@mdione No, prices aren't like that. They may vary. In this specific situation, considering what they told me, I was quite sure it was going to be a complicated task. So that's why I kept myself higher than usual.

@mdione no punishment at all. If you call me and say "I need to upgrade my server", it's one thing. If you call me and say "my server isn't working, not booting anymore, I do not have any backups, I don't know what happens", I need to investigate first.

I'm not punishing anyone, but you can't expect to call me and fix it in 10 minutes, offering a coffee as a payment.

I got a call from someone I don't know.

"Hi. We have a FreeBSD server. It's been working perfectly for years, but it hasn't been updated since then. We asked AI to update it, but now it won't boot anymore. It didn't even make a backup before starting. The AI keeps trying things, everything is down, and we've already spent over €500 in tokens. Can you help us?"

"Sure. €500, plus the time it'll take me to try to fix it. Assuming it can still be fixed and nothing important has been deleted."

"That much?"

Some silence.

"Well, I hope AI takes your job away!" And he hung up.

Believing that autopilot automatically makes you an invulnerable professional pilot will ruin far more people than job losses will.

I don't know if AI will take my job away, but it's already cost them €500 and, probably, their server.

#IT #SysAdmin

Whoa!!!

[SECURITY] [DSA 6528-1] linux security update

(lists.debian.org)

#IT #Security #Linux #Debian

Which one, in your opinion, will be the title of the next post on IT Notes (not a poll as they're too long for a poll)?

- From nonsense to perfection, the Microsoft way: systemd
- How my NetBSD-powered toaster burnt my bread
- From Apple to Raspberry Pi Zero W: fruit, without getting fat
- I let my agents run for one month. They made a pizza with tiramisu, deleted all the recipes, then denied everything and hallucinated. In the end, they cooked poisonous mushrooms, but saved my life by suggesting I go to the hospital immediately.
- I forgot my keys and my OpenBSD-powered smart lock locked me out of my house
- None of the above

@kaixin is it ok after the first minute?

The night 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. Physically.

The video of my presentation has just been published. Thank you, video team!

https://exquisite.tube/w/nQbc54t4G7YGaqiryZ7mg1

#EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026

Postulate: the amount of space available in a double bed does not increase linearly with the size of the mattress.

In fact, it often does not increase at all.

I suspect it tends to a constant.

@valhalla @lindasartini @andre123 @AnotherJoe coi prezzi odierni ti servirà una pensione parlamentare per comprare un misero hard disk nuovo…

At last!!!

#FTTH