technophiliac

No goatse, either :(

Work: Thinkpad P72, 128GB RAM, Fedora

Personal#1: Lenovo Slim 7i 16", Win10

Personal#2: MBP 17", 2.3Ghz i7, early 2011, High Sierra :-)

This reminded me of the series Toast of London[0] wherein the main character, Steven Toast, does voice-over gigs on the side[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_of_London

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhTtDwUSb6A&t=141s

We are legion...

I still own 'sys' and 'wheel' at one of the big ISPs in the US. I used to get a lot of syslog-type messages back in the day.

>> * know how to calculate your contract rate if you're doing contract work.

If you have to wade through traffic to get to your place of work, figure that time into your rate.

Thanks for sharing this!

How do you communicate your "design" to others (stakeholders, developers, ops, sec, etc)?

I know where to go the next time this happens. The Starbucks at 17th and Bristol in Santa Ana, CA still took your order, as if everything were normal. Cashier punches in the order so the barista can work on it but instead of telling you how much you need to pay, cashier tells you "our system is down, this one's on us."

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glad to know another one of us graze over here, too.

i "accidentally" quit.. had no intention of quitting permanently but i was working two jobs at the time.. i measured how much time i was losing to smoking.. 5 min/stick.. that it'd be good if i was being paid for that time instead; like another hour or so a day.

i used nicotine gum to avoid the trip outside to smoke.. at least i could get my nicotine fix while still in front of the PC.. was like this for months then transitioned to ordinary gum.. that's the time when my will was really put to the test.

worked for me.. never smoked another cigarette since i went down this road.. nicotine-independent now for two years.

btw.. i've been a heavy smoker (1.5-2 packs/day) for 22 years straight, before this.