DirigibleProtein

joined 1 year ago
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Book the time as an appointment or consultation and just go. If your direct line manager makes a fuss, tell them it’s a doctor’s appointment. If you’ve got far enough that you recognise that you need help, just go ahead and do it.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

It will be interesting to find out if these words will come back and haunt them.

  • “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers”.
  • “640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 46 points 2 months ago

One time, we were given six month’s wages plus a month’s wages for each year we had worked there (I had been there 12 years). The company paid for career counseling, resume training, self awareness (similar to Myers Briggs only it was useful), use of an office space and computers and printers to hunt for jobs.

Another time, we were told that our entire IT department wasn’t important enough to keep and our jobs had been outsourced to India. But they still wanted us to stay for four weeks and train our replacements. Bitch, if I’m not important enough to keep, then I’m not important enough to train anyone. I collected my stuff and walked out that day.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Um, but it can!?

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The front fell off.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago
  • The Italian Job (1969)
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  • Ennio Morricone’s music for the Man With No Name series
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Press windows D to go to desktop and press alt F4 until you get the shutdown menu.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Not going to trust a distribution from China, even if it does claim to be open source.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago

Singapore Changi Airport. Huge garden and waterfall at the centre, electric train to commute between sections.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

The first book was a self contained story, could make a movie, or mini-series if you must. There are a series of sequels and prequels that could do the same.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majipoor_series

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Avalon by Roxy Music.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Have you heard the remastered version with additional tracks? Julie Don’t Live Here is especially poignant.

Also, the album Eldorado.

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