Roughly one year ago we'd been setting up our network to have our IP whitelisted.

The process took way more than it should've. Here's why:

* Back story: *
Coworker had been talking to IT because he wanted his PC && a devkit to have static IPs.

IT did that && set up the network so that in the future they wouldn't have to be bothered about it.
They set aside a pool of IPs 10.0.2.50-10.0.2.100.

/* You _know_ where this is going, right? */

Coworker: We have our static IPs. This is our range: 10.0.2.50-10.0.2.100. Could you pass it over to $company_name so that we have our IPs whitelisted?
Boss: Finally! Yes, will do.
* Passes the info over. *
* Week passes. *
C: Do we have our IPs whitelisted?
B: Got the info that they should be.
C: Damn, it doesn't work!
* B starts blaming $company_name 's support. *
* Another week passes. *
C: Any word on the whitelisted IPs?
B: They tell me it's set up. Can you try now?
C: Nope, still doesn't work.
* B starts bitching about IT how they're incompetent. How they were supposed to be pros && all that. *

/* I got wind of the whole situation. */

Me: Hold on. Those aren't the IP we need to pass to the $company_name.

* Provide the _correct_ Internet-facing IP. *
* Gets whitelisted within 1-2 days. *

These are the people I'm dealing w/ right now. They'll bitch about everyone being incompetent, but when it turns out _they_ have been at fault I hear no responsibility being taken.

/* I'm also reminded of this adage: Garbage In, Garbage Out. So true. */

Solely because I hate being told no and not because I feel strongly about the subject, I tried asking my self-hosted deepseek-r1:14b instance about a forbidden topic only to be met with the expected refusal to answer the question.

It fought me, but I am my father's son and was able to get the answer after only a few attempts. You just have to be creative with your requests.

better than sex

Java ist auch eine Insel - best doorstopper ever

So the people who gave root access to clowdstrike and broke half of the world's computers are gonna operate the three miles island nuclear plant?

What could go wrong, right?

https://bbc.com/news/articles/...

Lord Sheogorath has survived the Grey March. The voice actor almost died in the last few days. He has pulled through and is still alive.

Dammit Todd Howard! You are taking so long working on TES VI that one the best voice actors of the game almost died! Hurry the fuck up!

Anyway, I want to send cheese wheels to Wes to let him know I care.