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Today is "Curse the layers of bureaucracy that make your jobs worse"-Day.
My latest example is: Our venue gets to use a new parking lot that's automated with number plates. So new part of my job is to get the number plate for any band that plays here at least a week before the show. It's a small thing but it becomes layers upon layers of these small things. Get data to fill out forms to automate things because automation _seems_ so much more effective. Grindwork for a…

On a Day for No-Hit Bids, Astros Righty Ronel Blanco Finishes the Job
#MLB #Baseball #Fangraphs

We live in one of the poorest counties in Oklahoma with some of the worst roads, county infrastructure in disrepair including a multi-story building in town in risk of collapse and overstretched emergency services unable to provide needed services. Sure, focus on the issues you have no control over. Pathetic attempt to distract from the job he has done which has manly been complaining that he can’t talk to his fellow commissioners, to he can ask them how to do his job.

LinkedIn launches three Wordle-style puzzle games: theme-based guessing game Pinpoint, Sudoku and Minesweeper-style crossover Queens, and trivia game Crossclimb (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/linkedin-now-has-wor…

LinkedIn now has Wordle-style games you can play every day
LinkedIn, the professional network known for job listings and unsolicited career advice, is jumping into gaming.

I drive in for the first day of my fully remote job, tomorrow morning. I am trying to get the dogs out for a longer walk so that they sleep well tonight.

⚔️ A day with a military recruitment patrol, the most unpopular job in Ukraine
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-13/a-day-with-a-military-recruitment-patrol-the-most-unpopular-job-in…

A day with a military recruitment patrol, the most unpopular job in Ukraine
EL PAÍS accompanies a unit of former front line soldiers now tasked with enlisting civilians in the province of Sumi

Ugh some retention things are confusing.
Some things are fiscal years?
If I retain past 30 days what's that?
E.g. if I collect 30 days of daily backups,
Am I saying I have a backup job that runs to create day 31, and then day zero is deleted?
Do users even care about that language?

It's very early days with AI devices but i think the Rabbit R1 does a great job not failing completely from the start like the AI pin did. I will wait for the next generation however.
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-just-spent-m…

I just spent my first day with the Rabbit R1 — here’s what this AI gadget can do
An intriguing AI gadget with some early issues

Dallas Cowboys' 3 biggest needs heading into Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dallas_cowboys_3_biggest_needs_heading_into_day_3_of_the_2024_nfl_draft/s1_17313_4029013…

Dallas Cowboys' 3 biggest needs heading into Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft
The Dallas Cowboys did a great job addressing their needs at offensive line by grabbing future left tackle Tyler Guyton (29th overall) and potential starting center Cooper Beebe (73rd) and were able to find much-needed depth at EDGE by grabbing Marshawn Kneeland at 56th. Additionally, they selected LB Marist Liufau at 87th, crossing off yet another one of their top needs in Day 2. Heading into Day 3 however, the Cowboys still have many needs to address. It'll be a challenge since they don't hav…

Getting results from #HorizonEurope grant proposals is like getting your A-levels on results day but worse, because you know your job and your colleagues jobs are riding on the outcomes...
#AcademicChatter #NotFunded

Editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 walked off the job March 20 in a 24-hour work stoppage to protest layoffs; workers said Law360 cut 10% of the staff (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/law360-edito…

Law360 editorial workers stage one-day strike - Talking Biz News
Unionized editorial workers, represented by The NewsGuild of New York at LexisNexis-owned Law360, have walked off the job in a 24-hour work stoppage to protest layoffs. Law360 Union members will begin picketing at 12:30 p.m. at LexisNexis HQ, 230 Park Ave., in New York. Last month, LexisNexis executives congratulated themselves on the company achieving its […]

Beautiful day to visit the building where I worked my first job! (As a student consultant/operator in the computer lab.)

Check out this show by Grateful Dead from Sun, Apr 29, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Live Music Archive!
#GratefulDead #TIGDH #LiveMusic

Grateful Dead Live at Nassau Coliseum on 1984-04-29
Set 1 Feel Like A Stranger, Friend Of The Devil, CC Rider, Bird Song, Hell In A Bucket, West L.A. Fadeaway, Cassidy, Ramble On Rose, Let It Grow Set 2 China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Samson & Delilah, Terrapin Station-> Don't Need Love-> Drums-> Truckin'-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Day Job

"I'm overwhelmed by constantly context switching between so many little things and people to follow up with and comments in docs"
You just described my whole job
That and 5-6 hours of meetings every day

I paid for a motorcycle parking permit for my fully remote job after the boss asked me to come in for my first day. There is a 60% chance of rain for the ride home on Monday, though.

