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Hi All,
Back at Work facing Dilbert hell. I need a KPI number to be issued a Laptop & ID Credentials fine apart from the fact I need a company email to request a PKI, which can't come from any other account (it has been tried). So to get on to the system as a new starter I need to use my company email to request a PKI, but I can' get a PKI until I use a system that I can't use until PKI , whats worse is I need to use my company phone (which you guessed it I need a PKI to be issued with to get the access code for the task on Monday). At the monent they have me using a surface that isn't connect to anything, even the web. so Monday I am lightly to be standing outside (hopefully not in the rain) trying to do a job that has been needed since last year and very shortly to incure penalty fees Because the Covid restrictions caused everyone panic about security.
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Are you permanent or contracting? If the latter then things may not run smoothly (voice of experience).
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To be honest I though it was a contract, they seem to think its permanent...
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It looks like you've stumbled into a clown world.
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How very... Well Scott Addams does it again!
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Is that not called 'deadlock' in other domains
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There's a reason why the words "onboarding" and "waterboarding" are so similar.
Software Zen: delete this;
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In companies I've worked in, there is a buddy assigned to support in all these issues. In fact I've also been a buddy to a new joinee, and have helped him in all such things.
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Funny, My week started by shipping a laptop to a new hire. (non-programmer role) She is an admin working from home and can install whatever she wants on it. I like to keep things simple for myself.
The unwanted challenge now facing me is training and keeping the new hire busy while getting my own work done! I didn't agree with this hire...it was a done deal before I was 'asked'.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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I once ran across the same catch 22 BS, go park on the head of HRs desk and tell him you are being paid x$ per hour to do nothing.
I can relate to the unconnected Surface, they gave me an unconnected 386 (in the days of the pentium). At which point I returned to HR and repeated the exercise, took 2 weeks to get set up (the contract was for 1 month)
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Don't you know what PKI stands for?
Postponed Kabbalist Intimidation
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Ahh, that explains it, I thought it was KPI management <<waste>> for a good while...
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Whats next limiting their food imports to only steak, champagne and chocolate? I was under the assumption other nations were trying to deter the invasion not encourage it.
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You mean sanctions? They're nice symbology, but doesn't prevent trade.
The biggest weapon here is not sanctions, but media.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Yup. People dying, we making jokes.
I upvoted you, you seemed to need it badly.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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People dying everyday, we making jokes everyday. What's different? Peer pressure?
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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For peer pressure, one needs equals.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Russia's behavior is so 20th century. I had hoped we'd left this sort of thing behind.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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You'd hoped "what"?
Already forgotten Irak, Afghanistan, Syria?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The guy is unhinged. Hopefully, the Russians will take care of the problem from within before they/we all suffer too much.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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I recently found myself a case that's glass on 4 of the 6 sides.
The pros are fairly obvious - I can immediately tell if any of my fans are going bad. I can tell if there is dust buildup in the machine. It's pretty, of course. It's easy to clean.
The cons? Some obvious, some less so. First of all, it's heavy. Ugh. The case is half the height of a tower and about 1.5 times as wide, so it's a little-ish (micro-ATX horizontally mounted in the chassis) cube.
You'd think I was storing bowling balls in it, with how heavy it is.
Then the less obvious one - I don't set things like mugs, or really anything that could easily break glass on top of my machines, so that's not an issue.
But even putting my phone or gamepad down on it makes me feel like I need a doily.
Like, I get a little tinge of guilt every time I do it. My mother is screaming at me in my ear. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? THAT'S GLASS"
So now there's that to contend with. I didn't think about that when I bought the thing.
It might be worth considering the fallout (for those of you with mothers like that) if you decide to go that route as well.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Would it be a safe guess that Mom wore "sensible" shoes? (Mine did)
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