Matteo Panella
@matteo.panella.boo
Master of the Mystic Arts (ops and infrastructure automation) at Banca d'Italia. Opinions, rants et al. are my own.
*punta con l'indice sulla scritta "art.4 L.300/1970"*
microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update — no more hiding places.
www.forbes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
*punta con l'indice sulla scritta "art.4 L.300/1970"*
My coworkers' typical bad day: "huh, there's something wrong with the manifest, let's check and fix the deployment"
My typical bad day: "huh, the entire I/O subsystem has slowed down to a crawl, let me... WHAT THE HELL?!? SENSE b/4b/04?!? Oh god, here goes another disk backplane..."
My typical bad day: "huh, the entire I/O subsystem has slowed down to a crawl, let me... WHAT THE HELL?!? SENSE b/4b/04?!? Oh god, here goes another disk backplane..."
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My coworkers' typical bad day: "huh, there's something wrong with the manifest, let's check and fix the deployment"
My typical bad day: "huh, the entire I/O subsystem has slowed down to a crawl, let me... WHAT THE HELL?!? SENSE b/4b/04?!? Oh god, here goes another disk backplane..."
My typical bad day: "huh, the entire I/O subsystem has slowed down to a crawl, let me... WHAT THE HELL?!? SENSE b/4b/04?!? Oh god, here goes another disk backplane..."
I read some jackass arguing that LLM-produced slop may have semantic meaning "inherited" from the training dataset even though the LLM itself has no awareness in the strict sense of the term and just reacts to token weights, and sure enough he works at NVIDIA.
Classic.
Classic.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I read some jackass arguing that LLM-produced slop may have semantic meaning "inherited" from the training dataset even though the LLM itself has no awareness in the strict sense of the term and just reacts to token weights, and sure enough he works at NVIDIA.
Classic.
Classic.
Who could have predicted this would happen after they pulled the plug on binary builds? (literally everyone and their neighbor)
github.com/minio/minio/...
github.com/minio/minio/...
update README.md maintenance mode · minio/minio@27742d4
github.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Who could have predicted this would happen after they pulled the plug on binary builds? (literally everyone and their neighbor)
github.com/minio/minio/...
github.com/minio/minio/...
What - and I can't stress this enough - the fuck...
“In a decade, Pichai said that it'll be normal to build extraterrestrial data centers”.
And he’s definitely not the only one speaking about the *necessity* of data centers in space. Apparently the planet is not big enough for their scaling “laws”.
www.businessinsider.com/google-proje...
And he’s definitely not the only one speaking about the *necessity* of data centers in space. Apparently the planet is not big enough for their scaling “laws”.
www.businessinsider.com/google-proje...
Sundar Pichai says Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027
Google announced Project Suncatcher earlier this month. CEO Sundar Pichai now says it could begin building data centers in space as soon as 2027.
www.businessinsider.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What - and I can't stress this enough - the fuck...
The hell it isn't, Die Hard is *THE* Christmas movie.
You can't beat the Christmas spirit of "NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN. HO-HO-HO" written in blood on the sweater of a dead terrorist.
You can't beat the Christmas spirit of "NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN. HO-HO-HO" written in blood on the sweater of a dead terrorist.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The hell it isn't, Die Hard is *THE* Christmas movie.
You can't beat the Christmas spirit of "NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN. HO-HO-HO" written in blood on the sweater of a dead terrorist.
You can't beat the Christmas spirit of "NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN. HO-HO-HO" written in blood on the sweater of a dead terrorist.
Reposted by Matteo Panella
Samsung,
This is the second phaser you've sent me that exploded during shipping. If you wish to kill me, you will have to try harder.
Worf
This is the second phaser you've sent me that exploded during shipping. If you wish to kill me, you will have to try harder.
Worf
September 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Samsung,
This is the second phaser you've sent me that exploded during shipping. If you wish to kill me, you will have to try harder.
Worf
This is the second phaser you've sent me that exploded during shipping. If you wish to kill me, you will have to try harder.
Worf
Mi chiedo come possa essere venuto in mente al segretario generale (poi dimessosi) di protocollare una lettera del genere.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Mi chiedo come possa essere venuto in mente al segretario generale (poi dimessosi) di protocollare una lettera del genere.
