Just send an email to that account and see if you get a bounce message?Nonessential here, wondering if they screwed with my OOO message but don't want to log in and check, because, you know, shutdown...
In this episode of 'Things That Piss Me Off'.........
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On Tuesday, IT disabled--without notice--the admin access I use every day.
On Wednesday, IT set up the replacement access that they assumed was already in place.
On Thursday, the replacement access stopped working.
On Friday (today), IT have stopped working (or at least, stopped responding to the ticket).
(Not gov't, so at least everyone's getting paid.)
On Wednesday, IT set up the replacement access that they assumed was already in place.
On Thursday, the replacement access stopped working.
On Friday (today), IT have stopped working (or at least, stopped responding to the ticket).
(Not gov't, so at least everyone's getting paid.)
Dear User,
Sorry. You were classified as 'them'. Please remain in your current location while the relevant authotities are dispatched to deal with your 'them-ness'.
IT Helpdesk-bot TK421
Perfect. Reading this has perceptibly lowered my blood pressure.
It's one of those weeks.
So, I was just reading the defense thread over in the bad place, about Hegseth cancelling the cyber-defense training. And someone observed that it was because that's nerdy.
And it struck me: yes, that is exactly the power dynamic. Somehow, the entire country has gotten stuck in a temporal void to hell and we are all suddenly back in jr. high school. It's the geeks vs the jocks all over again, and now we are seeing the revenge of the jocks. I hate it. Loathe really.
The deal was that, after graduating to high school, we should never have to put up with that hell-pit again. But here we all are, stuck back in the hell-pit that is the social dynamics of jr fucking high school.
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I do wonder about that. At first I suspected widespread lead poisoning had made everyone idiots. That or excessive testosterone replacement therapy has thrown adult males into a state of perpetual hormonal adolescence. I’m mostly afraid we’re living the plot of In The Mouth of Madness, but the book that makes us insane is the Internet. Maybe all 3, plus brain worms.
Hopefully, whatever rises from the ashes of America will not have America's inherent contempt for reason.
Single user at a customer has an issue logging into our system.
They had the issue since Thursday.
They decide to make a stink about the issue on... Saturday morning.
And it landed with me because for some reason the rostered on-call engineer didn't pick up the phone.
They had the issue since Thursday.
They decide to make a stink about the issue on... Saturday morning.
And it landed with me because for some reason the rostered on-call engineer didn't pick up the phone.
Entitled assholes on airplanes.
Some douchecanoe in a taupe golf-themed outfit (I shit you not) just put both his carry on and backpack in the overhead bin on a full flight, and then sat in the middle seat next to me.
I don’t judge people solely by their outfits, but if you hog the overhead space you are a douchecanoe, and I will absolutely judge you for anything and everything. Also you deserve the fact that I’m gonna OWN the armrest between us and elbow you a few times. Maybe even spill a drink.
What do you excellent folks think? Should I ask for tomato juice?
Some douchecanoe in a taupe golf-themed outfit (I shit you not) just put both his carry on and backpack in the overhead bin on a full flight, and then sat in the middle seat next to me.
I don’t judge people solely by their outfits, but if you hog the overhead space you are a douchecanoe, and I will absolutely judge you for anything and everything. Also you deserve the fact that I’m gonna OWN the armrest between us and elbow you a few times. Maybe even spill a drink.
What do you excellent folks think? Should I ask for tomato juice?
Think of it this way; maybe owning the overhead bin is all this guy has, the only bit of control he has in his life, the only chance he gets to feel like a big shot, like he's someone. He might just need a hug...not that I'm suggesting giving him one! He may hope people will notice and get annoyed, as that may be the only time he gets noticed at all. After all, even negative attention is better than none at all. Might be that ignoring him would punish him more than anything.
But I agree with owning the armrest!
But I agree with owning the armrest!
Putting all your stuff in the overhead space doesn't bother me. But if, during the flight, he gets up to get at his carryon from the middle seat, hands may be thrown.
Taupe golf outfit dude offered no additional cause for drama on the flight.
We did have a loud drunk dude though.
We did have a loud drunk dude though.
But, enough about the pilot.
Tried to launch GMaps.
Got presented with a "here are new terms and conditions- click to approve"
Fuck that shit.
Got presented with a "here are new terms and conditions- click to approve"
Fuck that shit.
I have to admit I never had to buy this for a non-culinary purpose so I'm way outside the demographic of protein powder, but how much is in a jug and what is it?
Asking because I was always under the impression that this stuff was super cheap. Whey powder here is €75 for 25kg (55lbs).
If youtube could stop putting member only videos for channels I am not a member of in my feed that would be great.
Friday nights are the lightest my schedule gets.
And Friday nights are, without fail, the nights when the weirdest shit happens. That light schedule just results in me dealing with one, “lol WTF/!?!” after another.
And Friday nights are, without fail, the nights when the weirdest shit happens. That light schedule just results in me dealing with one, “lol WTF/!?!” after another.
Saturdays are kinda like that for me. It's either mind numbing boredom or everything is on fire for the entire shift.
This is for 2.27kg (5lbs). And that sounds possibly like a concentrate bulk price. I haven't checked to see why price is spiking, but it could be tariff related.
What protein(s)? Crude protein powder should be much cheaper (or just use powdered milk). But if that's a purified protein (even something cheap like BSA), that's a bargain.
I'm tired of paying for Youtube Premium so there's no ads, only to have channels baking ads into their videos.
Diesel Isolate, I use a bit in things to bump up protein without increasing fat or carbs. I really should bring it into my evaluation spreadsheet, but last time I checked it was by far the cheapest source and likely still is for just protein.
So stay a whey from it!
It might be enough to kill all the gut microbes that don't like it and encourage growth of a new biome full of critters that tolerate it. But it would not be comfortable to find out.
WTF? Something more invasive than we know where you are, where you are going, and what you buy???
I wish... From what I have read, the body doesn't process the "intolerant foods", they get passed through and the gut critters go to town causing symptoms. I have at least identified the two major things that causes problems (whey, soy protein concentrate) and have learned to avoid them.
Weird thing is that I can drink a glass of (non skim) milk and it helps protect from bad things happening. Doesn't fully make sense, but it does work.
You're paying a premium for a brand imported from New Zealand. Could be that.
But billions of people do fine without that stuff.
Nothing so mundane I'm afraid. Our on-call hours are around the clock, and if you're on the roster you know that. This engineer wasn't aware that we actually had an on-call number which might receive calls, and was blocking calls from unknown numbers. Whether that's a documentation problem or a communications problem, I will figure out when I'm back at work.