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The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

Virigoth posted:

At least use Slack so I look like I’m working.

The beauty of SA with avatars off is that gray on gray looks very work-like.

Besides, chatting on the side or no these forums have unironically been one of the best and most useful professional resources in my career so it's not like I'm even lying when I say it's work related :v:

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Sefal: Nov 8, 2011; Fun Shoe

The Iron Rose posted:

chatting on the side or no these forums have unironically been one of the best and most useful professional resources in my career so it's not like I'm even lying when I say it's work related

100% agreed

# ? Jul 27, 2018 14:35

dogstile: May 1, 2012; fucking clocks
how do they work?

I actually was part of an IT discord thing (which was really just a bunch of local professionals talking about poo poo they were dealing with, kinda like here).

Within like, 2 months I started getting comments on it. I've never had a comment about SA.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 14:37

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

chocolateTHUNDER posted:

Last time I asked about a Discord group I got dogpiled on because "why do we need one" lol

That's because Discord is stupid for a group like this. Slack makes so much more sense, someone make one.

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The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

CLAM DOWN posted:

That's because Discord is stupid for a group like this. Slack makes so much more sense, someone make one.

https://join.slack.com/t/somethinga...Mjk4NDY1ZGNiNmQ

well that was easy

# ? Jul 27, 2018 14:43

GreenNight: Feb 19, 2006; Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

I've never used Slack in my life. I use IRC daily.

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CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

GreenNight posted:

I've never used Slack in my life. I use IRC daily.

Well grandpa, let me tell you about this wondrous new world.

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Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

GreenNight posted:

I've never used Slack in my life. I use IRC daily.

Jesus. Do you still have to hand crank your phone to contact the operator on your party line?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 15:46

Agrikk: Oct 17, 2003; Take care with that! We have not fully ascertained its function, and the ticking is accelerating.

GreenNight posted:

I've never used Slack in my life. I use IRC daily.

I have never in my life used slack or IRC. The last chat program I used for chat poo poo outside of work was Trillian.

For work I use Skype and Chime all the time.

That�s my IM/chat value add to this conversation

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Nerdrock: Jan 31, 2006

I use Slack to scum hot tips via searching in the MacAdmins Slack. If you have to deal with Macs, it's an absolute goldmine.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 15:57

Jowj: Dec 25, 2010; My favourite player and idol. His battles with his wrists mirror my own battles with the constant disgust I feel towards my zerg bugs.

Highly recommend:

-macadmins slack
-powershell slack
-local user group slack
-splunk slack

macAdmins is useful even if you're only tangential to traditional mac administration. I use their security and virtualization channels a lot.

powershell slack is great for stuck on problems, even when they get complicated and require people stepping through your code themselves to see wtf happened.

local user group is sorta self explanatory.

If you use splunk and you aren't in the slack you are A Fool because i don't know how anyone learns about half of this poo poo without a holding hand, the docs are a mess.

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chin up everything sucks: Jan 29, 2012

GreenNight posted:

I've never used Slack in my life. I use IRC daily.

I have been in IRC for 20 years, still use it most days. Slack I use less often.

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Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Agrikk posted:

I have never in my life used slack or IRC. The last chat program I used for chat poo poo outside of work was Trillian.

For work I use Skype and Chime all the time.

That�s my IM/chat value add to this conversation

Slack is insanely useful for work, because you can use webhooks to plug in a whole lot of notifications from your network gear or hardware. So nice being told at a glance that a connection's gone down (or come back up) when it happens and you're away from your computer. Or you're on-call.

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Sepist: Dec 26, 2005; FUCK BITCHES, ROUTE PACKETS; Gravy Boat 2k

Please, notify me as little as possible.

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Gucci Loafers: May 20, 2006; Ask yourself, do you really want to talk to pair of really nice gaudy shoes?

What�s still on IRC?

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Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Tab8715 posted:

What�s still on IRC?

The same people that can't let USENET go?

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Judge Schnoopy: Nov 2, 2005; dont even TRY it, pal

I've been at my new job just about 2 months. I just found out one of my wife's friends from high school had a phone interview here, but he's kind of on the fence about moving. Is it worth my time to make an internal recommendation for him anyway? He's very smart and I think he would do well here, and it would be a huge step up from what he's doing now.

Is it worth being concerned about telling people here he's a solid hire if he turns down an offer?

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Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Judge Schnoopy posted:

I've been at my new job just about 2 months. I just found out one of my wife's friends from high school had a phone interview here, but he's kind of on the fence about moving. Is it worth my time to make an internal recommendation for him anyway? He's very smart and I think he would do well here, and it would be a huge step up from what he's doing now.

Is it worth being concerned about telling people here he's a solid hire if he turns down an offer?

I wouldn't think so. What would be worse is recommending someone who turns out to be a total putz.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 17:22

GreenNight: Feb 19, 2006; Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

Judge Schnoopy posted:

I've been at my new job just about 2 months. I just found out one of my wife's friends from high school had a phone interview here, but he's kind of on the fence about moving. Is it worth my time to make an internal recommendation for him anyway? He's very smart and I think he would do well here, and it would be a huge step up from what he's doing now.

Is it worth being concerned about telling people here he's a solid hire if he turns down an offer?

