The 'do your job' guy wasn't somebody I worked with. He was somebody who used to be a friend (until it turned out he was a sexual harasser and I stopped talking to him)
He was trying to commiserate with me about shitty IT departments.
Me: "God, 99% of IT people are shitty."
Him: "I know right? My IT guy gave me pushback when I requested a bigger hard drive."
Me: "Oh really? How big?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Well, kinda. What sort of dev work do you do?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Yeah, it matters. We don't fulfill hardware requisitions unless they're justified."
Him: "You should! That's your job! Your job is to give me the hardware I need to do my job. Just do your job! That's all I ask. Do your job."
Me: "Sure, but we need to make sure you actually need it first, which means getting a justification for the requisition."
Him: "The justification is that I asked for it. I shouldn't need to explain my job to IT just to get the hardware I need."
Me: "Um. Okay. We're just gonna have to agree to disagree there. I'm gonna... um... go refill my drink."
If someone can't even string together a single sentence about like "because the damn git repo is 400 gigabytes" or some such they don't deserve a new HD
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
she also did that female bisexual thing of "women are just all beautiful goddesses and men are disgusting sweat monsters and i feel viscerally ashamed that i am attracted to men" and i'm like, wow great yeah good talk
I absolutely hate it. I either need to teach the algorithm for my front page or I need frequent TikTok breaks. The ‘ladies I literally hate myself for this because men are gross ass trash but there is the one guy I do find cute, I’m sorry please don’t hate me for this as much as I hate myself for it’ stuff is uh
Not great
i hate it so much but also i don't feel like i can say much about it because i feel like people would be like "oh so you're not all mening right now huh"
she straight up wouldn't tell some of her friends we were dating and only told them "she had a partner" because i was a dude i mean c'mon
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I like the Edge tab organizer better than Firefox. So much of the Internet is wasted space on the sides.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
Oh SHIT! TNG first Holodeck episode featuring Detective Picard!
The 'do your job' guy wasn't somebody I worked with. He was somebody who used to be a friend (until it turned out he was a sexual harasser and I stopped talking to him)
He was trying to commiserate with me about shitty IT departments.
Me: "God, 99% of IT people are shitty."
Him: "I know right? My IT guy gave me pushback when I requested a bigger hard drive."
Me: "Oh really? How big?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Well, kinda. What sort of dev work do you do?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Yeah, it matters. We don't fulfill hardware requisitions unless they're justified."
Him: "You should! That's your job! Your job is to give me the hardware I need to do my job. Just do your job! That's all I ask. Do your job."
Me: "Sure, but we need to make sure you actually need it first, which means getting a justification for the requisition."
Him: "The justification is that I asked for it. I shouldn't need to explain my job to IT just to get the hardware I need."
Me: "Um. Okay. We're just gonna have to agree to disagree there. I'm gonna... um... go refill my drink."
If someone can't even string together a single sentence about like "because the damn git repo is 400 gigabytes" or some such they don't deserve a new HD
At my job, I have folks in marketing who edit advertisements. They do Adobe After Effects work on video files, and they might edit a few hours of footage into a 30 second spot. After Effects requires 3D acceleration, and video files are enormous of course. So no sweat, three or four lines in a requisition request saying that, and these guys get discrete Nvidia GPUs, i7 CPUs, 16GB RAM, and 4TB HDs. No big deal. Just work with us a little.
And every once in a blue moon, I encounter somebody (either at my workplace or outside of it) who is just like "No! *folds arms* Give me what I want, computer slave."
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I've heard the queer culture (as much as there is such a thing) embrace of astrology theorized to be a reaction to weaponized scientism against homosexuals and gender nonconforming people. And that sounded plausible.
People claiming the mantle of science and logic kept telling gay people they were bad so this is a subculture rejection of that.
That's the kind of thing where it's like
Yes that sounds extremely logical and makes sense
... And I don't trust any kind of explanation of human nature that makes human nature seem extremely logical, with simple and direct causes and effects
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
I've heard the queer culture (as much as there is such a thing) embrace of astrology theorized to be a reaction to weaponized scientism against homosexuals and gender nonconforming people. And that sounded plausible.
People claiming the mantle of science and logic kept telling gay people they were bad so this is a subculture rejection of that.
