these days, I would assume the cops did wrong-doing.
this is the world we live in; the country we live in. the cops are assholes, and they love throwing power around.
to me, even though its not legally required, I would assume they were guilty and unless they proved innocence, I blame them.
they ARE the bad guys, today. yes, its upside down, but they created this thin blue line and generally, their cred is shot to hell (forgive the pun).
an intelligent, thoughful and PRODUCTIVE member of society vs D level students who love to beat people up for a living. I know who I would assume did wrong.
go ahead, mod me down to minus infinity. the cops did wrong, may not have directly caused his death, but they broke the last straw and I hope they rot in hell for what they have done.
I never knew ian, but I feel for him and fully believe he was unjustly targeted and treated. and the boys-in-blue could NOT CARE LESS. I would not put it past them to drink over it and laugh at the geek boy taking his life.
bullying under color of law. lower than cowardice. they have their power and badges and guns to make those dickless wonders feel like men. pathetic. I'm, again, ashamed of what my country has allowed itself to become.
what the history books will remember about the clintons and this era:
something about a blowjob, and something about email.
I wonder what history will write about the bush gang? something tells me history will not be so kind about all the actual trouble they started.
perspective, people. keep things in perspective. I could care less about the little shit. if that's all the R's have, that's fucking pathetic. sad and pathetic.
I was nowhere near 50 at the time. iirc, I was still in the golden age, in silicon valley (35 or under). I was young, single, abusable (I would work long hours and rarely say no) and I was still enthuiastic about companies and the whole bay area thing.
the shock of being told to leave, that day, really got to me and I was just not exerienced enough (in the world) to know.
I hope the younger players are reading this all and taking it all in. they should not make the same mistakes we made. we trusted them; we fucked up.
if you quit, you create a paper trail of some kind with a date/time on it. that's your notice, even if 0-hours, that you are no longer employed, BY YOUR CHOICE.
if they then try to claim their firing you came first, that's bullshit and if they are 'that kind' of company, then there's no way to reason with them no matter what.
what kind of work was this? govt or some 'by the book' place? sounds aweful.
you made that up. its not 'a thing'. firstly, you QUIT. they can't say anything else. its their word against yours. and you would never list a company you quit from as a ref.
another story from my past: I worked at a small startup in the late 90's. I fixed one of their big show-stoppers. I was their hero.
it was 50 people or less; pretty small startup. the sales guys were given nice leather jackets with the company logo on them. I joked with the boss that maybe it would be a nice gesture to give me one. I didn't expect one, of course.
we had a company event at a trade show in vegas. the company made a big deal to award me one of the jackets in front of everyone.
less than a month later, I was walked out. and this was right after I got a stellar performance review and all that.
companies are SOBs. they are scared irrational animals. no idea what spooked them, but the VP made it her business to get me out and she sure did!
I didn't sue - I should have - but I thought it would 'hurt my background'. but I should have sued the shit out of them, now that I think about it all these years later. they had no cause and I was just reeling from the shock of it all.
work long enough in tech and you will have horror stories of your own. and if you don't, then you are a very political person OR a very boring person.
I'll level with you: I'm a white guy who's over 50 in silicon valley. I'm the last guy they want on their payroll.
its not me; my friends who are in the same age group and racial group also have the exact same problem.
its industry wide and its the elephant in the room.
h1b's are walking the hallways. US born folks are second class citizens since we are not as abusable as the h1b's.
I have a ton to offer, but its not about that. they want warm bodies in seats who will NEVER make waves and who will kiss the boss' ass.
it really is that simple. and yes, I'm being told constantly to leave the bay area. at some point, I may have to, since this is ONLY a young-man's working world; and it counts against you if you are truly a free agent.
I've said it many times before: walk down the hallways of any cisco building and its 90% indian. what does that tell you?
I worked at cisco as a contractor. was on a 6month contract and on a thursday I got a call from my contract company telling me that tomorrow, friday, is my last day. the boss didn't call me, didn't email me, didn't give a warning, didn't give a repair plan, didn't get SHIT. didn't even have the BALLS to tell me himself.
to this day, I can't use cisco as a ref since that son of a bitch still works there and its impossible to work at a place like that again if the boss is still there. they WILL find out who he is and he WILL rat on you.
I've tried to ask the guy, nicely, to not stand in the way of my gainful employment. I did nothing wrong, I was never given a reason for the dismissal but to this day, he refuses to answer any ref calls, not even to just say the minimal.
he costed me a lot of money and many months of being out of work. again, no fault of my own; something political happened (my best guess) and I was out the very next day. my contractor company would not even tell me. not kidding.
this is SOP and its why I could care less about bosses, these days. they will happily screw you even though they gain nothing but ego from it. for me, I was out of work a long time and nearly lost my home. he could care less.
fuck cisco. be warned, young guys; this will happen to you if you work long enough and get old enough. do NOT give companies your loyalty. they will screw you every fucking time.
but the two-week rule is a widely accepted standard of workplace conduct.
when companies only offer you 'contract work' when you are over 50 (since its easier to fire you, being a protected age class if you are NOT fulltime) - and they walk your ass out right after the project is over, the days of company loyalty are ALSO LONG GONE.
