7of9

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[–] 7of9@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks, I'll give this one the chop!

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 11 points 11 months ago

Yep, I remember in one job I was at for 8 years a manager 2 levels up complemented me for sorting out the networking for a re-arrange of our own office ... I was gobsmacked because I'd been managing a whole network and server upgrade for a client that involved well over 1000 users at the time yet an hour of fiddling with wires under desks was the only thing that got his attention.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

I didn't have them over a barrel, they were just being lazy and trying to exploit me further for free.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Go for the Tramlines festival, then.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Fair enough, it just outdoes any dissonance between T1 and T2 by a factor of 10, hence being curious about your thoughts ;-)

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I got laid off twice more before switching careers. Both times they wanted me to come back and fix stuff after letting me go.

It goes hand in hand with the "if someone works hard, they should be given more work as a reward" line of thinking.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 49 points 11 months ago (7 children)

My first salaried job was also my first proper IT job and I was a "junior technician" ... the only other member of IT staff was my supervisor who had been a secretary that got a 1 week sysadmin course and knew very little.

The server room was a complete rat's nest and I resolved to sort it out. It was all going very well until I tripped over the loose SCSI 3 cable between the AIX server and it's raid array. While it was in use.

It took me 2 days to restore everything from tape. My supervisor was completely useless.

A few months later I was "made redundant", leaving behind me everything working perfectly and a super tidy server room. I got calls from the company asking for help for the following 6 months, which I politely declined.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago

I loved the original, when I had only seen the TV cut which doesn't include the protagonist committing rape. I've seen the full version all of once and that just broke it for me.

I have the sequel on my to-watch list, but will be starting it off in a guarded manner.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

How do you feel about Tenet?

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Maybe it's worse now, I moved away about 15 years ago. Admittedly the trams were mostly useful for getting to specific areas and didn't cover everything, but a lot of that is constrained by the geography there!

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 15 points 11 months ago

Yes, that's more "me" ... I only do a little light assimilating on the weekends.

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