We did East of Eden in 11th grade. I'd never really encountered a generational story before. Also i remember something about syphilis. But i honestly can't recall anything about it despite remembering it fondly? Also it's real long. It was summer reading or i don't know if they could have justified it.
though I think, generally grapes of wrath is the more traditional academic choice?
We did East of Eden in 11th grade. I'd never really encountered a generational story before. Also i remember something about syphilis. But i honestly can't recall anything about it despite remembering it fondly? Also it's real long. It was summer reading or i don't know if they could have justified it.
though I think, generally grapes of wrath is the more traditional academic choice?
In my school district Of Mice & Men is the traditional Steinbeck novel read by every student in junior high.
We did East of Eden in 11th grade. I'd never really encountered a generational story before. Also i remember something about syphilis. But i honestly can't recall anything about it despite remembering it fondly? Also it's real long. It was summer reading or i don't know if they could have justified it.
though I think, generally grapes of wrath is the more traditional academic choice?
Personally east of Eden was a defining book for me. Lee's "thou mayest rule over sin" and meditating on psychopaths like Cathy are things I've come back to all my life.
Agreed it's too long for school. Grapes of wrath is the east choice. i think Cannery Row and tortilla flats get slept on.
Of mice and men needs a clear, strong syllabus to avoid reinforcing ableist attitudes
So remember a while back when I posted about how much work it was to get a bunch of people to be available for deposition preps and depositions when we're working on a deadline for a deposition that HAD to be done by next week? And there was the one guy that said he was available, but then he wasn't, but then it turns out he was?
Well today I get an email saying that hey, actually we're going to push his deposition back, and we're going to submit a stipulation to continue the trial date, which would also push back this deadline.
Like, come on. In the end this is a good thing, but after all that work, this deposition gets pushed back again?!? Arrrrgh!
At least the other ones went by fine.
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Grapes of Wrath. That final scene with Rosasharn. It just has embedded itself into my brain. Definitely had an impact on me. Just a profound mental image that's stayed with me since high school.
So remember a while back when I posted about how much work it was to get a bunch of people to be available for deposition preps and depositions when we're working on a deadline for a deposition that HAD to be done by next week? And there was the one guy that said he was available, but then he wasn't, but then it turns out he was?
Well today I get an email saying that hey, actually we're going to push his deposition back, and we're going to submit a stipulation to continue the trial date, which would also push back this deadline.
Like, come on. In the end this is a good thing, but after all that work, this deposition gets pushed back again?!? Arrrrgh!
Tech at another school posts in the group chat. This person has been in this department longer than I have.
OtherTech: This particular student (post screenshot of student name, dob, id#, etc) can't login to their Google account. We have tried on multiple devices and networks, is this an easy fix?
Me: Check the admin console and see if it's locked out or disabled?
OtherTech: It's not working.
Manager 2 levels higher than us: I checked the console for you, the account is active.
Me: Reset the password?
OT: Still can't login.
Manager: Do you have a good network connection?
OT: Yes, tried on two different devices. I can login but the student account can't.
Manager: Reset the password
OT: It's not working.
Manager: The account is being locked out with bad attempts. You need to reset the password.
OT: We have a new device and it's still not working.
Our Immediate Supervisor: Hey OT I just unlocked the account and reset the password.
OT: working now
Hey I think I used to work with that person!
... I'm sorry...
At least once a day at a client's house:
Me: Alright cool, please enter your email's password here.
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When I was in high school and wanted to be a famous author, Steinbeck was one of my role models. Specifically, I wanted my podunk home town to become famous for stupid they were for not appreciating me.
Tech at another school posts in the group chat. This person has been in this department longer than I have.
OtherTech: This particular student (post screenshot of student name, dob, id#, etc) can't login to their Google account. We have tried on multiple devices and networks, is this an easy fix?
Me: Check the admin console and see if it's locked out or disabled?
OtherTech: It's not working.
Manager 2 levels higher than us: I checked the console for you, the account is active.
Me: Reset the password?
OT: Still can't login.
Manager: Do you have a good network connection?
OT: Yes, tried on two different devices. I can login but the student account can't.
Manager: Reset the password
OT: It's not working.
Manager: The account is being locked out with bad attempts. You need to reset the password.
OT: We have a new device and it's still not working.
Our Immediate Supervisor: Hey OT I just unlocked the account and reset the password.
OT: working now
Hey I think I used to work with that person!
... I'm sorry...
At least once a day at a client's house:
Me: Alright cool, please enter your email's password here.
Client: My email doesn't have a password.
