Posts by alda@topspicy.social
(DIR) Post #Axnc6Fcj509lkqqmwK by alda@topspicy.social
2025-09-02T14:27:21Z
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"We expect all of our librarians to have a European D class driver's license with a trailer permit, a PhD in molecular xenobiology and at least a decade experience as an electrician in harsh environments".(Why is it so hard to fill this role? — It must be because there's a lack of librarians out there.)
(DIR) Post #Axnc6GEenyUveUb53w by alda@topspicy.social
2025-09-02T14:56:55Z
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"Aberdeen Fish Products is seeking an expert worm plucker for one of its production lines. Due to the critical nature of the job, we are looking for someone with at least 5 years of experience with rubber gloves, knifes, tweezers and hair nets as well as a masters degree in parasitism".
(DIR) Post #AxtiIlykNJ2oFcGRP6 by alda@topspicy.social
2025-09-02T15:14:45Z
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"Grunewald Real Estate is seeking a master electrician to clean up some of our wiring after a large vibe-wiring project in a castle in Transylvania. DSA not provided but our client will provide accommodation as long as required. Hourly rate fixed at 10 EUR per hour. Needs to be willing to travel".
(DIR) Post #Ay1TOp3ftUrFUWfvBw by alda@topspicy.social
2025-09-03T00:16:40Z
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@adamsteer I remember talking to a CEO who was so happy to get me on his team after looking for two years, only for the lone wolf programmer guy to veto it based on me not being specialised in his exact stack.That company no longer exists.
(DIR) Post #AzGhdBn7TnWsE54Uhk by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-16T13:44:00Z
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@foone If I'm not mistaken, Sennheiser made some of those and they were a mistake.
(DIR) Post #AzOn0CZWnSMMLMBbIe by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-20T10:14:47Z
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@olafurw Well, this is the Fediverse and we have Germans here.
(DIR) Post #AzP8mhkcH9ixyqLFrM by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-20T15:27:03Z
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@discatte Every year since 1948?
(DIR) Post #AzPmhacxKVk4bbsHeC by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-20T21:42:14Z
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American rural life TikTokers: "Me and my husband who's the heir to an airline empire bought a mining town in Arizona and we now have 11 children and I never leave the house because I sew everything by hand".Japanese rural life TikTokers: "Watashi wa Saori des, today I am going to show you how I use an agricultural drone to plant our rye field with a giant drone here in Hokkaido. Follow to see me do some actual work around the farm, such as me, a tiny woman driving a huge combine harvester".
(DIR) Post #AzQmfeYJxX3lMHk7yy by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-21T10:28:42Z
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@futurebird They can't because they're stuck there.Besides, in a corporate setting, cloud hosting (and any other form of outsourcing) is an excellent way to shift the blame somewhere else.
(DIR) Post #AzQpQzZhofAU4p5jU0 by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-21T10:59:43Z
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@zeldman But that means someone internal needs to take responsibility when things go down.
(DIR) Post #AzlPOLMrugFJRITZUO by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-31T08:20:22Z
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So Affinity is now free but you pay for AI features?And they are owned by Canva now? This whole industry just running without viable income models and everyone is acting like it's fine?
(DIR) Post #AzllAv7uMekFHRTzdo by alda@topspicy.social
2025-10-31T13:20:56Z
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@zatrsakr OH I'M SORRY
(DIR) Post #B0Bkwizq4nZJSuTVHE by alda@topspicy.social
2025-11-13T02:18:50Z
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@foone It's the same kind of people who dislike whatever the current iteration of Star Trek is.
(DIR) Post #B0PCBoR9VnMCk17nfs by alda@topspicy.social
2025-11-19T13:57:20Z
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@zeldman oh it's a worldwide phenomenon.I'm unhappy as a software developer but to quote a friend "being a clown for hire is a more stable gig than being a journalist and news anchor ever was".
(DIR) Post #B0mAIoGuLojZkLgCcS by alda@topspicy.social
2025-11-30T15:53:47Z
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@aral @baldur At best this will make millionaires out of a lot of billionaires. But at a huge cost.
(DIR) Post #B0qSV56UAhYPERe5fE by alda@topspicy.social
2025-12-02T16:33:30Z
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Free business idea: Navigation lights at the end of winter jacket sleeves.
(DIR) Post #B1n0yhASf8eJlHEDsu by alda@topspicy.social
2025-12-29T19:04:58Z
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Please tell your journalist friends that extracting text that has been highlighted in black out of PDFs is not "a hack".
(DIR) Post #B2agXWcDu9RypDqLtA by alda@topspicy.social
2026-01-23T22:42:39Z
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@discatte wait... What?
(DIR) Post #B2ahJyQjnFBezVZb2u by alda@topspicy.social
2026-01-23T22:47:35Z
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@discatte I would have been all over this 20 years ago.
(DIR) Post #B2ec4aHtGdVvwsfA9I by alda@topspicy.social
2026-01-25T17:03:27Z
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Favourite James Bond film?