Preston de Guise

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into #DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on #backup and #recovery). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic.

Also a huge #PowerPlate fan & user.
Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https://linktr.ee/backupbear

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2024-10-18 06:46:48

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@npub1xr8…3q0g Well he's certainly consistent in blaming the victim.

2024-10-13 08:44:00

Me: "#Frankenstein ... wow, what a monster."
Them: "That's a popular misconception, Frankenstein was the scientist."
Me: "That's a popular misconception. Frankenstein was the classic #techbro who didn't give a damn about the consequences of what he did and ignored all common ethical considerations. By all reasonable modern-day measures he was indeed the damn monster."

2024-10-11 08:41:09

Whenever I see people "oohing" and "aahing" over real-life Weyland-Yutani doing new announcements.
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/287/886/150/333/027/original/034b45013f1c4266.jpg

2024-10-11 01:40:34

Someone has been very keen to hack my Microsoft account today. Have had about 8 2FA requests come in since around 6am.

2024-10-10 19:21:25

Well I did not think that I’d ever get to see the #AuroraAustralis (or an #aurora at all), but that’s one unexpected win this morning. #Ballarat
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/284/748/510/972/898/original/4510a749cde0a17e.jpeg

2024-10-09 06:13:18

Hill I will die on/pet language peeve: people who say "dominate" when they mean "dominant". E.g., "Z is the dominate database on the market". No, no, that's not how the word works.

2024-09-29 19:31:28

As an introvert who works from home, getting a document that "must be witnessed and signed by two people who don't live with you" is an exercise in near impossibility.

2024-09-18 22:49:58

I'm agog at the egregious mendacity of Albanese saying re: gambling advertising, "The problem isn’t advertising. The problem is gambling. That’s the problem. And when you look at what the fact is that, overwhelmingly, almost 70% of problem gambling is about poker machines."
We went through this entire fucking argument around smoking. The only reason we have to have it again over gambling is because Australian governments suck at the teat of the gambling industry.

2024-09-16 20:50:59

Remarkable how it's called "scalping" when regular people do it, but when Ticketmaster does it, it's called #DynamicPricing.

2024-09-13 23:33:44

Also, I want to reiterate that it should be illegal to turn up to a pathology lab first thing in the morning if you don't have fasting tests. Leave the first hour for the bastards who have not had coffee for the morning.

2024-09-01 10:38:45

Can confirm after a few months of using these that these silicone floppy disc coasters are really, really good.
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/061/858/935/132/224/original/eef2205fc30bbd8f.png

2024-08-27 08:11:14

I love the consistency of British Criminal Investigator TV shows:
- Endeavour: Character gets toothache.
- Inspector Morse: Character gets toothache.
- Vera: Character gets toothache.
- Lewis: Character gets toothache.

2024-08-27 04:50:56

Boomer investors: "If young people would just stop ordering so many coffees, they would be able to afford a house."
Boomer managers: "Young people must return to the office so they can buy coffee and prevent cafes from going broke."
Beginning to think the problem is not the young peoples.

2024-08-17 10:17:33

Nice. Someone did a compilation of battle scenes from Space Battleship Yamato.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaGUneEQABg

2024-08-16 02:31:02

I spotted this last night and I wondered if grabbing it would give me full admin rights to the store. (It didn’t.)
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/969/348/426/109/360/original/b9fa8f64798c88a8.jpeg

2024-08-13 23:37:55

The year is 3349. Humanity has been extinct for centuries. A new civilisation of sentient Chickens has arisen.
One such chicken discovers a room with one pulsing light in it. Still powered by feebly working solar panels.
They press a button.
There's a whirring, churning noise and the small Brother laser printer, the last remnant of humanity spits out a test page without issue.

2024-08-08 03:42:49

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@npub1xr8…3q0g The best thing is that my husband can only just tolerate it, so when I sneak it into the trolley I can be all <Daffy duck shouting mine-mine-mine.gif>

2024-08-08 03:40:52

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@npub1xr8…3q0g It really is quite addictive.

2024-07-27 08:13:23

We're currently watching The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and 20 or so minutes into it we're loving it.

