I hopped on the bus this morning to work and it was empty except for one person, who I see every morning as we share the same bus schedule but we’ve never interacted before. This morning we smiled at each other and the empty bus, and almost laughed, like oh you too huh? Then we carried on as usual. It was nice!
25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
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#52Many of my HFT friends are busy working today preparing for the markets to open on Monday. Lots of people from a diversity of circumstances are working today, I appreciate all their work!
HFT is to work as NFT is to art.
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#53I have a really hard time on my days off taking my mind off work. Shout out to everyone else who is accidentally getting distracted today by problem solving when they are trying their best to be present with their families
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lol. I don't get to carry a gun, but I had a serious debate with myself re whether to put on my uniform. Then I thought: If the worst case scenario does happen, I might have to turn on the webcam in the special room, the one with no windows. I don't want to be the one guy in jeans during that meeting.
I'm sure having to wear a uniform gets tiresome. But always dressing comfy means you never get to express that side. Having only used the office once a week in the last many months, I would consistently overdress when making an appearance. There is something nice about making an effort at dressing that correlates with wanting to make a bigger effort in general.
That is a very common misconception about the military. The uniform makes life easier. I never have to worry about fashion. I never have to figure out what is or is not appropriate attire for a specific meeting. It is very liberating.
>> about making an effort at dressing that correlates with wanting to make a bigger effort in general.
If you want to make the effort, military uniforms allow that too. The military is full of people who put that extra effort into their uniforms every day. They have the mirror-polished boots, the perfectly-fitted shirts. Their patches and ribbons are always perfect. Their beret is moulded into that perfect shape. The average civi cannot spot it but everyone on a base can see who wears the uniform best.
Every drill sergeant is a diva. Every fighter pilot a slob who hasn't polished a boot since basic.
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#55When I was going to college and worked part time, I’d volunteer to work as many holidays as I could as it meant getting paid double time!!!
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#56Thanks for keeping things in the world running everyone here. I’m at fine with my family but I appreciate your odd hours.
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#57I’ve had plenty of on-call shifts at Christmas and New Year’s Eve and it’s always a special time somehow. High five to all of you at work today!
I love taking on-call over the holidays, because with nobody deploying anything, there’s a much lower risk of being paged!
I am on call today too. Fortunately not much has happened today. Last two years it was very different though, with day long conference calls for issues.
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#58Just getting to bed after an overnight in the ER and subsequent Christmas with the wife and kids. Thanks for the shout-out, and likewise for all the other cogs in the wheel.
Discovered today that the hospital IT has decided to disable rebooting our computers through the usual Windows 10 menu, which I usually do at the beginning of each shift to optimize the chances of a smooth-running EHR. Power button still initiates a controlled shutdown. Unclear what they accomplished here.
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#59Quite a few of my NASA colleagues worked today to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, and I'm sure most of them didn't mind working on Christmas. And I certainly appreciate all of those who work on the holidays to keep us safe.
There's a Christmas every year. A major telescope launch is apparently once a generation.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Military. Empty building. Sitting at a desk looking at computer screens. No cellphones allowed. I cannot leave my office because I might not hear my phone ring. Work involves talking to other people in basically the same situation at other bases. Not much real work going on. This is what we call "minimum manning". Everyone retains full capacity to act at any moment but don't actually do anything unless necessary.
Thank you for doing what needs to be done. Are you allowed to stream video or audio?
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