Potato quality, but the skyline was just amazing and needed a picture.

I am sorry, but this is a long one.

Tldr: Seemingly interested, Cute coworker asks for my number a day and a half after meeting her, claims to want to learn Linux from me. We go out to do that supposedly, but she ends up expecting us to do separate things until she can't for reasons. We chat the rest of the night. No Linux lessons learned, no separate work done, she doesn't appear interested in me in that way from what I interpreted. It was a fun chat and she wants to do it again. What the fuck is going on?

Long version: I work in the tech industry and I have a cute coworker I just met who I for the life of me cannot tell what it is she wants.

Back story: my company has two buildings close by to each other that works with servers. I can't say what exactly we do but it isn't super relevant. However, she works at one building and I the other. I had to go over to her building and help out as we were limited on work to do at ours. She is in a technical/managing role and I am a step or two below her.

When helping out, I meet her and she seems enthusiastic to have my help. That's normal. However, throughout the day she starts to ask me about the tasks and is seemingly testing my skills as well as asking questions she may not have the answer to. We work on completely different systems at the two buildings so there are things to learn from both sides. She is also newish to her role.

First of all, she is really cute/intelligent and of course I am interested in helping her with her little side projects when the main tasks are done/waiting. So she keeps asking me for help on two person tasks. Cool, no complaints there. I am good at my job and she can see that. She seems to be rather friendly after the first day. I go home and have my weekend.

As we are slow still at my building, I volunteer to go help her building because I kinda wanted to see her again. So I ask a manager on their side and they are happy to have my help. She saw my comment about coming over in our work chat and "Hearted" it. I go over and start to help.

She tells me "it is so great to have you here, you make my job so much easier" in what can only describe as an appreciative sigh. Her current staff is new and still missing the skills needed to properly troubleshoot all the types of errors we have. Now, me being a Lemmy user, I have almost a decade of Linux experience under my belt like we all do. I tell her this as it is a very useful skill set in our line of work. She seems surprised and impressed, she wants to learn Linux. I offer if she ever wants to learn, I would be happy to show her.

A few hours of helping later, she walks up to me in the most focused expression I have seen out of her and she asks for my number and if I wanted to get together one day at a library and show her how to use Linux. I was quite startled she asked for my number because I was going to ask her the same thing later in the day. So I said sure, went to lunch dumbfounded and came back with my number on a sheet of paper.

She was very friendly to me the rest of the day. We work out a choice between Monday and Wednesday but she kept using the plural form of days implying this would keep happening.

Cut to Monday and we get together but she seems to want to work on her own thing while I do my own in proximity of each other? She ends up not being able to do her thing for some reason and so we just chat for the next few hours. It was a great chat, some of the most fun I have had in a while. However, she clearly didn't expect to be doing that and seemed to be disappointed we couldn't work on our own things and apologized for it.

She had fun, I could see she enjoyed our talk. However, what I couldn't see was interest in me. You can sometimes tell when someone is interested by how they look at you and respond to the things you do.

The thing that bothers me is that I don't understand what her goal was. Did she use the excuse of Linux to get close to me? Did she actually only just want to learn Linux and assumed there was no other purpose to our meeting? If so, why didn't we just do that instead? Why did she want to get together to work on entirely unrelated projects? Why is she interested in doing it again?

I don't know if I am just stupid and missing something. Maybe she really only just wants to learn Linux so she can be better at her job, she is the type of person to do that. It just bothers me that I can't see much rhyme or reason in her actions. If she was entirely self motivated to learn from me only, then why not just do that? Why ask me for my number if you didn't want to do the thing you suggested in the first place? I am just so lost.

Edit: princessleiascat reminded me of something. A week prior to me meeting her, one of my coworkers was learning under her when he went to go help out. Apparently a guy came up to her while this happened and asked her out. She turned him down for the reason it would be inappropriate for her to date someone where there is this power dynamic.

My coworker told me this and that might be the nail in my coffin. However, it is also possible she just used it as an excuse to not have to deal with turning him down more harshly. I could believe both things. Hense more confusion, why make an exception to hang out with me then?

