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toe shoes posted:Here is something that should probably go in the OP, company_loyalty.txt Adding, let me know when you have these and I will try and keep up!
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SubjectVerbObject posted:One of the best things about working from home is doing so with a puppy on your lap. One of the worst things is doing so with a puppy sitting staring at you with a "why won't you play with me?" look on its face. This is me only I have the purring cat. Black not white however, so I don't qualify as a supervillain.
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I just learned that evolution can use the output of bash scripts for a signature. 
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 Why the gently caress are you bringing your coffee into the pisser??? 
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nitrogen posted:
Clearly that coffee ring should be on the top of a shitter.
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nitrogen posted:
efficiency i would expect.
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It's so that the user can perform a direct system flush 
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QuiteEasilyDone posted:It's so that the user can perform a direct system flush He's using his FIFO efficiently. 
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nitrogen posted:
I wouldn't place it on the urinal, but I bring my mug to the bathroom. I feel like I'm wasting time if I go cube --> break room --> cube --> bathroom. We also just have 2 individual bathrooms with only one toilet though, so it's generally a lot cleaner.
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spog posted:Let's be honest here; if the position was blowing sailors at the docks for £6/hr, I think most people would recommend you took it instead of staying where you are. 
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Aww. I want an IT Puppy. It can be our Relationship Manager :3 Also we're back to this again are we The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware / Software / Crap / Piss
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Ghost Mutt posted:A payroll software came in... Just think, one day we may be able to stop getting programs that require local admin to run. One day, far away.
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Sab669 posted:I wouldn't place it on the urinal, but I bring my mug to the bathroom. I feel like I'm wasting time if I go cube --> break room --> cube --> bathroom. We also just have 2 individual bathrooms with only one toilet though, so it's generally a lot cleaner. Do you know how smell works? Long-story short if you can smell poo poo that means there are tiny poo poo particles in the air landing in your coffee and then entering your mouth. Does your coffee taste extra nutty after you take it to the men's room?
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I vaguely recall having a drunken discussion with an acquaintance of mine a month or so ago about a position that might become available working for archdiocese schools in the area. I must have been really interested because he sent me a message yesterday that the position just got approved and I should send my resume in. It would basically be support for several of the schools in the area. I'll probably spruce up my resume and send it their way and see what kind of response I get. My pal told me the salary range and it could possibly be an extra 10K over what I'm making now. I don't hate my current job in the least bit, but I do like the possibility of a sizeable pay bump. I'll see how I can play this out.
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Benefits could be a lot better, maybe even a defined pension plan or something. Go for it.
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Dropping your iPhone from a third floor balcony is a good way to make sure I don't approve replacement.
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Dick Trauma posted:Dropping your iPhone from a third floor balcony is a good way to make sure I don't approve replacement. i am kind of curious about the blackswordca fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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blackswordca posted:efficiency i would expect. I am going to start a series. "Weird poo poo nitrogen finds in the bathroom" Previous undocumented entries have been: used tampons (in the mens room toilet unflushed) a small stuffed animal a watch a cellphone (floating in the toiletbowl)
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blackswordca posted:So a new job opportunity call came in. Drivers will hate you for trying to get more hours out of them. Your boss will hate you for not getting enough hours out of the drivers. You'll feel right at home.
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Klaus Kinski posted:Drivers will hate you for trying to get more hours out of them. Your boss will hate you for not getting enough hours out of the drivers. Ive done dispatch before. The job itself isn't bad. The last place I worked at I got stuck in the middle of some politics because I had family there and they were trying to use me to get to them. This place I wont have that. I still have half a dozen of my old drivers call me a few times a year to see how Im doing. I haven't worked there in almost 5 years. blackswordca fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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Lets talk asset tracking. Anyone have a recommendation? IT manager is getting a little overwhelmed, and before offloading, we need to get out of the excel spreadsheet.
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IT puppy is currently sitting in my office for the second time, drinking some water and eating some leftover sandwich. This time whoever keeps leashing their dog in my datacenter is getting a talk from their supervisor. Yay my recent promotion. Or i might just steal the poo poo outta this dog, its adorable as gently caress. I like the idea of useing it to deliver bad news to end-users. EDIT: CS related dog names?
