Shaz

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  • Shaz
    Hosting provider wants me to pay $300US (~$400AU) for another year of service, but are offering the same package to newbies for < $100US
    Shaz
    Today 5 managers in my department were made redundant. That's > 5% of our department.
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    Poryg
    Poryg
    The protagonist had been the sole system admin for 5 years and it worked all fine. He had been asking for more people, but the CEOs always declined. Well, a new CEO came, fresh and young blood. He took duties off the admin one by one. Then one day he told him to train a new guy in 14 days. Which was far from enough time to make him understand the complex system.
    Poryg
    Poryg
    After these 14 days the protagonist was told to delete his credentials from the system and was fired. However, these credentials had been running important background tasks, so it crashed the entire system. The company lost customers and credibility as a result and was forced to hire a 3rd party to develop a new system... That was buggy as hell.
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    Poryg
    The company never recovered from it and was forced into bankrupcy.
    Shaz
    Learning Java. Wish I could find a video tutorial that just covered the things I don't already know from nearly 30 years of programming.
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    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    How about just reading documentation? That is what I usually do. Throw away tutorial and just read the docs. Then if I don't know anything about it, I seek for the tutorial.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    @Wavelength the things I need to know are pretty basic - how to combine multiple source files into a single project, how to compile, how to create a windows application project with GUI.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    @TheoAllen people have different learning styles - I do much better watching videos and being hands-on than reading something. I went through the Oracle documentation/tutorials and they're good, but they leave massive gaps.
    hello by any chance could i ask you a question?
    Kes
    Kes
    This is the second person you have asked this. Status Updates are not to be used to ask Support questions, and certainly not to ask multiple people.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    Please start a thread in the forum with your question. There is no reason to ask just one or two specific people.
    Shaz
    I also got an email today from the IRS via a .de email address, telling me I was eligible for a tax refund. I work and pay tax in Australia.
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    These scams still fool a lot of people. I do like watching those scam baiting videos on YouTube, though.
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    Shaz
    Shaz
    lol @Benny Jackdaw ... I kinda know that ;) The post was to amuse people with the absolutely awful job they did at hiding the fact that it's a scam.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    Sometimes I feel like replying and telling them all the stupid things they did that give it away, but then I think there are still some people who would be fooled, so I don't want to show them how to sound more legit and fool even more people.
    Shaz
    Me: Please tell me how to delete all my game progress and start over from level 1
    Shaz
    Folks, post on the forum to ask for help. Don't PM a dozen people in a big group conversation. I am LESS likely to help you if you do that.
    Shaz
    2 days of work, 5 days off. That's my kind of work week. Pity it happens so rarely :( Gonna be a tough 2 days though.
    Shaz
    Lost the stone from my engagement ring. Getting it replaced and resizing both rings will cost more than they cost to buy 23 years ago!
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    Mrs_Allykat
    Mrs_Allykat
    Oh that's terrible, but a new stone will be shiny. Try to enjoy the renewal more than the pain of the loss of the original stone.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    @WhiteW - don't know. Just realised before going to bed the other night that it was missing.
    @Mrs_Allykat - not only will the new stone be shiny, but they're going to shine EVERYTHING up for me :) I don't mind getting the stone replaced - I'd be devastated if I lost the actual ring though.
    Mrs_Allykat
    Mrs_Allykat
    It's symbol of your joy. Resizing rings is like a sign of a relationship maturing. We'll not discuss Mr. Scale. LOL!
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    A workmate's wife had a 2 month premie baby. I want to knit a blanket for him. Asked other colleagues if they'd like to contribute to cost.
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    Sharm
    Sharm
    Aaah. I figured a machine would be faster since that's how it's usually done for store bought clothing, but I guess the home versions aren't as reliable. Maybe I'm slow because I was just too used to using a crochet hook by the time I first tried knitting. Or maybe it's because I have to use the same type of dexterity with both hands.
    OmnislashXX
    OmnislashXX
    Somehow, my post ended up in the wrong topic, I have no idea how that happened.
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    Shaz
    Shaz
    lol - yeah, I figured it was meant to go on the other one :)
    Shaz
    There is no Pi day in Australia. We have 14/3, not 3.14 - I had to explain to my workmates this morning what Pi day is.
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    Sevarihk
    Sevarihk
    We also have 14.3. as format here, but that doesnt keep math teachers from having a Pi day
    Sharm
    Sharm
    I had apple pie as a snack and homemade pot pie for dinner. It was delicious. Glad you get to join us in the tradition next year! It's not common to celebrate it, btw, just something fun the really geeky do. My family just happen to all be even more geeky than me.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    programmers are geeky. We should celebrate it by default.
    slickdeath97
    @Shaz I need some help with knowing how to run some things on this site. How do i do the spoiler thing on my posts like everyone else does?
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    PixelHeart
    PixelHeart
    Also, at the top left corner of the page is a "Help" tab, thats where I learned the spoiler thing. There might be other things there that will help you too. :) .
    OmnislashXX
    OmnislashXX
    Since you asked here: Click the Flag icon and enter the text of whatever it is you are spoiling.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    @OmnislashXX I did not know that! I just use the bbcode tags :D
    Shaz
    So police are asking people to stop calling 000 (and probably 911 in the US) because facebook and instagram are down.
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    evmaster
    evmaster
    HexMozart88 I'm not surprised.

    And speaking of 911, I actually called it once, on accident. Now I'm sure people are wondering "How do you call 911 on accident?"

    I was actually calling a friend and to my shock 911 answered. I told them I was calling a friend, I'm not sure how this happened.

    Then my sister figured it out. My friend's number was something like xxx-xx9-11x-xxxx
    bgillisp
    bgillisp
    I'm not shocked. I used to work for a phone company and the number of people who thought they could NOT live without a phone for 24 hours was shockingly high. They didn't care that everyone else in the state had no service due to a lightning strike, they wanted their phone NOW.
    Shaz
    Shaz
    Once upon a time, we had NO mobile phones, NO internet, NO facebook/instagram/whatsapp. Yet we still managed to live. I AM glad about mobile phones now - much easier to get help if something goes wrong with your car on a long trip.
    Shaz
    Just back from Captain Marvel. Really enjoyed it. And Endgame is NEXT MONTH!!! CANNOT wait!
    Shaz
    Love when I'm first to answer a question and give the right answer, and several posts later someone says the same thing and OP thanks them.
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    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    I'm used to being ignored. But there was one that irks me was that the same person asked the same question in a different place. I answered here but they also asked in another place. Based on the timestamp, I answered here first before they asked it in another place.
    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    I even mentioned if I already answered it here and they promised to try. Then there was another answer that exactly what I said and the op thanked them.
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    OmnislashXX
    OmnislashXX
    I try to thank everyone who comes into my threads to help out. If I ever missed anyone or made them feel ignored, then I must apologize. You are all appreciated.
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    Shaz
    When you have good news to share but all your workmates are away from their desks or busy getting ready for meetings :(
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