Amazon tried to replace visa workers with AI (after replacing U.S. citizens with visa workers) it found out the hard way AI write code just as shitty as the visa workers only it writes it faster! High Blast Radius The new buzz-phrase in America is High Blast Radius. You’re going to see more and more high blast radius outages, not fewer. Why? Because MBAs have been purged of morals, ethics, and dignity. Throw anyone … Amazon Tried to Replace Visa Workers with AIRead more
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IV For A Dead Horse
This morning I got an email about bug 37134 from the LibreOffice bug tracker. They flagged it as spam. Up until you got to the link it wasn’t spam. It did serve as a good reminder to me about just how long this bug has been open. I felt compelled to offer the developers some sage advice given my 40+ years in IT. LibreOffice is a Legacy Product Please click on the link and take … IV For A Dead HorseRead more