I know a CEO (we fly together weekly) that wrote in his contract that he can use all his vacation time at the same time. That said, he gave 12 months notice, and said that he's going to use his 6 months of saved PTO in a row, so he goes on vacation in May, comes back for a week in November, and then retires. Pretty sweet deal!
Yet one more reason to not pay attention to Linkedin. I swear the emails I get from them have quadrupled since MSFT took them over, and my interest in using the site has fallen precipitously.
I work in medical IT, and while I can get a great deal of things completed when I work from home, there is something about being in the office that allows me to be there to know what's going on. For example, I overhear someone talking about an issue with a radiology order, I may be working on something that involves that order and impacts me/my projects. So for me, even though I live in Oregon and (currently) work in Southern California, I need to commute in every week.
Once I get on a project that's just peripheral (writing code, etc) then I can do that in a vacuum in the comfort of my home. But in a heavily integrated solution environment, being on site is key.
Actually, in the strictest (hue) sense, white is the absence of color. I know that's not what you meant, but I had that fact drilled into my head at 8 years old by an art teacher who smoked way too much pot, and I've never forgotten it.
Came here exactly for this. I mean it's not like Google's program didn't start saying the things that Microsoft's very public twitter bot did. And Google even apologized and asked for understanding, etc. Microsoft just said, "It's a social experiment, and now it's offline. KTHXBAI!"
If it helps, the domain that I run is actually 3 years older than slashdot, and I'm hitting 50 this year. I'm going to yell at my younger self to get off my own lawn.
Back in the early 90s I was sent to a very large ISP to install Sybase monitoring software. The sa password? Just “password”. And yes, they are still around today. Hopefully that password got changed.
We live out in the sticks in Oregon. Nearest neighbors are around 2 city blocks away. We left for the day once with the front door wide open - didn’t have a single problem. Same with packages that show up on Monday morning, when the hubby and I have left for the week, and they’re right there when we get back.
I freaking love being out away from humans, though the proximity to coyotes and skunks can be maddening sometimes.
To tag onto this, if you've been into a Best Buy in, say, the last ten years and again in the last year, you'll notice that the software section, the movie section, and the music section has dwindled from probably 30% of floorspace to 5%. We'll still consume movies and purchase software, but the era of the DVD as a delivery vehicle for movies/software and the CD as a delivery vehicle for music should be dead by 2027.
They might make more money if they allowed subscriptions (they have been disabled for months as far as I can tell). Reddit had a great little thing going called "Reddit Gold" that you could buy that would give you...something, I don't remember what. I was always buying Reddit Gold for people who were being awesome when most people were being dicks. I'd happily support Slashdot.
I'm actually working on converting paper chemotherapy orders to electronic at the moment, and I'm wondering if we are going to need to make slight modifications to our regimens. This is a pretty interesting study. Methinks I'll share it with our lead pharmacist.
THIS! Because airlines that use voice recognition technology deserve a special place in hell. Trying to go through an airline's automated system in a busy, *noisy* airport is nigh on impossible. You'd think they would have thought that through.
Out gay man here. I have defended, and will continue to defend, people like Nazis, skinheads, the KKK, or any other organization to have a platform in the public square to spew whatever hate that they want. That is their right, and it should not be abridged. It doesn't matter if it's the KKK or the Phelps church protesting at soldier's funerals. They have the right to their opinions, and that right should never be taken away.
So how exactly am I, a proud leftist progressive, hating on the first amendment? How am I wanting to curtail the KKK from protesting? I cherish the freedom granted to every single person under the Constitution, and will defend that right to the death.
> Personally, I never thought I'd be on GoDaddy's side on anything, but I have no problem with this.
Exactly. I haven't agreed with GoDaddy in a long time on many subjects, though I'm happy they came out on the side of sanity here.
Same here. I moved the mailinglists I managed from OS/2 to Slack in 1995, and have been on some version of Linux since then. I felt bad when I moved from Slack to Redhat, but it still holds a dear place for me.
I honestly think fares are a little *low*.
I take a taxi between my semi-rural home and the nearest airport, a total of 16.2 miles, and it's about $50-$54 one way. I take an Uber or Lyft that same trip, and it's actually $28-$32. I know it's weird, but the taxi seems a little high, but the Uber/Lyft seems a little low. I mostly stick with taxis because they're union operated, and I'm a union guy for the most part. But occasionally I get a friend who's an Uber driver to take me when our schedules connect.
I honestly can't tell if that's a legitimate site, or if it's just another hacking/spammer site. "Sure, we'll scan for your email address in our record" - but the on the next screen you have to provide up to 10 more addresses without them giving you any details. Seems shady.
My company (about 90% virtual) tried Slack for a month, and really didn't go anywhere with it. Then we came upon Jostle, and it really took off. Slack indeed just reminded me of an old-style IRC client from back in the 90s, but Jostle has some good features that we've taken advantage of - code sharing libraries being the best of the features.
Slashdot Mirror
Thank god even FB people are coming to their senses.
I know a CEO (we fly together weekly) that wrote in his contract that he can use all his vacation time at the same time. That said, he gave 12 months notice, and said that he's going to use his 6 months of saved PTO in a row, so he goes on vacation in May, comes back for a week in November, and then retires. Pretty sweet deal!
