Mmastodon WorldImmigration first seen 20 h ago, last 17 min ago, peak #9

Tech commenters joke about giant monitors for terminal logs

Original: A 40" display, you say? Yes, so I can have a very wide terminal window with a `tail -f xfer-out.log` showing me zone tra

A technology commentator is poking fun at the appeal of a 40-inch display, saying the real benefit would be a very wide terminal window for watching DNS zone transfer log entries stream by in real time. The remark uses the Unix 'tail -f' command to monitor a transfer log, framing the huge screen as a tool for sysadmin tasks rather than movies or design work.

Why now: The quip resonates with system administrators and tech hobbyists who share the joke about using expensive hardware for mundane terminal monitoring.

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• A 40" display, you say? Yes, so I can have a very wide terminal window with a `tail -f xfer-out.log` showing me zone transfer entries on individual lines ;-) # migration # monitoring # dns · jpmens · 9

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