Me: soul leaves body
This actually was the case at my last job. We had a login for the intranet and our Outlook was tied to the intranet login and didn't have its own individual password, since they were inaccessible from the internet at large.
well I just presented my last freelance project to the startup guys we were working with and they seemed ecstatic about all of it so that's awesome. Now I am out of gas. untethered. enter the void, empty, and become wind.
so A) payday. now I'm back to not working in a covid job market.
I discovered Google Play Music has hit final end-of-life and deactivated itself on my phone as I jumped on the train for my morning commute.
So now I've had to work all day without access to the 1000-odd mp3's that were on my phone 2 days ago.
Not going to lie, those mp3 files are directly tied to my productivity in the office. Finding this afternoon a struggle today.
I should put my mp3s on my phone and listen that way but there are times I just don't want to listen to that
It would be block the nurgle cult and general uglyness of work but I don't know how or should I do it {I have headphones on my old mp3 but I had not used it in a age so it will not keep a charge from I tired it a few months ago}
For me it's "what happens when you reset your password using the 'forgot password?' link?"
"I know my password"
Me: *mutes, swears, clears throat* let's try it anyway...
e: or "the system is showing a bad password flag on my end"
"No the password is right"
:rotate:
I remember not liking that its spoken of as "the great american novel" more than the book itself.
and lit teacher's predilection because of it being so
I mean this borders on "what makes something good?"
I'd probably hate it a lot less if I didn't have to spend a month and a half writing about whatever inane symbolism in the book the teacher wanted us to write about to make sure I read the fucking thing. I'd probably hate a lot of the books a lot less if we never did that.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I remember we spent 25 minutes in class discussing what "yellow sound" meant and my brain checked out less than 8 seconds into the class period and I just thought about boobs the whole time.
I remember we spent 25 minutes in class discussing what "yellow sound" meant and my brain checked out less than 8 seconds into the class period and I just thought about boobs the whole time.
it's the pee sound obviously
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I remember we spent 25 minutes in class discussing what "yellow sound" meant and my brain checked out less than 8 seconds into the class period and I just thought about boobs the whole time.
I remember we spent 25 minutes in class discussing what "yellow sound" meant and my brain checked out less than 8 seconds into the class period and I just thought about boobs the whole time.
Complicated online meeting etiquette question
a few months before I left my old job I moved across to a new project (Mars, yay)
I never technically left the project because there's some crossover between it and my new job so I'm basically folding the project into my current research
but administratively and infrastructurally, I'm ignoring the hell out of it on the "never go to a meeting you don't have to" principle
There's at least one meeting a week, they always email the weblink and a password, and I always trash the email immediately. But now ... now I need to ask them something. And I'm not even sure who to ask.
I'm wondering how weird it would be to just sort of ... slide into the weekly meeting and act like I've always been there
i figure if there's enough people on the call my thumbnail could have plausibly been bumped to the next page over for six months, right? that sounds likely
I remember we spent 25 minutes in class discussing what "yellow sound" meant and my brain checked out less than 8 seconds into the class period and I just thought about boobs the whole time.
And the green light at the end of that dumb wharf, which really felt like a detail that was aimed entirely at English teachers, like the ambiguity at the end of The Giver.
I remember we spent 25 minutes in class discussing what "yellow sound" meant and my brain checked out less than 8 seconds into the class period and I just thought about boobs the whole time.
I discovered Google Play Music has hit final end-of-life and deactivated itself on my phone as I jumped on the train for my morning commute.
So now I've had to work all day without access to the 1000-odd mp3's that were on my phone 2 days ago.
Not going to lie, those mp3 files are directly tied to my productivity in the office. Finding this afternoon a struggle today.
They made duplicate version that is slightly shittier in every way on YouTube.
"Google made a new version of [existing product/service] that is slightly shittier in every way" (and discontinued the original and forcibly migrated everyone over to the new one) is evergreen. Unfortunately.
If you've got friends in the industry, I've found that's a great way to get a second pair of eyes on it.
Get a friend in industry and a friend who isn't at minimum
Potentially HR won't have the technical background you and your industry friend have, so it's good to be sure it can be read by non-technical audiences
If you go with a professional make sure they have experience and knowledge in your field because otherwise they could be an adventure
I'll play the application page. Lemme see
...
Wait
You also need to fill in these forms
And these
And what do you mean that info is on your resume
Last job I applied for online I submitted my resume and cover letter, the next page was literally "re-write your cover letter in this text box, and re-write your whole resume in these boxes".
I got halfway through and fucking gave up. If the company is THAT BAD at such basic shit, they're almost certainly a terrible company to work for.
