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Sickening posted:Smokers are gross. Fight me. https://imgur.com/gallery/oKFmb
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Apr 11, 2018 22:04
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 I just discovered imgur has comments... i do not thank you for this discovery
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Apr 11, 2018 22:12
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Grassy Knowles posted:
I sadly sometimes post in imgur comments when I'm feeling like fighting people.
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Apr 11, 2018 22:18
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silicone thrills posted:I sadly sometimes post in imgur comments when I'm feeling like fighting people. I just post on SA if I want to fight someone.
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Apr 11, 2018 22:24
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I think about any of my company's policies if I feel like getting all uppity.
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Apr 11, 2018 22:32
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From my repair bench days, the absolute worst machines to work on were machines from people who smoked indoors. When you cracked open the side and got that blast of mundungal miasma wafting up from the case it was enough to make me, a smoker at the time, retch uncontrollably.
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Apr 11, 2018 23:53
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Paladine_PSoT posted:From my repair bench days, the absolute worst machines to work on were machines from people who smoked indoors. When you cracked open the side and got that blast of mundungal miasma wafting up from the case it was enough to make me, a smoker at the time, retch uncontrollably. Although I can understand.. I want to make money over being a pussy about nasty smells. Keep it in perspective.. charge a smoker fee or something.
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Apr 12, 2018 00:09
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Speculum laptop will always be king in my eyes 
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Apr 12, 2018 00:27
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Things that don't piss me off: Wheeling a repaired printer into a classroom and having a dozen excited 5 year olds start screaming "Our printer's back ! Our printer's back !"
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Apr 12, 2018 00:29
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redeyes posted:Although I can understand.. I want to make money over being a pussy about nasty smells. Keep it in perspective.. charge a smoker fee or something. *blows a sickass smoke ring at you* Wisdom
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Apr 12, 2018 00:34
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The trust in my replacement has hit such lows that they want me to document how to do all of my job in plain and simple English so anyone can do it in the next few weeks on top of the existing workload. I feel like if it was possible to do that I could make a lot more money as a trainer or author.
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Apr 12, 2018 00:43
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silicone thrills posted:I sadly sometimes post in imgur comments when I'm feeling like fighting people. Also, "People have computers for 8 years? I replace mine every 3", wow, stand back everyone, big deal coming through.
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Apr 12, 2018 01:08
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mllaneza posted:Things that don't piss me off: Sorry kids, it's still a printer. Don't get attached.
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Apr 12, 2018 01:21
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I have anonymous accounts to post what I Really Feel on a few key sites. Always be venting. They say that as a point of pride but anybody who can't figure out how to extend the life of a computer (or plan for the future) beyond three years is a goddamned idiot.
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Apr 12, 2018 01:26
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Paladine_PSoT posted:From my repair bench days, the absolute worst machines to work on were machines from people who smoked indoors. When you cracked open the side and got that blast of mundungal miasma wafting up from the case it was enough to make me, a smoker at the time, retch uncontrollably. I used to be a hardware tech in an apple service centre, one day some old guy brings in his macbook that wont start anymore. He takes it out the case and hands me it and i get a heavy waft of smoke. I strip it down and this thing is absolutely filled with ash and tar. Motherboard completely hosed, fans could barely spin from all the crap in there and it probably cooked itself to death. Almost every single part had a layer of sticky brown tar on it. I had to wear gloves just to stand touching it. I told the customer it wasnt covered by his warranty, he said smoking cigars all day over his macbook shouldnt be a problem, and kicked up enough of a stink with apple customer services that they actually authorised a free of charge repair too.
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Apr 12, 2018 01:28
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Judge Schnoopy posted:They say that as a point of pride but anybody who can't figure out how to extend the life of a computer (or plan for the future) beyond three years is a goddamned idiot. I have an old friend who is very nice and not dumb but he is an insane computer murder machine. He replaces computers roughly every three years. The main reason is that his current machine is the only one that he hasn't dropped at least six feet. This one he has only dropped three feet. I have asked and asked why he even puts his laptops in a position where that can happen. He says it happens and then he's good for a while and then he backslides. (I have also asked him why he doesn't just get a desktop. He wants a laptop because he wants to be able to use it on his couch while watching TV.) His current computer is giving him trouble and when pressed he admitted that he has never installed a software update, because the computer "tried to make me" and he got stubborn about it because "I'll decide when things get installed."
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Apr 12, 2018 02:31
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guppy posted:His current computer is giving him trouble and when pressed he admitted that he has never installed a software update, because the computer "tried to make me" and he got stubborn about it because "I'll decide when things get installed." Ah, Security Through Determination and Happy Thoughts
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Apr 12, 2018 02:39
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Proteus Jones posted:Ah, Security Through Determination and Happy Thoughts Also known as Small Business It Won’t Happen To Us Security.