I have a user who has watched Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler 13 times in a month and I am starting to get concerned. I try to mind my own business with what people watch but when the stats say that it is the most watched movie and there is only one user that watched it, you start to get curious.

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I realized what true friendship looks like when my uncles' friend brought him a whole rack of home smoked ribs unprompted and just left immediately afterwards.

Chuck, you are an inspiration to us all.

The shitstorm of a fallout has pushed the community behind Billet Labs more than they ever would have gotten had they just gotten reviewed properly. It may have sucked what had happened but I think they will be better off in the long term now that people are aggressively supportive of them. Funny twist of fate in my opinion.

This is quoted from Linus on the LTT forums:

"There won't be a big WAN Show segment about this or anything. Most of what I have to say, I've already said, and I've done so privately.

To Steve, I expressed my disappointment that he didn't go through proper journalistic practices in creating this piece. He has my email and number (along with numerous other members of our team) and could have asked me for context that may have proven to be valuable (like the fact that we didn't 'sell' the monoblock, but rather auctioned it for charity due to a miscommunication... AND the fact that while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype). There are other issues, but I've told him that I won't be drawn into a public sniping match over this and that I'll be continuing to move forward in good faith as part of 'Team Media'. When/if he's ready to do so again I'll be ready.

To my team (and my CEO's team, but realistically I was at the helm for all of these errors, so I need to own it), I stressed the importance of diligence in our work because there are so many eyes on us. We are going through some growing pains - we've been very public about them in the interest of transparency - and it's clear we have some work to do on internal processes and communication. We have already been doing a lot of work internally to clean up our processes, but these things take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, but that's no excuse for sloppiness.

Now, for my community, all I can say is the same things I always say. We know that we're not perfect. We wear our imperfection on our sleeves in the interest of ensuring that we stay accountable to you. But it's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. The Labs team is hard at work hard creating processes and tools to generate data that will benefit all consumers - a work in progress that is very much not done and that we've communicated needs to be treated as such. Do we have notes under some videos? Yes. Is it because we are striving for transparency/improvement? Yeah... What we're doing hasn't been in many years, if ever.. and we would make a much larger correction if the circumstances merited it. Listing the wrong amount of cache on a table for a CPU review is sloppy, but given that our conclusions are drawn based on our testing, not the spec sheet, it doesn't materially change the recommendation. That doesn't mean these things don't matter. We've set KPIs for our writing/labs team around accuracy, and we are continually installing new checks and balances to ensure that things continue to get better. If you haven't seen the improvement, frankly I wonder if you're really looking for it... The thoroughness that we managed on our last handful of GPU videos is getting really incredible given the limited time we have for these embargoes. I'm REALLY excited about what the future will hold.

With all of that said, I still disagree that the Billet Labs video (not the situation with the return, which I've already addressed above) is an 'accuracy' issue. It's more like I just read the room wrong. We COULD have re-tested it with perfect accuracy, but to do so PROPERLY - accounting for which cases it could be installed in (none) and which radiators it would be plumbed with (again... mystery) would have been impossible... and also didn't affect the conclusion of the video... OR SO I THOUGHT...

I wanted to evaluate it as a product, and as a product, IF it could manage to compete with the temperatures of the highest end blocks on the planet, it still wouldn't make sense to buy... so from my point of view, re-testing it and finding out that yes, it did in fact run cooler made no difference to the conclusion, so it didn't really make a difference.

Adam and I were talking about this today. He advocated for re-testing it regardless of how non-viable it was as a product at the time and I think he expressed really well today why it mattered. It was like making a video about a supercar. It doesn't mater if no one watching will buy it. They just wanna see it rip. I missed that, but it wasn't because I didn't care about the consumer.. it was because I was so focused on how this product impacted a potential buyer. Either way, clearly my bad, but my intention was never to harm Billet Labs. I specifically called out their incredible machining skills because I wanted to see them create something with a viable market for it and was hoping others would appreciate the fineness of the craftsmanship even if the product was impractical. I still hope they move forward building something else because they obviously have talent and I've watched countless niche water cooling vendors come and go. It's an astonishingly unforgiving market.

Either way, I'm sorry I got the community's priorities mixed-up on this one, and that we didn't show the Billet in the best light. Our intention wasn't to hurt anyone. We wanted no one to buy it (because it's an egregious waste of money no matter what temps it runs at) and we wanted Billet to make something marketable (so they can, y'know, eat).

