xahteiwi

mwidenka, 3 months ago to random German

Warum heißt es eigentlich „back to office“ und nicht Büroklammern?

amin, 3 months ago to random

Hey, Fedi admins, go right now and check to make sure that you have caps/limits set on your Object Storage provider so they just stop serving you images instead of charging you $3,000 because some random person in Europe decided to scrape your instance.

Re: https://cloudisland.nz/@aurynn/111937646419975910

This is a really tragic tale (I hope they can get the charge reversed) but right at this moment I want to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.

xahteiwi, 4 months ago to random

Some stereo images from a recent short trip to Brussels.

Stereoscopic view of an exhibit at the Le Chat Déambule outdoor exhibition in Royal Park, Brussels. The eponymous cat is reading an issue of Le Chat magazine.
Stereoscopic view of Museum Square (Place du Musée/Museumplein) in Brussels. The cobblestone square is devoid of people, only a couple of cars are parked. On the far end of the square is Charles of Lorraine's Palace.
Stereoscopic view of the Royal Palace, Brussels. The building is seen at an acute angle, with a prominent colonnaded portico and a domed roof, atop which flies the Belgian tricolour flag. Meticulously trimmed hedges and bushes adorn the lawns around the building.

xahteiwi, 4 months ago to random

One real problem we have in our industry is managers who came up through organisations with utter shite management, who then think that they get to take pride and deserve praise for every slightest positive deviation from utter shite management.

So, who's had a manager who evidently came up in an org with good management, and what are those orgs? Sound off below.

(And resist the urge to commiserate in the replies. Let's keep them positive. If we can. Boosts OK.)

18+ xahteiwi, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random German

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BigJackBrass, 4 months ago to random

Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

Epoxymoron: Someone who has just accidentally glued himself to the work surface.

zauberlaus, 4 months ago to random German

A manager can never be held accountable, therefore a manager must never make a decision.

c_ozwei, 4 months ago to random German

Die gute Nachricht:

#FPÖ und #ÖVP haben im Schnitt der letzten Umfragen zur österreichischen #Nationalratswahl keine Mehrheit mehr.

Bei Nationalratswahlen gab es das zuletzt vor 18 Jahren.

Seit 1945 gab es in der zweiten Republik nie weniger als 48% für ÖVP+FPÖ/VdU/BZÖ/TS - selbst in Kreisky-Zeiten nicht.

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000206422/was-die-forschung-ueber-moegliche-regierungskonstellationen-weiss

xahteiwi, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

“I just finished my slides”, ”I did my talk on the flight over, it's a little rough around the edges”, “I forgot all about this conference and then whipped this up in a panic two days ago”, or something of the sort said casually at the beginning of a talk, is

biene, 4 months ago to random German

Hab grad Mail bekommen: Der Bundesrat hat die AfD-Verbotspetition angenommen und den Ministerpräsident:innen der Länder vorgelegt. Jetzt macht es Sinn, den Landesregierungen zahlreich zu schreiben.

deirdres, 4 months ago to random

And in "no shit, Sherlock" news: "Contrary to the belief that RTO boosts company value, the analysis revealed that RTO mandates are more likely in firms with poor recent stock performance and have had no significant impacts on firm profitability or stock-returns. Moreover, a notable drop in employee job satisfaction was observed, further questioning the efficacy of these mandates."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/qhamirani/2024/01/26/ceos-are-using-return-to-office-mandates-to-mask-poor-management/?sh=1dcd98b26c2b

skade, 4 months ago to random

"It's not a wiki, it's a Confluence" is the best Atlassian diss I heard in quite a while.

mattp, 4 months ago to random

#CfgMgmtCamp Does anyone at the event fancy a small group dinner (2-4 people) this evening? I'm currently in the main atrium in building B.

haploc, 4 months ago to random Dutch

Thanks to the organizers, presenters, and volunteers for another excellent edition of #cfgmgmtcamp

chuls, 4 months ago to wien

In eigener Sache: Unsere Bürogemeinschaft in #Wien im 2. Bezirk hat derzeit einen wunderschönen Raum mit Ausblick auf den Volkertplatz zu vermieten, weil ein paar liebe Kollegen sich neu verorten. Sollte das für irgendjemanden interessant sein, freue ich mich über eine Email: julia@studiolilum.com - dann kann ich alle weiteren Infos zuschicken. Sollte jemand in Kreisen sein, die das interessieren könnte, freue ich mich über Verbreitung!

#Vienna #Coworking

Office with hardwood floors and muffling fabric on the ceiling
Office kitchen with a teapot lamp and magazines on the table
office with desks, books, plants

todd, 4 months ago to random

I wrote my final article. https://toddl.dev/posts/the-decision-to-leave-tech/

thunfisch, 4 months ago to random German

kudos to @xahteiwi for providing accessible slides! 🙌 #cfgmgmtcamp

puppet, 4 months ago to random

When building new tools or features, design simplicity from the beginning because you will probably never be able to remove complexity later. @xahteiwi #CfgMgmtCamp

zhenech, 4 months ago to random

"managers are entropy accelerators"

@xahteiwi at #cfgmgmtcamp #cfgmgmtcamp2024

binford2k, 4 months ago to random

“Ansible is radically simple” @xahteiwi #CfgMgmtCamp

andypiper, 4 months ago to random

The final #Merchtodon mug has been sold! #FOSDEM @Mastodon

jwildeboer, 4 months ago to Germany

Week 3 of hundreds of thousands of people in #Germany taking to the streets to protest against fascism and far-right movements. Peacefully. Leaderless. Because being antifascist is a hard requirement for democracy. We have learned from history.

xahteiwi, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

For those of you who regularly give talks using a slide deck: while delivering your talk to the audience, do you use a timer?

A — Yes, one that ticks down the total amount of time allotted for the talk.
B — Yes, one that also ticks down the time budgeted for each slide.
C — No, I rely on the organizers of the event to flash me "remaining time" signs.

(Boosts appreciated.)

joannaholman, 4 months ago to melbourne

It makes me happy that not only does Melbourne Central shopping centre put a great sounding piano in their food court, they don’t lock it when the centres stores are almost all closed. It’s a delight to wander through the nearly empty centre early morning or late at night and come across groups of young people gathered around the piano making music. People seem to respect the piano. It’s been there for ages and I’ve never noticed it be damaged or dirty

#melbourne