2024-07-27 05:50:32

Great lane way cover in #Ballarat. ❤️
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/856/886/754/897/509/original/8be589985b24f63e.jpeg

2024-07-19 03:54:58

I’ll give #Satechi credit - it may not be a perfect colour match but it really is a nice form factor for a hub.
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/811/133/827/820/129/original/b5d68d60b7ae5f39.jpeg

2024-07-06 23:20:09

#DataProtection automating #PostgreSQL backups with pre-scripting in PowerProtect Data Manager. #Backup #BackupAndRecovery >>
https://nsrd.info/blog/2024/07/07/postgresql-backups-with-pre-scripts/

2024-07-01 09:07:28

Started watching "65" with Adam Driver in it. Unlike the bad-but-great "Bermuda Tentacles" last night, this is most definitely a B-grade movie with delusions of grandeur and the budget of a blockbuster. Gave up after 40 minutes. Awful.

2024-07-01 05:39:55

It's truly amazing how many processes are built around "people always have someone nearby they can lean on to do something for them".
Them: "Can you arrange for someone to pick up the script for you?"
Me: "Like, yeah, I'm new to the city and don't know anyone."
Them: "No family?"
Me: "No."
Them: "What about someone from work?"
Me: "Technically my closest work colleague is in India."
Them: "Oh."
Hey, I'm a walking edge case.

2024-06-26 23:00:06

Every time someone praises Wikileaks and /him/ and starts their inane rant about "if you have nothing to fear you have nothing to hide" and therefore what Wikileaks was doing was good, I immediately go to this.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/08/23/wikileaks-outs-gay-people-in-saudi-arabia-in-reckless-mass-data-dump/

2024-06-23 05:20:30

Reflecting on getting #solar power installed in our house. Definitely worth it, but the vast bulk of that worth comes from environmental and ethical perspectives.
https://nsrd.info/blog/2024/06/23/adventures-in-solar/

2024-06-16 02:07:41

Processes. If you're an IT worker you probably love the hardware, or maybe you love the software -- or maybe it's a bit of both. But it's rare you'll see someone say "I love the process side of IT". Yet, processes are a superpower. Check out my latest thoughts on this -- and there's a chance to win a book if you've got a good process example for #DataProtection! #Backup #BackupAndRecovery
https://nsrd.info/blog/2024/06/16/by-the-power-of-process/

2024-06-10 07:55:00

Hear me out:
#WillyWonka is a renegade #TimeLord.
- His technical prowess is off the charts.
- He looks at the world with wry amusement.
- His factory is seemingly bigger on the inside than the outside.
- There's no way the Oompa Loompas really came from Earth.
- He's familiar with alien races such as the Vermicious Knids.
Clearly he was just chilling out on Earth for a while.

2024-05-28 08:19:44

Good to see this all in place in the garage. #Solar #Battery
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/517/725/845/624/514/original/7d8dbb851ec08283.jpg

2024-05-21 23:58:38

Personal theory: LLMs deliver all of the enthusiasm of a 7-year old breathlessly describing a stegosaurus while less than the guaranteed accuracy of the same.

2024-05-06 08:43:37

Nine year work anniversary today. Pseudo-ten if you count the year of contracting first.

2024-04-17 18:10:09

A lot of noise about Marques Brownlee's review of the Humane Pin. Simple thought after watching his review: if you don't want a bad review, don't make a bad product. Yet it's not a bad review -- it's forthright and detailed and everything you want from a review. Just sometimes the review is for a bad product, like this. And kudos to him for his honesty.
https://youtu.be/TitZV6k8zfA?si=gPec5qaq3Rw7ajed

2023-12-22 03:49:39

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Might have been after my time. I got cold feet at the CSC takeover and left in January 2000.

2023-08-23 21:33:46

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@npub1nrz…xaaf in the late 90s I had DBAs insist on 3 rounds of hardware upgrades because the time sheet system was running too slow. They kept on insisting the database was fully optimised.
Eventually one of my sysadmin colleagues finally got access to the full stack (ostensibly so the DBAs could prove to him it was a hardware issue) and he pointed out in about half an hour that whenever someone went to enter their timesheets, the system was doing some select against *all* timesheet entries the user had ever made, unbounded by any time limits.