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ninjagin writes: They might be underneath a desk, hauling cables above your ceiling, swapping out a drive in your data center, putting the blue smoke back inside that old pizza box on the rack, up at 2 am dealing with an alarm, upgrading or patching your systems over the weekend, but wherever they are today, take a moment to thank your friendly neighborhood system administrator, today. We always look to them to fix things up when things go bad, but they are rarely recognized for the majority of their effort — the quiet work they do in the background to keep the bits flying and things running smoothly.
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