linux users be like:
Jul. 6th, 2023 03:03 pm>> derp derpiting at work on an aging mac osx, slated to be retired by EOY
>> has a kernel panic, oshit, you don't see those every day
>> thankfully reboots p quick
>> sends a chat message to favorite IT guy
>> 'hey, this probably doesn't warrant a full ticket but heads up, had a kernel panic with [phone pic of error message], i can't get into the diagnostics logs via utility because i don't have admin privileges, and there doesn't seem to be a log via the library > logs > DiagnosticsReports, but i'm 90% sure it was because the scratch disk was full, and I've already since deleted a bunch of stuff to hopefully buy us some time, and wanted to give ya a heads up so we don't have a nasty surprise later :>'
>> can spiritually hear him lol'ing
>> 'good thought process, and yes, you're the next one up to get a new computer ;)'
(...this is probably one of the reasons IT asked me on my first full day of work whether yours truly had been ex-IT support :P he's mentioned before verbally that he loves my errors because they're the weirdest shit he's ever seen l o l )
>> has a kernel panic, oshit, you don't see those every day
>> thankfully reboots p quick
>> sends a chat message to favorite IT guy
>> 'hey, this probably doesn't warrant a full ticket but heads up, had a kernel panic with [phone pic of error message], i can't get into the diagnostics logs via utility because i don't have admin privileges, and there doesn't seem to be a log via the library > logs > DiagnosticsReports, but i'm 90% sure it was because the scratch disk was full, and I've already since deleted a bunch of stuff to hopefully buy us some time, and wanted to give ya a heads up so we don't have a nasty surprise later :>'
>> can spiritually hear him lol'ing
>> 'good thought process, and yes, you're the next one up to get a new computer ;)'
(...this is probably one of the reasons IT asked me on my first full day of work whether yours truly had been ex-IT support :P he's mentioned before verbally that he loves my errors because they're the weirdest shit he's ever seen l o l )