With all of this in mind, it saddens me how quickly the pitchforks were raised over this. It also comes across a touch hypocritical when some basic due diligence could have helped clarify much of it. I have a LONG history of meeting issues head on and I've never been afraid to answer questions, which lands me in hot water regularly, but helps keep me in tune with my peers and with the community. The only reason I can think of not to ask me is because my honest response might be inconvenient.

We can test that... with this post. Will the "It was a mistake (a bad one, but a mistake) and they're taking care of it" reality manage to have the same reach? Let's see if anyone actually wants to know what happened. I hope so, but it's been disheartening seeing how many people were willing to jump on us here. Believe it or not, I'm a real person and so is the rest of my team. We are trying our best, and if what we were doing was easy, everyone would do it. Today sucks.

Thanks for reading this."

What would the average skin tone and facial features look like after 300 years if every partner relationship was interracial until there were no other ethnicities? Just a hodgepodge of DNA. What would the average human look like having a little bit of everything in them?

I just think the idea is neat is all.

I found this gem of a job posting for an "executive admin/systems integrator" and thought it was worth sharing. Enjoy.

Edited for easier readability.

"Are you tired of your Boring, unfulfilling, limited career and know in your heart you have no real future there?

No advancement, no room to grow, no incentive to Prove yourself and show what you can do?

Are you looking for a true long-term career with a friends-and-family team and a culture that rewards genius, creativity, intelligence, leadership, loyalty, performance, Hard Work, and has endless room for you to grow?

Are you looking for a role where you can use your Admin/Organization/Management skills to have a Huge impact on a small fast-growing 14-person real estate investment and construction team?

Most importantly, would being Critical to the success of a small organization's massive expansion plans give you a huge sense of personal satisfaction, even beyond just the pay and recognition?

Are you a tech-savvy, forward-thinking, highly-organized, super detailed, semi-perfectionist who loves to work hard with a fun team and achieve extraordinary results

If you can say Yes to all of these statements above, then this is absolutely the Now Hiring ad you've been looking for!

We are a high-volume Real Estate Investment, Construction, and Realty company and we are the largest buyer of direct-to-seller homes.

Our goal is to buy 15-25 properties every single month, and to facilitate that goal, and our expansion efforts, we are hiring for a few great people to join our team.

We currently serve the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus markets, and we're actively expanding our operations into Louisville, Lexington, and Indianapolis in the future.

We are 6 quality A+ hires away from making this a reality, and the Operations Admin/Integrator is one of the top key hires we need, hence this job ad :)

As a high-level Admin here, you'll be in charge of big tasks and solving big problems. This is not entry-level, this is most definitely for someone who is smart and who can solve big problems.

There are literally over 100 moving parts in Real Estate just to buy and sell a single house. It's chaotic at times for sure. We aren't even achieving 1/2 of our real potential right now which means there's a ton of room for you to come in, lead our growth as part of our core team, manage the people, systems, and details, find permanent solutions to big problems (no bandaids here!) and implement systems, tech, organization, and other skills/solutions that will truly impact the team, our clients and customers, and our bottom line.

I can't stress enough: If you are used to the organization and structure of a larger company that has very well defined systems and processes and you can only flourish in a role like that...this is 100% NOT for you.

Here, it's truly a hectic and chaotic, disorganized mess!

Between my Lyme disease and health issues, and a few employees in the past that are no longer with us...we have 30-50 BIG things to fix to enable our growth and expansion.

This is only a fit for you if you feel confident in your ability to do just that: Fix big things, and if you LOVE being a very important key player and you get a ton of satisfaction from doing that.

Our office is different than most, so we try to be transparent. Between my health and only being able to operate at 30% of my capacity, you won't have clear instructions on very much of anything. You'll have the goal, the requirement, the resources, and you'll be pointed in the right direction...but you'll absolutely have to be the sharp and intelligent person that puts that all together, organizes it, systematizes it, trains others on it, and then moves on to the next problem to fix.

With RAPID speed.

