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Sunday, May 10, 2026

[00:52:39] @ mlu yeah, I had fun with a lady

[00:53:47] @ mlu End3r: I'm a software engineer at a startup (food delivery + AI); was a previous tech startup founder; you?

[00:56:01] @ mlu End3r: how big's your service area?

[00:56:12] @ mlu i.e. does it extend as far as Jacksonville?

[00:56:23] @ mlu but Talahassee is probably in?

[00:56:58] @ mlu hehehe

[00:57:32] @ mlu nice

[00:57:39] @ mlu do you enjoy it there?

[00:58:03] @ mlu you're probably like: "if I got a ticket, I know how to make it disappear, but I will get caught and get in huge trouble"

[00:58:26] @ mlu lol

[00:58:41] @ mlu how big's your MSP? are we talking 20 people? 100?

[00:58:56] @ mlu employees

[00:59:02] @ mlu oh nice

[00:59:22] @ mlu deploy it right and take the contracts :)

[00:59:46] @ mlu how much work is involved? lot sof routine upgrades and stuff?

[01:00:02] @ mlu or is it really: you really get paid to be on-call?

[01:00:35] @ mlu nice

[01:01:04] @ mlu do you guys have an office?

[01:01:20] @ mlu same here heh, but it's more like 1000-1800 for me

[01:01:40] @ mlu guess like your boss does most of the sales?

[01:02:05] @ mlu nice

[01:02:44] @ mlu hehe, netadmin was one of my specialities (along SaaS/cloud and web frontend) when I was consulting

[01:03:26] @ mlu ah, the Microsoft stack :(

[01:03:35] @ mlu any firms have Linux-based desktops?

[01:03:52] @ mlu I've seen it around but it's kind of rare

[01:04:10] @ mlu heard Linux desktops have been taking off in certain parts of Germany though

[01:04:20] @ mlu where the law requires the use of open source software whenenver reasonably possible

[01:04:43] @ mlu I think Azure will prop them up

[01:05:08] @ mlu Microsoft really is Xbox + Azure + LinkedIn

[01:05:32] @ mlu and oh, Office

[01:06:01] @ mlu End3r: what do you deploy for your clients?

[01:06:08] @ mlu End3r: Windows 11 Pro?

[01:06:18] mlu or do you get do to Enteprise?

[01:06:44] @ mlu out of support = no bueno :(

[01:07:31] @ mlu I'm glad I'm working at this startup right now -- that dirtyfrag 0day would have been a nightmare when I was admining the Linux VPN endpoints

[01:08:11] @ mlu how'd you meet your boss? I assume he owns the firm?

[01:09:05] @ mlu End3r: you know which network products he typically likes to push?

[01:09:20] @ mlu i.e. is he a Cisco guy, Juniper guy, Mikrotik guy?

[01:09:51] @ mlu oof, sounds hard

[01:10:00] @ mlu you do IaaS?

[01:10:37] @ mlu ah

[01:10:46] @ mlu sad what happend to EdgeOS

[01:11:09] @ mlu I'm typically Ubnt + Mikrotik for network gear

[01:19:55] @ mlu cool

[01:22:12] @ mlu hehehe

[01:29:28] @ mlu $seen ENd3r

[01:29:38] @ mlu $seen mlu

[01:29:49] @ mlu $seen g litchy

[01:29:52] @ mlu $seen glitchy

[05:19:21] @ mlu you could upgrade your computer!

[05:22:50] @ mlu I upgraded my computer so I no longer have money :(

[05:23:51] @ mlu speaking of food, tthe king salmon steaks were on sale today -- I ended up with a 2lb steak

[05:24:18] @ mlu now to figure out how to cook it -- I wonder if it's simply a matter of salting it and grilling it

[05:37:55] @ mlu I use it as entertainment

[05:38:15] @ mlu unlike humans, bots don't get tired when you troll them

[05:47:19] @ mlu some of us run a channel here with various AI bots -- #robots

[05:47:41] @ mlu my RTX 2080Ti does quite well with local models

[06:19:04] @ mlu gotta say: the state of AI models amaze me: this stuff seemed like science fiction even as recently as 3yr ago

[06:19:24] @ mlu s/3yr/5yr

[06:32:09] @ mlu fine tuning :D

[17:50:38] @ mlu hehehe

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