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When do decisions made by Management cross the line from un-wise to straight up illegal? If we have to abandon changes made in a DR Test because it "takes too long to fail back", thereby invalidating the whole DR test/plan phase, but then also say "Hay guys DR test successful" to tick an audit box, are we getting into the realm of unethical behavior by management?
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Jun 10, 2020 22:16
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Wicaeed posted:When do decisions made by Management cross the line from un-wise to straight up illegal? I suppose it depends what the audit is for? If you're fudging for SOX/HIPAA then yeah, that's probably illegal. If it's for PCI it's still a real bad idea but I'm not sure if it's actually illegal?
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Jun 10, 2020 22:20
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Vaguely annoying me: Users constantly asking Service Desk if we have webcams in stock for them to use, when IT's budget is almost entirely dependent on other branches giving us money. No, we don't have a back room full of unused, new accessories. Stop loving asking.
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Jun 10, 2020 23:48
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90% of those tickets fall silent when you reply "It's charged to your department, please copy with manager approval" Webcams are nothing. People think we have a closet full of $400 Plantronics headsets.
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Jun 11, 2020 00:55
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Weedle posted:GFE is "great food eating" and BBFS is "big bowls of fried shrimp." not as bad as i expected jesus christ are you trying to get me fired nws that poo poo
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Jun 11, 2020 01:28
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Garrand posted:I was going to make a joke but after googling now I really want to go to the Bimini Biological Field Station, seems awesome as hell. To this day, I still regret not pursuing a sysadmin role at one of the Antarctic research stations.
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Jun 11, 2020 04:13
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Wizard of the Deep posted:To this day, I still regret not pursuing a sysadmin role at one of the Antarctic research stations. Yup this, I asked my now wife if I could do it, she said it'd be fine if I only did the 12 month (or whatever was around that) but I decided not to do it for whatever stupid reason.
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Jun 11, 2020 04:29
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Why do I keep seeing XLSX files blown up to 5 MB, because someone somehow managed to extend a sheet to 1048576 rows? How do you accidentally do that just-so?
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Jun 11, 2020 13:56
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Because Excel is poo poo. Ask me about how one of my xlsx has blown up to 350mb...
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Jun 11, 2020 14:07
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Steakandchips posted:Because Excel is poo poo. 
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Jun 11, 2020 14:26
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It was a rhetorical "ask me", but I'll get into it: Pasted some comma seperated data, did some v lookups. Stored the results on a seperate tab... Slow AF to load, calculate, keeps recalculating but never reaches 100%, and just keeps resetting back to 0%.
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Jun 11, 2020 14:51
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dragonshardz posted:Vaguely annoying me: Users constantly asking Service Desk if we have webcams in stock for them to use, when IT's budget is almost entirely dependent on other branches giving us money. One ticket we got asked if helpdesk was going to work with buildings and grounds to have their standing desk and chair moved from their office to their home.
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Jun 11, 2020 15:16
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I wish I had the screenshot of Windows Explorer Someone in Accounting was dumping all of our incidents from the CRM into a file each month, and running stats and such on them. So the first page was a fancy stats page and the second tab was a million+ rows of data. Incidents - August.xls Incidents - September.xls Incidents - October.xls And so on. Each file grew by like 25,000 rows. So the file sizes were like 390MB, 400MB, 410MB, 420MB, 430MB.... The person who did this has 'DATA LOVER AND BI MASTER' on his linkedin profile.
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Jun 11, 2020 15:17
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I can't believe I'm writing this but Couldn't they have used Access for that?
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Jun 11, 2020 15:37
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We have a few accountants who are in a forever hellwar with the desktop support guys because of their ridiculous shitheap spreadsheets that crash excel all the time. Oh excel crashes, clearly that means you need a new computer. Oh wait you have a brand new high end computer and excel still crashes? Hmm.
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Jun 11, 2020 15:45
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Antigravitas posted:I can't believe I'm writing this but shoulda stuck with your gut
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Jun 11, 2020 15:53
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MF_James posted:Yup this, I asked my now wife if I could do it, she said it'd be fine if I only did the 12 month (or whatever was around that) but I decided not to do it for whatever stupid reason. When I first got out of law enforcement, I got a job offer from a friend-of-a-friend working contract armed security on cargo vessels. The pay was kick-rear end. Had I gotten the offer in my single, no kids, student loan debt days, I would have jumped at it. But my wife said no.
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Jun 11, 2020 16:54
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Antigravitas posted:I can't believe I'm writing this but 1. Anything except Excel 2. Learn the native reporting features of CRM 3. Import the stuff to a 'real' database? They were smart because we already had Excel. Can't buy any new software because that would cost money. But then you need a new Lenovo workstation laptop to work with these huge files. Which are still slow because it's not the right tool for the job.
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Jun 11, 2020 19:32
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Bob Morales posted:Each file grew by like 25,000 rows. So the file sizes were like 390MB, 400MB, 410MB, 420MB, 430MB.... Has this place ruined me, or does the phrase 'PowerBi' sound like a sexual thing?
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Jun 12, 2020 00:37
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Moo the cow posted:Has this place ruined me, or does the phrase 'PowerBi' sound like a sexual thing? With a good enough imagination, anything can be sexual.