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We did East of Eden in 11th grade. I'd never really encountered a generational story before. Also i remember something about syphilis. But i honestly can't recall anything about it despite remembering it fondly? Also it's real long. It was summer reading or i don't know if they could have justified it.
though I think, generally grapes of wrath is the more traditional academic choice?
In my school district Of Mice & Men is the traditional Steinbeck novel read by every student in junior high.
Personally east of Eden was a defining book for me. Lee's "thou mayest rule over sin" and meditating on psychopaths like Cathy are things I've come back to all my life.
Agreed it's too long for school. Grapes of wrath is the east choice. i think Cannery Row and tortilla flats get slept on.
Of mice and men needs a clear, strong syllabus to avoid reinforcing ableist attitudes
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
Well today I get an email saying that hey, actually we're going to push his deposition back, and we're going to submit a stipulation to continue the trial date, which would also push back this deadline.
Like, come on. In the end this is a good thing, but after all that work, this deposition gets pushed back again?!? Arrrrgh!
At least the other ones went by fine.
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Saw that one coming. :bro:
As a story it's fine I suppose. I wasn't really into it but it didn't inspire feelings one way or the other so there's that.
At least once a day at a client's house:
Me: Alright cool, please enter your email's password here.
Client: My email doesn't have a password.
Me: soul leaves body
This actually was the case at my last job. We had a login for the intranet and our Outlook was tied to the intranet login and didn't have its own individual password, since they were inaccessible from the internet at large.
so A) payday.
Complicated feels.
So now I've had to work all day without access to the 1000-odd mp3's that were on my phone 2 days ago.
Not going to lie, those mp3 files are directly tied to my productivity in the office. Finding this afternoon a struggle today.
I should put my mp3s on my phone and listen that way but there are times I just don't want to listen to that
It would be block the nurgle cult and general uglyness of work but I don't know how or should I do it {I have headphones on my old mp3 but I had not used it in a age so it will not keep a charge from I tired it a few months ago}
"I know my password"
Me: *mutes, swears, clears throat* let's try it anyway...
e: or "the system is showing a bad password flag on my end"
"No the password is right"
:rotate:
"Yeah, I don't know, sometimes they just reset things for no reason. Try it anyway."
You're all brave, and you don't deserve it. I still do it, though.
They made duplicate version that is slightly shittier in every way on YouTube.
and lit teacher's predilection because of it being so
I mean this borders on "what makes something good?"
I'd probably hate it a lot less if I didn't have to spend a month and a half writing about whatever inane symbolism in the book the teacher wanted us to write about to make sure I read the fucking thing. I'd probably hate a lot of the books a lot less if we never did that.
it's the pee sound obviously
you know the brown note? well
The pee is silent!
a few months before I left my old job I moved across to a new project (Mars, yay)
I never technically left the project because there's some crossover between it and my new job so I'm basically folding the project into my current research
but administratively and infrastructurally, I'm ignoring the hell out of it on the "never go to a meeting you don't have to" principle
There's at least one meeting a week, they always email the weblink and a password, and I always trash the email immediately. But now ... now I need to ask them something. And I'm not even sure who to ask.
I'm wondering how weird it would be to just sort of ... slide into the weekly meeting and act like I've always been there
i figure if there's enough people on the call my thumbnail could have plausibly been bumped to the next page over for six months, right? that sounds likely
And the green light at the end of that dumb wharf, which really felt like a detail that was aimed entirely at English teachers, like the ambiguity at the end of The Giver.
... So, no I guess
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
Do you know one that's not shit?
I'm 6'5" and no it ain't
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C is for Czar
"Google made a new version of [existing product/service] that is slightly shittier in every way" (and discontinued the original and forcibly migrated everyone over to the new one) is evergreen. Unfortunately.
Get a friend in industry and a friend who isn't at minimum
Potentially HR won't have the technical background you and your industry friend have, so it's good to be sure it can be read by non-technical audiences
If you go with a professional make sure they have experience and knowledge in your field because otherwise they could be an adventure
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*throws it away because I don't like your name*
I'll play the application page. Lemme see
...
Wait
You also need to fill in these forms
And these
And what do you mean that info is on your resume
@chr1sh4ll3ttb3 Manager Tools is the only one I recommend
https://www.manager-tools.com/2020/04/covid-how-prepare-your-resume-your-resume-stinks
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
Last job I applied for online I submitted my resume and cover letter, the next page was literally "re-write your cover letter in this text box, and re-write your whole resume in these boxes".
I got halfway through and fucking gave up. If the company is THAT BAD at such basic shit, they're almost certainly a terrible company to work for.