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walkman
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response 79 of 252:
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Oct 5 14:55 UTC 2018 |
#77 there are bunch of cool, free Ubuntu weather apps if you are
inclined
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tod
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response 80 of 252:
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Oct 5 17:07 UTC 2018 |
I kinda think Steve Ansari Steve.Ansari@noaa.gov is related to Aziz.
They're both from the Carolinas. One writes funny stuff and the other
is an actor.
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ball
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response 81 of 252:
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Oct 5 20:39 UTC 2018 |
I'm sad because we're currently banned from the Freenode
IRC network because Grex is on the "DroneBL" list. Staff on
Freenode are looking into getting us unblocked and suggested
that Grex might want to install something called identd.
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tod
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response 82 of 252:
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Oct 6 13:10 UTC 2018 |
Oh yikes...they want federated login? Next they'll want barcodes on our
forehead. Jack Chick was right!
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cross
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response 83 of 252:
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Oct 6 13:29 UTC 2018 |
identd is totally insecure and, frankly, kind of useless.
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tod
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response 84 of 252:
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Oct 8 18:43 UTC 2018 |
As is IRC
Open port 113 and release the hounds
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ball
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response 85 of 252:
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Oct 10 23:47 UTC 2018 |
Re. #83: Thanks, I trust your judgement and I'll pass that on.
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cross
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response 86 of 252:
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Oct 11 13:04 UTC 2018 |
resp:85 sorry, I didn't mean to come across as flippant.
The issue with ident is that when you connect to some remote
system, the distant end connects back to ident service on the
machine you're connecting from (if it can) and queries it
for who you are by sending some metadata about the your
connection to them.
The first problem is that, with all the firewalling and so
forth used these days, more often than not the distant end
can't connect to the machine you're coming from anyway (either
it'll hit a NAT gateway, or the traffic is just rejected).
The second problem is that there's nothing at all that
prevents your system from straight-up lying to the distant
end.
This protocol never worked particularly well, but it made
more sense when the Internet was much smaller, connections
were generally end-to-end, and most users connected via
machines that could be at least somewhat trusted.
Sadly, identd is a relic from a bygone era.
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ball
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response 87 of 252:
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Oct 12 01:05 UTC 2018 |
Re. #86: I resemble that remark. ;-)
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cross
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response 88 of 252:
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Oct 12 13:30 UTC 2018 |
Heh.
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tod
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response 89 of 252:
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Oct 15 16:45 UTC 2018 |
IDENTD wouldn't lie to me. We're friends.
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kentn
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response 90 of 252:
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Nov 4 01:11 UTC 2018 |
IBB because this new manager job means full time programming and half
time managing and management meetings. So now I'm working too many hours
each week and starting to think another job would be better. I like the
system we use and have used it for many years now and know all the
backend parts of it. But if I have to do 60+ hr. weeks all the time.
I might have to quit and find a more reasonable position. This week
I logged off at 5:45 p.m. on Friday because I was wanting a reasonable
Friday and we'll see if anyone notices. Got a lot of stuff done around
the house and garage that needed doing as a result. Winter is coming!
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tod
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response 91 of 252:
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Nov 5 22:18 UTC 2018 |
Sounds like a good weekend.
I'm also living 5 different lives in a 24 hour period.
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kentn
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response 92 of 252:
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Nov 12 21:12 UTC 2018 |
Thanks, tod. Yeah, I've heard other people say they aren't going to
work extra hours anymore. Of course the last guy that got fired, so maybe
it's not such a good idea. We'll see.
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papa
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response 93 of 252:
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Nov 13 08:46 UTC 2018 |
R.I.P. Stan Lee and Douglas Rain
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tfurrows
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response 94 of 252:
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Jan 4 15:07 UTC 2019 |
I'm sad that the python3 pexpect library isn't installed... could we get it
added? Thanks!
