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Why do you shovel the snow? it's just gonna come back, I don't see a point to it.
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shoveling snow, shoveling tickets, what's the difference
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FISHMANPET posted:My (electric) snowblower died a couple days ago. I'd been been thinking of getting a new one, but was hoping to make it through one more season. Then I tried to shovel some of this poo poo and I said "gently caress this" and cleared my driveway and drove to Menards and bought the one I'd had my eye on (also electric). Big upgrade. Are you going to contact the company if it's a reputable manufacturer? It's an annoying phone call / email but a electric snowblower is a big piece of equipment to just die. I've gotten quite a bit of warranty service and replacement over the years from companies that aren't too stringent on their warranty duration. Logitech used to do this but has cut back on it, lol. It was effectively a lifetime warranty back in the day.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:23
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The Fool posted:not saying this is the case for you but shoveling snow is a huge factor in increased risk for heart attack Yup. If you "need cardio", you are the exact person that probably shouldn't be shoveling snow. I had my heart attack in April of 2019, I was cleared to do everything by my cardiologist.... except shoveling snow. "Don't" I was told. It's not actually good exercise. It uses muscles in ways that you don't normally use them (or need to unless you are a ditch digger). The cold wreaks havoc on your cardiovascular system, raising blood pressure and lowering oxygenation, while you strain and twist and raise your heart rate. Use a snow pusher or a broom for lighter snow and a snow blower for deeper and hang up the shovel if you are over 40.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:33
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See, stop shoveling snow. It's only coming back.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:34
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gently caress, I'm 41. Granted my driveway is 3 feet long.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:34
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Inner Light posted:Are you going to contact the company if it's a reputable manufacturer? It's an annoying phone call / email but a electric snowblower is a big piece of equipment to just die. I've gotten quite a bit of warranty service and replacement over the years from companies that aren't too stringent on their warranty duration. Logitech used to do this but has cut back on it, lol. It was effectively a lifetime warranty back in the day. It's 6 years old and the drive belt broke. It's a $20 part (that I've already ordered anyways). I did have some warranty work done on it a few years ago, but this is just normal wear and tear. Just at an absolutely awful time.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:39
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Dang I didn't know we had doctors in here that could extrapolate someone's entire medical situation from a single sentence. Y'all in the wrong line of work if you can do that.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:42
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Perfectly healthy people drop dead from heart attacks shoveling snow, medical background doesn't have much to do with it. It's incredibly stressful on the body in all the wrong places. It's worthwhile to avoid it however possible.
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Dec 25, 2022 04:02
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When I bought my house my first purchase was a snowblower. It was a $100 refurbished 2 stage from lowes that for some reason despite my lack of any maintenance always fires up without trouble. Shoveling snow is awful
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Dec 25, 2022 04:02
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I had to put socks on, gently caress this weather. I live in a desert for a reason.
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Dec 25, 2022 05:45
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We're through the worst of this round of bullshit in Chicago. Wasn't as bad as the polar vortex, but yesterday was brutal. Gonna be 50 on Friday though. Never shovel, it all melts if you wait long enough.
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Dec 25, 2022 06:06
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Silly Newbie posted:Never shovel, it all melts if you wait long enough. You must not have a dog or kids that walk to the bus stop. Shoveling your sidewalk isn’t for you, it’s for being a decent person to your neighbors.
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Dec 25, 2022 11:52
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bull3964 posted:Yup. For me it was getting a FitBit. Being able to see the data my body was giving out after shoveling, I just could no longer ignore it. The driveway isn't bad, its the Great Wall of ice and snow that the plows leave that's hard to deal with. With shoveling, you start running out of room to pile the snow as winter progresses.
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Dec 25, 2022 17:08
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Just don't go outside imo
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From the National Weather Service Chicago social feeds: Dude has at least 5 screens and seems to be doing it right.
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Dec 25, 2022 20:34
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You know it's government work when every monitor is a different model. Probably scavenged that setup from castoffs.
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xzzy posted:You know it's government work when every monitor is a different model. Probably scavenged that setup from castoffs. We used to raid the desks of employees that left or got fired as no one would come to reclaim the equipment for a few days.
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devmd01 posted:You must not have a dog or kids that walk to the bus stop. Shoveling your sidewalk isn’t for you, it’s for being a decent person to your neighbors. That was a joke, I shovel in normal times. Didn't this time, as it was like -30F real feel or whatever and going to be 50F on Thursday. It'll take care of itself.
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Dec 26, 2022 04:17
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Merry Christmas you degenerates, I hope no one gets paged today.
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Dec 26, 2022 05:00
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I shutdown my laptop entirely on Thursday and will not look at it until Wednesday
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Dec 26, 2022 05:13
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I have, however, been looking at LinkedIn and yikes people are really trying to underpay rn
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Dec 26, 2022 05:14
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Bonzo posted:I got a new one this year that is battery powered. No more smelling like gas fumes after clearing the driveway. Much quieter too. I've been looking at going battery powered on one, but all the battery ones with adjustable skids are far too expensive. I've got a broken one I just need to get around to actually fixing.
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Dec 26, 2022 06:12
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I, too, have a broken snowblower and I'm very mad about it right now.
