MystikIncarnate
@MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
Some IT guy, IDK.
- Comment on THE NEXT CLANKER BETTER DO MY GODDAMN DISHES 4 hours ago:
This is accurate. People are conflating plumbing, with the act of installing, and maintaining plumbing. It doesn’t help that the act of maintaining the plumbing (noun) is called plumbing (verb).
But people don’t want to have to hire a plumber to fix the plumbing when it is not doing what it is supposed to.
They want “AI” to do it. Except that such a thing would require advanced robotics more than “AI”. With advanced (and affordable) robotics, the plumber wouldn’t need to actually go to your house, they could just remotely control the plumber bot from the comfort of their home, or from a central office or something. The person that shows up with the bot can be little more than a minimum wage delivery driver. Deliver the bot, make sure it powers on, make sure nobody steals or destroys it, then pack it up and move on when it’s done. The highly paid plumbers never have to go anywhere, and can basically hop from one bot to the next. While they’re working on one job, a bot is already en route to their next job, and ready to go when they finish with the current job.
We’ve adapted art and communication to the Internet. We have not done the same for plumbing (the verb). So expecting something that you can’t even currently do with a computer, to now basically be done by AI, which is confined to the restrictions of a digital-only environment, is foolish at best.
Since we adapted communication and art to digital media already, it’s almost trivial to have that generated by “AI”.
We need to build a robot capable of the work before we can do anything more here.
- Comment on What’s the plan? 1 day ago:
“sorry, I’ve run out of spoons and must return home”
- Comment on What’s the plan? 1 day ago:
Among my friends, I’ve normalized just leaving. I don’t go around and say good bye to everyone. I literally tell one person that I’m leaving, merely to inform them so they can tell others I’ve left if they ask.
So I’ll literally turn to whomever is closest that I know, who isn’t also leaving, and just say I’m leaving, then go.
The story I’ve spun into all of the people I know, which I believe to be the case frequently is that: by making a big show of leaving, you’re basically asking for people to give you a reason to stay or convince you to stay. I don’t want either to happen, and I don’t feel the need to have any pageantry about departing. So I’ll just leave. I want to do that thing, so I’m going to go do that thing. I’m not going to talk about doing that thing, or make a big show of it, I’m just going to do it.
Listen, it’s ok to leave. I know you feel like you owe people some explanation or justification for leaving, but in reality, you do not. Just go.
I will add: this is a very simple idea/concept. That doesn’t, and shouldn’t, imply it will be easy for you, or anyone, to execute. Each person will have their own mental hurdles to get over with this, and I do not want anyone to think that I’m ignoring, or belittling that. Your feelings and challenges are real, legitimate, and valid.
This concept is simple and execution may be easy, or not, for you individually. You may need to restructure the way you think to adopt this, or you may accept it easily. I’m not going to assume what the experiences of everyone else is going to be.
Good luck, everybody.
- Comment on do what you love 2 days ago:
Wow. I don’t even know what to say to that.
CS grads don’t even get taught about the CLI?
That’s embarrassing.
- Comment on do what you love 2 days ago:
I went to college and got a diploma, not a degree. That was because I knew where I wanted to be in the world. I was going to be a sysadmin/network admin/IT support. That was where I was going.
At the time, the available courses for system administrators that resulted in a degree didn’t fucking exist. A big fuck all for degree programs. So I got a diploma, and went on my merry way.
I looked at available degree programs last year and there’s still pretty much sweet fuck all for degree programs for IT support workers, with a few exceptions. A handful of colleges in my country now have some degree programs, and a couple have created one for system/network administrators. They’re massively rare, and the only course plans are for full time class loads. You want to take the degree course, but you have to work? Get fucked. You’re not getting anything.
I actually (foolishly) emailed some of the colleges asking if they would offer enough of the credits in remote learning courses that I could feasibly, eventually, get a degree. If someone could laugh over email, I’m pretty sure that they would have. Needless to say, the answer is a big fuck you.