Does he enjoy beer? Tell him he should move ASAP.

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adorai: Nov 2, 2002; 10/27/04 Never forget; Grimey Drawer

Proteus Jones posted:

The same people that can't let USENET go?

I would agree that IRC and Usenet are both very useful for piracy.

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Methanar: Sep 26, 2013; by the sex ghost

Split braining discussion between the forums and chat is a dumb idea because I can't read everyone's random chat the way I can read every forums post.

There are more than enough existing public slack channels if you do want the IT-ish chat experience. This community was obviously working very well with the dead gay internet comedy forums format.

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mewse: May 2, 2006

Methanar posted:

Split braining discussion between the forums and chat is a dumb idea because I can't read everyone's random chat the way I can read every forums post.

There are more than enough existing public slack channels if you do want the IT-ish chat experience. This community was obviously working very well with the dead gay internet comedy forums format.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 18:53

madmatt112: Jul 11, 2016; Is that a cat in your pants, or are you just a lonely excuse for an adult?

Methanar posted:

Split braining discussion between the forums and chat is a dumb idea because I can't read everyone's random chat the way I can read every forums post.

There are more than enough existing public slack channels if you do want the IT-ish chat experience. This community was obviously working very well with the dead gay internet comedy forums format.

I'm 100% in agreement with this, these dead gay forums are at least dead and gay. A Slack channel is just gay.

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Vargatron: Apr 19, 2008; MRAZZLE DAZZLE

Why not just post in both?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 19:03

SyNack Sassimov: May 4, 2006; Let the robot win.
��--Captain James T. Vader

Vargatron posted:

Why not just post in both?

RAIC

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Vulture Culture: Jul 14, 2003; I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

I dunno, I'm already in four Slack orgs and probably won't add another

# ? Jul 27, 2018 19:08

madmatt112: Jul 11, 2016; Is that a cat in your pants, or are you just a lonely excuse for an adult?

I mean, do what you want - somebody makes one and a bunch of people will use it. Just be mindful that it could have effects on the SH/SC board. I dunno. I get that change is the only constant, but let's just be thoughtful about our lil' community yeah?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 19:15

Siochain: May 24, 2005; "can they get rid of any humans who are fans of shitheads like Kanye West, 50 Cent, or any other piece of crap "artist" who thinks they're all that?

And also get rid of anyone who has posted retarded shit on the internet."

Slack is currently fun, but forums are forever

This is my hottake of cloud-based communication chats!

# ? Jul 27, 2018 19:19

Judge Schnoopy: Nov 2, 2005; dont even TRY it, pal

we'll see how many people open Slack again tomorrow.

Cause we know everybody here is coming back to the forums

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GreenNight: Feb 19, 2006; Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

I enjoy our #sysadmins IRC channel. People are nice.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 19:32

Vargatron: Apr 19, 2008; MRAZZLE DAZZLE

What's y'alls drink of choice for this Friday? Think I'll indulge in some Banana Toffee Pudding beer from the local beer store this evening.

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mewse: May 2, 2006

Vargatron posted:

What's y'alls drink of choice for this Friday? Think I'll indulge in some Banana Toffee Pudding beer from the local beer store this evening.

Haven�t had a drink in about a week and a half so I�m feeling like less of a bloated mess

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LochNessMonster: Feb 3, 2005; I need about three fitty

GreenNight posted:

I enjoy our #sysadmins IRC channel. People are nice.

On what net?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 19:55

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Judge Schnoopy posted:

we'll see how many people open Slack again tomorrow.

Cause we know everybody here is coming back to the forums

Tomorrow is Saturday.

Probably not a lot.

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CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

I am always slacking

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MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Had a taco truck today at work, they had some really good pork marinated in pineapple, I haven't had pork in 2 years or something and drat was that good.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 20:27

GreenNight: Feb 19, 2006; Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

LochNessMonster posted:

On what net?

SynIRC.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 20:28

Agrikk: Oct 17, 2003; Take care with that! We have not fully ascertained its function, and the ticking is accelerating.

Sepist posted:

Please, notify me as little as possible.

Not emptyquoting

Edit: also Mexican Coke. [I�m at a three day soccer tournament with the kids and it�s incredibly hot and sunny here in Redmond and Mexican Coke is the best thing ever. Well, aside from sex in a canoe beer...]

Agrikk fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Jul 27, 2018

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Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

MF_James posted:

Had a taco truck today at work, they had some really good pork marinated in pineapple, I haven't had pork in 2 years or something and drat was that good.

Tacos al pastor own.

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Corsair Pool Boy: Dec 17, 2004; College Slice

CLAM DOWN posted:

That's because Discord is stupid for a group like this. Slack makes so much more sense, someone make one.

This isn't the right place to ask, but is there a way to make Discord go to the oldest unread messages when you switch channels/servers? When I get 300 new posts in something, it always starts me like 3/4 of the way down, and since the scroll bar only shows a handful of messages at once, you have to scroll up and up and up and up - and pay attention the whole time, because the only indication you get is one line in red that says 'new messages'. WHY NOT START THERE YOU STUPID CLIENT :argh:

Corsair Pool Boy fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Jul 27, 2018

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