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Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by fipar »

snapcaster wrote: post #78
fipar wrote: post #56

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That's funny. As a remote worker (on and off since around 2003, exclusively since 2009), I guess you'd consider me an antisocial, and yet you're the one who wants to force people to do something. I'm fine with people who like going to an office, I just prefer not to. I wouldn't want to force everyone to work from home though. Do you have a good social circle outside of work?

Yes of course

Interesting. Well, I'm glad you enjoy working from an office, but just so you know, while I'm sure the set of antisocial people intersects with that of people who like remote work, they're not equivalent. In my (admittedly anecdotal, just like yours) experience, the intersection is not that big, and it exists with the people who like working from an office too.

I have a rich social life that I enjoy, and I also despise working from offices. Fortunately, nobody can force me to do that because I'm not an employee, but it would suck for me if someone had that power over me.

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to accept that people are different and enjoy (and dislike) different things.

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by fipar »

Krei-se wrote: post #80
fipar wrote: post #75

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Pirsig mentions this in his first book, and I always related to that part, as I'm the kind of person that "feels" the pain when someone turns a screw more than it can go, etc. Searching on the pilot you mention and the date of the book, I wouldn't be surprised if he picked up the term from Jackie Stewart indeed.

I like you! Pirsig yes, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - i got from Gemini it's Jackie Stewarts quote though.

Yeah, I see now my writing was confusing (it happens to me ...), as I meant to say Pirsig probably picked up the term from Stewarts.

In any case, great book. Gave it as a gift to my dad who was a mechanic when young and also rode a motorcycle (unlike Pirsig's' it as an Ariel though).

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by librasteve »

zabzonk wrote: post #76
librasteve wrote: post #70

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yeah, Madge was a (UK based) 2nd source of IBM Token Ring kit … MAUs, CAUs and so on iirc much better determinism than Ethernet CSMA/CD

but also much slower - people tended to be interested in speed (and the price of the hardware) not determinism

yeah, then NatSemi integrated Ethernet onto a single chip and game over TR

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by Terr_ »

TimTheTinker wrote: post #27
Terr_ wrote: post #4

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Dang, I think I lost my Kali [0] license-key. :p [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_(software)

> as of January 2023, Kali.net offers the download and a registration code generator on the website, so registration is currently free.

thatspartlythejoke.jpg

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by rubslopes »

fipar wrote: post #56
snapcaster wrote: post #32

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No it's because we're social animals that are supposed to be around other people. Sick of covid granting so much legitimacy to the antisocial among us. I actually think everyone should be forced to 5 day RTO for their own good

That's funny. As a remote worker (on and off since around 2003, exclusively since 2009), I guess you'd consider me an antisocial, and yet you're the one who wants to force people to do something. I'm fine with people who like going to an office, I just prefer not to. I wouldn't want to force everyone to work from home though. Do you have a good social circle outside of work?

> I'm fine with people who like going to an office, I just prefer not to. I wouldn't want to force everyone to work from home though.

Im not anti-social, but I'm an introvert with some very extrovert friends. I find interesting that we, introverts, "get" extroverts; I have no problem understanding people who like begin around other people all day long, I'm just not that guy.

But extroverts don't get introverts at all! A sentence like "yeah, I enjoy being alone by myself" feels like alien talk to them.

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by [deleted] »

fipar wrote: post #82
Krei-se wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like you! Pirsig yes, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - i got from Gemini it's Jackie Stewarts quote though.

Yeah, I see now my writing was confusing (it happens to me ...), as I meant to say Pirsig probably picked up the term from Stewarts. In any case, great book. Gave it as a gift to my dad who was a mechanic when young and also rode a motorcycle (unlike Pirsig's' it as an Ariel though).

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Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by pwillia7 »

Krei-se wrote: post #63
pwillia7 wrote: post #51

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Claude, make a plan to refactor this repo to introduce low-level concepts like data-driven design, functional programming, etc.

Brilliant. You nailed it! It's not the effort you put into it ⸺ it's the (void) thought that counts! Which borderline suicidal thought-pattern would you like to explore next?

I really like your super emdash

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by moralestapia »

"[...] at one point they asked me to work a weekend and I already had plans, so they asked what it would take. I wanted a classic FIAT 500, so I named the price of the car: multiple thousands of pounds. The management said yes, it was their only option. So that’s what I got paid for a weekend building a site nobody else could get done."

>Gen Z is just lazy, all it takes is standing straight and a firm handshake.

That's all it took for you!

Re: Let's all meet up in the Y2K

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Post by jodrellblank »

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #30
ivolimmen wrote: post #19

Goatse... Ouch that brings back memories.

I tried googling for the original picture, but it's nowhere to be found. Pity that such precious cultural artefacts are lost while poo sculptures are idolized.

It is on the Wayback Machine (NSFW of course)

https://web.archive.org/web/19991111060504/http://www.goatse...

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