The position is "Advanced Admin," but it can also be best described as Integrator. Like the Gino Wickman books "Traction" and "Rocket Fuel" describe, an Integrator is someone who can look at a complex goal the CEO wants to achieve, create a Simple system that is easy for others on the team to follow, implement it into standard daily practice, and then watch the team to ensure it is getting done and following those procedures.

Even after you do it, how do you hold others on the team accountable? By consistent daily action, consistently tracking KPIs, continued reinforcement, motivation, encouragement, help, and being a resource.

Every successful company does this. And this is what we need you to do for our team.

This is how companies grow, how team members pull together to achieve amazing results, and how a business scales to achieve results greater than anyone could ever imagine! That success is all found in creating, implementing, and managing repeatable systems and processes.

And it requires someone with the right brain who Loves doing this type of stuff to do it. It has to be their true "Zone of Genius", as we each have one. It requires someone who can hear what the CEO's Vision is for the company and for our future, and can then break that Big vision down into small repeatable actions that are done on a consistent basis so that each member of the team knows their role, their purpose, and how they contribute to that bigger vision.

Do you Truly have those skills? If so, you will be invaluable here at our company and will love working here more than anywhere you've ever worked. You'll also grow and expand with our organization and advance to a Senior Leadership role quickly with all of the raises, perks, bonuses, and profit share to match! 6-figures is absolutely doable for this role in year 2-3.

We are honest and transparent 100%. It's currently chaotic, stressful, crazy, disorganized, and a complete Mess most days. That's just the nature of a growing company, especially with a Visionary boss who has Asperger's Syndrome and sees the world in black and white. (Google that so you know and understand, it's VITAL that you do).

While the office is currently like this, by hiring You and the other 5 I mention above, we do not want to say the same in 3-6mo. We want to look back and be absolutely Amazed at our growth and how much we've improved in that timeline. We want growth with calmness. Simplicity.

More fun team events. A happy and amazing culture. More community service and outreach. More charity donations. Better tracking. Better systems and organization. Better CRMs and software. All of that is in your purview to solve and you'll be given all of the tools, freedom, latitude, resources, funds, support, ideas, and brainpower to Solve it. It's a heck of a big challenge - are you up for it?

Just as the book "Who Not How" says, you'll be given the high-level Vision for what we want to achieve, and then be turned loose to achieve it! You'll have to be amazing at taking things from idea and concepts to implementation and simple systems.

You will have a Ton of autonomy and discretion on how to achieve these goals. We want to empower you to make Big decisions and trust that you'll make the right ones. Once you learn the ropes you'll be turned loose and will absolutely not be micro-managed. We want competent people who can figure things out without the roadmap laid out for them.

Today the CEO bought a 46-unit apartment building and spent $1.9MM. Which means....he has to focus on his Zone of Genius just like every other employee. He can't be busy finding Copiers and setting up marketing when it's not his job role to do so.

So what does the day-to-day really look like?

Well, as I said, we buy 15-25 houses every month. That means our job is really customer service to the highest level. We work with dozens of clients every month and ensuring we create win/win scenarios for them is what it's all about.

You will work with an entire host of people; Homeowners, Title Companies, Lenders, Realtors, Vendors, Supply stores, Insurance agents, Utility companies, Handymen and Construction trades, and many more. These are people's moms, dads, brothers, sisters, daughters, etc., and we care about how you represent us and how you interact!

We certainly have huge ambitions to grow, and we are never shy about the fact we love to make a ton of money for our team! But our Vision goes way beyond making money for our company.

We want to make a true difference in the lives of the property owners, clients, construction crews, and others we work with. We want to support our First Responders and have a "give back" day every single week where we donate free dinner to them. We currently support 4 different Animal Shelters and Charities and we want to do even more there.

Massive success provides the ability to give back, to help others, and to do more! And it all starts with massive success. You'll hear this often in our office, especially on the stressful days when the boss is being impatient...because he very much is goal-oriented and focused on finding ways we can do more for our team and others, and the fact it's a slow process often leads to impatience.

Our CEO retired in 2015 and was bored in 3 months and immediately got back into business full-time. He absolutely Loves real estate, loves this team, and loves what we do every day - otherwise, he wouldn't do it!

