The Internet Gods, 2018:
Security! Security! SSL everywhere! Mandatory two-factor authentication! Full-device encryption! Hardware on-chip secure enclaves!
The Internet Gods, also 2018:
let's just give Jeff Bezos all our private RAM, and the official Node.js installer is literally curl | sudo bash
@natecull those are different gods. Infosec/eff/fsf vs javascript devs/startups
@alienghic
I think this is a key argument. The Internet Gods come from a complicated polytheistic soup much unlike the one of ancient Greece or Rome.
Factions exist with very strong differences and even though everyone from the outside views it as "just tech", in fact infosec, webdev, backend, devops, fintech, gamedev, etc. are all distinc even though sometimes overlapping factions pushing for optimizing sometime diametrically opposite aspects of tech.
@natecull
@kunev @alienghic @natecull Then you also get into a whole situation with transgressive deities, like the fox-demon who guards the crossroads of webdev and infosec...
@ritjoe @kunev @ewoozi @alienghic @natecull
You people are really, really trying to make me write #sysadmininferno, aren't you?
Oh, and: dammit, @mulander!
@mwlucas @ritjoe @kunev @ewoozi @alienghic @natecull I found a nice cover picture of Tux for #sysadmininferno.
@kunev @ewoozi @mwlucas @ritjoe @alienghic @natecull actually, @mwlucas already covered that one in #savagedbysystemd https://www.michaelwarrenlucas.com/index.php/romance/#sbs
@ewoozi trust me, we have plenty of tricksters and advocates for the devils lurking at the boundaries of infosec and madness.
@ewoozi
Most likely with a headache inducing level of details...
The trickster of DNS
The succubus of CSS
The elephant demi-god of text editors and his bickering offsprings
Each language it's own denomination of the overall religion which intersects with all other factions mentioned.
Now I kind of want to find someone with literary skills and push them to write a book on this 😄
@alienghic @natecull