
Vanykrye |
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The application can't connect to the database because the test server build is on the wrong version.
Can't update the build to the proper version because the licensing expired.
Can't apply the new license because the application won't start.
Can't start the application because it can't see the database.
Took me a while to get the cycle of death broken, but the thing is running perfectly now.

Vanykrye |
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A new technician was hired without my input at one of our offices in the southeastern US. His name would not be out of place on King of the Hill. It might actually be a character's name for all I know.
His level of knowledge is very impressive.
I could have wandered around that office and picked anybody at random. They'd be a better fit because they wouldn't go by the name of a King of the Hill character and they'd have the same experience level.
Alternatively, I would have gone with a potted plant and we'd have been better off.

Freehold DM |
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The Sound of Silence
Maybe it's just because I have an obscene Perception roll, but it always amazes me just how much difficulty people have with the notion of "silence". As in, "I'm recording a demo right now, so I need you guys to be absolutely silent. Understand?"
"Yes."
Door opens and closes with a bang.
Toilet flushes
Refrigerator opens and closesAnd every time I call them on it, they say, "Oh, whoops! Was that too noisy?"
And it's not just them. When I'm chaperoning on trips and the conductor asks for silence, the parents in the back think that that means that it's OK for them to continue their conversations in a whisper.
It's just mind-bogglingly aggravating. "If YOU can hear it, then it's NOT silence!"
I finally had to give up and wait for the kids to leave before I could record. And it's only a 2-minute recording. Seriously. "Sit still and do nothing for 2 minutes," just doesn't seem like too much to ask.
But apparently it is.
martial arts taught me how long a minute can be. Throwing attacks for one full minute was hellish. Throwing attacks that could not be duplicated for a minute was beyond hellish.

Orthos |

A new technician was hired without my input at one of our offices in the southeastern US. His name would not be out of place on King of the Hill. It might actually be a character's name for all I know.
His level of knowledge is very impressive.
I could have wandered around that office and picked anybody at random. They'd be a better fit because they wouldn't go by the name of a King of the Hill character and they'd have the same experience level.
Alternatively, I would have gone with a potted plant and we'd have been better off.
So you admit the guy is perfectly good at his job, but would not have hired him because of his name?
I'm immensely disappointed in you right now, Van. Either that or something in your post needs MASSIVE sarcasm marks.

Scintillae |

Vanykrye wrote:A new technician was hired without my input at one of our offices in the southeastern US. His name would not be out of place on King of the Hill. It might actually be a character's name for all I know.
His level of knowledge is very impressive.
I could have wandered around that office and picked anybody at random. They'd be a better fit because they wouldn't go by the name of a King of the Hill character and they'd have the same experience level.
Alternatively, I would have gone with a potted plant and we'd have been better off.
So you admit the guy is perfectly good at his job, but would not have hired him because of his name?
I'm immensely disappointed in you right now, Van. Either that or something in your post needs MASSIVE sarcasm marks.
I believe it was "I am impressed with his level of knowledge (nonexistent) because literally no one in that office is qualified...but at least the others' names would make me feel less silly." Hence the potted plant comment.

Freehold DM |

Freehold DM wrote:martial arts taught me how long a minute can be. Throwing attacks for one full minute was hellish. Throwing attacks that could not be duplicated for a minute was beyond hellish.It is. But sitting quietly isn't that bad.
for two full minutes? I began to realize how loud breathing is.

Drejk |

Vanykrye wrote:for two full minutes? I began to realize how loud breathing is.Freehold DM wrote:martial arts taught me how long a minute can be. Throwing attacks for one full minute was hellish. Throwing attacks that could not be duplicated for a minute was beyond hellish.It is. But sitting quietly isn't that bad.
The heartbeat drumming, the blood pulsing, the silence ringing...

Orthos |

Orthos wrote:I believe it was "I am impressed with his level of knowledge (nonexistent) because literally no one in that office is qualified...but at least the others' names would make me feel less silly." Hence the potted plant comment.Vanykrye wrote:A new technician was hired without my input at one of our offices in the southeastern US. His name would not be out of place on King of the Hill. It might actually be a character's name for all I know.
His level of knowledge is very impressive.
I could have wandered around that office and picked anybody at random. They'd be a better fit because they wouldn't go by the name of a King of the Hill character and they'd have the same experience level.
Alternatively, I would have gone with a potted plant and we'd have been better off.
So you admit the guy is perfectly good at his job, but would not have hired him because of his name?
I'm immensely disappointed in you right now, Van. Either that or something in your post needs MASSIVE sarcasm marks.
I hope that's the case, and if so, you have my apologies Van for my reaction.
As someone who spent the first two-thirds of my life under many kinds of harassment primarily because of my name, It's a hot-button issue for me. Hence my rather aggressive response to seeing what to me looked like someone getting the same sort of hostility but in the workplace rather than the schoolyard.

