Because of SOX-compliance after Enron imploded in 2001, many publicly traded corporations are required to keep records of who had access to what applications to prevent manipulation of financial data. The law doesn't require keeping records of who had access to production systems. Given the number of data centers going down because of bad power supplies and large scale data breaches, a change in the law wouldn't surprise me.
The Singapore company is trying to buy Broadcom and regulatory problems are preventing the merger. The massive ass kissing at the White House was all about regulatory approval. Once the merger goes through, expect layoffs in the US.
I thought there was a glut of academics because they have to teach as associate professors and wait years for a tenure position. Or was that just for STEM?
Hi Chris, can you explain why somebody with ZERO content felt the need for THREE Github accounts?
I've created three different Github accounts in three different years over the last 10+ years. I've previously had Joomla 1.5/2.5 modules and a Quake 2 utility. The Joomla modules were obsolete when Joomla 3.0 came out and I was no longer interested in programming in PHP. The Quake 2 utility was written in ANSI C and I was no longer interested in the mapping community after 10+ years.
I'm interested in Python programming, watching the Pelican, Django and Pytest repositories, and my Slashdot scraper script will be available by the end of the year. I don't work professionally as a programmer. The newest Github account is resume candy for a future job that may require programming.
That's because I deleted the three Github accounts that I've created over the years and created a new account that's neither creimer nor cdreimer. Since I don't have anything uploaded to the new account, I'm not sharing the new URL at this time.
One of my trolls tried to post the same drivel about me from Slashdot on my blog and got snippy when I spam bucket the comment before anyone could read it. Many authors stopped accepting comments on their blogs because the haters often outnumber the fans.
I've worked for a company that laid off the bottom 10% every year. Since they didn't hire new employees to replace those who got let go, the bottom 10% started rising into the middle ranks. When the top performers noticed that trend, they stampeded to the exits. I was the third out of a dozen senior testers who left the company. Several years later the company went into bankruptcy.
He'll tell you exactly how to get into a job where you are underpaid and overworked.
All my IT contracts for the last 10+ years have prohibited me from working overtime. So I'm not overworked. If anything, I'm underworked. The last company that kept me busy for eight hours each day was Google. Most jobs I've had since then had just enough work to keep me preoccupy for one hour each day. That's why I have time to clean IT closets.
Oh and maybe he can help you with spamming/. with amazon affiliate links.
That research project is over. I made $600 from $15,000 in shipped products in six months.
And that you fit the average profile for most people. When I had my two-hour investigative background interview for my security clearance, it lasted for four hours because I deviated from the average by living in the same place for 10+ years and I had dozens of short-term contract assignments that lasted from four hours to nine months when I worked seven days a week for two years following my 2011 bankruptcy. Since I listed only the high-profile assignments, I had to list all the smaller assignments that took quite a bit of time. Most people on average move every two to three years and only have one job at a time.
PC-MOS/386 currently requires a nonfree compiler (the Borland compiler) but now that PC-MOS/386 is free software it can be ported to systems so it will compile with free software compilers [...]
Good luck with that. I tried working my way through an older how to write a compiler book that was written in Borland C. Transliterating Borland C into ANSI C to compile with gcc was a bit hairy.
Oh yeah, certifications. I forgot about that racket.
Most certification programs now require that you take an updated exam or a higher level exam every three years to maintain your certification. Not a big deal for one certification program. The maintenance costs can add up if you're pursuing multiple certifications.
A roommate took out student loans to attend a for profit technical school to learn electronics and couldn't find an electronics job in the late 1990's. He took the courses because the sales person... uh, guidance counselor... told him that he could make the most money doing electronics. Unfortunately, society didn't need any more TV repairmen. His new job skills were obsolete upon graduation. He kept working as a taxi driver, made good money driving passengers out of the airport, and got used to being rob with a gun pointed to his face every six months.
Government jobs aren't necessarily secure. Funding for those positions is at the mercy of a political process that has become very ugly and isn't particularly concerned with using logic and reason to solve our problems. As debt levels rise, there's going to be more pressure to cut spending and, as a result, government jobs will certainly be lost. Why would you trust a government job is secure if, when the next president is elected, they might make it their mission to dismantle the work of their predecessor -- exactly what's happening now. Government jobs might be relatively secure right now, but it's foolish to assume they will continue to be as secure.
My older coworkers aren't worried about the dumpster fires in Washington. They're worried that Microsoft SCCM 2016 might be the cure all for every IT problem in existence and they will have to retire because their expertise in system management won't be needed.
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Because of SOX-compliance after Enron imploded in 2001, many publicly traded corporations are required to keep records of who had access to what applications to prevent manipulation of financial data. The law doesn't require keeping records of who had access to production systems. Given the number of data centers going down because of bad power supplies and large scale data breaches, a change in the law wouldn't surprise me.
The Singapore company is trying to buy Broadcom and regulatory problems are preventing the merger. The massive ass kissing at the White House was all about regulatory approval. Once the merger goes through, expect layoffs in the US.
I was browsing the Internet with a Dell PDA with Windows in 2003.
What's Facebook, Twitter and Google's involvement with Russian dressing. Foodies want to know...
If they have to install Chrome because Edge went FUBAR, something is wrong.
