The Web is a mess of tracking and AI scraping so do we need a new one, would it even be possible, or is this the wrong question? Plus setting up servers in a garage where dusty woodworking is happening.  Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes […]
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2.5 Admins 258: Artificial Dirtbag
Jim is concerned that although over-anthropomorphising LLMs is a mistake, we should be cautious about some of their human-like behaviour. Plus how to maintain old ZFS pools, and accessibility in the BSDs.  Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes  Discussion It’s a mistake to over […]
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2.5 Admins 257: Outage365
Two recent outages were handled very differently but show the dangers of centralisation, Let’s Encrypt is introducing certificates for IP addresses, and the differences between backup and production systems.  Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes  News/discussion Microsoft’s 19-hour Outlook outage exposes fragility in cloud […]
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2.5 Admins 256: Why ZFS
To celebrate the 256 milestone we devote the whole episode to explaining why we use ZFS. We explain about data safety, data retention, data portability, and ease of administration.  Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara ZFS Basecamp – Central Resource for Everything ZFS Practical […]
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2.5 Admins 255: Copyright Your Face
Microsoft offers Windows 10 updates in return for your settings data, Denmark wants to protect against deepfakes using copyright, someone is wrong on the Internet about RAID, and getting a sysadmin job in your late 40s.  Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes  News/discussion Microsoft’s […]
2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every week we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.
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