Yet… I have well over a decade of real world experience and a lot of places are putting up job postings for sysadmin jobs asking for degrees plus years of experience.
So, essentially, they want me to go get a degree, probably in computer Science, which, by the way, isn’t really computer Science. There’s really no Science to it and the only relation to a computer is that you’re doing programming. CS majors cannot do my job. They would be so bad at it, that I would laugh, then cry, knowing I probably have to fix all the fuckups that were just made.
So, they want to hire someone who can’t do the work because they want and need a degree for a job that doesn’t have a degree that actually teaches you the correct skillset.
The entire fucking job market is completely fucked. Unless you do development, GFL wading through all the asinine postings to find one that is reasonable enough to recognize that CS majors are not the people you want working in system admin positions.
The worst part is that businesses can’t see what they’re doing wrong. C-levels, owners and managers, have no fucking clue what I do, nor how I do any of it. Unless it’s a company large enough to have a CIO that’s got a lick of fucking sense, the job posting is going to be utter horse shit for the crap that they’ll expect from you.
“Enjoys a fast paced environment” - you’re going to be over worked.
“Works well independently” - because you’re always going to be working alone, since they won’t hire anyone else to work the job.
"Requires knowledge of: Windows server, VMware, networking, Wan/LAN, VPN, desktop, printers… " You’re the only one working IT and you need to do it all.
“Enjoys a challenge” - nothing is under warranty, so every vendor will tell you to fuck off anytime you are in over your head and call in for support.
I’ve seen this shit so much over the past decade+ that’s it’s all shit. I don’t even fucking read job postings half the time, if it has a salary to it that looks good to me, I check if it’s “hybrid” (aka, in-office, but you can work from home, with managers approval that you’ll never get), in-office, or remote. If it’s anything other than remote, I’m probably moving on. If it passes those first two checks, I skim the requirements for “you should know” shit to determine if I’m working on a team, if they’re actually looking for an IT person, or is this posting, just a poorly worded website design or coding job… And if I don’t see anything too stupid on the list I just throw them my resume.
Look, I’ve done this job long enough that I know my shit, I know I know my shit, and I couldn’t give a fuck less if you call me or not. If you don’t see my potential, your loss. I don’t want to work for someone who is too blind to see that experience > everything, and that what I put on my resume isn’t who I am. I couldn’t possibly cram enough info into a CV to accurately convey the sheer amount of shit I’ve dealt with. Not even fucking close… And if you need someone with at least 5 years experience with ERP-xyz-Max 2010, and won’t even consider anyone who hasn’t used that software, well, you’re too dumb to be helped. Do you have any idea how much specialized software is out there? Give me a fucking break. My expertise isn’t in one specific software, though I have a lot of knowledge of some of the more common ones… My expertise is decoding the shit pile that the publisher calls “documentation” to actually support the program well enough to keep it running. I RTFM so you don’t have to.
There, I said it.
- Comment on UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole 4 days ago:
The French get shit done. I can certainly say that. They’re a population that really won’t stand for being shit on. It’s why they made such good use of the guillotine, historically.
Taking a page from their book may not be a bad idea… Or you could reference the alleged works of Saint Luigi from America. He also made a profound impact. At least for a while.
- Comment on UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole 4 days ago:
They wouldn’t be able to get this shit to fly against the other members of the EU, I don’t think.
Those people are doing the Lord’s work, forcing companies to give control over user data, to the users, making USB C a standard for all devices… I won’t list everything, but shit. The rest of the world has benefited by proxy on so many things, because of the EU.
The UK is acting like a bunch of pearl clutching soccer moms.
- Comment on UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole 4 days ago:
To the people of the UK:
What the hell is this authoritarian, pearl clutching shit? You’re fucking shit up for everyone. Can you get your people to please fuck off?
Thanks, from some guy on the Internet.