Reposted by Matteo Panella
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Reposted by Matteo Panella
I'll take "The dot-com bubble was a cautionary tale and not a playbook" for $200, Alex.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'll take "The dot-com bubble was a cautionary tale and not a playbook" for $200, Alex.
I spent yesterday evening reading the documentation of Pacemaker and now I'm seriously questioning my career choices.
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I spent yesterday evening reading the documentation of Pacemaker and now I'm seriously questioning my career choices.
Reposted by Matteo Panella
Totally unhinged conspiracy theories in 3... 2... 1... www.bancaditalia.it/media/notizi...
Banca d’Italia - The digital euro project moves to the next phase
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided that the Eurosystem will move on to the next phase of the digital euro project on 1 November.
The Eurosystem will now focus on thre...
www.bancaditalia.it
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Totally unhinged conspiracy theories in 3... 2... 1... www.bancaditalia.it/media/notizi...
Sone other open source communities should really take note on how to handle anti-DEI demands by donors or "prominent community members".
Kudos to the PSF for doing the right thing, shame on the US Government for trying to take us back to darker times.
Kudos to the PSF for doing the right thing, shame on the US Government for trying to take us back to darker times.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sone other open source communities should really take note on how to handle anti-DEI demands by donors or "prominent community members".
Kudos to the PSF for doing the right thing, shame on the US Government for trying to take us back to darker times.
Kudos to the PSF for doing the right thing, shame on the US Government for trying to take us back to darker times.
Reposted by Matteo Panella
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Mail di MooneyGo dopo violazione dei dati.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Mail di MooneyGo dopo violazione dei dati.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
Owners of Kawai CA701/901 digital pianos beware! The 1.0.7 firmware reverts all settings to factory defaults upon installation *and* also requires touchscreen firmware version 1.3.10 or later!
Plan accordingly and set aside some time for the touchscreen firmware update because it takes *ages*.
Plan accordingly and set aside some time for the touchscreen firmware update because it takes *ages*.
October 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Owners of Kawai CA701/901 digital pianos beware! The 1.0.7 firmware reverts all settings to factory defaults upon installation *and* also requires touchscreen firmware version 1.3.10 or later!
Plan accordingly and set aside some time for the touchscreen firmware update because it takes *ages*.
Plan accordingly and set aside some time for the touchscreen firmware update because it takes *ages*.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
It's always DNS, but when IPv6 is involved it's always a fucking PMTUD blackhole.
(and yes, in this specific instance it was DNS *and* an IPv6 PMTUD blackhole!)
(and yes, in this specific instance it was DNS *and* an IPv6 PMTUD blackhole!)
Days since someone messed up IPv6 PMUTD and caused a very big headache for me: 0.
There's nothing wrong with @tailscale.com, the NextDNS PoPs for their primary anycast IPv6 subnet have extremely broken PMTUD, I had to change the MTU in the IPv6 RA on my LAN to 1492.
There's nothing wrong with @tailscale.com, the NextDNS PoPs for their primary anycast IPv6 subnet have extremely broken PMTUD, I had to change the MTU in the IPv6 RA on my LAN to 1492.
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's always DNS, but when IPv6 is involved it's always a fucking PMTUD blackhole.
(and yes, in this specific instance it was DNS *and* an IPv6 PMTUD blackhole!)
(and yes, in this specific instance it was DNS *and* an IPv6 PMTUD blackhole!)
Paging @tailscale.com: since a few hours Magic DNS integration with NextDNS is *totally broken*, all devices connected to the tailnet and using Magic DNS fail to resolve all names except those on the tailnet itself. NextDNS itself works correctly after disconnecting from the tailnet.
October 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Paging @tailscale.com: since a few hours Magic DNS integration with NextDNS is *totally broken*, all devices connected to the tailnet and using Magic DNS fail to resolve all names except those on the tailnet itself. NextDNS itself works correctly after disconnecting from the tailnet.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"NFS needed for HA"
"NFS needed for HA"
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“The tapes wouldn’t start”
“The tapes wouldn’t start”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.
“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.
October 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"NFS needed for HA"
"NFS needed for HA"