Shit pitch: public sector engaged consultancies should apply a standardised framework of employment level codes to their employees, so that all the rank dorks in the APS and State public services know who they’re allowed to tell to fuck off and who they can’t bully
@jpm@neoluddite@nickzoic yeah look addressing applications and interview panels according to obscure rules one only learns at specific schools is absolutely how it’s done already
If you vape, please have the courage of your convictions and just smoke cigarettes, so as to accept the social disapprobation in full. Instead of this half-purgatory where you smell like a strawberry urinal
@liamvhogan Several years ago, I tried an e-cigarette. I took it to a rock concert, and I stood outside daintily puffing away while everyone else was smoking real cigarettes. I couldn't take the peer pressure. "I feel like a pussy," I said. "Can I bum a real cigarette from somebody?"
I organise a unit of emergency service volunteers and any time any politician, even on the other side of the world, utters the phrase ‘national service’ the hairs on the back of my neck rise and I have a sense of profound unease. What have the British done now
If you’re moving over from Windows: it’s easy to install Linux, there are heaps of boot loaders for your preferred distribution, and if something goes wrong, well it’s easy to simply recompile the kernel with your custom settings and write a new package manager. And have I mentioned the helpful Discor
The great thing about Linux is that it’s accessible to almost everyone who uses computers, and requires only the most widely shared fundamentals, like high levels of literacy, knowledge of the relationship between hardware and drivers, a familiarity with file system theory, error message troubleshooting experience, an ability to memorise contextless strings of commands and their options, confidence entering information into the terminal without any kind of prompting, an ability to distinguish between useful and harmful guides on forums on the internet, a creative approach to working around failures, and of course copious amounts of free time unsupervised by a manager.
And it goes without saying you need admin access to your machine