Schal330

joined 1 year ago
[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Sure, but we had Bonzi Buddy too. These days the best we can hope for is some AI that tells us to eat rocks.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Safety razor is the way to go! Take it slow and let the weight of the safety razor do the work. It's so much cheaper than the multi blade razors too!

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Software development. I'm still not very good, but I'm better than I was at the start of the year.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ah my bad. I thought the song was written by Brandon Flowers after catching his girlfriend cheating on him in a bar in his hometown of Las Vegas.

https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/the-killers/what-is-the-killers-song-mr-brightside-about/

During lockdown in April 2020, the frontman looked back at the video and noted: "It's just a song about betrayal. I was betrayed and I was able to turn it into a masterpiece".

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Mr Brightside by the Killers. The tune was good and felt energetic when it came about, but it's about a guy being cheated on. Having had someone cheat on me around the time it came out it hit really close to home and I just don't enjoy listening to the song.

The problem with being in the UK is that it's so overplayed and I just have to tune it out.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Kill the ads for sure, but go ahead and give me movie trailers before the start, but with some limitations in place:

  1. None of this "THE. TRAILER. STARTS. NOW" before the trailer starts
  2. The trailer must have a maximum length so it doesn't go on too long
  3. The trailer shouldn't give the entire plot away
[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Got to say, I'm liking the strawberry milkshake colour background.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm truly impressed by the photographer not being in the photos.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Got a couple.

The first bad interview I turned up and had to wait for the owner who rocked up 15 minutes late. We had a discussion and he was happy with my IT skills, we then got into a discussion of how to run the business.

He asked me what would I do if a salesman kept selling Linux support to businesses but the company had no one that had experience of it, I said it didn't feel morally right to sell something that you can't actually fulfill currently, put a cork in the salesman regarding Linux support, train/hire staff and when ready then continue to offer it. He said that's not how his business works and to drive the business the salesman was doing the right thing.

During that interview I saw someone walk into the office that I had worked with in the past, they were incredibly unreliable, bad at the job and were fired, this one guy appearing gave me the final sign this was not the workplace for me. After the interview they gave me an offer that I declined.

The second interview probably a out 2 months later I turned up to was a small company of maybe 3 people. I turned up and it was a shared office space they used, he walked up to the receptionist and asked if there was a meeting room available, she said no. So he led me to the kitchenette area where he offered for me to sit on a sofa not to dissimilar to this...

Thee casting couch....

Having the hum of a vending machine in the background added to the ambience. We got to chatting and it sounded like the guy didn't really know what he wanted to do with the business or how to run it, generally seemed disorganised.

Towards the end of the interview wouldn't you know it, the same guy I used to work with walked into the kitchenette wearing the t-shirt of a company in the building, gave me "the nod" and proceeded to use the vending machine, which failed to dispense his choice and he stood there shaking the machine.

This guy must have been some kind of angel in place to stop me from taking bad jobs. I declined the offer they gave me. A year or so later I was telling a friend about this and we checked on the company, it went out of business.

They were bad interviews, but I still got something out of them.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the response! Is there any estimate on when this is likely to be fixed?

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm convinced that a lot of the Chinese takeaways in the UK are used for money laundering. Like 90% of the takeaways you go to only accept cash. I get they probably want to avoid a bit of tax on their earnings, but to completely exclude card sales and potentially lose out on that business really makes me think they are up to more.

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You probably already have one, but if you don't; get an electric toothbrush.

Also get a water flosser for when you CBA to manually floss! Imo something is better than nothing.

 

Has anyone found since installing Balatro it is using battery even when you're not running it?

I noticed recently my battery has been running down a bit more than usual. I then noticed since my last charge it says Balatro has been using my battery even though I haven't played and it's not running as an app that I can close in the background.

 

Hey all, I'm still a junior dev with years of experience in IT. One of the things I've noticed since making the switch is that (at least where I work) documentation is inconsistent.

Things I encounter include incomplete documentation, outdated documentation and written process details that have assumed knowledge which makes it difficult for junior Devs to pick up.

I've had a search and a lot of what is out there talks more about product and how to document that SDLC rather than best practice in writing and organising documents against the actual software engineering and its processes.

Does anyone have any good sources or suggestions on how I could look to try and begin to improve documentation within my team?

 
 

I recently kept getting advertised Loudermilk on Netflix. I'd see the initial trailer that they play and wasn't intrigued. I then sat down for lunch and wanted something to watch, I decided to give it a go and after the first couple of episodes I was hooked. I finished season 3 and it was such a fun show to watch. Unfortunately I see the studio that created it has been shuttered. What's the likelihood this show will ever be picked up again?

 

A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office

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