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Jun 12, 2020 04:29
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Sexualize the code base of WordPress. edit: Got me thinking about it's sexy core. The vulnerabilities created by its add-ons. The messy, dirty code from amateur developers. The stickyness of which it clings to the market. grillster fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Jun 12, 2020 |
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Jun 12, 2020 05:23
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grillster posted:Sexualize the code base of WordPress. Does that mean the SA codebase is crazy and will murder your pets, but the sex is phenomenal? Was Radium loving our code?
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Jun 12, 2020 07:34
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nielsm posted:Why do I keep seeing XLSX files blown up to 5 MB, because someone somehow managed to extend a sheet to 1048576 rows? How do you accidentally do that just-so? 1048576 is the row limit for newer Excel. It usually happens when someone does an operation that applies to an entire column. Can be exaggerated by ctrl-shift-arrow selecting or formula filling.
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Jun 12, 2020 07:51
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P. sure that on SA, code fucks you instead.
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Jun 12, 2020 09:28
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Wizard of the Deep posted:To this day, I still regret not pursuing a sysadmin role at one of the Antarctic research stations. Same.
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Jun 12, 2020 10:22
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The weirdest gigs I ever had pitched to me was a succession of positions in the Green Zone in occupied Iraq. They kept mentioning Green Zone a lot and that it was totally safe. But they also emphasized hazard bonuses. I do not regret passing those by.
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Jun 12, 2020 12:37
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Proteus Jones posted:The weirdest gigs I ever had pitched to me was a succession of positions in the Green Zone in occupied Iraq. They kept mentioning Green Zone a lot and that it was totally safe. But they also emphasized hazard bonuses. You only might get involve in combat, what's the risk? It's like being on-call, something hardly ever happens!
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Jun 12, 2020 12:43
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Neddy Seagoon posted:You only might get involve in combat, what's the risk? It's like being on-call, something hardly ever happens! Until it does, and then the difference between being on call and being in a literal warzone becomes readily apparent  Nothing beats waking up to the sounds of exploding incoming ordnance  (in a "oh poo poo I'm gonna get PTSD from this" way)
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Jun 12, 2020 13:14
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Devs built a new feature in our web app. Customer wanted access to the new feature restricted. Sure, no problem, we have a pretty good user access management system and can just add it as a new permiss... Oh, I see. Its being put in as a "beta" feature, so we have to add an entire department's user list to the beta user pool in order to grant then access to the new feature. Helpdesk can't do that since there's no front-end tool, so any time there's a new hire in the group, or they decide to loosen the restrictions, the already-swamped DBA has to do it. These loving product managers.
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Jun 12, 2020 16:30
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Proteus Jones posted:The weirdest gigs I ever had pitched to me was a succession of positions in the Green Zone in occupied Iraq. They kept mentioning Green Zone a lot and that it was totally safe. But they also emphasized hazard bonuses. I had a friend who took one of those, he made bank, then leveraged the security clearance he got to get a good job when he got back.
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Jun 12, 2020 16:43
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Gunjin posted:I had a friend who took one of those, he made bank, then leveraged the security clearance he got to get a good job when he got back. Its not worth dying over.
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Jun 12, 2020 16:46
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I turned down interviewing for Paul Allens person IT person. A friend of mine took it though. Now he just works directly for vulcan in vip IT service tho lol
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Jun 12, 2020 21:19
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Developer continues to insist the gaping security hole that becomes present when a client side resource is disabled is the fault of the rainbow unicorn behind my pillow.
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Jun 12, 2020 23:33
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grillster posted:Developer continues to insist the gaping security hole that becomes present when a client side resource is disabled is the fault of the rainbow unicorn behind my pillow.
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Jun 13, 2020 16:39
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It absolutely depends on a client-side resource or it fails hot. I've pointed this out but it fell on deaf ears to "why would anyone disable the client resource?" I understand what you're saying and I agree with you but my initial language didn't quite reflect that--you're right it's a gigantic hole the entire time. Developer doesn't seem to see the issue at all. It either "works and is fine" or it "doesn't work because someone broke it intentionally."
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Jun 13, 2020 17:10
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Have you tried framing it in terms of what a determined hacker (who doesn't play by the rules) would be able to exfiltrate/destroy/exploit? Edit: On the other hand, if you have developers who cannot even fathom accessing a service/application with any tools other than the official full-featured frontend, that in itself is scary. nielsm fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2020 17:41
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Super Soaker Party! posted:Boooooo to the AV change. Oh hey! My first avatar change. I've had my orange skull and crossbones for although this quote:We are born for a darker purpose than that of mere existence. There will come a time when stygian night never ends, where dead stars will spread before us like islands that slumber on the ocean, and when the beings that hid like shadows will feed on us forever. is a pretty great quote. Agrikk fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2020 17:55
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nielsm posted:Have you tried framing it in terms of what a determined hacker (who doesn't play by the rules) would be able to exfiltrate/destroy/exploit? Yes, we've framed it clearly in regards to how it may affect other organizations using the application. Our team is working up the chain toward a solution. Our team doesn't employ those who manage the resource in question. Swiss cheese software seems so common... The holes allow for the software heat to dissipate.
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Wicaeed posted:When do decisions made by Management cross the line from un-wise to straight up illegal? My boss at $AWFUL_JOB asked us to sign up for a bunch of fake accounts (named for our clients) and astroturf a tech website that had a forum thread that was critical of our company. I did not, but we had a lot of arguments about it. He assured me there was nothing unethical or dishonest about it. 
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