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absolutely not
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Dec 26, 2022 06:15
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 Don't feel bad for me. Feel bad for my poor trees. Also the neighbors made a fort 
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devmd01 posted:You must not have a dog or kids that walk to the bus stop. Shoveling your sidewalk isn’t for you, it’s for being a decent person to your neighbors. Where I live, if someone slips and falls due to ice or snow on the sidewalk in front of your house, you can be held liable for damages if you didn't shovel or salt it.
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Dec 26, 2022 09:57
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tokin opposition posted:I have, however, been looking at LinkedIn and yikes people are really trying to underpay rn This has been a pretty big problem for me as I've been looking for a new job this whole time since I got laid off. I'm getting tons of offers, but they're all low balling me by around 20 to 40k a year. I still got severance and savings left, so I'm trying to hold out as long as I can, but good God these offers are terrible. Anything I see is either a 30% or higher cut in pay or is almost double my salary but I don't qualify for it.
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Dec 26, 2022 11:32
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Apply anyway, let them decide if you're qualified
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Dec 26, 2022 12:46
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Take 2-3 of the underpaying jobs and phone it in. They get what they pay for.
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KillHour posted:I, too, have a broken snowblower and I'm very mad about it right now. It was a sunny 22 degrees in Florida for Christmas and we were all losing our poo poo.
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Hughmoris posted:It was a sunny 22 degrees in Florida for Christmas and we were all losing our poo poo. Yeah, my old boss sent me a picture of his mom’s place in north Florida with ice coming from their outside tap Floridians lose their minds over this because snow and ice are very much not things here
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Dec 26, 2022 18:04
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If any engineers started cautioning about o-rings, I hope people listened.
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Dec 26, 2022 18:06
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Thanks Ants posted:Apply anyway, let them decide if you're qualified I specifically avoid job postings that ask for mostly stuff I've never done before and have no experience with. Feels like I'd be wasting my time even if they did hire me and I would do a terrible job trying to learn everything for the first time and having no real experience or knowledge to fall back on. Have you guys ever applied to jobs like that anyway and got them? If so, how did it work out? E: another reason I avoid them is because I know I'll fail the technical portion of the interview since I don't have any experience or knowledge in what they want, and I imagine it's pretty embarrassing to have no idea what the gently caress I'm talking about in the middle of an interview Umbreon fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Dec 26, 2022 |
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I imagine that's literally how every person or almost every person in this thread got their start. They got hired for their first job with no experience or very little experience and learned from those around them or figured it out. You're only hurting yourself by not applying to jobs that you might think are a stretch.
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Dec 26, 2022 21:08
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There's an important difference you're not distinguishing. Have you worked in relevant areas, but not the specific thing they list? Simplified example: "Our shop uses Dell servers exclusively, and I've been up to my elbows in them physically and digitally. I've never worked on HP boxes, but I expect they're similar enough I can be effective in a few minutes of orientation time." I'm a Windows/Active Directory/Microsoft stack guy. I've specialized in that, and now serve as one of the few people who can say "We need to call Microsoft because our AD is high-fuckered." I'm also deep in a few very specific infrastructure applications, and understand the underlying technologies and concepts. I'm perfectly comfortable applying to roles that call for those specific technologies, even if they use a completely different program. I've got enough context on those to say "Well, I don't know how $ProgramX does it, but we use $ProgramY's $Feature1 to accomplish this, and I expect $ProgramX has something similar to achieve this desired state." I'll probably never apply for a DBA role or something that's 95% Linux. But I have enough experience with Azure that I could probably be successful in an AWS-first environment. Likewise, the specialized infrastructure stuff I do may need some spin-up time for the particular flavor of solution, but the foundational concepts aren't changing. So yea, if you're close on the technology, apply and let them say "no". Saying "we don't think you're a good fit" is their job too, not just yours. At the very least, jumping into the deep end of applying will help you feel more confident in the roles you're a slam-dunk for.
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The more out of your depth you are 1. The more you learn and 2. The less they have to un-teach you for whatever stupid boutique garbage the new place has going on Anyway my coworker and I have decent odds of getting a raise and that'll keep me a few months if it's in the multi-dollar-per-hour range
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Dec 26, 2022 21:58
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Umbreon posted:I specifically avoid job postings that ask for mostly stuff I've never done before and have no experience with. Feels like I'd be wasting my time even if they did hire me and I would do a terrible job trying to learn everything for the first time and having no real experience or knowledge to fall back on. I had some experience (lol barely) with Citrix Metaframe and put it on my resume. I got hired at one place because I was the only candidate who even knew what it was. The project that was going to use this got cancelled a week after I started but I stayed there 8 years.
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I’m fine with being temporary embarrassed in an interview with a stranger if it means the chance of making a bunch more money. I focus more on the job title and experience requirements/pay range than I do the actual job listing as half the time they are a shotgun blast of industry keywords straight out of a security+ exam. Let them decide if my resume matches the experience they are looking for.
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You guys make some excellent points. I'm realizing now that if they bother to give me an interview, that means they at least like me enough that they saw my resume doesn't have all the poo poo they want but they still asked me to come talk to them anyway, so they're probably going to be well aware that I don't know and won't be surprised about it. I'm just going to go for broke and hit up the higher paying jobs anyway, if I get asked for poo poo I have no idea about I'll just say that I may not know about X yet but I have been wanting to learn and would gladly accept any training for it (which won't be a lie because there's lots of stuff I have been wanting to get into but never really got the chance to). Thanks guys, here's to hoping I get lucky.
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