That's the kind of thing where it's like
Yes that sounds extremely logical and makes sense
... And I don't trust any kind of explanation of human nature that makes human nature seem extremely logical, with simple and direct causes and effects
i'm far more likely to believe that some grifters realised they could sell shiny rocks and smelly candles to gullible people and it took off
The 'do your job' guy wasn't somebody I worked with. He was somebody who used to be a friend (until it turned out he was a sexual harasser and I stopped talking to him)
He was trying to commiserate with me about shitty IT departments.
Me: "God, 99% of IT people are shitty."
Him: "I know right? My IT guy gave me pushback when I requested a bigger hard drive."
Me: "Oh really? How big?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Well, kinda. What sort of dev work do you do?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Yeah, it matters. We don't fulfill hardware requisitions unless they're justified."
Him: "You should! That's your job! Your job is to give me the hardware I need to do my job. Just do your job! That's all I ask. Do your job."
Me: "Sure, but we need to make sure you actually need it first, which means getting a justification for the requisition."
Him: "The justification is that I asked for it. I shouldn't need to explain my job to IT just to get the hardware I need."
Me: "Um. Okay. We're just gonna have to agree to disagree there. I'm gonna... um... go refill my drink."
If someone can't even string together a single sentence about like "because the damn git repo is 400 gigabytes" or some such they don't deserve a new HD
At my job, I have folks in marketing who edit advertisements. They do Adobe After Effects work on video files, and they might edit a few hours of footage into a 30 second spot. After Effects requires 3D acceleration, and video files are enormous of course. So no sweat, three or four lines in a requisition request saying that, and these guys get discrete Nvidia GPUs, i7 CPUs, 16GB RAM, and 4TB HDs. No big deal. Just work with us a little.
And every once in a blue moon, I encounter somebody (either at my workplace or outside of it) who is just like "No! *folds arms* Give me what I want, computer slave."
This is why you put your safe word in your email signature.
she also did that female bisexual thing of "women are just all beautiful goddesses and men are disgusting sweat monsters and i feel viscerally ashamed that i am attracted to men" and i'm like, wow great yeah good talk
I absolutely hate it. I either need to teach the algorithm for my front page or I need frequent TikTok breaks. The ‘ladies I literally hate myself for this because men are gross ass trash but there is the one guy I do find cute, I’m sorry please don’t hate me for this as much as I hate myself for it’ stuff is uh
Not great
i hate it so much but also i don't feel like i can say much about it because i feel like people would be like "oh so you're not all mening right now huh"
she straight up wouldn't tell some of her friends we were dating and only told them "she had a partner" because i was a dude i mean c'mon
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I've heard the queer culture (as much as there is such a thing) embrace of astrology theorized to be a reaction to weaponized scientism against homosexuals and gender nonconforming people. And that sounded plausible.
People claiming the mantle of science and logic kept telling gay people they were bad so this is a subculture rejection of that.
That's the kind of thing where it's like
Yes that sounds extremely logical and makes sense
... And I don't trust any kind of explanation of human nature that makes human nature seem extremely logical, with simple and direct causes and effects
It could be a just so story, and like most things it is hard to test but I recall hearing this from serious people doing serious ethnography.
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
I feel like there is a good chance some marketer out there decided they could make shitloads of money targeting astrology at queer people and went with it plus a lot of queer people not really being in other groups that are also rife with belief in astrology to compare queer communities with
Chanus I'm watching this episode and there's a guy (one of a hundred I'm sure I'll recognize from TV) set to marry Troi and Lurch is in the background drunk and hitting gongs.
Also Trois mom is a fucking nightmare.
She is in early TNG yes. She is also one of the best characters ever on DS9. And played by the wife of the original Star Trek creator.
for the record i love her and her portrayal in DS9 just makes her even better
I like the Edge tab organizer better than Firefox. So much of the Internet is wasted space on the sides.
The default seems horrible. When I was in edge recently the tabs were sized such they I could only see the website icon which is...not helpful. And it wasn't even saving any space! The spot the tabs were before was just blank space.
The 'do your job' guy wasn't somebody I worked with. He was somebody who used to be a friend (until it turned out he was a sexual harasser and I stopped talking to him)
He was trying to commiserate with me about shitty IT departments.
Me: "God, 99% of IT people are shitty."
Him: "I know right? My IT guy gave me pushback when I requested a bigger hard drive."
Me: "Oh really? How big?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Well, kinda. What sort of dev work do you do?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Yeah, it matters. We don't fulfill hardware requisitions unless they're justified."
