The answer to problems in sociotechnical systems is not always "more software", "better software" or "open source software".

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@c0dec0dec0de @tante look, we each know what we did, and maybe we should just admit it

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@glyph @tante "this DHCP server could have been RFC 2322"

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@SnoopJ @tante (me opening the bag labeled "RFC 2322")

I don't know what I expected

[robertootarola@mastodon.social]

@tante you can't go wrong with coffee, pen and paper.

[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@SnoopJ @glyph @tante this ethernet cable could have been an avian carrier

[isaacfreeman@cloudisland.nz]

@tante Never automate anything before you have experience doing it manually.

[cucufaiter@mastodon.social]

@SnoopJ @glyph @tante New and classic at the set time xD

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@tante
If that's not a nail, why did you hire a guy with a hammer?

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@SnoopJ @glyph @tante photo by @th. I was one of those who made that DHCP server

[ffeth@hostux.social]

@aburka What if the avian carrier has a string attached to its leg?

@SnoopJ @glyph @tante

[mmu_man@m.g3l.org]

@SnoopJ @glyph @tante #PegDHCP was peak #Autoconfig!

[lady_alys@hachyderm.io]

@quixoticgeek

I love it! I want to share that image or something similar with attribution. Is there a link you'd recommend? If not, I'll share the image toot and your toot.

@SnoopJ @glyph @tante @th

[aslakr@mastodon.social]

@glyph @SnoopJ @tante No peg-dhcpv6?!

[th@social.v.st]

@lady_alys @SnoopJ @glyph @tante my original photo is CC-BY-NC-SA https://www.flickr.com/photos/osr/38318347355/ although @quixoticgeek is the original rights holder of the actual printout.

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@th @quixoticgeek delighted to have the context for the image filled in, thank you both!

@lady_alys @glyph @tante

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@th @lady_alys @SnoopJ @glyph @tante you can consider the print out cc-by-sa too