It's very early days with AI devices but i think the Rabbit R1 does a great job not failing completely from the start like the AI pin did. I will wait for the next generation however.
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-just-spent-m…

I just spent my first day with the Rabbit R1 — here’s what this AI gadget can do
An intriguing AI gadget with some early issues

During college, when my EE internship placed me in a manufacturing line job that was somewhat repetitive (not very repetitive as repetitive goes though), on the second day, I distinctly remember I felt like my brain was dying. It was not a good feeling.
So can confirm.
Fortunately, my manager saw sense and made me write some Turbo Pascal instead the day after.

This!
I noticed a job listing the other day that required a Batchelor's degree for a 25k entry level position.
https://hachyderm.io/@intelgraphy/112119199003095145

At my job, the “Regular” employees are on an 8 day on, 4 day off schedule…
Which I think is *insane*….😳
https://mastodon.social/@lashman/112450280250446556

Almost a decade ago, I had a 2-day campus visit for a job I didn't end up getting. On my way out after the formal interview process had wrapped, a soon-to-be emerita prof, who I think had liked my performance, said to me: "You have a lovely smile. You should use it more." I think about this often. #academia

Good Morning #Canada
It's National Hug a Plumber Day and time to appreciate those heroes who bear the brunt of butt crack jokes. There are approximately 50,000 plumbers in Canada, with another roughly 7,000 in apprenticeship. If you're fascinated with pipes and looking for a career, Canada’s Job Bank reports that PEI, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon are looking for plumbers. Overall plumbers will be in demand due to a focus on home building.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Plumbers
https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/marketreport/outlook-occupation/4747/ca

Grateful Dead from Thu, Mar 29, 1984 at Marin County Veterans Auditorium
#GratefulDead #TIGDH #LiveMusic

Grateful Dead Live at Marin County Veterans Auditorium on 1984-03-29
Set 1 Walkin' The Dog-> Bertha-> Promised Land, It Must Have Been The Roses, Little Red Rooster, Bird Song, My Brother Esau, Might As Well Set 2 Shakedown Street, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Spanish Jam-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Day Job Rex Foundation Benefit

Raiders sign veteran quarterback to compete for starting job https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-sign-veteran-quarterback-to-compete-for-starting-job-3015326/

Raiders sign veteran quarterback to compete for starting job
The Raiders agreed to contract terms with a veteran quarterback the first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period Monday.

During college, when my EE internship placed me in a manufacturing line job that was somewhat repetitive (not very repetitive as repetitive goes though), on the second day, I distinctly remember I felt like my brain was dying. It was not a good feeling.
So can confirm.
Fortunately, my manager saw sense and made me write some Turbo Pascal instead the day after.

On Friday, April 19, 2013, I interviewed for a job at Shure in Nile, Illinois as a prototyper for the design team for their new iPhone applications development. It was a memorable day. For one thing, it was snowing.

Complex systems are complex.
Had a few inadvertent learning opportunities these past few weeks. Some of them have been easy to sort out, others required the tech equivalent of a Ouija board.
Many could have been solved by project just writing things down.
https://blog…

Our latest weekly highlights of newsrooms doing a great job of pro-democracy reporting,
and those who are not.
Good News, Bad News: May 10, 2024 https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaanddemocracyproject/p/good-news-bad-news-may-10-…

Good News, Bad News: May 10, 2024
With 178 days left until Election Day we need political coverage that uplifts and defends democracy.

#today is a lazy day after several beers and a part-time CTO job offer last night - not quite City rates! Also, it looks as if I will be able to keep my laptop running off-grid through the day today...

About 40 years ago I had a job where I walked to work thru a residential neighborhood. I’d walked the route for a couple years. I usually walk briskly but one day I had new shoes and felt one of my heels rubbing so I slowed down well below my normal pace. The last few 100 yds I would walk past a 2-storey brick building being rehabbed. I reached the corner of the block it was on. For no reason, I stopped. I looked up, and the whole side of the building fell on where I’d have been walking.

Happy International Womens Day
https://x.com/steveinmanuic/status/1766063819296850245?s=61

Steve Inman (@SteveInmanUIC) on X
She had one job.

today is plot plan(n/t)ing day. i have a shitton of squash and pepper plants, some tomato and i also want to plant runner bean and edamame seeds. a few wormwood plants and some redvein dock seedlings need a new home as well. it's a bit like playing sims but nobody needs to find a job.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.”
— Oscar Wilde
Agree, disagree — be inspired or not.
QOTD is fuel for conversation, and food for thought.
#QOTD
#QuoteOfTheDay

This morning’s #SpammerDuJour is from the unending fount of poop that is my day job's "careers" inbox, on our .ch domain. Most of that flow is a single uninteresting German-language spammer who always hits twice in the same round, recently advertising office chairs. Sent via the same handful of shoddy VPS providers and networks full of compromised personal machines. Boring.

