Haha, i’d write a thousand pages of documentation before entering ticket hell. I fact I do put a lot of information into the ticket - they still won’t read it though and i’ll have to repeat myself 15 times to 5 different people.

The solution to this problem. . . I have no idea, but I’m sure they’ll appoint another delivery manager who will get hired by the ones who already know fuck-all to know less than them.

I’ve found that the few managers who want documentation, get documentation, and the others who want tickets and “story points”, get tickets and fictional bullshit - in general.___

"Hey, there’s Evan. "He’s a young guy. “He likes the Stereophonics.”

The “t” is a typo.

Dude is in charge of animated memes.

Depends exactly how “modern” you mean, i guess. It seems like whatever humans would be doing is whatever the invincible alien overlords would either: permit; or, don’t care enough to stop.

Why would they come here (close enough) just to jam some radio? Is this an omicron perseiei VIII thing.
I prefer programs with the tite “World’s ‘blankiest’ ‘blank’.”

:)

Have you ever tried driving to a place you’d never go?

I’m talking about sotware they produce and my employer buys that i’m expected to use.

I can’t rewrite their “tools” and databases and fucking awful cloud-web front end things. I tend to think multi-billion$ shitware companies should do that; but even so no way I’d be allowed.

Yes, I do end up having to write my own tools choosing whatever free stuff I’m allowed to have, or can get working, Yes, It’s incredibly easy in any half way decent (including free) software, far from rocket science, that is until you try to put something back into a database via one of these “tools”.

So you work around, pre-processing, post-processing, get it working. Then they unexpectedly release a “patch” that sees through my work-a-round and tries to convert the thing i’d convinced it to treat as string into a screwed up datetime again.

Next time, I will prepend “fuckoracleiquit” to all datetimes before they go into the database.

They need to be told a fuck of a lot harder then.

Yes.

If I saw that in a job advert I might just apply without reading the rest. I don’t think I ever have though.

It doesn’t “annoy” me.

I like employers to be open and honest about their various incompetencies. Saves time.

There’s a few other warning signs in that statement too - nice of them sift themselves out so quickly.

Please someone tell oracle and microsoft.

I reckon Earth probably can support an ant future for quite a bit longer than apes.

It slows down when it more accurately predicts all the shit you’re going to ask it to do next.

How do they if you dont plug them in to the network, do they have cellular, or some sort of PLC? Can they hack WPA? maybe they’re more powerful than i’d creditt them for.

Linux doesnt “force” chip makers. It tries to collaborate , that’s the point of what Linus has been saying and doing for several years. I don’t know which market you’re talking about though, embedded - which is relevant here, or consumer PC. I don’t even think MS gives a shit about consumer PC, it’s worth next to nothing to anyone - maybe apple does.

I’d think most people woud go for a cheap used ultra Small Form Factor pc or raspberry pi set up as an htpc. Plug in to either tv screen (via hdmi ) or monitor / projector directly. Never connect the tv to the internet - or even to your LAN if you’re really paranoid. You can arse around with a remote control a bit bodgy, or just use wireless Keyboard/mouse.

I cant imagine spending the time to jailbreak a tv to get less functionality for more hassle - but i’m sure some crazy will have done it - good luck finding them though.

I think he needs to work with HW manufacturers and chip designers/manufacturers to get drivers. They’re always going to have some proprietary HW and FW and communication protocols somewhere in their stuff. I think if he pisses them off too much he has to to bit-bash or reverse engineer all drivers for loads of stuff - which is never going to happen.

“. . . you’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”

“Well what’s so unpleasant about being drunk?”

“You ask a glass of water.”

Shove some electricity up the arse, works on mine.

It makes scrumptious food.

I think in the according to The Stranglers it’s heroin.