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kentn
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response 95 of 252:
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Jan 16 02:13 UTC 2019 |
I'm sad because my new job is turning into a horrible experience.
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papa
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response 96 of 252:
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Jan 16 13:33 UTC 2019 |
You have my sympathy.
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cross
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response 97 of 252:
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Jan 16 14:32 UTC 2019 |
What's the job and why is it becoming horrible? Would you be
interested in switching jobs?
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tod
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response 98 of 252:
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Jan 16 19:15 UTC 2019 |
re #95
Yikes
What's going on?
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kentn
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response 99 of 252:
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Jan 16 23:02 UTC 2019 |
Way too much work, lots of unpaid overtime, for example. Not following
SOPs, which, in a regulated industry could be a regulatory audit issue
(and even potentially a legal issue) where I'd be the person responsible
(my boss tells me to let it go, we'll do it later, but later never
comes). And on and on. My life has basically fallen apart. Things
around the home aren't getting done, for example. It's too stressful.
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cross
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response 100 of 252:
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Jan 17 02:48 UTC 2019 |
That sounds really awful. Are you interested in switching at
this time?
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tod
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response 101 of 252:
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Jan 17 19:22 UTC 2019 |
re #99
Sometimes, if you have the boss's direction to let it go (and in writing
e.g. email) then that's probably the right thing to do.
Unpaid overtime doesn't sound nice. Is that legal?
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walkman
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response 102 of 252:
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Jan 20 00:13 UTC 2019 |
Unpaid overtime is totally legal if the employee is classified as
"salary exempt." I fall into this classification. Unlimited free
overtime. Salary exempt is to overtime what the solar panel is to
"clean energy".
Design engineers (my case) are "learned professionals" who are QUALIFIED
as exempt. I'm so lucky.
Please see section 541.400 "computer employees" below:
https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/regulations.pdf
541.400 General rule for computer
employees.
(a)
Computer systems analysts,
computer programmers, software
engineers or other similarly skilled
workers in the computer field are
eligible for exemption as professionals
under section 13(a)(1) of the Act and
under section 13(a)(17) of the Act.
Because job titles vary widely and
change quickly in the computer
industry, job titles are not determinative
of the applicability of this exemption.
(b)
The section 13(a)(1) exemption
applies to any computer employee
compensated on a salary or fee basis at
a rate of not less than $455 per week (or
$380 per week, if employed in
American Samoa by employers other
than the Federal Government), exclusive
of board, lodging or other facilities, and
the section 13(a)(17) exemption applies
to any computer employee compensated
on an hourly basis at a rate not less than
$27.63 an hour. In addition, under
either section 13(a)(1) or section
13(a)(17) of the Act, the exemptions
apply only to computer employees
whose primary duty consists of:
(1)
The application of systems
analysis techniques and procedures,
including consulting with users, to
determine hardware, software or system
functional specifications;
(2)
The design, development,
documentation, analysis, creation,
testing or modification of computer
systems or programs, including
prototypes, based on and related to user
or system design specifications;
(3)
The design, documentation,
testing, creation or modification of
computer programs related to machine
operating systems; or
(4)
A combination of the
aforementioned duties, the performance
of which requires the same level of
skills.
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walkman
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response 103 of 252:
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Jan 20 00:19 UTC 2019 |
That being said Kent (#90), I'm very sorry to hear about your stress.
If the situation looks long term, maybe there's another employer that
will value your time. Or is that the nature of the job?
I work for a large company that is laying people off en masse on regular
cycles. Typically, when it rains, it pours. Mass layoff, followed by
extreme doubling and tripling of my work and the obvious endless
overtime you would expect. Usually, we are told, "SHUT UP. YOU ARE LUCKY
TO BE WORKING." I'm about to be let go or experience the great fortune
of having my work doubled; literally next week or the following. There's
work elsewhere but much further away accompanied with lower pay and
fewer benefits. Hooray!
Joni Mitchell said something about a circle game.
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