Him: "You should! That's your job! Your job is to give me the hardware I need to do my job. Just do your job! That's all I ask. Do your job."
Me: "Sure, but we need to make sure you actually need it first, which means getting a justification for the requisition."
Him: "The justification is that I asked for it. I shouldn't need to explain my job to IT just to get the hardware I need."
Me: "Um. Okay. We're just gonna have to agree to disagree there. I'm gonna... um... go refill my drink."
Some real lunatic shit! Amazing that somebody could genuinely think that "It's your job to give me Bob's money, and I shouldn't have to explain why to you or Bob"
The 'do your job' guy wasn't somebody I worked with. He was somebody who used to be a friend (until it turned out he was a sexual harasser and I stopped talking to him)
He was trying to commiserate with me about shitty IT departments.
Me: "God, 99% of IT people are shitty."
Him: "I know right? My IT guy gave me pushback when I requested a bigger hard drive."
Me: "Oh really? How big?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Well, kinda. What sort of dev work do you do?"
Him: "Does it matter?"
Me: "Yeah, it matters. We don't fulfill hardware requisitions unless they're justified."
Him: "You should! That's your job! Your job is to give me the hardware I need to do my job. Just do your job! That's all I ask. Do your job."
Me: "Sure, but we need to make sure you actually need it first, which means getting a justification for the requisition."
Him: "The justification is that I asked for it. I shouldn't need to explain my job to IT just to get the hardware I need."
Me: "Um. Okay. We're just gonna have to agree to disagree there. I'm gonna... um... go refill my drink."
If someone can't even string together a single sentence about like "because the damn git repo is 400 gigabytes" or some such they don't deserve a new HD
At my job, I have folks in marketing who edit advertisements. They do Adobe After Effects work on video files, and they might edit a few hours of footage into a 30 second spot. After Effects requires 3D acceleration, and video files are enormous of course. So no sweat, three or four lines in a requisition request saying that, and these guys get discrete Nvidia GPUs, i7 CPUs, 16GB RAM, and 4TB HDs. No big deal. Just work with us a little.
And every once in a blue moon, I encounter somebody (either at my workplace or outside of it) who is just like "No! *folds arms* Give me what I want, computer slave."
I once requisitioned access to something because a friend was inexpertly conning me into doing so
I believed he was lying but couldn't get him to admit it so resignedly submitted the ask
It was just some internal system with a funny name, but my justification for it was something like "I'm on the XYZ team under Allen Brooks and I need it so that I can ABC the DEF" and they gave it to me. I like to think they suspected it was a mistake, but the plausible impact radius of falsely granting access was too small to justify learning who I was or what I was working on
Chanus I'm watching this episode and there's a guy (one of a hundred I'm sure I'll recognize from TV) set to marry Troi and Lurch is in the background drunk and hitting gongs.
Also Trois mom is a fucking nightmare.
She is in early TNG yes. She is also one of the best characters ever on DS9. And played by the wife of the original Star Trek creator.
for the record i love her and her portrayal in DS9 just makes her even better
also she was the voice of Computer
Yeah normally when I watch a show on Amazon I stop to read the trivia but this is just really good so I'm gonna power through it then find a documentary or some of the actor's books to read.
are YOU on the beer list?
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
I really was not expecting where that movie went, and anybody who claims to have seen it coming (without being spoiled on it) is a goddamn filthy liar
I know a fair number of people say that the third act twist takes them out of the film for being too outlandish but like
The point of the film is that it doesn't matter how outlandish something sounds if it's actually happening
And that convincing people that it's actually happening is not enough to make the system stop it from happening
In fact they might welcome it with open arms while proposing ways to monetize the rot
That's the message I get from the film, anyway. Like, replace it with "global warming" and see how it still lines up perfectly. You can't seriously be suggesting that companies knew that they were making the planet uninhabitable for decades and running a massive propaganda campaign to convince the public otherwise? That politicians would willingly propagate falsehoods about it despite knowing that it meant condemning their children and their children's children to a hellscape?