Yet one more reason to not pay attention to Linkedin. I swear the emails I get from them have quadrupled since MSFT took them over, and my interest in using the site has fallen precipitously.
Thank you. This always bugs me when I see it and the source ISN’T Limbaugh, et al.
the smell of purple mimeograph ink
Oh man... That brings back memories of high school.
I work in medical IT, and while I can get a great deal of things completed when I work from home, there is something about being in the office that allows me to be there to know what's going on. For example, I overhear someone talking about an issue with a radiology order, I may be working on something that involves that order and impacts me/my projects. So for me, even though I live in Oregon and (currently) work in Southern California, I need to commute in every week. Once I get on a project that's just peripheral (writing code, etc) then I can do that in a vacuum in the comfort of my home. But in a heavily integrated solution environment, being on site is key.
Actually, in the strictest (hue) sense, white is the absence of color. I know that's not what you meant, but I had that fact drilled into my head at 8 years old by an art teacher who smoked way too much pot, and I've never forgotten it.
Well, at least they did better than Microsoft
Came here exactly for this. I mean it's not like Google's program didn't start saying the things that Microsoft's very public twitter bot did. And Google even apologized and asked for understanding, etc. Microsoft just said, "It's a social experiment, and now it's offline. KTHXBAI!"
If it helps, the domain that I run is actually 3 years older than slashdot, and I'm hitting 50 this year. I'm going to yell at my younger self to get off my own lawn.
Back in the early 90s I was sent to a very large ISP to install Sybase monitoring software. The sa password? Just “password”. And yes, they are still around today. Hopefully that password got changed.
We live out in the sticks in Oregon. Nearest neighbors are around 2 city blocks away. We left for the day once with the front door wide open - didn’t have a single problem. Same with packages that show up on Monday morning, when the hubby and I have left for the week, and they’re right there when we get back. I freaking love being out away from humans, though the proximity to coyotes and skunks can be maddening sometimes.
To tag onto this, if you've been into a Best Buy in, say, the last ten years and again in the last year, you'll notice that the software section, the movie section, and the music section has dwindled from probably 30% of floorspace to 5%. We'll still consume movies and purchase software, but the era of the DVD as a delivery vehicle for movies/software and the CD as a delivery vehicle for music should be dead by 2027.
They might make more money if they allowed subscriptions (they have been disabled for months as far as I can tell). Reddit had a great little thing going called "Reddit Gold" that you could buy that would give you...something, I don't remember what. I was always buying Reddit Gold for people who were being awesome when most people were being dicks. I'd happily support Slashdot.
And yet somehow both the Twilight and 50 Shades series were blockbuster sellers that turned into movies. ::sigh::
I'm actually working on converting paper chemotherapy orders to electronic at the moment, and I'm wondering if we are going to need to make slight modifications to our regimens. This is a pretty interesting study. Methinks I'll share it with our lead pharmacist.
Facebook is also preinstalled on many devices and can't be uninstalled.
I don't know what device that is, and I'm glad I don't own one!
THIS! Because airlines that use voice recognition technology deserve a special place in hell. Trying to go through an airline's automated system in a busy, *noisy* airport is nigh on impossible. You'd think they would have thought that through.
Out gay man here. I have defended, and will continue to defend, people like Nazis, skinheads, the KKK, or any other organization to have a platform in the public square to spew whatever hate that they want. That is their right, and it should not be abridged. It doesn't matter if it's the KKK or the Phelps church protesting at soldier's funerals. They have the right to their opinions, and that right should never be taken away.
So how exactly am I, a proud leftist progressive, hating on the first amendment? How am I wanting to curtail the KKK from protesting? I cherish the freedom granted to every single person under the Constitution, and will defend that right to the death.
> Personally, I never thought I'd be on GoDaddy's side on anything, but I have no problem with this. Exactly. I haven't agreed with GoDaddy in a long time on many subjects, though I'm happy they came out on the side of sanity here.
Yeah, except there Pentagon didn't know about it. This apparently caught them off guard.
Same here. I moved the mailinglists I managed from OS/2 to Slack in 1995, and have been on some version of Linux since then. I felt bad when I moved from Slack to Redhat, but it still holds a dear place for me.
I honestly think fares are a little *low*. I take a taxi between my semi-rural home and the nearest airport, a total of 16.2 miles, and it's about $50-$54 one way. I take an Uber or Lyft that same trip, and it's actually $28-$32. I know it's weird, but the taxi seems a little high, but the Uber/Lyft seems a little low. I mostly stick with taxis because they're union operated, and I'm a union guy for the most part. But occasionally I get a friend who's an Uber driver to take me when our schedules connect.
Well I know it's a series of tubes. Does that count?
I honestly can't tell if that's a legitimate site, or if it's just another hacking/spammer site. "Sure, we'll scan for your email address in our record" - but the on the next screen you have to provide up to 10 more addresses without them giving you any details. Seems shady.
My company (about 90% virtual) tried Slack for a month, and really didn't go anywhere with it. Then we came upon Jostle, and it really took off. Slack indeed just reminded me of an old-style IRC client from back in the 90s, but Jostle has some good features that we've taken advantage of - code sharing libraries being the best of the features.