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KennyG posted:Lets talk asset tracking. I know Spiceworks has a built in asset tracking tool. Ive played with it a little bit, doesn't seem to bad. AcidRonin posted:IT puppy is currently sitting in my office for the second time, drinking some water and eating some leftover sandwich. This time whoever keeps leashing their dog in my datacenter is getting a talk from their supervisor. Yay my recent promotion. Or i might just steal the poo poo outta this dog, its adorable as gently caress. Packet Sniffer keeps popping into my head
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Walter_Sobchak posted:The owner of our company routinely brings her 2 chihuahuas into the office and lets them have free reign. It's incredibly irritating, but I can't imagine them getting into our server room. Thank god for small miracles. Once, I had to host/escort some Swiss developers that we were partnering with. The two things that shocked them most about the US were 1) dogs in the office ("Does every office in the US have dogs?" "No.") and 2) the lack of paid parental leave. #2 really blew their minds.
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KennyG posted:Lets talk asset tracking. Literally any tool is gonna be better than your spreadsheet. Still, give us something to work with: Do you have a budget for this? Do you need to stay with free software? Do you need to expand into asset management, not just tracking? Also, check whatever ticketing system you use. 9 times out of 10, they'll have *something* in there for asset tracking.
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blackswordca posted:
Seconding "Packet". That's a great dog name. My old VP used to bring his huskies in to the office sometimes. Nothing makes a Monday OK like a big goofy super well behaved sled team dog hanging out all day.
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KennyG posted:Lets talk asset tracking. Do not under ANY circumstances use Provance, it's a rampaging piece of garbage. Also, that puppy is yours now, by right of dataroom guardianship.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Literally any tool is gonna be better than your spreadsheet. Still, give us something to work with: Budget yes, I'd say a few grand we could sell to upper management. I am not sure I understand between Asset Management and tracking, asset management is stuff like warranties and what not? If that's the case, asset management. I'd really like something that could integrate with AD
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nitrogen posted:I am going to start a series.
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blackswordca posted:I know Spiceworks has a built in asset tracking tool. Ive played with it a little bit, doesn't seem to bad. This looks to be goodEnough(tm). Is the datastore local only though, in which case... excel.
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Packet it is. I rather like that name.TheFuzzyLumpkin posted:Also, that puppy is yours now, by right of dataroom guardianship. I do think this is how it should work yes. Also by right of letting him have some of my hogie.
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KennyG posted:This looks to be goodEnough(tm). It's been a while since I did Spiceworks, but everything is stored in a central DB - SQLLite, IIRC. MSSQL is also supported.
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I'm just disappointed that an attachment to the ticket hasn't come in (namely, pictures of Packet  ).
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AcidRonin posted:Packet it is. I rather like that name. I'm mostly disappointed that we don't have pictures yet.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:It's been a while since I did Spiceworks, but everything is stored in a central DB - SQLLite, IIRC. MSSQL is also supported. Any others? Database storage seems to be the missing feature. The website says that it doesn't do database. I don't see how a SQLLite file is all that better than excel rather than the ability to query it.
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AcidRonin posted:EDIT: CS related dog names? Cloud or Devops
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Kyrosiris posted:I'm just disappointed that an attachment to the ticket hasn't come in (namely, pictures of Packet Unforutnatley, no camera's in my office or else i would. Google golden retriver puppy, he looks like that but currently with some WaWa Lettuce on his nose. I have put a lost dog sign on my door, needful and whatnot
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AcidRonin posted:I like the idea of useing it to deliver bad news to end-users. I don't think I'd be too mad if some adorable golden retriever puppy came up to my cube with a sheet of paper around his neck that read, "YOU'RE FIRED"
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Sab669 posted:I don't think I'd be too mad if some adorable golden retriever puppy came up to my cube with a sheet of paper around his neck that read, "YOU'RE FIRED" "Dear sir or madam, The Dev team would like to thank you for your kind suggestion, unfortunately we would like to sincerely ask that you 'get hosed' and never contact us again. Please accept Packet's squishy face parts, and direct all feedback to the head of the Fuzzy Cuteness department. --Mr. AcidRonin" In other news, my boss just came by and gave me a really confused look, I then told him “I found it in the datacenter” and he just shrugged and walked away.
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