@unpixie

IT ops/dev manager trying to change the world, or at least my little part of it. @unpixie@ioc.exchange

Joined November 2008
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Congratulations to the first class of Early College Graduates.15 students earned an associate degree from Frederick Community College and a high school diploma attending college classes during their junior and senior year. Impressive group of graduates!
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it’s very telling that the people behind connected things companies ALWAYS think they can just disappear and nobody will notice all the dead devices they’ve left in their wake
Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER
@doctorow18 Apr 2022
IoT service shuts down its cloud hosts without warning; execs scrub their Linkedin profiles of the company's name; parent company deletes press-release trumpeting the acquisition, and every single device they've ever sold is bricked. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022… #WhyWeNeedInterop

Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes

The app and servers are dead. The CEO scrubbed his LinkedIn page. No one is responding.

arstechnica.com
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The program is live and registration is open for the upcoming SREcon22 Americas conference! All details are at the website: bit.ly/srecon22americas #SREcon
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Are you attending LISA in a couple of weeks? Do you enjoy improvising? Is whimsy your jam? Then join me in signing up for Popcorn Talks (a.k.a. Ignite Karaoke)! forms.gle/AVw17rqbnk4mCGcD9
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Have you been enjoying the #OpenAccess content we've been sharing for the past few weeks? Today is the perfect day to show your support for that content by becoming a member of the USENIX community! Join now: bit.ly/usenixmembership #GivingTuesdayNow
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After thorough consideration, and with the safety of our attendees, speakers, volunteers, staff, and vendors in mind, we have decided to reschedule the upcoming SREcon20 Americas West to June 2-4, 2020. More information: bit.ly/usenixcoronavirus #SREcon
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Happy New Year! We're starting off with some big news: registration is open and the program is live for SREcon Americas West! bit.ly/srecon20amsw #SREcon
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Opening remarks at #LISA19 from @patcable @mrembetsy
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The program and registration are now live for #lisa19! Join us Oct. 28-30 in Portland, OR, USA! bit.ly/lisa19conf
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It's your last opportunity to respond to the #LISA19 CFP! The deadline is TODAY--Tuesday, June 18. Get your ideas together and hit submit now: bit.ly/lisa19cfp

LISA19 Call for Participation

LISA is the premier conference for operations professionals, where sysadmins, systems engineers, IT operations professionals, SRE practitioners, developers, IT managers, and academic researchers...

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The hotel reservation deadline for #SREcon 19 Asia/Pacific is just a week away! Book at the Pan Pacific Hotel by Thurs., May 23 and at the JW Marriott Hotel Singapore by Fri., May 24. Read more and reserve your room now: bit.ly/srecon19aphotel Photo: JW Marriott Hotel Singapore.
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The CFP for the inaugural @usenix Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR '19) is now live! #pepr19 is focused on designing & building products & systems with privacy & respect for their users and the societies in which they operate. bit.ly/pepr19cfp
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If #openaccess is important to you, we'd like to remind you that since 2008 USENIX has made all conference papers freely available. Memberships, conference registrations & donations to USENIX support this mission. If this is something you value, join us: usenix.org/about
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👋 The @SREcon Asia/Australia CFP is now open until Jan 22 ✨ 1. Apply to give a 5, 20, or 45 minute talk! I'm willing to help out with proposal submissions, so is @fatty_box :) 2. Is there someone you'd like to see speak at SREcon? Let me know -- we're looking for speakers.
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Are you missing the Nashville #LISA18? It's next week, so last chance to sign up. LISA is one of the oldest tech confs (since '87!), but never before in Nashville usenix.org/conference/lisa18…

LISA18 Conference Program

LISA is the premier conference for operations professionals, where sysadmins, systems engineers, IT ops professionals, SRE practitioners, developers, IT managers, and researchers share knowledge...

usenix.org
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Important #LISA18 update! The conference room block has sold out! Additional rooms will need to be booked directly through the Omni Nashville at the Best Available Rate--contact the hotel directly for details. ow.ly/AaeS30m9oUO

LISA18 Venue, Hotel, and Travel

LISA is the premier conference for operations professionals, where sysadmins, systems engineers, IT ops professionals, SRE practitioners, developers, IT managers, and researchers share knowledge...

usenix.org
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Have you had an interesting career path? We’d love to know about it, plus a few other things. Take 15 minutes to fill out our survey, and be entered to win a USENIX conference registration, including hotel! bit.ly/2018uxcstw
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The #lisa18 #CFP is open! Have something to say on the present & future of #ops? Start prepping your proposals for talks, trainings, panels, and demos. They're due Thur., 5/24. bit.ly/2FwL89d
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Lisa 2017 trip report: noidea.dog/lisa17 #lisa17
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Join @unpixie and @avleen at #lisa17 and learn how to deal with the interruptive nature of ops. bit.ly/2xB8jdI
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