I could care less about the company I work for. they could care less about me.
I hate that. I used to care. but they stopped, and so, I had to.
I will point to a bug in the VPN code that is marked wonfix and has been for 2 years, now, on android 4.x. I can't (wont) run 5.x on my phone and I really would like to be able to run vpn's on mobile, yet google just won't fix the bug and instead tells you to 'upgrade to a new os', which has issues of its own (other things break when I try 5.x).
sorry, but google has lost my confidence in doing quality work. way too large of a company, hires too many 'children' wet behind the ears, its the 'short attention span' company of the century and their motives are questionable at best. ties to the NSA don't help, either.
zero confidence. we are the product. therefore, zero confidence.
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these days, I would assume the cops did wrong-doing.
this is the world we live in; the country we live in. the cops are assholes, and they love throwing power around.
to me, even though its not legally required, I would assume they were guilty and unless they proved innocence, I blame them.
they ARE the bad guys, today. yes, its upside down, but they created this thin blue line and generally, their cred is shot to hell (forgive the pun).
an intelligent, thoughful and PRODUCTIVE member of society vs D level students who love to beat people up for a living. I know who I would assume did wrong.
go ahead, mod me down to minus infinity. the cops did wrong, may not have directly caused his death, but they broke the last straw and I hope they rot in hell for what they have done.
I never knew ian, but I feel for him and fully believe he was unjustly targeted and treated. and the boys-in-blue could NOT CARE LESS. I would not put it past them to drink over it and laugh at the geek boy taking his life.
bullying under color of law. lower than cowardice. they have their power and badges and guns to make those dickless wonders feel like men. pathetic. I'm, again, ashamed of what my country has allowed itself to become.
I didn't know ian. obviously you didn't either.
but for FUCK'S SAKE, dude, what would you do if you were beaten by the cops. TWICE.
you miss his point entirely. sucks to be your ignorant ass.
very sorry for ian. I can only imagine the horror he felt when all he believed came crashing down.
life is not a disney movie. stuff like this makes me think THIS life is hell; there's no more 'down' to go from here.
watching two entities fight, neither of which are my friends, provides interesting entertainment.
its also the only time I could imagine wanting the the IRS to win ;)
there must be a german word for this (is there?)
Because they get their minks the same way minks get minks
I don't get it; is that some kind of yo-dawg joke or something?
what the history books will remember about the clintons and this era:
something about a blowjob, and something about email.
I wonder what history will write about the bush gang? something tells me history will not be so kind about all the actual trouble they started.
perspective, people. keep things in perspective. I could care less about the little shit. if that's all the R's have, that's fucking pathetic. sad and pathetic.
its utterly important to know what the CHRISTIAN TIMES has to say.
I wait on their every word.
my day is not complete, etc etc.
I was nowhere near 50 at the time. iirc, I was still in the golden age, in silicon valley (35 or under). I was young, single, abusable (I would work long hours and rarely say no) and I was still enthuiastic about companies and the whole bay area thing.
the shock of being told to leave, that day, really got to me and I was just not exerienced enough (in the world) to know.
I hope the younger players are reading this all and taking it all in. they should not make the same mistakes we made. we trusted them; we fucked up.
never again.
I read your other post. I still don't get it.
if you quit, you create a paper trail of some kind with a date/time on it. that's your notice, even if 0-hours, that you are no longer employed, BY YOUR CHOICE.
if they then try to claim their firing you came first, that's bullshit and if they are 'that kind' of company, then there's no way to reason with them no matter what.
what kind of work was this? govt or some 'by the book' place? sounds aweful.
job abandoning
you made that up. its not 'a thing'. firstly, you QUIT. they can't say anything else. its their word against yours. and you would never list a company you quit from as a ref.
what planet are you from??
another story from my past: I worked at a small startup in the late 90's. I fixed one of their big show-stoppers. I was their hero.
it was 50 people or less; pretty small startup. the sales guys were given nice leather jackets with the company logo on them. I joked with the boss that maybe it would be a nice gesture to give me one. I didn't expect one, of course.
we had a company event at a trade show in vegas. the company made a big deal to award me one of the jackets in front of everyone.
less than a month later, I was walked out. and this was right after I got a stellar performance review and all that.
companies are SOBs. they are scared irrational animals. no idea what spooked them, but the VP made it her business to get me out and she sure did!
I didn't sue - I should have - but I thought it would 'hurt my background'. but I should have sued the shit out of them, now that I think about it all these years later. they had no cause and I was just reeling from the shock of it all.
work long enough in tech and you will have horror stories of your own. and if you don't, then you are a very political person OR a very boring person.
I'll level with you: I'm a white guy who's over 50 in silicon valley. I'm the last guy they want on their payroll.
its not me; my friends who are in the same age group and racial group also have the exact same problem.
its industry wide and its the elephant in the room.
h1b's are walking the hallways. US born folks are second class citizens since we are not as abusable as the h1b's.
