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Kaboobi posted:posting in this thread for the first time in years about how dumb this job is sometimes I've been known to stick magnetic items on those things. The sensor is by the screen, thankfully, but the magnets are under my wrist. Shameful snipe, so have this: 
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Kaboobi posted:posting in this thread for the first time in years about how dumb this job is sometimes I have dealt with the exact same thing
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Jul 12, 2018 18:40
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So a few tickets about one of our mission critical apps came in. Not only is it constantly not working properly, the server it's on is running out of disk space . Talk to the vendor, tells me to delete a bunch of empty files the app made. One folder had 3.6 million empty files created at the same time. Vendor says to not worry about it, and it's not a big deal... I think I may know what's causing some of the disk space errors
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Jul 12, 2018 18:41
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Kaboobi posted:posting in this thread for the first time in years about how dumb this job is sometimes User develops crippling arthritis, blames you for making her take off her magic chakra healing magnet bracelet, sues.
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Jul 12, 2018 18:51
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chin up everything sucks posted:I have dealt with the exact same thing Haha me too. I remember when we were switching some of our call center folks from laptops to VM-based workstations, and one of the bullets in favor was something like "reduced chance of agent downtime due to negative interaction between magnetic jewelry and laptop sensors"
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Jul 12, 2018 18:54
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ConfusedUs posted:My entire job is to find large problems in our company, and arrange for them to be fixed. It's an incredibly broad remit and lets me poke my nose into whatever I come across. This sounds like something that would be really interesting, but I'd be concerned that it limits your options to move onto another company when you're done. I actively try to avoid getting involved in certain things where I am now because I don't want to be involved in purchasing, sales etc. as time spent on that is less time that I can spend focusing on where I actually want to develop.
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Jul 12, 2018 19:25
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Thanks Ants posted:This sounds like something that would be really interesting, but I'd be concerned that it limits your options to move onto another company when you're done. I actively try to avoid getting involved in certain things where I am now because I don't want to be involved in purchasing, sales etc. as time spent on that is less time that I can spend focusing on where I actually want to develop. Eh, I've got an easy stepping stone to Product Manager, Project Manager, or some kind of Analyst role. The thing keeping me from taking that step is that I work from home full time, drawing a coastal salary from Oklahoma. Hard to match that.
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Jul 12, 2018 19:31
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If you have options that's cool, I guess it's different for everyone / employer.
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Jul 12, 2018 19:35
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ConfusedUs posted:I work from home full time Now I *really* want that job
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Jul 12, 2018 20:45
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I don't think I have the discipline to do that.
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Jul 12, 2018 20:47
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spankmeister posted:I don't think I have the discipline to do that. I used to WFH full time and now do 3 days a week (did we just have this chat or was that the other thread?), and for me it's about making sure I deliver reasonable value for money. I tend to work very quickly but in short bursts regardless where I'm sat, so it doesn't really matter if I'm dossing about half the day as long as I blast out enough work during the other half. Regaining length_of_commute * 2 also helps because you can work a little longer if needed and still "get home" earlier.
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Jul 12, 2018 20:58
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The average office worker gets about 15 minutes of work done in a day really, so you're ahead of the curve.
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Jul 12, 2018 21:24
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But they're always so busy whenever I look over at them
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Jul 12, 2018 21:31
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A friend landed a WFH gig a while back and it's awesome. Two monitors of work stuff, two monitors of personal stuff, dude splits his workday between work, sending models to his 3d printer, and playing with his hyperactive pit bull. It's a good life.
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Jul 12, 2018 21:47
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I watch SO MANY TWITCH STREAMS
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Jul 12, 2018 21:48
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I don't work from home. I like my home work free, I also like being around my teammates and hitting the nearby pub with them after work.
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Jul 12, 2018 21:53
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I'm set up to work from home but only do it if there's like, a foot of snow on the ground. I don't really like it, but I think if I had an actual office that I could set it up in (and then shut the door when i'm not "at work") it would be way better. I also don't have an actual phone, instead using a gaming headset and some lovely VOIP software. Some of the guys here work from home 1+ day a week and those of us that make an effort to come into the office every day judge them really hard, mostly because it's the guys that don't seem to do any actual work.
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Jul 12, 2018 21:56
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Jaded Burnout posted:I watch SO MANY TWITCH STREAMS 
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Jul 12, 2018 22:01
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Kaboobi posted:posting in this thread for the first time in years about how dumb this job is sometimes I recently imaged one USFF workstation that had a spinner drive and kept running into weird problems. I'd reimage and try again, but it would have something else. Finally, leaning over our partially metal workbench in frustration, it dawned on me: the magnetic clasp on my watch was stuck to the bench. When i sat back down to run another reimage, I set the watch in my pocket, and got a clean, fully working workstation out of it. Naturally I'm the kind of guy who gives users crap for sticking fridge magnets to their PCs, too.
