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    sysadmin@sh.itjust.works
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    A community dedicated to the profession of IT Systems Administration

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    comment on Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice in c/sysadmin@sh.itjust.works
    [–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

    Something I learned early in my career is that nothing will make your blood pressure rise like a suddenly quiet server room except for the sound of the UPS tech muttering, "Oh shit. No no no no. Shit. Oh fuck."

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  • comment on Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice in c/sysadmin@sh.itjust.works
    [–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

    That's what happens when you let handyman Billy Bob do your electrical work.

    "Oh look, here's a random wire coming from God knows where. We'll just tie into that. Easy Peezy."

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  • comment on Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice in c/sysadmin@sh.itjust.works
    [–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's some appalling wiring practices to have equipment like that even able to be disconnected.

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  • comment on Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice in c/sysadmin@sh.itjust.works
    [–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

    🤣🤣🤣

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  • comment on Intern had no idea what not to do, almost broke a mainframe in c/sysadmin@sh.itjust.works
    [–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

    I really like these, thanks for posting

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