- Comment on Teddybears - Punkrocker 4 days ago:
Exactly. The concept was sound, that resources were limited and something should be done about that, but the implementation needed so much work.
He imagined a solution for a very real problem, then went straight to making it happen without allowing the solution to undergo any scrutiny.
It’s the only way! Clearly! People just don’t see it like he does! Right?
- Comment on Teddybears - Punkrocker 5 days ago:
I get what you’re saying. The person in question knew more about the original source material than I ever have, and I’m just relaying their opinion.
I’m usually entertained by Superman stories, personally. They might be boring, they might be woke, they might be a million things, but as long as I find them entertaining, then I’ll keep watching.
- Comment on Teddybears - Punkrocker 5 days ago:
At the same time, I like that the antagonists of the boys are people with nuance.
The best shows and stories are ones where both sides believe they are doing what is best for everyone, but disagree on what’s best for everyone… Like Thanos. His idea was good in concept, his execution? Not great.
- Comment on Teddybears - Punkrocker 5 days ago:
The biggest super hero fan I know said that he doesn’t like Superman. Confused by this I asked him why, and he had a pretty good point.
His reason was that, Superman generally isn’t physically challenged. In most cases the only issue he faces is trying to figure out what is going on. After that, Superman wins every time. The only exception is with kryptonite. His literal only weakness.
So all plot lines boil down to a mystery, followed by some flashy scenes of Superman going Superman stuff, the end; with the only real exception being “bad guys have kryptonite”. It’s boring.
And you know what? He makes a good point.
None of this goes against anything you say, it’s just one person’s opinion (not even mine). The only reason I’m posting this is to say, it’s possible to dislike Superman content, but that doesn’t and shouldn’t imply someone is anti-Superman.
Food for thought.
- Comment on HR people smiling at you thinking that you are a complete moron 1 week ago:
I would spend my working time looking for a new job.
- Comment on Have you encountered this? 1 week ago:
Are you encouraging people to do a crime?
Tax evasion is serious you know!
… Nevermind that the IRS lacks resources to actually audit even the top 0.1% of earners to make sure they aren’t doing anything funky… Nevermind having the resources to audit any of the rest of us… It’s illegal!
- Comment on Have you encountered this? 1 week ago:
This is exactly me. I still tip you all. Even if the food sucked, I’m doing what I can to leave a tip.
I’d add a caveat for bad service, but honestly, I don’t think I’ve met a server yet that deserved to not be tipped (aka, paid fairly for their service).
If you suck at your job, you won’t have it very long. Server or not. Let’s let the system work the way it does for everyone else. Ban below minimum wage wages for servers.
Once that happens, I can happily never tip again.
- Comment on HR people smiling at you thinking that you are a complete moron 1 week ago:
Well, if they tell you about your impending demise you might not work as hard!
- Comment on HR people smiling at you thinking that you are a complete moron 1 week ago:
Oh. I heard this bluff from Pat Geisinger himself, in person.
I was employed by VMware many moons ago when Pat took the helm. He decided to start by cutting an entire department from my location, sight unseen.
We then changed all the furniture because they had two floors of the building and wanted to cut back since they just lost half a floor of people.
We go home, work from home for a while, then return. Then Pat comes by for a site visit.
He stood there with the gall to say that the team that was cut was a different business unit, and that was a business decision regarding that business unit (it was the front line team, which was then relocated to “low cost centers”)… Blah blah blah… This is a different department, a different business unit, blah blah, what happened to them is isolated, and doesn’t mean anything regarding your employment… Blah blah …
I didn’t buy it for a second. But I was too stressed out to do anything at the time.
The layoffs started less than six months later. I was part of the first round.
Fuck you Pat.
- Comment on MD = oMega Dumbass 1 week ago:
This is exactly what I’m thinking.
Thank you.
