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@DodoTheDev@front-end.social
mastodon 4.7.3Single Bi man, father of two numpties, was into development, but now an IT manager for my local Ambulance service (somehow).
Enjoy crochet, gaming, motorbikes, tech and TV (big Trekkie fan, JLP is my captain), "rediscovering" jazz using it as an excuse to get into vinyl, Dungeons & Dragons, books, Bullet Journal.
Basically, your typical geek.
#vinyl #jazz #SFGiants #DnD #TTRPG #crochet #Bookstodon #BuJo
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Joined October 09, 2023
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Sadly I work at B. But I do understand why people use them. I just dont like giving up my data so that people can make their busy life easier.
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@nixCraft
The problem is, the uninformed love it. The amount of meeting notes and emails that have been "I asked copilot to..." is scary. I'm the weird and paranoid one for refusing to use it at work, but at least I'm keeping my skills alive.
What will happen to those people when the bubble bursts, MS inevitably removes copyLot and they have to think for themselves again?
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club
I think a good come back on "its out there already" is something similar to "if you saw someone you liked on the street, would you take a picture of them and share it online saying "look at this hottie"?" Most likely no* because that's wierd and creepy. Its the same concept: they're out in public, therefore they must allow people to take pics of them
Then don't do it with random peoples photos.
- I know some people do and that's ick, but in general you wouldn't do that. @alice@lgbtqia.space
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club @VulpineDruid@bardicperspiration.club
Well... I guess that's true. #awkwardArousal
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@pheonix
That's nothing. We once had someone put their laptop in the fridge because "it was a bit warm". They left it in there overnight and couldn't work out why it didn't work the next morning. When I tried to recover her SSD, it had rusted in due to condensation.
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@pheonix
Yes, I've had it before.
"I saved my paramedic dissertation on the C drive and now my computer has crashed. What are you going to do about it?"
"Did you back it up to one drive?"
"No, just the C drive"
"... When you day the C drive crashed..."
"It was run over by an ambulance"
"... And you never saved it _anywhere_ else?"
"nope"
"There's nothing we can do then, you'll have to rewrite it"
"*It was 30000 words and hundreds of pictures!*"
"... Its in you contract that..."
"😭"
Loads more
OMG, the way these two toots lined up was perfect! 🤣
CW due to post mentioning USPol
@PicardTips@mas.to & @stux@mstdn.social (via @Joy_intl@mastodon.online)
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club
Exactly, it's like proton or Framework. Two companies that shone a bright and primissing light and habe since fallen.
I hate this timeline. 😒
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@jolla
Paid (maybe shouldn't have as I'm buying a house too, but 🤷♂️).
Looking forward to getting mine.
Just so I know, what is the special edition back cover colour?
Been a productive couple of days:
- put a wash on
- helped my son with his CV and talked about job applications,
- been for a long (if blowy) walk, nearly loosing my hat numerous times
- now in the pub with a drink of water (and something stronger) and a book
How's your long weekend going lovely people?
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@Aedius @nixCraft
Its the same thing with cookies. It's easier to accept all and look at what you wanted (whilst giving away all your data).
I questioned my friend over it "well, they've already got my data, so what's the harm?" A LOT! "But all my friends and family are there" well maybe they shouldn't be?
Ease, convenience and too difficult to _not_ do it means people will continue giving away freedoms till its too late.
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@catc0n@infosec.exchange
I've just run a recruitment phase. We ended up giving an interview to someone who's application was (we were _fairly_ sure) AI generated.
Their interview was atrocious. They couldn't answer a simple IT support question. No surprise, since they'd never done it, despite what their resume said.
What's worse, they travelled over 200 miles for the interview. Complete waste of everyone's time.
Hecking wimdy tonight! Kinda glad I'm no longer a phone engineer, next couple of days will be busy for them.
Anyway, I had another fun night at Craft and Cake (sans cake), second time I've been and they were delighted I returned.
Still need to stop thinking of every social situation as an opportunity to find a girlfriend though, that's getting old real fast.
But I'm glad I'm getting out.
Had a great day at training today where I received my Lumina Splash. Its a psychometric questionnaire that shows you where you're strong and less strong in 8 concepts such as inspiration driven/discipline driven, big picture thinking/down to earth, extravert/introvert, outcome focused/people focused (each opposite ends of a hexagram (8-sided shape)).