MortiousThe Nightmare BeginsMove to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
eh, while I agree that it's bunk and harmful for the people that put too much stock in it, I like reading my horoscope. The one in the NZHerlad has to be generated by a bot.
eh, while I agree that it's bunk and harmful for the people that put too much stock in it, I like reading my horoscope. The one in the NZHerlad has to be generated by a bot.
people who put too much stock into anything can make that thing be bunk and harmful.
what about people who put too much stock into gamestop
we have no choice but to stan
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
The Big Goodbye (I've read the backstory on the episode as well) is amazing and from now on you fucking nerds if you want to get someone like me into TNG right off the bat link to that one first.
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If someone can't even string together a single sentence about like "because the damn git repo is 400 gigabytes" or some such they don't deserve a new HD
i hate it so much but also i don't feel like i can say much about it because i feel like people would be like "oh so you're not all mening right now huh"
she straight up wouldn't tell some of her friends we were dating and only told them "she had a partner" because i was a dude i mean c'mon
I like the Edge tab organizer better than Firefox. So much of the Internet is wasted space on the sides.
At my job, I have folks in marketing who edit advertisements. They do Adobe After Effects work on video files, and they might edit a few hours of footage into a 30 second spot. After Effects requires 3D acceleration, and video files are enormous of course. So no sweat, three or four lines in a requisition request saying that, and these guys get discrete Nvidia GPUs, i7 CPUs, 16GB RAM, and 4TB HDs. No big deal. Just work with us a little.
And every once in a blue moon, I encounter somebody (either at my workplace or outside of it) who is just like "No! *folds arms* Give me what I want, computer slave."
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
That's the kind of thing where it's like
Yes that sounds extremely logical and makes sense
... And I don't trust any kind of explanation of human nature that makes human nature seem extremely logical, with simple and direct causes and effects
i'm far more likely to believe that some grifters realised they could sell shiny rocks and smelly candles to gullible people and it took off
This is why you put your safe word in your email signature.
Like a lot of alternative stuff is inundated with homophobes
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I really was not expecting where that movie went, and anybody who claims to have seen it coming (without being spoiled on it) is a goddamn filthy liar
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
It could be a just so story, and like most things it is hard to test but I recall hearing this from serious people doing serious ethnography.
but they're listening to every word I say
There are just a lot of wooedy people, period.
All because nobody lets me rampage.
"Hey, uh, men have body issues too, and seeing 'men are disgusting and I'm ashamed of myself for liking them' all the time kinda triggers that."
But I'd never do that on Twitter because Twitter is somehow even more of a hellscape than Facebook
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I blame mim
for the record i love her and her portrayal in DS9 just makes her even better
also she was the voice of Computer
The default seems horrible. When I was in edge recently the tabs were sized such they I could only see the website icon which is...not helpful. And it wasn't even saving any space! The spot the tabs were before was just blank space.
I mostly get annoyed when people try to summarize a person using any method because they are pretty much all nonsense or aren't useful to most people
People fucking love the illusion of control and predictability.
Some real lunatic shit! Amazing that somebody could genuinely think that "It's your job to give me Bob's money, and I shouldn't have to explain why to you or Bob"
I just ordered a bitchin' tarot deck
I once requisitioned access to something because a friend was inexpertly conning me into doing so
I believed he was lying but couldn't get him to admit it so resignedly submitted the ask
It was just some internal system with a funny name, but my justification for it was something like "I'm on the XYZ team under Allen Brooks and I need it so that I can ABC the DEF" and they gave it to me. I like to think they suspected it was a mistake, but the plausible impact radius of falsely granting access was too small to justify learning who I was or what I was working on
look, if you like my butt, just say you like my butt
Yeah normally when I watch a show on Amazon I stop to read the trivia but this is just really good so I'm gonna power through it then find a documentary or some of the actor's books to read.
bitchin tarot deck
bitchin tarot deck
i read cards for my neighbor
The point of the film is that it doesn't matter how outlandish something sounds if it's actually happening
And that convincing people that it's actually happening is not enough to make the system stop it from happening
In fact they might welcome it with open arms while proposing ways to monetize the rot
That's the message I get from the film, anyway. Like, replace it with "global warming" and see how it still lines up perfectly. You can't seriously be suggesting that companies knew that they were making the planet uninhabitable for decades and running a massive propaganda campaign to convince the public otherwise? That politicians would willingly propagate falsehoods about it despite knowing that it meant condemning their children and their children's children to a hellscape?
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It’s not a very important country most of the time
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mortious
people who put too much stock into anything can make that thing be bunk and harmful.
just let it be~
we have no choice but to stan