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Re: Daytripper

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Post by jfsantos »

mellosouls wrote: post #91
spacedog11 wrote: post #50

The best kind of "screwing around" is screwing around in plain sight. Once, I had a fresh grad in my team and I had to get him up to speed. I noticed he was taking more than the usual time to do basic tasks, yet whenever I passed by his desk, he had three terminals open and had c++ code here and there and compilation errors on another window. Two months later, he would move to a different company. Turns out that he w…

See also: converting your current Kindle read to plain text and pasting it into your ide or email editor... We need more "plain sight slacking" tips to be on the lookout for, so we can stay vigilant.

That's me in 2003 connecting to the university Unix servers and using command line ICQ and IRC clients during work hours.

Re: Daytripper

#112

Post by aexl »

ActorNightly wrote: post #55
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #45

Looks like it doesn't work anymore, but at one point someone styled reddit to look like you were reading a Word document: https://pcottle.github.io/MSWorddit/

There is also https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv which lets you browse reddit from a terminal

Which is unfortunately not maintained anymore: https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/issues/696

Re: Daytripper

#113

Post by icebraining »

exhilaration wrote: post #61
papln wrote: post #34

Why is there a receiver, instead of running an app on the receiving system to listen for bluetooth/http/etc messages?

This would work on a locked-down corporate PC where one couldn't install random applications.

Exactly; it just emulates an USB keyboard and sends keypresses.

Re: Daytripper

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Post by microcolonel »

Anyone here know of a timing- and cryptographically-secured laser tripwire? I've tried it before, but it seems like there's some work involved in tuning these things just right.

Re: Daytripper

#115

Post by icebraining »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #21
the_watcher wrote: post #10

A version of this that's somehow aware of whether or not I'm at my desk, then puts the machine to sleep anytime anyone else touches a key would be kind of cool. Maybe some kind of proximity sensor that you could stick to a badge or in your wallet? It would need to still allow you to login and perhaps offer a password to disable in case you forgot your sensor, but seems vaguely plausible? EDIT: Read more of the usage…

Somewhat related, Windows 10 allows you to pair it to a phone with Bluetooth support. When you log into or unlock the device with that phone in proximity then walk away with the device on your person, your PC/laptop will lock immediately.

Same on Linux using blueproximity, which has been around for over a decade. Any paired device works, including BT headphones and such.

Re: Daytripper

#117

Post by chaostheory »

mellosouls wrote: post #91
spacedog11 wrote: post #50

The best kind of "screwing around" is screwing around in plain sight. Once, I had a fresh grad in my team and I had to get him up to speed. I noticed he was taking more than the usual time to do basic tasks, yet whenever I passed by his desk, he had three terminals open and had c++ code here and there and compilation errors on another window. Two months later, he would move to a different company. Turns out that he w…

See also: converting your current Kindle read to plain text and pasting it into your ide or email editor... We need more "plain sight slacking" tips to be on the lookout for, so we can stay vigilant.

I feel that it's easier just to have clear tasks with deadlines, using decent project management software like say Asana, Monday, or whatever.

If they're meeting the deadlines and the work is good, why bother wasting time being big bro and treating them like a child? Why not just go by results? (you can check commits as well, and CI not going off will at least tell you nothing is broken)

Re: Daytripper

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Post by blhack »

spacedog11 wrote: post #50

The best kind of "screwing around" is screwing around in plain sight. Once, I had a fresh grad in my team and I had to get him up to speed. I noticed he was taking more than the usual time to do basic tasks, yet whenever I passed by his desk, he had three terminals open and had c++ code here and there and compilation errors on another window. Two months later, he would move to a different company. Turns out that he w…

In school I'd SSH into my home server and use lynx to browse the web.

(Sshing got me around the firewall at school.)

Re: Daytripper

#120

Post by mellosouls »

asveikau wrote: post #89
mikewhy wrote: post #29

off-topic, but Daytripper is also the name of a very good graphic novel.

And Beatles song.

Double A side with We Can Work it Out. Immediately preceded and followed depending on territory by stuff like Yesterday, Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer etc. Extraordinary.

On reflection they probably would have had no need for a device like this...

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