Kyiv Engineer Repairs Fibre

An engineer in Kyiv working on repairing a fibre (shared on LinkedIn) WE TOOK THE HOSTAGES, SECURED THE BUILDING, AND CUT THE COMMUNICATION LINES LIKE YOU SAID. — EXCELLENT. BUT THEN THIS GUY CLIMBED UP THE VENTILATION DUCTS AND WALKED ACROSS BROKEN GLASS, KILLING ANYONE HE SENT TO STOP HIM. — AND HE RESCUED THE HOSTAGES? NO, HE IGNORED THEM. HE JUST RECONNECTED THE WIRES WE CUT, MUTTERING SOMETHING ABOUT "UPTIME". SHIT WE'RE DEALING WITH A SYSADMIN.

A photograph shows an engineer repairing fibre-optic cables amid the rubble of a destroyed site in Kyiv, paired with an XKCD-style comic about hostage-takers discovering that a sysadmin has restored the communication lines. The punchline is that the administrator ignores the dramatic hostage situation and focuses solely on restoring uptime, making this a reaction to obsessive technical dedication during a crisis.

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