Vanykrye |

Orthos wrote:I believe it was "I am impressed with his level of knowledge (nonexistent) because literally no one in that office is qualified...but at least the others' names would make me feel less silly." Hence the potted plant comment.Vanykrye wrote:A new technician was hired without my input at one of our offices in the southeastern US. His name would not be out of place on King of the Hill. It might actually be a character's name for all I know.
His level of knowledge is very impressive.
I could have wandered around that office and picked anybody at random. They'd be a better fit because they wouldn't go by the name of a King of the Hill character and they'd have the same experience level.
Alternatively, I would have gone with a potted plant and we'd have been better off.
So you admit the guy is perfectly good at his job, but would not have hired him because of his name?
I'm immensely disappointed in you right now, Van. Either that or something in your post needs MASSIVE sarcasm marks.
There is heavy sarcasm. Let me clarify, because obviously I didn't write it clearly enough. (And that's not sarcasm - if Orthos is completely missing my intent and Scint is partially missing it as well then I didn't write it well.)
I can literally grab the first person I see off the street and that person will be just as qualified as the person they hired. "I'm impressed by his level of knowledge" because he has *none*. He asked my counterpart what the difference between Ethernet and CAT5 cables are. He asked one of my technicians what Remote Desktop is. If you're an IT person, these are not questions you should be asking. Think of a car mechanic that not only isn't sure what a spark plug is, but is asking for clarification on how to use a socket wrench, including what to call the socket wrench. And then asks "What's this?" about every other common tool that he sees in the tool chest.
His actual name isn't the problem. What he introduces himself as is another issue. It's similar to if your name is Alex but you introduce yourself as "Skippy" and you're not 11 years old. It's bad enough that on the team call today he introduced himself with his nickname and then someone else (honestly, it wasn't me) said "Wait, are we seriously supposed to call you that?" It's not just me.
In and of itself his name is not an actual problem, but when you combine it with the fact that he knows nothing and should never have been hired for this position in the first place...it's just that "one more thing" about the whole situation.
And now my counterpart and I are going to have to spend the next several months just getting him to the point of being able to tie his shoes when what we need is someone who can at least step in and run a half marathon with the expectation to train them into marathon shape. Instead we're starting with "This is a shoe. That's a different shoe."
A potted plant would be a better option because the plant can't screw anything up. The plant also won't be mistaken as being qualified for the position by it's mere existence. If you're at the office and someone is introduced as your new IT technician, you expect that they're qualified to hold the job.

Orthos |
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Yeah that makes a lot more sense.
The original post's sarcasm flew completely over my head and thus came across as "I recognize that this person is capable, even impressive, at the job. But I hate their name and thus would prefer a plant be hired in their place because its name would be at least less embarrassing".
Which then set off all the red-alert alarms in my head from a childhood of being a prime bullying target because I have an easily-mockable surname, and seeing what looked like that youth full of bullying being projected onto an adult in the workplace and an actual job and livelihood being on the line because of an unliked name.
As I said, it's a hot issue for me. I've stopped watching at least one YouTube news show because the host constantly mocked the names of people and politicians he disagreed with, and mocked viewers who complained about it for either being their supporters or not having a sense of humor. It's not something I find at all humorous.

Vanykrye |

Yeah that makes a lot more sense.
The original post's sarcasm flew completely over my head and thus came across as "I recognize that this person is capable, even impressive, at the job. But I hate their name and thus would prefer a plant be hired in their place because its name would be at least less embarrassing".
Which then set off all the red-alert alarms in my head from a childhood of being a prime bullying target because I have an easily-mockable surname, and seeing what looked like that youth full of bullying being projected onto an adult in the workplace and an actual job and livelihood being on the line because of an unliked name.
As I said, it's a hot issue for me. I've stopped watching at least one YouTube news show because the host constantly mocked the names of people and politicians he disagreed with, and mocked viewers who complained about it for either being their supporters or not having a sense of humor. It's not something I find at all humorous.
Yeah, no...I measure by performance, not by name. It just happens that he might as well be introducing himself as "Goober" on a conference call of 40+ IT professionals on top of the fact that he has no possible way to achieve even average performance at this job.
And also, to be clear, I'm not blaming him. They posted the job, he raised his hand, and people above my counterpart and I said "Sure! We see that you're completely unqualified, but you're willing to work for half the price of a reasonably qualified person in your metro area. Sold."
This guy is going to be the local face of the IT department for that office. And when he proves himself to be completely unqualified to them, they're going to look at us and start asking questions.
It all simply comes down to the fact that our CIO does not want to pay the market value to get a qualified person who can do the job.