He only wants to work with people he considers friends and family and the culture and performance are of the utmost importance. If he's mad at a problem, it's because he's laser-focused on the future, on growth, and on solutions....and problems are annoying! The better you are at avoiding and solving problems, the more heavily you'll be rewarded here.

I think I've spoken enough about the company, the role, the atmosphere, the goals, the mission, the Vision, the heart, the core values, the growth potential, and the expansion plans. Let me now quickly get into the nitty-gritty details:

Pay and perks: You'll have a starting base salary of $50-55K DOE. From there, you'll earn bonuses, profit sharing, and other rewards based on your personal and collective team performance. This will equate to a total pay package of $65-75K your first year. We will give you more than enough opportunities to shine, advance, move up and prove yourself. The rest is entirely on you!

Hours: Our office is formally open from 9a to 6p Monday through Friday. There are certainly some later nights, and certainly some tasks to do after hours sometimes, or a weekend task, etc., but we do not come into the office on weekends at all, ever.

You'll need to have this flexibility in your life for this to be the right fit. After all, we have to perform for our clients when they need us. And while this is 95% contained within the hours of 9-6, there are certainly times we have something important.

Some days are 602p, and some are 632p. Heck, last night was 705p randomly on a late night with an important team meeting. If you have something that prevents these hours from being 100% consistently doable, please do not apply as it won't be a fit.

If the role and requirements sound intimidating, well, that's understandable. It does require someone super talented for sure. But keep in mind, the CEO and several other team members are RE industry veterans and you'll be provided a ton of resources to help. The CEO is in some of the top REI Masterminds in the USA and he can get solutions to literally any problem we face here. Your part is taking over from there and actually implementing and getting it done correctly!

Other perks and benefits:

401K with match after 6 months Bonuses, raises, rewards, profit sharing, and a ton of small thank yous in various forms 6 months from now, we will have 2 AirBNB properties in Nashville and Palm Beach, FL you can vacation to for Free every year! Paid sick days Paid vacation Paid holidays Birthday parties, team lunches, networking events, and a ton of fun! Compensation: $65,000- $75,000 yearly total with bonuses!

Responsibilities:

Learning and Managing all of our systems within our CRM, Dropbox, MS Office, Google Suite, Adobe, and more. Being tech-inclined is 100% required here. Learning other new tech and systems to help organize our office and streamline our processes.

Taking advanced concepts directly from the CEO and turning them into easy-to-follow repeatable systems and processes that you implement, manage, track, establish KPIs for, and train the team on. Team and Client Management.

HEAVY phones and email work. Must absolutely love talking on the phone and be able to efficiently solve problems, from talking to super happy clients to solving issues for disgruntled clients. Obtaining 5-star reviews on all of our review platforms for every deal we do!

Leading Morning Huddles for 15 mins and ensuring everyone is focused on their highest and best use each day! Don't worry; we'll let you get comfortable for several weeks before this is required :)

Implementing the methods and processes to facilitate our planned growth and expansion, whether this is hiring more help, creating a simpler system, finding a software solution, or any other need to achieve the goal. You'll be part of finding the talent, interviewing, onboarding, and training new hires.

Able to mentally handle large volumes of data and classify, manipulate within Excel or Google Sheets, and track. Able to create systems in other software to manage, organize, and track our business. Able to get on the phone and call specific targets for information and achieve the result (which often means being persuasive!) It may be negotiating a lease, negotiating a new office, talking to a broker, getting us $50K in new insurance, buying a company vehicle, booking very detailed travel arrangements for team members, etc. Detail and precision are vital!

Understand secrecy and privacy. Not only is your job here very private and restricted to the top management level folks on the team, but I always keep my personal life private as well. You must be a Vault with information and respect and maintain that privacy. For example, you'll work with IRS, Tax Authorities, Workers Comp, BWC, and Payroll software.