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Apr 12, 2018 03:14
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Currently, and constantly, pissing me off: Recruiters who don't read and can't operate a map. I regularly get (unsolicited) emails from recruiters, and they tend to contain a few different offenses: 1. Wanting to talk to me about jobs in Washington or SoCal. I live in Northern California, and my resume/profile clearly states so. In most cases, it also indicates I'm not really open to relocating (because I can't afford to move.) 2. Wanting to talk to me about jobs that are in no way relevant to my experience or interest. I work in IT, why do you think I'm remotely interested in being a Nurse Administrator? I know most of these chucklefucks operate solely off of keywords, so what pisses me off most about this poo poo is the fact that their searchbox-fu is weak and they don't even take the time to cursorily check if the job they are sending out to someone is related to their field or within reasonable commute distance.
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Apr 12, 2018 03:53
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dragonshardz posted:Currently, and constantly, pissing me off: Recruiters who don't read and can't operate a map. Since there's no real cost to accidentally sending out a nurse administrator position to a few system administrators, they have no reason to give a poo poo, and will err on the side of getting as many eyeballs on their emails as possible.
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Apr 12, 2018 04:00
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Never assume a recruiter cares about you or your time. Got a job in a far off land or which has nothing to do with your resume? Guess how much the recruiter cares. I once got an offer to manage a department in a grocery store. I stay up at night wondering about the road not taken.
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Apr 12, 2018 04:02
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porkface posted:Sorry kids, it's still a printer. Don't get attached. It's one of those drat solid ink printers. One rambunctious kid while it's printing and they get to buy an actually good printer. The job was a print quality issue, black streaks on every page. That's the drum wiper blade, which, as I may have happened to mention previously, is a consumable item. To get at it, you have to remove a motor, a fan, 5 wiring harnesses, and a rod that holds the wiper blade and a tilt plate together. That rod is the fun part of it all. You have to fit the two parts together, and then hope they stay together while you maneuver them into position. Then you slide the rod through the wiper blade/tilt plate assembly and into a hole on the far side of the printer. There is no angle with good visibility on the rings on the assembly that the rod has to slide through, and for what you can see you need a flashlight. Then once you've gotten the rod all the way through the assembly, it won't be lined up with the hole on the far end. We keep an old camshaft around because it's the right length and heft to use to maneuver the whole unholy assembly into position. There's one saving grace, with a flashlight you can see the hole and where the rod is relative to it. It's easiest with both hands, so you want someone else to hold the flashlight. Then you get to hope you get the process drive aligned right the first try. I'm proud of our new repair tech. He's green as grass but willing as hell. I gave him this repair on a "it's all you, but ask on every question you have. He'd seen us do one of these before, so he got through with mostly coaching, very little actual help. Anybody in the Bay Area want to hire a very trainable 22-year old tech who looks like Clark Kent ? tl;dr Xerox made a printer where changing a consumable is a 2-person, 45-60 minute job. God drat I miss trying to fix a BIND 9 server instead of this poo poo.
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Apr 12, 2018 04:44
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mllaneza posted:You have to fit the two parts together, and then hope they stay together while you maneuver them into position. Then you slide the rod through the wiper blade/tilt plate assembly and into a hole on the far side of the printer. There is no angle with good visibility on the rings on the assembly that the rod has to slide through, and for what you can see you need a flashlight. Then once you've gotten the rod all the way through the assembly, it won't be lined up with the hole on the far end. This sounds convoluted as gently caress and another nail in why people hate printers. But something stuck out to me reading this description. Am i reading this right and basically you have to fit two base parts together, then arrange them into a hole on both sides to lock them into place? Roller/wiper sort of arrangement? I was just thinking you could probably ziptie the parts together for maneuvering and cut off when stuck in. Feasable?
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Apr 12, 2018 06:17
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ponzicar posted:Since there's no real cost to accidentally sending out a nurse administrator position to a few system administrators, they have no reason to give a poo poo, and will err on the side of getting as many eyeballs on their emails as possible. MC Fruit Stripe posted:Never assume a recruiter cares about you or your time. Got a job in a far off land or which has nothing to do with your resume? Guess how much the recruiter cares. I'm not assuming the recruiter cares about anything other than getting eyeballs on their emails. It's still annoying as gently caress. Lazy bastards.
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Apr 12, 2018 06:31
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TheParadigm posted:This sounds convoluted as gently caress and another nail in why people hate printers. But something stuck out to me reading this description. TheParadigm Connector TM
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Apr 12, 2018 09:05
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Never assume a recruiter cares about you or your time. Got a job in a far off land or which has nothing to do with your resume? Guess how much the recruiter cares. I often dream of working construction or university low level IT.