On the show we've just completed we have successfully used #syncthing to transfer about 2 TB of data between offices (just 50 Mbps upstream 🥶). Firewalls on both sides just needed a simple port and linked NAT rule.
Each side had a "transfer to other office" folder that was set to "send only". We used a cron job to limit bandwidth during the day and lift restriction…

I really wish there was an AI bot that could be integrated into Fedi just so it can do:
IF: insulting AI art community THEN: Block suspend
So I wouldn't have to keep doing it myself all day.
I feel AI would be a perfect tool for that job.

House Speaker Mike Johnson survives vote to oust him from leadership
The House overwhelmingly voted to kill a move by Republican hard-liners aimed at removing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.),
saving an unlikely leader of an unruly House six months after GOP lawmakers moved to oust his predecessor.

Only 11 Republicans supported the move to “table” a measure by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.),
while 196 Republicans embraced keeping Johnson in the speaker’s job.

House Speaker Mike Johnson survives vote to oust him from leadership
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) officially filed her motion Monday to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as leader of the House, starting a two-day clock for lawmakers to decide his fate.

Today I had a job interview where I was asked what's a big architecture decision I made that I'm proud of and I've been thinking about it the whole day and I can't find an answer.
It's kinda like asking me what's my favorite song I made or what's my favorite child I fathered: they are what they are, they all made sense at the time, and I will defend them all.
I'm going to be unemployed forever, right?

In welchem Buch habe ich wohl grade dieses Juwel gelesen?
„Some of the “New Women” writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. But I suppose the New Woman won’t condescend in future to accept; she will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too!“

#today is a lazy day after several beers and a part-time CTO job offer last night - not quite City rates! Also, it looks as if I will be able to keep my laptop running off-grid through the day today...

I'm giving up on the notion of trying to have any sort of deliberate technical intersection between my computering hobbies and my day job.

I submitted a job application yesterday where I found out who the hiring manager was so I could address the cover letter directly to them, I customized the resume and cover letter to the job, and I submitted a letter of recommendation from a current employee. I met 100% of the requirements.
It was rejected in less than a day.

Happy International Womens Day
https://x.com/steveinmanuic/status/1766063819296850245?s=61

Steve Inman (@SteveInmanUIC) on X
She had one job.

Check out this show by Grateful Dead from Fri, Apr 20, 1984 at Philadelphia Civic Center on Live Music Archive!
#GratefulDead #TIGDH #LiveMusic

Grateful Dead Live at Philadelphia Civic Center on 1984-04-20
Set 1 Feel Like A Stranger, Cold Rain & Snow, Beat It On Down The Line, Cumberland Blues, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, My Brother Esau, It Must Have Been The Roses, Let It Grow Set 2 Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Samson & Delilah-> Drums-> I Need A Miracle-> Morning Dew-> Around & Around-> Johnny B. Goode, E: Day Job

Antonio Pierce is already hyping up one Raiders quarterback https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/antonio_pierce_is_already_hyping_up_one_raiders_quarterback/s1_127_40152901

Antonio Pierce is already hyping up one Raiders quarterback
Most would suggest the Las Vegas Raiders’ quarterback room is a position of need, but head coach Antonio Pierce is not going there. Pierce acknowledged that the Raiders may look to the NFL Draft to add to their quarterback room, with the team holding the No. 13 overall pick. However, he also suggested that even if the Raiders do add another quarterback, Aidan O’Connell had “earned” the opportunity to compete for the starting job in 2024. “At the end of the day, listen, Aidan O’Conne…

House Speaker Mike Johnson survives vote to oust him from leadership
The House overwhelmingly voted to kill a move by Republican hard-liners aimed at removing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.),
saving an unlikely leader of an unruly House six months after GOP lawmakers moved to oust his predecessor.

Only 11 Republicans supported the move to “table” a measure by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.),
while 196 Republicans embraced keeping Johnson in the speaker’s job.

House Speaker Mike Johnson survives vote to oust him from leadership
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) officially filed her motion Monday to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as leader of the House, starting a two-day clock for lawmakers to decide his fate.

Not sure if your day job is helping figure out actually useful AI like me, but this is a nice announcement of the initial availability of VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA.
#VMware #NVIDIA #AI #vExpert

In welchem Buch habe ich wohl grade dieses Juwel gelesen?
„Some of the “New Women” writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. But I suppose the New Woman won’t condescend in future to accept; she will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too!“