Posts by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #9ub9QxfaIkUA70iL5s by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-05-01T09:19:33Z
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@mike A wonderful three part saga. The scene setting and exposition; the disaster and the end of hopes and dreams; and the redemption and new hope. Bravo!
(DIR) Post #9udT8l34sGqn9hDhWi by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-05-02T12:09:46Z
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@kev I have far, far fewer devices:* Work Laptop* Work Phone* Raspberry Pi* Pi Zero* NUC like PC (bought since lockdown - long story)* And then the server-side stuff I run in the cloudThe biggest reason they may proliferate is that my work devices get locked down to the point where I can't use them for technological purposes: the NUC is because Cisco Web Security means my web traffic doesn't have my home as its src_ip.
(DIR) Post #9ugK0Kdgrd1Uom8H0y by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-05-03T17:08:15Z
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Day 04 of #100DaysToOffload. I'm trying not to be discouraging, but some realism is needed.https://write.as/dvavasour/on-estimating-how-long-something-will-take
(DIR) Post #9ulYoYcfWAePoaIWO0 by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-05-06T09:51:29Z
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@mike I was introduced to emacs in the late 1980s. Until then I'd only used line editors, so there was no competition. And it stuck: the best text editor is the one you know best, so for me any post-install script has "yum install -y emacs" straight after "yum update"
(DIR) Post #9vWibbRjlv01klaxiS by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-05-28T17:04:55Z
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After some wait, Day 12 of #100DaysToOffload - a reading list for you to become a responsible citizen.https://write.as/dvavasour/three-books-to-help-understand-the-world-today
(DIR) Post #9vfRlngE7VWuVSh7QG by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-02T08:56:18Z
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@mike Does anyone else have a hierarchical approach to tabs?- Ones that are actually open in the browser- Ones that have been stashed to OneTab- Ones that are in the "June2020" bookmarks folder- Ones that make it to the bookmark bar- Ones that make it to the bookmark manager (for me Google bookmarks)
(DIR) Post #9vmjvVCFumFbJ6Hi4W by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-05T21:22:57Z
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@ndegruchy ... and the progress tracking WebEx where someone reads each line and you have to give an update. For extra points, a junior updating the spreadsheet and the project manager dictating the updates, repeatedly saying "can you scroll right/left".Because there's no budget to pay for a Jira.
(DIR) Post #9vy1Yp1hDLhEebwObg by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-11T08:02:08Z
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@Gina I see lots of resumes that list skills in almost everything, maybe we should let the garbage trucks collide?
(DIR) Post #9vyQ092VJPmxRSsdOa by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-11T12:36:13Z
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@Gina Recruiters play keyword bingo. GOOD recruiters want to know about the position being filled, and review resumes against this understanding. Their fee is 3 months or 6 months salary.CHEAP recruiters play keyword bingo, and get a small fee for little effort.THE WORST recruiters look for direct recruitment adverts and try to get in the middle.When a recruiter asks for your resume, ask them to describe the position.
(DIR) Post #9w7Vs1nIWK0NEd5A2K by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-15T21:54:05Z
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@kev This year the blackbirds have been going for it round me. Mrs V tells me that it's all territorial, and the tuneful song is actually a turf war. If only humanity could establish the balance of power so delightfully.
(DIR) Post #9wO5tTdNLGs4btzcMi by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-23T21:53:15Z
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@mike Take care and be sure to rest.
(DIR) Post #9wQDAtP9ru8HSGVwLw by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-06-24T22:24:26Z
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@nitox Sad to think that Sun's old HQ at Menlo Park, a true incubator of world changing technology, is now home to Facebook :(
(DIR) Post #9xGrzNmiNIeV00YE4W by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-07-20T08:06:40Z
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@Gina It's different in nature to 2008 - that was a financial shock, this is mainly a demand side shock. The travel and hospitality sector is at a complete standstill and will restart slowly.Perhaps 10 years of change has happened in a few months?
(DIR) Post #9xRgLp0vVvYxu2ANCi by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2020-07-25T13:18:00Z
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@mike My older son is working at home, and some of the time my wife is too. At times we trip over each other, but an early bonus was having workplace banter with my son!
(DIR) Post #A5TKEnnaOFucjOsVea by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2021-03-22T15:17:43Z
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@kev About 25 years ago I travelled to London to hear Stallman speak. He was a bit of an objectionable t**t then, and most people's innate t**tery amplifies over time.However, he's an important figure in the history of computing, and the FSF has done much more good than harm. But today's introspective bickering over nuance is reminiscent of the British left in the 1980s.
(DIR) Post #AQAZ3vBWqwr8qj1TFY by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2022-11-30T11:50:58Z
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Bad UI design part 94VPN client opens and shows a button that says "Connect". Then it decides to auto-connect and changes the button in the same location to "Disconnect".
(DIR) Post #ATQ51whYpVKIywjCRE by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2023-03-08T22:32:33Z
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@Mer__edith I remember going on a course with <big data software vendor>. Instructor checked there were no data scientists in the room before branding what the product does as "Machine Learning". Hefty correlation is impressive itself, no need to call it ML.
(DIR) Post #AWxMD2cXlOW9DTQ4ga by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2023-06-22T16:47:53Z
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@revk www.solelyextractors.com ?
(DIR) Post #AZG54iMUNlVyYUN5AO by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2023-08-30T13:49:06Z
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@linuxtldr Just make a shortcut^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H symlink to it.
(DIR) Post #AZxVAWIIZmMH9E30XQ by dvavasour@fosstodon.org
2023-09-20T12:10:38Z
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@hund "Non drinker"