@joeo10 1997. It's essentially an upscale work beater.
Was going to limp the old BMW along then buy a new Subaru Ascent. Unfortunately, the thing snapped a serpentine belt, disabling the water pump, alternator and power steering. After limping it back to the office and discovering that the snap was caused by yet another seizing water pump, (This will make the third the thing has eaten) I was so irritated that I wrote the company a check and bought a old Mercedes E420 we used back when were on the road a lot. It's nice enough (we baby vehicles here) that I will hold off on the Subaru for a while.
Not sure how much of my paranoia is justified but I cannot get my mind off of trusted computing platforms.
Insomnia means I am at the office at 4:45am. With luck, the customer support gods will take pity and allow me to knock off early so I can drive the 30 miles home with my eyes open.
@matigo About the only thing that hasn't is the word kernel and the version numbering convention. The masochistic side of me is kind of looking forward to it.
The last time I customized a Linux kernel was in 2006.
Looking now at 4.0.18
Holy crap I have a lot of catching up to do.
In three days, the stay at home provisions will be lifted here. Thus will end the unexpected frenzy I have been working under.
How foolish I was to think things would be slow and that I would have adequate time to work on long range projects. I have been busier through this thing than I ever imagined possible.
Of course, on top of everything else, I am dealing with some hardware failure 800 miles from me. Due to the virus, shipping has moved from next day to "Whenever we can" so I'm kind of scrambling.
Dear diary,
2020 had me searching for masks for employees.
I did not see this coming.
PS: Masks were procured.
@matigo I'm one of those weirdo that drinks a half gallon or more of water a day.