This is what you get for licking the creme filling and putting the cookie back into the package.
I thought there was a glut of academics because they have to teach as associate professors and wait years for a tenure position. Or was that just for STEM?
I didn't think we could get lower here
You must be new around here. My trolls can go lower.
Hi Chris, can you explain why somebody with ZERO content felt the need for THREE Github accounts?
I've created three different Github accounts in three different years over the last 10+ years. I've previously had Joomla 1.5/2.5 modules and a Quake 2 utility. The Joomla modules were obsolete when Joomla 3.0 came out and I was no longer interested in programming in PHP. The Quake 2 utility was written in ANSI C and I was no longer interested in the mapping community after 10+ years.
I'm interested in Python programming, watching the Pelican, Django and Pytest repositories, and my Slashdot scraper script will be available by the end of the year. I don't work professionally as a programmer. The newest Github account is resume candy for a future job that may require programming.
@cdreimer is listed as a "ghost" on Github.
That's because I deleted the three Github accounts that I've created over the years and created a new account that's neither creimer nor cdreimer. Since I don't have anything uploaded to the new account, I'm not sharing the new URL at this time.
When Battlezone came out in 1980, the Army used the game to shape the future of war. Nothing new here except for prettier graphics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1980_video_game)#The_Bradley_Trainer
The funny thing is everyone knows that the plane went down in the ocean but don't know where exactly.
They let you buy amber ale on food stamps?
In order to qualify for food stamps as a single adult, you can only make $200 or less per month. I make $4,250+ per month.
I went into Whole Foods a few weeks ago to get some cheese, tofu and amber ale. I didn't notice any price changes.
One of my trolls tried to post the same drivel about me from Slashdot on my blog and got snippy when I spam bucket the comment before anyone could read it. Many authors stopped accepting comments on their blogs because the haters often outnumber the fans.
And yes, that includes if you live in Silicon Valley or Manhattan where a 300st foot apartment/home goes for a quarter mil.
My 475-sqft apartment in San Jose (Silicon Valley) is $1539 per month. I only make $55K per and pay my bills each month.
Wasn't GE famous (or infamous) for doing this?
I've worked for a company that laid off the bottom 10% every year. Since they didn't hire new employees to replace those who got let go, the bottom 10% started rising into the middle ranks. When the top performers noticed that trend, they stampeded to the exits. I was the third out of a dozen senior testers who left the company. Several years later the company went into bankruptcy.
He'll tell you exactly how to get into a job where you are underpaid and overworked.
All my IT contracts for the last 10+ years have prohibited me from working overtime. So I'm not overworked. If anything, I'm underworked. The last company that kept me busy for eight hours each day was Google. Most jobs I've had since then had just enough work to keep me preoccupy for one hour each day. That's why I have time to clean IT closets.
Oh and maybe he can help you with spamming /. with amazon affiliate links.
That research project is over. I made $600 from $15,000 in shipped products in six months.
Being poor can, no joke, disqualify you from getting a clearance.
I got my security clearance three years after I filed for bankruptcy. My credit score at the time was 640.
And that you fit the average profile for most people. When I had my two-hour investigative background interview for my security clearance, it lasted for four hours because I deviated from the average by living in the same place for 10+ years and I had dozens of short-term contract assignments that lasted from four hours to nine months when I worked seven days a week for two years following my 2011 bankruptcy. Since I listed only the high-profile assignments, I had to list all the smaller assignments that took quite a bit of time. Most people on average move every two to three years and only have one job at a time.
PC-MOS/386 currently requires a nonfree compiler (the Borland compiler) but now that PC-MOS/386 is free software it can be ported to systems so it will compile with free software compilers [...]
Good luck with that. I tried working my way through an older how to write a compiler book that was written in Borland C. Transliterating Borland C into ANSI C to compile with gcc was a bit hairy.
I've never heard of PC-MOS/386.
Oh yeah, certifications. I forgot about that racket.
Most certification programs now require that you take an updated exam or a higher level exam every three years to maintain your certification. Not a big deal for one certification program. The maintenance costs can add up if you're pursuing multiple certifications.
A roommate took out student loans to attend a for profit technical school to learn electronics and couldn't find an electronics job in the late 1990's. He took the courses because the sales person... uh, guidance counselor... told him that he could make the most money doing electronics. Unfortunately, society didn't need any more TV repairmen. His new job skills were obsolete upon graduation. He kept working as a taxi driver, made good money driving passengers out of the airport, and got used to being rob with a gun pointed to his face every six months.
Government jobs aren't necessarily secure. Funding for those positions is at the mercy of a political process that has become very ugly and isn't particularly concerned with using logic and reason to solve our problems. As debt levels rise, there's going to be more pressure to cut spending and, as a result, government jobs will certainly be lost. Why would you trust a government job is secure if, when the next president is elected, they might make it their mission to dismantle the work of their predecessor -- exactly what's happening now. Government jobs might be relatively secure right now, but it's foolish to assume they will continue to be as secure.
My older coworkers aren't worried about the dumpster fires in Washington. They're worried that Microsoft SCCM 2016 might be the cure all for every IT problem in existence and they will have to retire because their expertise in system management won't be needed.