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Jul 13, 2018 01:01
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nielsm posted:This was also a bug in Windows NT 4, approximately 20 years ago. Oh don't worry, someone will find the same bug in 20 years time, too 
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Jul 13, 2018 01:26
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Wibla posted:Oh don't worry, someone will find the same bug in 20 years time, too I'll bet there's a buffer somewhere that rolls over in about 20 years
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Jul 13, 2018 01:40
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26.5 MB. That's not a lot of storage, right ? Well, it's a really loving significant number when it's your free space remaining on C: on Win7 Pro. Luckily, the customer had a couple of GB in the recycle bin, but she's so screwed in general terms. I find out Tuesday if she managed to free up enough space to move her to a new laptop.
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Jul 13, 2018 04:02
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Good thing it’s not a Buffalo.
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Jul 13, 2018 04:06
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mllaneza posted:26.5 MB. That's not a lot of storage, right ? If it's user date... Lol.
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Jul 13, 2018 04:40
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I have seen some Windows 7 pcs have a couple of hundred GB of windows updates temp files. I think you sometimes need ‘system’ permission to clear them.
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Jul 13, 2018 05:25
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mllaneza posted:26.5 MB. That's not a lot of storage, right ? I lost count how many people had less than 20gb of free space on their hard drive that I've helped in the past seven (business) days.
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Jul 13, 2018 05:28
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mllaneza posted:26.5 MB. That's not a lot of storage, right ? Go into windows\temp and delete all the loving .cab files
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Jul 13, 2018 08:58
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I’m a big fan of the Windows 10 bug that fills hard drives with error logs from Windows Store if you remove one of the junk apps (like candy crush) and block Windows Store from accessing the network but don’t disable it. It is such a dumb issue but for some reason we didn’t disable Windows Store initially and now we find PCs that have this issue every once in a while when everything crashes due to a full hard drive.
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Jul 13, 2018 12:08
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We got hit with a weird bug that would fill w7 drives with log files for failed windows update installs a while back. Most people had 500gb spinners but the more recent systems were coming with 128gb solid state drives that would fill up fast enough to be noticeable. We'd just delete the hell out of those temp files and logs and things would thankfully go back to normal.
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Jul 13, 2018 14:52
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Johnny Aztec posted:The average office worker gets about 15 minutes of work done in a day really, so you're ahead of the curve. If i do more than 10 I start feeling like a responsible adult. (I thought it was like 3 hours?)
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Jul 13, 2018 14:54
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Varkk posted:I have seen some Windows 7 pcs have a couple of hundred GB of windows updates temp files. I think you sometimes need ‘system’ permission to clear them. Annoyingly this bug still hasn't been fixed. Once the Windows Update log file exceeds 2GB the service that compresses it for archival will crash, leave behind a ~200MB temp file, and immediately try again. Repeat until C is full.
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Jul 13, 2018 15:01
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I've ran into this recently too. A client is using a piece of software that has a Ruby component and apparently when Ruby crashes it doesn't release the application log files and leaves a massive crash report on the system. Also the server has a 50 gig drive, so it's not just the software's fault
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Jul 13, 2018 15:23
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dogstile posted:If i do more than 10 I start feeling like a responsible adult.
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Jul 13, 2018 15:26
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ilkhan posted:If it's user date... Lol. It's user data.
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Jul 13, 2018 23:19
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The Muffinlord posted:I just stumbled across a user in AD with the actual factual first name Reaganomics. It's too early to be this done with my day. I work at a school that caters to rich white Catholics and I’ve never seen a name as bad as this.
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Jul 14, 2018 01:03
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Just turned on the Out of Office notice for vacation. 
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Jul 14, 2018 01:32
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kensei posted:Just turned on the Out of Office notice for vacation. That and setting email sync to manual are the best feeling, man. Feels like a victory.
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Jul 14, 2018 02:18
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I would argue that writing your own "This person no longer works here, bug someone else" auto response is better, if only for it's rarity.
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Jul 15, 2018 08:25
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quote:we have raised the ticket # Case00430768 to below request. Kindly do need full . Not just the needful anymore, now it's the need full.
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Kaethela posted:Not just the needful anymore, now it's the need full. Don't forget to revert back
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