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Apr 12, 2018 12:04
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Judge Schnoopy posted:They say that as a point of pride but anybody who can't figure out how to extend the life of a computer (or plan for the future) beyond three years is a goddamned idiot. I used to be that guy. I mean, I didn't ~need~ to replace it, but MAH GAMEZ. Now my tower is approaching 7 years old and I really give nearly no fucks. I kind of want to upgrade, but, I'm so out of the loop now.
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Apr 12, 2018 12:47
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Siochain posted:I used to be that guy. I mean, I didn't ~need~ to replace it, but MAH GAMEZ. Now my tower is approaching 7 years old and I really give nearly no fucks. I kind of want to upgrade, but, I'm so out of the loop now. I put mine tougher around 9 years ago, haven't really had a reason to upgrade anything other than the GPU which I've done twice.
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Apr 12, 2018 12:53
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Sickening posted:Smokers are gross. Fight me. Fortunately I'm not a smoker, both because I think it's gross and because my mom died fairly young from complications of smoking.
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Apr 12, 2018 13:56
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guppy posted:(I have also asked him why he doesn't just get a desktop. He wants a laptop because he wants to be able to use it on his couch while watching TV.) Mrs. Bastard thinks that balanced on the arm of the couch, plugged in to an outlet 4 feet away across the pathway to the toy box is the natural habitat of a laptop. Mrs. Bastard has been getting increasingly cheap replacement laptops.
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Apr 12, 2018 14:08
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tactlessbastard posted:Mrs. Bastard thinks that balanced on the arm of the couch, plugged in to an outlet 4 feet away across the pathway to the toy box is the natural habitat of a laptop. RIP magnetic power connectors, they saved my laptop many a time.
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I'm feeling deeply negative right now and just want to vent. Institutionalized stagnancy paired with a huge amount of dissonance between project teams is just pissing me off right now. And then when tasked with a team and the authority to fix both, dealing with blowback and inertia against it from everywhere.  Love what I do; love a lot of things about this place - but today I'm just feeling irate and flip-flopping between taking a half-day off vs really coming down on some people hard
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Apr 12, 2018 14:24
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tactlessbastard posted:Mrs. Bastard thinks that balanced on the arm of the couch, plugged in to an outlet 4 feet away across the pathway to the toy box is the natural habitat of a laptop. If she gets one with a long battery life, this is no longer an issue.
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Apr 12, 2018 14:28
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Yep, getting a laptop that was 80% battery was a big game changer for me. If you're doing video or games you'll have to charge daily but for web browsing it turns into a "uh when did I charge it last?" type situation.
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Apr 12, 2018 14:37
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Walked posted:I'm feeling deeply negative right now and just want to vent.    For what it's worth, periodically your work gets noticed. Client last month told me that in twenty years he'd never had as positive an experience as he had working with me. I just got a peer award today from his group. Not that this gets me a fat bonus or anything, but despite the hardest efforts of some people here to turn everything into poo poo, it's nice to see something that I'm responsible for work out nicely. Edit: drat, I just read the text of the award: quote:If I could select every diamond type for The Macaroni I would. He exemplifies all the core values of HospitalCorp in his support of our department. We have a large number of classes and certainly a number of issues with [system]. Macaroni has been exceptionally helpful in providing feedback and guidance throughout this process. Thank you! 
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Apr 12, 2018 14:45
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mllaneza posted:It's one of those drat solid ink printers. One rambunctious kid while it's printing and they get to buy an actually good printer. Stop using 9 year old printers and this won't be an issue. The newer machines draw a pretty good line on what is customer replaceable and what isn't and seem to be pretty reliable. Though when they crash they crash hard, had one go down 3 days after install and it's getting replaced today. I recently watched Shin Godzilla, which was fantastic and much different than most Godzilla movies, but it showed the Japanese government office walls lined with B605's.That's the stuff of nightmares.
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Apr 12, 2018 14:56
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The Macaroni posted:Solidarity. Yeah; it's definitely been recognized a few times in various circles; and that's rewarding. It's just that those I'm interacting with every day are so apathetic. It's so incredibly de-energizing to have people just prefer to do as little as possible.
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Apr 12, 2018 15:01
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Steakandchips posted:If she gets one with a long battery life, this is no longer an issue. quote:Mrs. Bastard has been getting increasingly cheap replacement laptops. The cord yank isn't the only hazard in the house. Two laptops back a toddler poured a whole jar of salsa into the keyboard.
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tactlessbastard posted:The cord yank isn't the only hazard in the house. Two laptops back a toddler poured a whole jar of salsa into the keyboard. 
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