Orthos |
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Orthos wrote:Yeah that makes a lot more sense.
The original post's sarcasm flew completely over my head and thus came across as "I recognize that this person is capable, even impressive, at the job. But I hate their name and thus would prefer a plant be hired in their place because its name would be at least less embarrassing".
Which then set off all the red-alert alarms in my head from a childhood of being a prime bullying target because I have an easily-mockable surname, and seeing what looked like that youth full of bullying being projected onto an adult in the workplace and an actual job and livelihood being on the line because of an unliked name.
As I said, it's a hot issue for me. I've stopped watching at least one YouTube news show because the host constantly mocked the names of people and politicians he disagreed with, and mocked viewers who complained about it for either being their supporters or not having a sense of humor. It's not something I find at all humorous.
Yeah, no...I measure by performance, not by name. It just happens that he might as well be introducing himself as "Goober" on a conference call of 40+ IT professionals on top of the fact that he has no possible way to achieve even average performance at this job.
And also, to be clear, I'm not blaming him. They posted the job, he raised his hand, and people above my counterpart and I said "Sure! We see that you're completely unqualified, but you're willing to work for half the price of a reasonably qualified person in your metro area. Sold."
This guy is going to be the local face of the IT department for that office. And when he proves himself to be completely unqualified to them, they're going to look at us and start asking questions.
It all simply comes down to the fact that our CIO does not want to pay the market value to get a qualified person who can do the job.
Gotcha, all clear now.
Apologies again for the misunderstanding.

Vanykrye |

Vanykrye wrote:Orthos wrote:Yeah that makes a lot more sense.
The original post's sarcasm flew completely over my head and thus came across as "I recognize that this person is capable, even impressive, at the job. But I hate their name and thus would prefer a plant be hired in their place because its name would be at least less embarrassing".
Which then set off all the red-alert alarms in my head from a childhood of being a prime bullying target because I have an easily-mockable surname, and seeing what looked like that youth full of bullying being projected onto an adult in the workplace and an actual job and livelihood being on the line because of an unliked name.
As I said, it's a hot issue for me. I've stopped watching at least one YouTube news show because the host constantly mocked the names of people and politicians he disagreed with, and mocked viewers who complained about it for either being their supporters or not having a sense of humor. It's not something I find at all humorous.
Yeah, no...I measure by performance, not by name. It just happens that he might as well be introducing himself as "Goober" on a conference call of 40+ IT professionals on top of the fact that he has no possible way to achieve even average performance at this job.
And also, to be clear, I'm not blaming him. They posted the job, he raised his hand, and people above my counterpart and I said "Sure! We see that you're completely unqualified, but you're willing to work for half the price of a reasonably qualified person in your metro area. Sold."
This guy is going to be the local face of the IT department for that office. And when he proves himself to be completely unqualified to them, they're going to look at us and start asking questions.
It all simply comes down to the fact that our CIO does not want to pay the market value to get a qualified person who can do the job.
Gotcha, all clear now.
Apologies again for the misunderstanding.
No apologies necessary.

Vanykrye |
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(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
Now imagine what you'll have if you can get all your windows replaced with something from this century, and AC and furnace units that aren't too old to be drafted for military service, and doors that don't allow a 10 mile an hour breeze around the edges in the winter...
Crap...
Sorry...
That's my house.

NobodysHome |

NobodysHome wrote:(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
Now imagine what you'll have if you can get all your windows replaced with something from this century, and AC and furnace units that aren't too old to be drafted for military service, and doors that don't allow a 10 mile an hour breeze around the edges in the winter...
Crap...
Sorry...
That's my house.
What's "AC"?
Welcome to the Bay Area!

