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Ryan Hamel
@mrhamel.bsky.social
Senior Network Admin, Was Linux Sysadmin | Autistic, ADHD, cPTSD | He/Him/They/That SOB | Disclaimer: Opinions are my own. | @[email protected]
🌊 PyBeach 2025 is making waves! 🌴🐍
All the talks are now live on YouTube, catch the community vibes, brilliant Python insights, and maybe a little sand in your shoes 😉

🎥 Dive in here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🌐 More about the event: 2025.pybeach.org

#PyBeach2025 #Python #Community
PyBeach 2025 - YouTube
PyBeach is a general Python conference located in the Los Angeles area. It is a welcoming, volunteer-run, community-driven event with the mission to educate ...
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Behold, the #MinCup35 bracket!

Use it to follow along, plan campaigns to support your favs, or make predictions on how voting will shake out. We start at the top left on September 1st, then alternate left and right as we work our way down.
August 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
NANOG 94 may be over, but the conversation continues. Peering discussions, along with various other topics, have been buzzing on Discord. Your active participation could truly impact the dialog.

Join us at: discord.nanog.org

#NANOG #discord #IX #peering #discussion #talk
Join the NANOG Discord Server!
This is the official Discord server for the North American Network Operators Group, NANOG. | 1104 members
discord.nanog.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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If you had been told the loud noises were not loud & the scratchy shirts were not scratchy, your whole life, you too would be a bit stubborn is all I'm saying.
So called “autistic rigidity” contributes to some of my greatest strengths: a commitment to integrity, honesty & fairness, internal consistency in my thinking, & focused dedication to my work. It comes with tradeoffs, like everything else in the world. #Autistic
June 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Exactly how many talks, policy papers, interviews, and reports do you think are out there warning about precisely this likelihood? Because I know it's a lot more than a few.

"‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds"
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
'We Acted Too Quickly': Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds
Automating jobs isn’t the panacea for all companies, and 55% admit they have made a mistake, a new survey finds.
www.techrepublic.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Prioritize mental health in tech! Zoë Chalfant shares her journey and practical advice for managing mental health, self-advocacy, and sustainable careers in the tech industry at #SCaLE 22x https://bit.ly/4fN9SY0
January 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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*Excellent* opportunity to learn about extinctions from a brilliant teacher — and it's free!
If any of my followers would like to learn more about extinctions of the past, present, & future, I have a Coursera course with exactly that title. Its lectures are also suitable for university-level classes in conservation biology, ecology, & geology. www.coursera.org/learn/extinc... 🧪
Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future
Offered by Emory University. This course introduces you to the five mass extinctions of the pre-human past, their causes and significance to ... Enroll for free.
www.coursera.org
January 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
While attending AutoCon 2 (networkautomation.forum/autocon2), I had the privilege of joining an insightful roundtable discussion on the Heavy Networking podcast. Please check it out and share your thoughts!

🎧 Listen here: packetpushers.net/podcasts/hea...

📺 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/xGiVV8advIU
AutoCon 2 — Network Automation Forum
The only conference that dares to keep asking: Why haven’t we seen full adoption of network automation, yet? (Denver, Fall 2024)
networkautomation.forum
December 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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oh hey that thing we said was a bad idea is a bad idea
Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabled
Despite promising to filter personal data out, Recall still captures it.
www.tomshardware.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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being a network engineer
December 8, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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I remember when you could just buy a computer program like Microsoft Word or Photoshop and just have it on your computer forever without having to pay monthly or yearly. What a time that was
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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IC1805 - Heart Nebula and Soul Nebula four-panel mosaic. Still working on the panel integrations; it feels too much like the bottom right panel isn't well integrated; 15 120s captures for each of the four panels. #astrophotography
December 7, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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I suspect one part of many autistic "love languages" is "I made life easier for you so seamlessly you didn't see it" and relates to not having other folks have social or sensory discomfort.
December 7, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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We've always been a fan of blueskies.
December 6, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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how your email finds me
December 7, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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Me: I really should work on that document this afternoon.

ADHD: Yeah, I know, but the file is 3 folders deep in your documents. I don't think that's going to be possible today.

Me: I should post that. 🤣😭
December 6, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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December 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Dear California,

Most tsunami are deeply unexciting to witness, looking more like a rapidly-rising tide than anything else. You cannot surf them.

& even if it doesn’t look like much, the current can still kill you.
December 5, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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I am once again screaming at the top of my lungs that absolutely nobody would give a shit about this if Tesla hadn't decided to reinvent the wheel in typical techbro fashion and convinced the public that plug & charge is such a magic benefit compared to putting fucking card readers on the chargers.
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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So it's come to my attention that AOC has just asked Bluesky to provide her with all of the protected/encrypted means of communication people will be using during the Trump administration and I really cannot recommend the following enough:
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Yes, Mineral Cup is happening this year!

We’re moving voting to www.MineralCup.org and hosting campaigning on any platform where we have volunteers (like this one!).

Details on #MinCup23 in early August, bracket in late August, voting starts September 1st. 💜
Mineral Cup
www.MineralCup.org
July 31, 2023 at 3:43 AM
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So, who likes rocks?
July 30, 2023 at 11:18 PM