Must understand that everything in our office is Sales. Every role, in some way! If you're in actual sales, you're negotiating prices on homes. If you're our transaction coordinator, you're seeking to maximize the sales price of a home while saving money on fees with our title company. If you're in our marketing department, you're negotiating in bulk on our direct mail and other marketing channels. If you're in the rehab department, you're negotiating with contractors, material suppliers, etc. It will be required and will be frequent. And the better you do, the more you'll shine here and bonuses are a commonplace thing for your efforts and skills! Seeking out the best deal on everything and saving money is how we save tens of thousands every year! And that doesn't always mean the lowest price at all - it means the best value for what we want. You'll negotiate shipping, insurance, vehicle insurance, supplies, and materials for marketing, cards, data providers, copiers, etc.

Monitor inventory and keep supplies ordered and stocked.

Maintain vehicle maintenance logs for fleet, get the oil changed, and fuel vehicles.

Manage and organize schedules, including 1-2 direct reports that you efficiently organize their day and tasks. Establishing procedures, tracking and monitoring KPIs, creating and updating the KPI dashboard, and having a logical and critical thinking brain to spot problems within those KPIs that need to be solved.

Qualifications:

Being very good at written and verbal communication. Able to Wow our clients, find and onboard new vendors, handle the occasional disgruntled client, etc.

Experience using Microsoft Office in all facets.

Excellent communication skills, time management skills, interpersonal skills, and organizational skills.

At least 3+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, General Manager, Team Leader, or experience performing the above tasks and functions in Some verifiable form.

Experience handling confidential information and adhering to strict deadlines.

Heavy tech experience, tons of different programs, and modalities. 60+ WPM typing speed

Real Estate, Mortgage, Construction, or Title Experience is always helpful, but not required. Marketing and Sales experience is super helpful, but not required.

Great at creating systems, procedure manuals, recording videos to show trainees how to do something, and an easy ability to make our clients, vendors, contractors, coworkers, etc., like you and enjoy talking to you and spending time with you.

Able to keep up! Seriously. This is no easy feat. You have to be sharp, intelligent, witty, and fun. I am always happy to help, but you're here to help me have more time so I can't be spending too much time showing you very basic stuff. I'll expect you to be well above the basics, and for anything else specialized to learn, there will be resources for it, other employees, and myself for specific things. Youtube and Google are often your friends, and you must be great at learning from both.

I've said a Lot in this ad, and by now, you should 100% know if this sounds amazing or terrible LOL! We've hired wrong in the past, and we're truly spending the time to find the RIGHT hires. Our culture here is very much a small friends and family team, and we have to keep that above all. My 2 best friends work here, my brother Dan works here, my mom stops by 3x per week and does our mail, etc.

If you've read All of this and you know for sure this is the career you want and you know you can Crush it here, then fill out the application, fully apply here and take the DISC test, and send me a resume and cover letter.

In that cover letter, tell me WHY you're definitely the Admin we need here and must interview and hire right away. Out of all of those who will apply, why are you the one? Please also mention where you came from as I have job ads up in several places including recent FB posts.

If you are being sent this link from one of my FB posts, please reply back afterward to my email/FB where you originally found this and let me know you finished it so we can give you top priority :)

And if you haven't already interacted with me via email/FB, if you want to rise to the very top of the pile, my name is Bryan and I'm the CEO here. I'm not at all hard to find online. If you want to move straight to the top of the pile....find me online, on FB, by email, whatever.....and reach out!

Say hello, and do your convincing there. In many ways, that extra effort is exactly what will mean the difference between you excelling here and failing out entirely.

I hope you're the person we're looking for, and if so, I truly can't wait to have you here as part of our team and family :)"

I present to you Chicken Waffles™. Made of 100% chicken. It is a simple recipe really. All you need is cooked chicken breast, eggs, a blender, and a frying pan.

Instructions: Take a chicken breast, cook it, put it in the blender, and add eggs for consistency and thinning the paste.

Put your newfound chicken paste into your frying pan (preferably square) or a waffle maker and then cook until you have a chicken pancake (don't forget to flip it). Cut the pancake into squares and serve with your your sauces of choice!

Edit: For whatever reason, I am unable to upload the photo directly to lemmy. I just get a JSON error.

It would be a shame to lose the wealth of knowledge with easy-ish search that subreddits like datahoarder provide if the subreddit is taken down or stays locked forever. Sure it is currently accessible, but will it stay that way?

I know it is being archived, but the accessibility part is the problem.

Where do people interested in talking about developing Lemmy go to communicate other than the github?