A few days ago, a client’s data center (well, actually a server room) "vanished" overnight.

@paul @fennek I am familiar with that organization - and I know that the person (the one who was home sick, even if I didn't know he was home sick) has a deep sense of loyalty, but he is not reckless. If he hadn't been well enough, he wouldn't have gone. I even offered to go in his place myself. It is a healthy environment, not "that typical company" that exploits its employees. For obvious reasons, I cannot disclose details (and I work with several similar companies in different areas), but I can guarantee that everyone acted with the utmost respect for human decency. Fortunately, not all businesses operate like malicious entities that only think about harming their employees and collaborators.

I always strive to distance myself from such organizations, as they do not align with my outlook on life and the world.

@stefano Thank you for the clarification.

@stefano @gumnos @mwl @Dianora Sure, inhabited by a Bored Single Demon. “He” just wanted to get friends.

@mwl @EnigmaRotor @stefano Was that an offer to buy us all a round of beers at BSDCan? *whistles innocently*

@Dianora @mwl @EnigmaRotor @stefano try Gelato, just sayin'

@Keltounet @mwl @EnigmaRotor @stefano Grand Marnier Gelato!

@Keltounet @mwl @EnigmaRotor @stefano Grand Marnier Gelato!

@Dianora @Keltounet @mwl @EnigmaRotor ok, that's settled - Grand Marnier Gelato in Ottawa, in June

@stefano @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl I’ll virtually enjoy from remote… (well, no, but that’s for another conf a bit closer from home, someday). (I don’t think gelato payloads can make it to my computer, probably due to firewalls, would they?).

@stefano @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl I might as well purchase vanilla icecream and put a large amount of Grand Marnier on it. Call it emulation of some sort , and try to synchronize with you folks. Well, timezones would make this fun, indeed.

@EnigmaRotor @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl that should work

@stefano @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl You know the trade offs of emulation, this could lead to a suboptimal experience… thus I might get rid of the icecream and focus on the bottle. (From simplicity comes user satisfaction)

#drunkCipherMachine #veryRandomNumberGenerator

@stefano @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl You know the trade offs of emulation, this could lead to a suboptimal experience… thus I might get rid of the icecream and focus on the bottle. (From simplicity comes user satisfaction)

#drunkCipherMachine #veryRandomNumberGenerator

@stefano @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl Then I might loose control and replace the bottle with génépi, which would further deviate from the original gelato product but amplify even user satisfaction to a whole new level. #outofcontrol #emergencyStop #forgetPreviousPrompt

@stefano @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl Footnote : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9pi
I wish this article would be available in English too, yet it is available in Italian. (For some reason)

@EnigmaRotor @Dianora @Keltounet @mwl yes, for very good reasons