I have a ton to offer, but its not about that. they want warm bodies in seats who will NEVER make waves and who will kiss the boss' ass.
it really is that simple. and yes, I'm being told constantly to leave the bay area. at some point, I may have to, since this is ONLY a young-man's working world; and it counts against you if you are truly a free agent.
I've said it many times before: walk down the hallways of any cisco building and its 90% indian. what does that tell you?
norse? omg!!
I was VERY close to joining them, too. they dragged it out for weeks and weeks. such bullshit.
missed it by a hair. months later, they melted down and everyone (nearly) was let go.
I worked at cisco as a contractor. was on a 6month contract and on a thursday I got a call from my contract company telling me that tomorrow, friday, is my last day. the boss didn't call me, didn't email me, didn't give a warning, didn't give a repair plan, didn't get SHIT. didn't even have the BALLS to tell me himself.
to this day, I can't use cisco as a ref since that son of a bitch still works there and its impossible to work at a place like that again if the boss is still there. they WILL find out who he is and he WILL rat on you.
I've tried to ask the guy, nicely, to not stand in the way of my gainful employment. I did nothing wrong, I was never given a reason for the dismissal but to this day, he refuses to answer any ref calls, not even to just say the minimal.
he costed me a lot of money and many months of being out of work. again, no fault of my own; something political happened (my best guess) and I was out the very next day. my contractor company would not even tell me. not kidding.
this is SOP and its why I could care less about bosses, these days. they will happily screw you even though they gain nothing but ego from it. for me, I was out of work a long time and nearly lost my home. he could care less.
fuck cisco. be warned, young guys; this will happen to you if you work long enough and get old enough. do NOT give companies your loyalty. they will screw you every fucking time.
but the two-week rule is a widely accepted standard of workplace conduct.
when companies only offer you 'contract work' when you are over 50 (since its easier to fire you, being a protected age class if you are NOT fulltime) - and they walk your ass out right after the project is over, the days of company loyalty are ALSO LONG GONE.
I could care less about the company I work for. they could care less about me.
I hate that. I used to care. but they stopped, and so, I had to.
its just that simple.
no, that was a typo or mistranslation.
it did not say 'thou shalt not covet wifi'; it said 'thou shalt not CONVERT wifi'.
so, wired ethernet is a sin. work of the devil and all that.
stay wireless and sin no more!
"bless me, father, for I have...'
dammit. didn't click focus first. do I have to start over?
the thin blue line stands together.
they abuse together.
let them hang together.
what goes around, comes around.
I have no sympathy for those that DAILY abuse citizens and get away with it. ZERO.
let them all suffer. maybe then they'll change their act.
its us vs them, and yes, its gotton to that. I could not care less about cop lives.
if you ever had an rp06 disk drive fall on you, I think you'd realize that death by database was actually possible back in the day...
ha!
they do NOT protect NOR do they serve. not us, anyway.
the courts ruled that cops have no obligation to PROTECT you.
sleep well, america.
2nd ammendment is a train that has long left the station.
our little pee shooters are no match for the goverment's toys.
what we have can't even stop the mafia (they still exist, right?).
a well regulated militia was meant to protect the people against a rogue government, which, sadly is EXACTLY what we have now.
but over time, we reduced our own rights to own 'serious' armor and so our ability to keep balance of power is now zero.
I wish we could keep the government honest. if they feared us, they'd respect us.
they don't, its too late, and that's that. revolution time. in the US v2.0, maybe we'll learn our lesson (oh, WHO am I kidding, sigh) ;(
'nuff said.
stop being corrupt and people will stop hating you.
its really simple. too simple for the low-IQ types that inhabit the police force, sadly.
google is careless and irresponsible.
I will point to a bug in the VPN code that is marked wonfix and has been for 2 years, now, on android 4.x. I can't (wont) run 5.x on my phone and I really would like to be able to run vpn's on mobile, yet google just won't fix the bug and instead tells you to 'upgrade to a new os', which has issues of its own (other things break when I try 5.x).
sorry, but google has lost my confidence in doing quality work. way too large of a company, hires too many 'children' wet behind the ears, its the 'short attention span' company of the century and their motives are questionable at best. ties to the NSA don't help, either.
zero confidence. we are the product. therefore, zero confidence.
somehow, I don't fully trust google to safeguard ANY privacy.
I know they have the financial ability to do major work like this, but their results are 100% untrustable, given WHO they are and WHAT they do.
damn. we could use a good ally on the freedom trail; but google will NEVER be it.
Verizon does it for 90 days. The Russians do for 180 days. What's the difference?
unicode takes up more disk space.
that, and as others have said, 90 more days.
Snodenov and Snodenki.
LOL
somewhere, there could be a joke that parallels the 'evil spock' with a beard and the non-evil non-bearded spock to the US vs russian 'snowdens'.
I wonder how long it will take until snowden becomes a verb, if not already one.