Freehold DM |

Scintillae wrote:Orthos wrote:I believe it was "I am impressed with his level of knowledge (nonexistent) because literally no one in that office is qualified...but at least the others' names would make me feel less silly." Hence the potted plant comment.Vanykrye wrote:A new technician was hired without my input at one of our offices in the southeastern US. His name would not be out of place on King of the Hill. It might actually be a character's name for all I know.
His level of knowledge is very impressive.
I could have wandered around that office and picked anybody at random. They'd be a better fit because they wouldn't go by the name of a King of the Hill character and they'd have the same experience level.
Alternatively, I would have gone with a potted plant and we'd have been better off.
So you admit the guy is perfectly good at his job, but would not have hired him because of his name?
I'm immensely disappointed in you right now, Van. Either that or something in your post needs MASSIVE sarcasm marks.
I hope that's the case, and if so, you have my apologies Van for my reaction.
As someone who spent the first two-thirds of my life under many kinds of harassment primarily because of my name, It's a hot-button issue for me. Hence my rather aggressive response to seeing what to me looked like someone getting the same sort of hostility but in the workplace rather than the schoolyard.
But Orthos is such a strong, proud name! I am sure they were just jealous.

Freehold DM |

Frostwillow |
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NobodysHome wrote:Now is the time to put my plan to steal the sun into action(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
THE ECLIPSE IS HERE! THE ECLIPSE IS HERE!
Cheel! Find Vien! You guys gotta do the Fimbul-ritual thing! IT'S HAPPENING!

Spacecaptain Pillbug Lebowski |
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A potted plant would be a better option because the plant can't screw anything up. The plant also won't be mistaken as being qualified for the position by it's mere existence.
Note to self: Stat up a Numerian leshy tinkerer alchemist named Dwight Schroote.

NobodysHome |
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Freehold DM wrote:NobodysHome wrote:Now is the time to put my plan to steal the sun into action(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
THE ECLIPSE IS HERE! THE ECLIPSE IS HERE!
Cheel! Find Vien! You guys gotta do the Fimbul-ritual thing! IT'S HAPPENING!
I now hate you all.
The rain moved in today.
Saturday: 36.44 kWh produced
Sunday: 33.78 kWh produced
Monday: 31.77 kWh produced
Tuesday: 23.21 kWh produced
Wednesday (today): 4.55 kWh produced
I blame FaWtL.

Vanykrye |
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Vanykrye wrote:NobodysHome wrote:(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
Now imagine what you'll have if you can get all your windows replaced with something from this century, and AC and furnace units that aren't too old to be drafted for military service, and doors that don't allow a 10 mile an hour breeze around the edges in the winter...
Crap...
Sorry...
That's my house.
What's "AC"?
Welcome to the Bay Area!
Yep. I hate you.

Cheel Vorastrix |

Frostwillow wrote:Freehold DM wrote:NobodysHome wrote:Now is the time to put my plan to steal the sun into action(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
THE ECLIPSE IS HERE! THE ECLIPSE IS HERE!
Cheel! Find Vien! You guys gotta do the Fimbul-ritual thing! IT'S HAPPENING!
I now hate you all.
The rain moved in today.
Saturday: 36.44 kWh produced
Sunday: 33.78 kWh produced
Monday: 31.77 kWh produced
Tuesday: 23.21 kWh produced
Wednesday (today): 4.55 kWh producedI blame FaWtL.

captain yesterday |

captain yesterday wrote:I'll sell you mine. It'll give me ironclad logic to present to Aiymi that I have to get a car that I've been eyeing.Our car is probably done for, to go along with our computer dying a couple of weeks ago.
S@$+ happens, I'm good. :-)
I'll let you know when I find out more.
Sometime tomorrow.

Sharoth |

Frostwillow wrote:Freehold DM wrote:NobodysHome wrote:Now is the time to put my plan to steal the sun into action(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
THE ECLIPSE IS HERE! THE ECLIPSE IS HERE!
Cheel! Find Vien! You guys gotta do the Fimbul-ritual thing! IT'S HAPPENING!
I now hate you all.
The rain moved in today.
Saturday: 36.44 kWh produced
Sunday: 33.78 kWh produced
Monday: 31.77 kWh produced
Tuesday: 23.21 kWh produced
Wednesday (today): 4.55 kWh producedI blame FaWtL.
Do you have batteries to store some of that excess power?

NobodysHome |

Do you have batteries to store some of that excess power?
Interesting story, but I’m on my iPad so I’ll keep it short: As-is, PG&E gets all my excess and does a “net for the year” bill. If I produce excess for the year, PG&E pays me $0.04/kWh. If I have to buy power, I pay $0.21/kWh. So PG&E always wins, because they sell my excess at a huge profit margin. Plus I lose power during an outage.
For $20,000 more, I could have strapped a bomb to my house had a battery panel installed, giving me a net 0 with PG&E and power during blackouts. Everyone said not to bother.

