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backupbear

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into #DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on #backup and #recovery). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic.

Also a huge #PowerPlate fan & user.
Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https://linktr.ee/backupbear

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jpm, to random
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Remember when the BOM had to invent a new colour for their heat maps a few years ago and everyone lost their minds? Good times…

backupbear,
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@jpm Have they had to invent another colour now?

backupbear, to random
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It's always amazing when someone reveals something that's actually horrifying treatment of a child as if it were something normal. (Been there, done that myself a few times.)

Someone noting: "Of course, [as a kid] I was banned from talking in the car because I'd talk too much."

Hey, that's a sign of shitty parents, don't wear it as some criticism of you.

backupbear, to random
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When you’re preparing to move and you’ve got your current house part packed, you definitely reach a point where there’s a weird sensation that it’s suddenly no longer home, and you’re psychologically in this limbo state until you can complete the move.

backupbear,
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@jpm They're getting closer

backupbear, to random
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Guardian, "Put yourself in the shoes of a Trump voter".

Oh darling, I'd rather stick my nuts in a blender.

backupbear, to random
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Me, to husband: "Thankyou for being a friend."
Husband gets look of slight panic on his face.
Me: "Travel down a road and back again."
Husband: <panics more>
Me: "Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant."
Husband: <panic intensifies>
Me: <launches badly into song> "And if you threw a party, invited everyone you knew.

"You would see the biggest gift would be from me
and the card attached would say, thank you for being a friend!"

backupbear, to UX
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I love* the integration of OneDrive and Office Apps.

For instance, in PowerPoint, I love* how when I go to save a deck I've just created, I get the #UX of this workflow in order to pick the folder I want to write it to:

  1. First get prompted just to throw it in my OneDrive. Click the little "More options..." link down the bottom.

  2. Go to an erstwhile full "Save As" dialog that lets me choose between OneDrive, SharePoint, This PC, etc. Click the "This PC" link.

  3. Get the offer to just write it in my Documents folder, or maybe I'd like to create a New Folder, or maybe I'd like to pick one of 5 or 6 folders under Documents that I've never saved a document into. Click the little "More options..." link.

  4. Finally get presented with a true Explorer Save-As dialog where I can navigate my damn file structure and choose the directory I want to write the file to.

Seriously, if you want a lesson in how not to do file-access UX, look no further than MS Office fully integrated with OneDrive.

backupbear, to random
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I've said it before, I'll say it again. HP are the shit-stains of the printing industry.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

backupbear, to random
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04.00 – 17.00 tomorrow. Halp.

shlee, to random
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ACAB Includes embattled police commissioners.

backupbear,
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@shlee No rank qualifiers in ACAB.

backupbear, to UX
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I'm freaking tired of product situations where "No" isn't an option. Giving options of "Yes" and "Maybe later" is specious bullshit and it results in a fucking creepy, unpleasant experience.

backupbear, to microsoft
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I hope force all their browser staff to use all the stupid productivity hacks they introduce. "Hey, you opened up a website, so I'll consume a chunk of the browser window to show you the {Email | Teams chat} that you launched the browser from, even though you've still got it in another window."

I hope they have to use it every minute of every day and it slowly drives them up the wall.

backupbear, to random
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Been a long time since I've had such a rotten night's sleep. Supposedly just on four hours but there were so many waking periods the graph looks nuts. First meeting at 3am and final meeting ends at 4pm today. It's going to be a loooong day.

backupbear, to random
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Headline: "Young family snaps up $3.8M home in Brunswick!"

Me: "OK honey, let's play the guessing game re: whether this 'young couple' will turn out to both be earning $500Kp/a or how the bank of mum & dad with a 17-house investment portfolio are bank-rolling them."

backupbear, to random
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The move is getting closer. You suddenly go from having all the time in the world to counting the seconds. And while the seconds wind down, the stress winds up.

backupbear,
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@jpm With the exception of a few essentials, everything is going by movers. We're past doing that ourselves. But we're packing, ourselves. That's the draining bit.

Will be interested in your roaster recommendation, though we currently have some subscriptions with St Ali.

backupbear, to random
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Has aus.social blocked brid.gy? Can't find it on global searches so I'm hoping it's already been excluded.

backupbear, to random
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At the rate things are going I wouldn't be surprised if Broadcom tried to switch VMware to a per-VM licensing model by the end of the year.

Last time I saw something this hostile to existing customers was when Oracle took over Sun, but it seriously looks like Broadcom looked at that & said "Hold my beer (I'm charging you to hold it, too)."

backupbear, to random
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As a higher income earner I constantly argued against the stage-3 tax cuts even knowing they'd benefit me. I didn't think it was fair.

But I must admit, I also likewise get narky each year now when I get a "Division 293 Assessment" requiring me to yank money out of my superannuation.

I suppose this is partly because back in 2003-2005 my employer lied about super contributions and I was too young and stupid to check, and the Howard government's super levy was done based on what your employer said they were doing and I lost a fuck-load of retirement money over those lies. Still leaves me a little raw.

kcarruthers, to random
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It’s time to stop calling them “conservatives” and start calling them “reactionaries”

backupbear,
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@kcarruthers Yes, the only thing they're interested in conserving is their own wealth & privilege. Very narrow focus.

backupbear, to random
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Maybe it's a sign of being up since 2am for a 3am meeting that was cancelled, but I just heard "at the bottom of the hour", and after looking up what it means I am enraged that someone would say that instead of "at the half-hour {mark|point}".

backupbear, to random
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I again find myself wanting to automatically add a "Local time: X" to each participant's square so that everyone on the meeting sees what time it is for each participant.

backupbear, to random
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No-one is a better reviewer than Margaret. "Mentally fragile half-wits get married to toxic fame tarts". >>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_8Bqzt4XFw

backupbear, to random
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Dear $retailer,

Pestering me weekly to respond to your stupid survey will not garner you the result you want.

Signed,
The Universe.

backupbear,
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@jpm It even included the obligatory "how we measure the scoring" flag, knowing that Australians aren't compatible with NPS.

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