California and at least one other state passed state laws requiring operating systems to obtain and store the age on user creation, and report it via defined APIs.

Anyone have alternatives to The New Stack? I’ve about had it with the posts becoming click bait and filler content but the final straw has been the links going to the wrong content.

Better options?

Proud dad moment!

Daughter discovered potentially interesting new bacterium, and established new model organism (and protocols) in the lab.

Very cool opportunities at @ncstate.bsky.social with in-class studies as well as her undergraduate research.

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Running into @petergjones.bsky.social at #CiscoLiveEMEA is always a treat, especially when you walk away with a switch (ASIC)!

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Merry Christmas to all my friends, colleagues, and connected ones!

I’m overseas and am waiting to watch it with my wife.

Can’t wait!

Screenshot of notice to travelers to the UK of an upcoming strike of doctors and to expect delays in receiving health care (urgent or otherwise)

A cautionary example - especially in light of the recent government shutdown in the U.S. - of the risks that come with government run health care.

The Rai train station?

Oh Matt, I am so terribly sorry to hear that.

I’ve only known her through her stickers and Twitter/BlueSky updates but she was such a kind and amazing pup.

May her memory be a blessing to us all.

And where is the moral outrage at what amounts to slave labor?

Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns U.S. tech workers: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balance | Fortune Schmidt, who served as CEO from 2001 to 2011, has some thoughts on the China-style “996” work ethic.

So here’s the problem: if you compensate someone for 72 hrs/wk, then absolutely expect 72 hrs/wk.

The problem is there’s a growing expectation by employers to just work more and not get an increase in pay.

And worse - it’s rural wages for work in Silicon Valley.

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git diff

In the spirit of - what the hell could I have possibly changed to cause THAT?!? 🤪😳😭

Ok, in the rat race of 100 things to wrap up before vacay, stumbling across the Cookie Settings dialog on @jetbrains.com website was oddly refreshing. Nicely done.

Which totally defeats the point of me reading the BBC news: I am looking for international news which doesn’t get much, if any, air time in the US.

I don’t need the BBC’s echo chamber version of the US’s mass media outlets.

Having just traveled to London, I made an interesting observation: the BBC news app shows/headlines for more British news when I’m in England, while flooding me with predominantly US news when I’m home.

Perl - it had a good run, fueled the dot com boom and bust. But it’s time to retire because Python won.

And while TMTOWTDI is immensely flexible for the one writing the code, Guido van Rossum is right - Readability and maintainability are more important for code that matters.

Might be the only place currently to talk it without the massive corporate social media marketing apparatus trying to bias opinion.

#CiscoGSX is this week but, new this year, is #TechElevate - where #CiscoSE are getting two days of more technical training, specialized training.

Kick off session with panel discussion of product leaders.

So the implication is that only the best AI hackers will get the role, even if it’s for the building maintenance role.

Well said. I wish the ones that need to read this are actually paying attention instead of counting options.

Looking good Matt! Good on ya for sharing with the kids. I assume Aurora gets a share as well?

Finally got around to playing with watch faces. Calling this the beach vacation geek face.

#AllTheMetrics

Emeritus…. Pick me, pick me!

Join me on Tuesday? It’s getting full so choose wisely and quickly! #CiscoLive

Heading to #CiscoLive today! Can’t wait to see everyone.

Confession: in the last minute panic packing, I forgot my kilt 😭

Session Catalog - Cisco Live 2025 San Diego Search by keyword, or filter by technology, technical level, or session type to explore sessions.

Not sure what happened to the link but here’s the working one:

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Session Catalog - Cisco Live 2025 San Diego Search by keyword, or filter by technology, technical level, or session type to explore sessions.

Coming up on 10 days to Cisco Live in San Diego!

Stop by my session DEVNET-1541 and learn how to "Secure your AI clusters and applications with Isovalent and Trivy!"

I hope to see you there! www.ciscolive.com/global/learn...

#CiscoLive #DevNet #Kubernetes #Security #AI

Lenten Sabbatical

SGMs willing and talks accepted, you betcha! Safe travels, Peter!

Federal Funds OMB Memo Updates Last night, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo requiring all agencies to temporarily pause disbursement of federal assistance and submit to OMB information on impacted programs by Febru...

This era of news and politics is all about shock and awe and outrage.

If you don’t actually read the source material for that news, you are likely misinformed.

For those who can’t be bothered with reading two whole pages, there’s an FAQ.

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