Sharoth |

Sharoth wrote:Do you have batteries to store some of that excess power?Interesting story, but I’m on my iPad so I’ll keep it short: As-is, PG&E gets all my excess and does a “net for the year” bill. If I produce excess for the year, PG&E pays me $0.04/kWh. If I have to buy power, I pay $0.21/kWh. So PG&E always wins, because they sell my excess at a huge profit margin. Plus I lose power during an outage.
For $20,000 more, I could have
strapped a bomb to my househad a battery panel installed, giving me a net 0 with PG&E and power during blackouts. Everyone said not to bother.
~thoughtful look~ For $20k I would probably agree with them.

Freehold DM |
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Frostwillow wrote:Freehold DM wrote:NobodysHome wrote:Now is the time to put my plan to steal the sun into action(1) We have passed inspection, and are officially DONE upgrading to solar! Woot!
(2) A corporate flier arrived in my Inbox today: "Understanding your electricity bill and how to reduce it."
Throwing it out felt SOOOOOOOO good...
THE ECLIPSE IS HERE! THE ECLIPSE IS HERE!
Cheel! Find Vien! You guys gotta do the Fimbul-ritual thing! IT'S HAPPENING!
I now hate you all.
The rain moved in today.
Saturday: 36.44 kWh produced
Sunday: 33.78 kWh produced
Monday: 31.77 kWh produced
Tuesday: 23.21 kWh produced
Wednesday (today): 4.55 kWh producedI blame FaWtL.
wow.
I really did steal the sun.
Also, I got another anthology of short stories today and the first story was by second favorite author Paul S. Kemp, outlining how Resson Kel, villain extraordinaire, stole the sun.
...
I am a bit worried now.

Karen Eiffel, Author |
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NobodysHome wrote:Frostwillow wrote:Freehold DM wrote:Now is the time to put my plan to steal the sun into actionTHE ECLIPSE IS HERE! THE ECLIPSE IS HERE!
Cheel! Find Vien! You guys gotta do the Fimbul-ritual thing! IT'S HAPPENING!
Wednesday (today): 4.55 kWh produced
I blame FaWtL.
wow.
I really did steal the sun.
Also, I got another anthology of short stories today and the first story was by second favorite author Paul S. Kemp, outlining how Resson Kel, villain extraordinaire, stole the sun.
...
I am a bit worried now.
typing: Little did he know that this simple, seemingly innocuous act would result in his imminent death.

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I've been trying to make things work with my partner, my son's mom, for the last few months. Things have been tough because she's pregnant and she's been having an absolutely s$*!e time at work, but we were making plans for living together, and have both handed in notice in our current places, and had plans for moving forward. But things have taken a turn.
In her work place, she's office manager. Because the cleaners weren't keeping up with their contractual obligations, she fired them, and hired a different company. Turns out, the company she fired was family of one of the directors, and she's felt victimised and like they're trying to get rid of her ever since. It came to a head two weeks ago, feeling like she was under the microscope constantly, and she handed in her notice last Monday. So, 10 weeks pregnant, just about to move, she quits. I supported her on the decision, because I could see how much the stress was affecting her, but at the time she had plans about how to supplement the loss in income.
Now, last night, one week before we both have to move out of our respective places, she tells me that none of her plans will supplement our income enough, and that the best course of action is for her to move to Portugal with our son. Apparently, the cost of living there is so low compared to here that she can live on the Irish dole without issue. And all I could come up with was, on what planet did you think I would be okay with that? She's literally talking about moving country, with our son, for a year, minimum, so she can have the baby and get herself in a position to go back to work, without the stress of the high living costs in Ireland. And she's like, this is the best plan for you, to take the stress and pressure off you, and I'm like, there has never been a more selfish plan in the history of plans. I mean, not that extreme, but I told her she was wrong and that this doesn't take any pressure off me, and that it's not a selfless plan, that it is a selfish plan, because she's escaping the tough times and I'm left behind. And not to mention, she's talking about taking our son out of school, to put him in a school in a country where he doesn't speak the primary language, for a year, before changing schools on him again when they return to Ireland. Assuming they return at all! The call did not go well, as any criticism of her plan was not well received, and the idea of us trying to tough it out and make it work was too optimistic (vs her plan of leaving the country) and now I don't know where we stand. We had three more viewings tonight, and I don't know if I'm going on my own, or if I should be cancelling them and trying to arrange viewings for a place for just me now.
So, anyways, I haven't viewed any single rooms, and there's a week before I have to move out, and I don't know if I even have a partner anymore, and I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed by it all.

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Thanks Sharoth, I appreciate it. I hope so too.
EDIT:
Meh. Meh to all of it.

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