I find it fascinating and love this kind of stuff. I think its really going to help me at work.
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@therivercrow@bardicperspiration.club
😊 you're welcome. That's the best thing to go: laugh.
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@therivercrow@bardicperspiration.club
Ouch, that's a tough realisation. But well done in working it out.
I'm sure you'll work it out and be able to flirt as many of us do soon: awkwardly and with a small amount of cringe (that _is_ how everyone feels, right? Anyone?)
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@8bitarcher@kind.social
Aw, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'll keep.my fingers crossed for you on the others.
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@therivercrow@bardicperspiration.club
Beautiful! Have fun!
@robincrow@bardicperspiration.club
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@8bitarcher@kind.social
Its a tough thing to go through, I know. I hope the right people get safe.
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@book
I was kinda hoping that was going go end slapping someone at the end in a very slapstick way, but I love your child-like joy. 😊
Go be a child for me while I Adult
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@book
I've not found they do anything. Feels like putting food colouring in the water and paying someone a tenner for it.
Seeing as I'm no longer a developer (or looking to become one) I think I need to think of a new username.
I don't know what though. I still want dodo in there (because I'm a total one), but not sure what.
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@scottmiller42 @nixCraft
Oh, I see. Yes, I know. Fortunately, ours isn't like that (yet), but a lot of our training is about AI this and AI that.
They're even considering getting AI to answer or filter emergency calls which boggles my mind.
I'd never shoot the messenger, I prefer civil discussion. If I didn't like what you said, I wouldn't engage (that's why I asked for clarification), so don't worry. 😊
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@scottmiller42 @nixCraft
Oh, I totally get it and agree. Some people are a bit overenthusiastic (diplomatic speak) about certain topics 😉 And that's great, but I agree, there has to be a happy medium.
And JFC, I'm not saying I've _never_ used AI or think its *all* bad. I say I'm not anti-AI, I'm Anti-AI-Hype. My son read AI at uni and he doesn't trust it, so I trust him.
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@jolla
You must have heard my thoughts. I was about to contact you to ask when this would happen.
Spent an extra 30 minutes past home time at work today because I was trying to install Dragon software. We had a file saved on our drive, but it wouldn't accept the licence code. I had to ask the use for the email they were sent, click on the link to download the (same) installer and install it from there to get it working.
Meanwhile, Edge nearly made me punch the screen by highjacking the link to the licence file with a page about how great their AI was. 1/x
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social @jolla@techhub.social
I knew there was a reason I went with Tuta! So glad to hear that. I'll happily be a tester.
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@tiefling
Oooh, as a similarly "spicy brained" person, I totally emphasise. I imagine wet panties is worse than a raging boner, but still equally awkward, especially at work.
"Oh, can you show me that thing?"
Me: "yea... 😳 errr... In a minute. I've... Just gotta... Finish this.... Thing... 😶"
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@tiefling
Oh, I walked right into that one. Wait, that's not.... I mean.... I'll get my coat.
Users with a mainly glass phone:
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@fiend_unpleasant @Em0nM4stodon
Many do. When I worked in the police, 90% of my job was babysitting kids who were messingnabout on the street.
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social
Say Google gets their way and locks down the Android platform: would you provide alternative apps for non-android OS's like Sailfish? I have one of the new @jolla@techhub.social devices on order, and would love to keep Tuta.
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social
I went one further: deleted my GitHub account. I was keeping it for visibility, but as I'm no longer a developer,at as well not give them the satisfaction.
Also, just to stick two fingers up, changed all the lines of text and code with the word "slop" just to poison their training data 😆
Right, well, this sleep isn't going to have itself! Someone has to go to bed and seek it, may as well be me.
This I do for you fedi.
Night good people in my phone. Hope to see you tomorrow. 🤞
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@VulpineDruid@bardicperspiration.club @tiefling@bardicperspiration.club
Not for the kickee. Can talk from experience. 🤣
I've loved listening to Michael Buble for years. His voice is absolutely delicious (as is he).
I've listened to "Haven't Met You Yet" since it came out and loved singing it.
Its only just hit me that its about my current situation: eager for love and looking forward to being loved and loving another (an alternative interpretation is that its about waiting for a child to be born).
I'm sick of my brain constantly going "oooh" at every person it sees, but this song hit hard today 😮💨
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