• termaxima@slrpnk.net
    0·
    4 months ago

    The real question is : Why did you invite anyone over, before having a guest VLAN set up ? Classic beginner mistake.

    • MisterFrog@aussie.zone
      0·
      4 months ago

      The American use “ironically” is probably the only difference between our dialects that I’ll stand firm on.

      My friends, we already have a use for the word, and it’s not this!

      I’m all about linguistic innovation, but using “unironically” in place of “seriously” and “ironically” in place of “sarcastically”/”not seriously" is not happy times for me.

      Unless you give me a new word for irony.

      I quite like y’all, I use that all the time, not against Americanisms in general, just this one.

          • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
            0·
            4 months ago

            yeah playing with the three types of irony was extremely popular in early 1700s britlit. early american lit tried to distinguish itself from britlit by focusing less on irony and more on allegory and symbolism. however by the late 1800s american lit came to emphasize irony almost as hard as the previous century’s britlit had, though i think our only author to really do as much verbal irony (saying one thing, meaning another) as that era of britlit was F Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s.

            i’m curious now how Australian literature plays with irony. if there’s an absence of verbal irony, is there more literary irony (the consequences of the action are tied comically to the action) and dramatic irony (the audience knows things the characters don’t)? and did the divergence happen because our war of independence resulted in the brits no longer using our southern colonies as a penal colony just as they were getting bored of this?

            or were early Australians more likely to reject this device because they felt it was a signifier of their oppressors?

            • MisterFrog@aussie.zone
              0·
              4 months ago

              My understanding, from how people use it here is that irony is a situation which is a contrast between the expected/intended and actual outcome.

              It’s ironic when a fire station burns down

              This definition is truly upsetting: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony

              Americans, no. Bad Americans.

              This definition is correct (until we come up with a good substitute, FFS America): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony

              Glad Wikipedia agrees with me on this one haha We’ll at least the introductory definition.

              Edit: to answer your question. I dunno. I just think this form of “ironic” just didn’t take off in Australia.

              Mostly because we already have words for what Americans use it for. And don’t have words to replace irony.

              ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    0·
    4 months ago

    I’ve only ever met two types of IT professional. Either:

    • Their home network is immaculate and smooth as butter. It connects quickly and integrates with everything. They can manage it all from their phone, but they don’t have to because it’s all automated. Their server room (a) exists and (b) is cable managed. There’s a wireless access point and connected smart speaker in every room, including the garage and the back patio, but they’re carefully located for maximum sound coverage and to prevent signal interference. Their home theater is substantially better than a movie theater, and their media server is packed to the gills with content. Network security is hardened, with bespoke subnets for every user and tunneling for the media server and smart home functions. You feel a sense of calm and ease when connected to their network. “Everything I do at work, I try out at home first.”

    Or:

    • Their “home network” is a single Belkin router from 2011. They’ve had it since college, and it takes 9 minutes to reboot (which they have to do daily). It doesn’t even have Tomato on it and still uses the default password. They still watch OTA TV and Blu-Rays, so the wifi is exclusively connected to the smart switch that their tea kettle is plugged into so they can start their hot water before they come downstairs. You feel guilty even asking for the wifi password. “Why would I do any network stuff here? I do IT all day at work, the last thing I want to do is even touch a Cat5 cable at home.”
      • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
        0·
        4 months ago

        No, it’s 'my life is IT and i never stop working" guy, and “IT is just my job” guy.

        I just order a new router on Black Friday to replace my 10 year old one. I also only console game now because PC gaming is too much of a headache. I spend my money on outdoor gear and pets, not technology. My new router is $90 bucks. I can’t fathom why I’d ever need a wifi 7 quad band router with 9Gbps of throughput for a home network, other than pure bragging rights. All my devices are like 5-10 years old and barely support wifi 6 anyway.

        A couple of my co-workers are the former. They will be doing penetration testing at 2am form their home lab in the morning because they their default mode is work work work. If i’m up at 2 am i’m watching TV and snacking.

        I monitor security updates, but my co-workers like get excited and ramble on anytime a new patch/attack is documented. I don’t get it. They revel in doing updates and rebuilding their VMs fresh every few weeks, I groan and clone.

    • marcos@lemmy.world
      0·
      4 months ago

      “Everything I do at work, I try out at home first.”

      Absolutely no fucking way! And anything that touches work is isolated, their opsec sucks so much they didn’t even realized they mandate “security solutions” with known backdoors.

      • SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev
        0·
        4 months ago

        I think it means they setup new tech on their homelab to learn how everything works and how to break it. Then when a problem arises where one of these solutions is needed at work, you can implement it without any large issues. It makes sense if your hobby is close to or adjacent your day job, and you are on Salary, and your boss treats you right.

  • xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
    0·
    4 months ago

    “Are you nuts kid? We don’t use wifi around here. I unsoldered the antennas of my router, just in case.”

    • SSUPII@sopuli.xyz
      0·
      4 months ago

      As an early teen my parents turned off the WiFi router at night and when not in use. I eventually found the neighbor had an exploitable WEP router from an Android app, and I used it to continue watching Minecraft and Happy Wheels videos on Youtube.

  • Redredme@lemmy.world
    0·
    4 months ago

    Guest vlan? Smart.

    Blocking 80/443 knowing all to well everything depends on those: evil.

    Throttling to 56k: the original original poster just being a dick.

    Took 45 minutes: Maybe find another job. You’re not good at it.

    Conclusion: The sister was right. Evil incompetent dick.

  • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
    0·
    4 months ago

    I’m very against Roblox. I know a kid who had a really hard time with online predators and a lot of it stated with Roblox. He’s 19 now. He and I were talking about it recently.

    Parents think Roblox is like Minecraft bc of the aesthetics of the game. But, Roblox is not a game with a chat feature, it’s a chat room with some games. That’s a big difference.

    They have 380 million users. Around 60% of the user base is under the age of 16. 40% is under the age of 12. That’s 152 million mostly unmonitored kids.

    I’m sure Roblox has gotten better moderation during that time, but in our experience predators meet kids on Roblox and get them to exchange Discord or other contact info with them.

    Discord is also a problem here, but that’s for another rant in another thread. If you are concerned about your kids and want to discuss it with me, feel free to message me.

    TLDR: DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS PLAY ROBLOX unless you are actively monitoring the game.

    • redwattlebird @lemmings.world
      0·
      4 months ago

      A friend’s 8 year old daughter was asking to play Roblox recently and they reached out to me since it’s in my current area of study and advised them against it due to the lack of responsibility that the corporation takes for their users.

      I suggested that they introduce her to Vintage Story on a self hosted server instead. That way, they can control who has access and content.

      I’m actually surprised at how many parents let their kids play Roblox unmonitored. I mean, why not let them go to the playground unmonitored instead?

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        0·
        4 months ago

        why not let them go to the playground unmonitored instead?

        That would actually be the safer option imo.