“I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots”

Post by cercatrova » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 3:01 AM UTC

zepolen wrote: post #206

jacquesm wrote: post #165

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I have a very large file with lots of 1s and 0s in it, you can have them for free. If you want them ordered and that ordering takes me a year or so then I expect to be paid. Knowledge and experience are the result of an investment in time and effort on account of the person with the knowledge. They usually expect some kind of return on that investment unless it was done for hobby purposes. Whether 'regular' labor and…

file.sort() Amazing how much experience, sweat and tears you get for free behind a single function call. Any other industry would charge you a ton. Open source!

Post by cutemonster » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 11:13 PM UTC

Balgair wrote: post #198

ImaCake wrote: post #106

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I work as a research assistant in a wetlab (i.e. I physically do experiments). In a previous job the lab manager was suspicious of me appearing to not be doing any work sometimes. Once I figured out I was being watched I went to extra effort to appear busy. I couldn't actually be more busy because I already did the most I could do in a day. But I could waste some time appearing busy. It was a constant drain and I was…

I had a similar situation as a grad student in a wet lab. I was in classes most of the day and was forced to work in the lab during the morning and evening. As the PI was in from ~10am to ~4pm, they never saw me at work, and assumed that I was doing no work. Despite that PI lecturing in some of my classes. Fortunately, I was in a rotation for that PI and was able to leave the lab easily. I still cannot for the life o…

Post by travbrack » Fri, Oct 02, 2020, 6:04 PM UTC

ygjb wrote: post #31

travbrack wrote: post #14

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By that logic so is a configuration management client like SCCM or even Group Policy.

The difference there is that Microsoft has a huge, dedicated security team, and has spent the last ~15 years aggressively improving their security posture, as opposed to some spyware author that decided to go 'legit'.