This is probably your best reminder that Amazon Web Services is too big. So is Microsoft, and Google, and all of these companies that are gobbling up money, energy, and resources, only for things to go suddenly arse-up, like today, without being held accountable. There's no space for competition.

A little Burton Cummings to roll through some Arch configuration this afternoon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tchw...

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He realized that the greatest vulnerability was not code, but the soft, predictable core of Human Identity and Trust—the social engineer. He taught the TIA doctrine that manipulating employees liberates PII faster than any hardware exploit.

The Ultimate Cipher: Architecture of Control
Forget the future. You are already disassembled. Every thought, every keystroke, every whispered location is a harvested asset, feeding a beast whose appetite is total control.

Attempt number 3 at building a correct Arch.iso for my desktop system so that I can have the correct drivers from the git go.
Slow down and double check those keystrokes before pressing enter ...

Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach, This include a wide range of sectors and well known organizations such as Bank of America, T-Mobile, AT&T, Fidelity, Walmart, Costco, FAA, U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, the House of Representatives, & many others

I shall call it Joshua

I have been a Linux tinkerer for decades, but never dedicated or distro-loyal. The other day, I had this great and wonderful idea that it was time for a change, a challenge. I have never been much into programming, however it is becoming a thing.

Disenchanted, lost, in the pits of despair
Tormented by the man peering out at me
All scruffy and dirty with unkempt hair
As I gaze deeper, seeking mere clarity
Without regard for things no longer clearer
Shaking my fist at the man in the Mirror
Realizing that he is still a reflection of me

Just kind of here...
Sometimes I write, Sometimes I break stuff, sometimes I drive.
More of an elder student of this thing we call life.
Not here with an agenda or anything of the like, rather just exploring.