a_unique_person
Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
They will get back to you and ask why they can't sort by date.
Cont: Dear Users… (A thread for Sysadmin, Technical Support, and Help Desk people) Part 11
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Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
You could be looking at FLA's - Four (or even FIVE!) Letter Acronyms.Wudang said:
Wudang
BOFH
I think Hijiri dates would be nice.
novaphile
Quester of Doglets
Nah...
Make them type in Julian dates.
Does anyone still have the one page per day desk calendars that included the Julian date on the bottom of the page?
In many different Public Service jobs, I heard people asking "what is this number" about those calendars...
JimOfAllTrades
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Nah...
Make them type in Julian dates.
Does anyone still have the one page per day desk calendars that included the Julian date on the bottom of the page?
In many different Public Service jobs, I heard people asking "what is this number" about those calendars...
How about Unix dates? What is it, number of seconds since January 1970?
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
Oh come on. We have enough trouble with American dates.
novaphile
Quester of Doglets
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
Just had a look at a summary of upcoming changes to our MFA system. While it's nice to get a heads up about what's changing before it actually changes, I was a bit concerned about the page that said "MFA fatigue is increasing" and went on to describe how the MFA is going to be made more annoying.
TragicMonkey
Poisoned Waffles
All change is good!
...he said, facing another thirty hours at least of rewriting vast portions of complex SQL to accommodate a sea-change in how a critical data element is defined. By itself it wouldn't be so bad, but unfortunately while I'm in there in fifty bajillion stored procedures I'm "might as well"ing some improvements in joins and stuff for efficiency, and falling into vast rabbit holes. Then when trying to account for where all the time went I realize, as I did on Friday, that I spent four or five hours chasing down what I feared was a vast logical flaw in some SQL I had in lots of different vital things but was actually just skewed results from the accidental duplication of a single entry on a temp table. It's amazing how the smallest things can produce the biggest errors, and how incredibly difficult it can be to figure out why things are happening. But so satisfying when you do. I feel like such a genius for figuring out the solution to the mystery of the problem I created myself without realizing it, and for realizing it was a problem when I changed a thing I didn't need to change, and then wasting all that time to end up exactly where I was before I started. I quite feel like I ought to be rewarded for all that!
...he said, facing another thirty hours at least of rewriting vast portions of complex SQL to accommodate a sea-change in how a critical data element is defined. By itself it wouldn't be so bad, but unfortunately while I'm in there in fifty bajillion stored procedures I'm "might as well"ing some improvements in joins and stuff for efficiency, and falling into vast rabbit holes. Then when trying to account for where all the time went I realize, as I did on Friday, that I spent four or five hours chasing down what I feared was a vast logical flaw in some SQL I had in lots of different vital things but was actually just skewed results from the accidental duplication of a single entry on a temp table. It's amazing how the smallest things can produce the biggest errors, and how incredibly difficult it can be to figure out why things are happening. But so satisfying when you do. I feel like such a genius for figuring out the solution to the mystery of the problem I created myself without realizing it, and for realizing it was a problem when I changed a thing I didn't need to change, and then wasting all that time to end up exactly where I was before I started. I quite feel like I ought to be rewarded for all that!
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Take a free lunch out of petty cash.
The Man
Unbanned zombie poster
Well, a more intense and visceral hatred of the MFA system should counter the fatigue.
"Let the hate flow through you."
Trebuchet
Penultimate Amazing
I saw "MFA" and thought "Master of Fine Arts".
BowlOfRed
Master Poster
I thought "Mixed Fine Arts". One person is throwing a bust at their opponent who is holding a palette and flinging pointed paintbrushes.
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
Lol. Multi-Factor Authentication.
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
I just completed all of my Mandatory Training refreshers. After this many years, it's become pretty easy.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
I'm nearly retired. So no more of that for me.
novaphile
Quester of Doglets
I'm nearly retired. So no more of that for me.
I do find myself wondering how I will survive now that I don't have to attend all staff mandatory courses about how to blow my nose and how to wash my hands.
We could understand this for 16 year old recruits, who may have never seen a shower before...
... but for adults, managers and professionals?
I finally twigged that they're just a scam to use the training budget on paper so that no one can get any training that is actually valuable.
quadraginta
Becoming Beth
Started with Logitech's first Trackman and never looked back. Using the MX Ergo+ right now.
Both my young 'uns began using computers as soon as they could climb into the chair at the desk, and had to unlearn using a trackball when they started using computers at school.
quadraginta
Becoming Beth
That was my second (or so) thought. My first was much more bleepable.
(Too many years in construction.)arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
Interesting. Mine were about privacy, fraud, and FOI.