Living in Auckland, New Zealand. I write about IT, Public Transport, Auckland, Food, Trailers, Audiobooks & Geeky stuff Work with Cloud Infrastructure. Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, Monitoring, etc. Blog: https://blog.darkmere.gen.nz/https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmtmkogles2kUsing AI to help me create ansible configuration It turns out it's suggestion of this for a nologin shell user: become_user: "{{ app_user }}" become_flags: '-s /bin/bash' is wrong The become_flags are not needed and will cause an error https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-commands-as-a-user-without-a-login-shell/277127 May 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtmkogles2khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmopqqjcvk2kToday's r/newzealand WTF:25 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmopqqjcvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmpr32fhlk2vSpending my day off in the Auckland Domain. Got some food at the cafe and went to the Wintergarden26 May 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpr32fhlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmopqqjcvk2kToday's r/newzealand WTF:25 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmopqqjcvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmnlsfxdbk2kThe trouble with doing discussion on Linkedin is a person's free speech is proportional to their job security. So "Bob" who owns his own company is free to post whatever he likes while "Jane" who works for large company must be very careful25 May 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnlsfxdbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmmhx4tku22kJust messaged someone and asked him to stop his "friend" from "drunk editing your wikipedia page" The guy is a multi-millionare and he can't even be bothered to employee a decent reputation management company24 May 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmhx4tku22khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmlu2coy422kDaft Punk's Electroma was released 20 years ago this week Here is the iconic final shot from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DxBx4FyTqY24 May 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlu2coy422khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmiud5mj3s2kThis is my goto diet meal. Around 250g of boiled potato boiled and side of thick chili sauce (or kimchi) I make them in batches of 4 and then re-heat in the microwave. Replaces a meal and only about 250 calories23 May 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmiud5mj3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmicxtsg3c2t [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmicxtsg3c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmi6x34ov22kThis weekend I'm remotely attending the Westmoot Tolkien conference. Hosted in Minneapolis so timezone is awkward. Being the US the Welcome just mentioned what to do in the case of a Tornado or an Active Shooter https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoot-2026/23 May 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmi6x34ov22khttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmdjkkp7g22pMy old phone. The battery started swelling a month ago and took me 3 weeks to get a replacement Just go another thing off it which is hopefully one of the last items21 May 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdjkkp7g22phttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmd7tblnok2dI'm working on a redo of my VPS server setup. Trying to do it right by putting the whole thing in Ansible First time I've done any ansible for three years. Finding using copilot in vscode and google searching works great. Used it to gemini to review my design and now writing task by task21 May 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmd7tblnok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mmawbnlays2jAttempting to doom-scroll in the X app and every minute or so it refreshes and pops me back to the top Obviously it always happens just as I see an interesting post coming up at the bottom of the screen Assume it elps some engagement metrics but pretty frustrating for a user20 May 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmawbnlays2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mm7mbt4tac2uI'm using vscode and copilot (free plan) at home for simple programming stuff Was using that at work but they seem to be standardizing on cursor and claude Guess I'll have to play with them tomorrow. Cursor is the more direct replacement but claude might be more useful for me19 May 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7mbt4tac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mm6rw3fsds2lThe Firefox Gemini integration seems to be very useful for summarising discord forums. I join, find I'm a few hundred messages behind and I can just select the text and it'll popup. Especially useful with Discord since it hijack copy/paste which makes it hard to grab multiple messages19 May 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6rw3fsds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mm6gktpkbs2xWatched about half so far. The sort of thing he is outlining is similar to what companies like I've worked for have (although not as complicated at the smaller companies). Fairly standard tools and way it works. You'll see similar at conferences but this is a bit more detailed than most [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6gktpkbs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mm6dbejc3k2xSo many normies on social media raging against data centers. I wonder where they think the computers that run facebook and bluesky are located19 May 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6dbejc3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlnjpra4vk2hAudiobooks – January, February 2026 The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich 3/5 Who Owns This Sentence: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs 3/5 The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush 4/5 https://blog.darkmere.gen.nz/2026/05/audiobooks-january-february-2026/12 May 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnjpra4vk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlxmunkb4c2xThe KLF: Chaos, Magic, and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs 4/5 Review: Not a convention band biography but more an explanation on their influences and thinking. Fascinating, funny and a fun read https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2013/12/the-klf-chaos-magic-and-the-band-who-burned-a-million-pounds-by-john-higgs-phoenix-books/16 May 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxmunkb4c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlx6ukwyls2xSo far this month I've got a new phone, new glasses and new wallet Which I guess means I'm actually getting the odd thing done The glasses seem to work, stars now look sharp and I can read without taking them off. Still getting hang of them though since my first time with transition lenses16 May 2026 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx6ukwyls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlwt2vff3c2xSo if you are interested in a topic you can follow half a dozen blogs or podcasts about that topic. They each produce one item a week so easy to watch/read one per day But then they each create a discord and no way in hell am I going to join all of them. I'm on 7 already and only keep up with 216 May 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwt2vff3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlu7iaeg3k2xCame across a person selling wooden boats from his front garage. Interesting bit was that most of the boat body is made from cardboard box material Price not too bad. They're opposite St Lukes Mall in Auckland15 May 2026 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu7iaeg3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mligm5muas2hFound out that a neighbor (when I was growing up in Mosgiel, New Zealand) died a few months ago. Didn't know Jane McCabe as an adult but looks like she did some interesting research www.mccabehistory.com https://www.mccabehistory.com10 May 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mligm5muas2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlrjwfmvj22xNew phone arrived. Pixel 10a My old phone battery started swelling three weeks ago, ordered a new one straight away but took a while to arrive Cost is $1000 which compares to $800 I paid 3 years ago for the Pixel 7a (which only lasted 3 years, known battery problem)14 May 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrjwfmvj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlkz7seygc2hThe Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush 4/5 Review: A fairly balanced biography of the 6 astronauts. Covering before and during the Astronaut careers and to an extent afterwards. Worth a read for space fans. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/07/the-six-the-untold-story-of-americas-first-women-astronauts-by-loren-grush-review-spaceflight-pioneer-portraits11 May 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkz7seygc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mlosk463wk2rThe unforced errors from Internetnz just continues The latest is they quietly advertise for appointed board members. Don't bother to send it to members🤦 Someone noticed and complained so they eventually emailed members.. the day before applications closed🤷🏻‍♀️12 May 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlosk463wk2r