Brian Cline

Engineer with margin-of-error levels of sanity. Software Architect for Storage Ops Automation at IBM SoftLayer. #MFFL

[Brenan Keller @brenankeller]

A QA engineer walks into a bar. Orders a beer. Orders 0 beers. Orders 99999999999 beers. Orders a lizard. Orders -1 beers. Orders a ueicbksjdhd.

First real customer walks in and asks where the bathroom is. The bar bursts into flames, killing everyone.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

I really want to give systemd a fair shake, but stuff like systemd-resolved make that a tall order.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

TIL about difflib. I’m maybe 6-7 years into Python and still learn about helpful standard lib stuff for the first time on a regular basis.

https://t.co/s8z1rYB2Zu

[Brian Cline @briancline]

This might've been a passable excuse 15 years ago. Companies keep choosing to cut corners on security, then "regret" ensuing breaches

[Brian Cline @briancline]

@sifusam @majorhayden @ubnt Got one recently. Still doesn't use Unifi software—has a great web UI but pretty far behind CLI. It's a fork of Vyatta Core on a 3.10 kernel

[Brian Cline @briancline]

It's always a blast to be the first person to tell someone about Stuxnet

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Big ups to the other Brian Cline out there who never gets any email because he's​ given out my email address rather than his.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Huh. Apparently NTTA automatically opted TollTag customers into a third-party rewards program, made possible by sharing their personal data.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Whoa…my Uber driver on the way back from tonight's @dallasmavs game was @50Mejri's girlfriend's mom. Nicest Spurs fan I've ever met!

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Atlanta deserves a team technical for excessive use of organ music. #MFFL

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Good night for Nerlens Noel's debut for the Mavericks. Dallas gave him a hell of a welcome

[Brian Cline @briancline]

The groundhog is fired.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

@D_Harp_12 Don’t apologize—yours and @MFollowill’s play by play is best in the league. You could diss my family for 2hrs and still be great.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

@mcuban Do you guys have a choice to use @Ticketmaster or is it league-wide? Weekly outages, but can't buy non-resale tickets elsewhere.

[Brian Cline @briancline]

@ClouderaComm sure, done

[Brian Cline @briancline]

@ClouderaComm @cloudera https://t.co/vzdbZMCMfA -- when I click 'Sign In' and enter my info, I get sent to https://t.co/ZrZryhfxb1

[Brian Cline @briancline]

@cloudera Your community site won't let me post a community question without buying an enterprise subscription... really?!

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Otherwise, a policy of, “here's a new card, go give it to all the same retailers and cross your fingers” is an offensively stupid procedure

[Brian Cline @briancline]

This is only half rhetorical. Does any coordination of card closure dates and public disclosure dates happen? That'd be understandable if so

[Brian Cline @briancline]

Why are banks allowed to cut off and reissue debit cards due to data breach notifications, without disclosing retailer names to consumers?