- Comment on MD = oMega Dumbass 2 weeks ago:
I came up with an analogy for vaccines that I’m thinking might actually penetrate the think skulls of some of these motherfuckers. If you agree, please feel free to use it… It goes like this:
When soldiers are preparing for their life in the service, what do they do? Stand around with their thumbs in their asses waiting for an enemy to attack? No. They train. They train day and night. They train until they have all of the maneuvers and tactics burned into their brains.
They use guns and tanks to defend.
So for defense, most would agree that the soldiers doing the fighting need two main things: training and equipment.
This is the same for your immune system. The equipment that your body needs to mount a good defence comes in the form of vitamins, minerals, and most importantly, calories to keep everything operating as good as it can.
Vaccines are the other side of that equation. They’re the training regimen for your immune system. It’s the practice run before going into a live-fire situation.
Vaccines, in and of themselves, can’t do shit to stop you from getting an infection, or a disease. That’s not what vaccines do. They only train the soldiers of your immune system to recognize and effectively attack the enemy. Without them, your immune system soldiers will take longer to react to a threat because it will simply take longer to recognise it and attack/eliminate it.
That’s it.
- Comment on Have you encountered this? 2 weeks ago:
Tipping, specifically in the original context of restaurants, I will still do, simply because the government needs to change the minimum wage so that servers are included. They’re currently a protected group that is allowed to be paid far less than minimum wage, and they are supposed to make up the difference in tips.
In every other context, wow me and I’ll tip you, otherwise, don’t expect shit.
If you did your job as you are expected to do, then I don’t see why I need to tip.
- Comment on Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue. 2 weeks ago:
Democracy doesn’t get any wins anymore. That part of the voyage is over.
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 2 weeks ago:
Does it matter which one is first?
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 2 weeks ago:
So does massive doses of radiation…
So we could just… Idk, expose people to radiation by way of some airborne delivery system that you could drop from a plane a safe distance away… Kind of like a bomb, but radioactive… An atom bomb, if you will.
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 2 weeks ago:
Narrator: it is.
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 2 weeks ago:
We had really high hopes and big dreams for the Internet when it was conceived.
We ended up with social networks that steal and sell you information without your knowledge, and without any compensation to you, and “AI” slop for chat bots, and forum posts and pictures and even video now…
This is not what the Internet was made for.
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 2 weeks ago:
600 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit?
I’m not sure it matters, bluntly.
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 2 weeks ago:
My guess?
anthropomorphism.
People are assigning thought and specifically intent to the replies that they get from ML and LLMs. They don’t realize that the model is essentially just an unchecked auto correct that uses the entirety of everything posted on the public Internet as it’s basis for what to reply to a prompt, the same way your phone tries to predict what word you want to say next based on what you’ve typed so far.
It’s just a lot bigger and more complex than the auto correct and word prediction that your phone has.
But that’s it. That’s all it does. It’s not thinking. It’s not intelligent. It has no intent. It cannot cognitively understand what it’s saying or doing.
Taking to “AI” is basically having the average of all Internet content as a basis for the reply. That means it’s going to make shit up, tell you to eat glue, and generally fuck around.
But most people seem to assign it human-like traits of reasoning and intent, when there isn’t any. CEOs included.
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 2 weeks ago:
AI also needs a lot of other shit to run even at a basic level. Networks, and systems… A dedicated nuclear power facility on three Mile Island.
AI can’t run without so many people plugging in the servers, and power, and installing the operating systems… The list of supporting characters is long.
What if we… Just… Stopped supporting the companies that were pushing AI?
- Comment on I ain't got no time to maintain some stupid little plastic bread clip. I got a landlord to feed. 3 weeks ago:
Oh yeah. I’m only really taking about the commercial bakery stuff. Anything store-brand or made “in store” is all bespoke and unique to whatever store it is.
- Comment on I ain't got no time to maintain some stupid little plastic bread clip. I got a landlord to feed. 3 weeks ago:
Yes I do, it’s right there.