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Hello, I'm Florian. I have been on here since 2018.

I work as a system and network engineer for the RIPE NCC. I'm a Domain Name System (DNS) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) expert and I'm responsible for running one of the 13 root name servers. In short, I'm one of the people keeping the Internet running. :flan_royal:

In my spare time I hack on OpenBSD and found my niche with privilege separated network daemons. :flan_hacker:

I like hiking and bicycle touring. We live with four people (two species felis catus, two species homo sapiens) in a house with a garden in the Netherlands. :flan_cat:

I identify as socialist but you'll find very little political commentary from me here.

A wise person once said: "Computers were a mistake." I can't agree more.

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Warning

This account features activities performed either by professional network engineers or under the supervision of professional network engineers.

Accordingly we must insist that no one attempt to recreate or re-enact any activity performed by this account.

OH: This stuff smells like it's making me dumber.

No context, morbid 

Death and taxes...

I saw the quote on my feed a month ago or so but lost the link. I had to make it a hazard sign...

florian :flan_hacker: boosted
remember: most android malware is available on the play store

OH: I ate a bagel yesterday. I'm a little bloated...

Alc 

So I ordered a gin & tonic before take-off and finished it.
Cabin-person: Would you like another one?
Me: Idk, is there enough time before take-off?
Cabin-person: [looks at watch] I'm sure you'll manage another one.
Me: right, keep 'em coming...

The next one definitely had more gin than tonic :flan_eyes_narrowed:

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For the 26 of you that are following me...

First of all, thank you!

Second, I was laid off by Atlassian last week. I would appreciate if you can share with your followers that I am now open to opportunities and help increase my follower count.

Some more information about me: gerardkcohen.me/hire-me.html

Thank you, all 26 of you! #GetFediHired #FediHire

Today is Pungenday, the 5th day of Discord in the YOLD 3192. Celebrate Mojoday.

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"in fact i've always dreamed of quitting computers and starting a farm. growing lettuce in the extra server cabinet just seemed like a good stepping stone. maybe." sa.lj.am/rack-mount-hydroponic

Shitpost 

I'm considering going to Huaqiangbei, buying a bunch of laptops, and installing the most unhinged OSes I can find. Think Haiku as a warmup and TempelOS as the end boss.
The challenge is then to get them to join the WiFi.

Beware the IDEs of March. Use ed(1) instead.

So... who is good at USB forensics? Asking for a friend. :flan_peek:

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