Nollij

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

As others have mentioned, it refers to the gear shift. But it actually has a meaningful origin - many years ago, the gear order was not agreed upon. Many cars had a gear shift that was PNDLR (which I've heard pronounced "pendler"), where reverse was at the end. At the time, it was useful to tell the difference between a PRNDL and a PNDLR shift.

Of course that was all before 1971, when PRNDL was mandated by the US government.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You are helping - they clearly need the additional training, and you're doing everything you can to supply that. Their job can't be relying on you.

They shouldn't (and almost certainly don't) have delegation authority.

For corporate bingo, the keywords are upskill, cross-training, and bus factor.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Don't show. Guide them to do it themselves. Never be the one to actually do it beyond the first time.

If they still refuse to learn, make them take notes. Make them read to you their notes from last time. Make them tell you what each step is and means.

Make asking you the hardest option for them to get what they want.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Even if this is true (very big IF), why would you publish that? The OpSec makes no sense. Are they trying to bait Russia into attacking to get a unified response? That seems like an incredibly risky move.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago

You must not be American. Adults wearing DARE shirts are not bootlickers for the DEA. They wear it ironically.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This seems perfectly reasonable. I'm sure the people wearing DARE shirts will take this seriously and help out.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They all have to work (at least to an extent) using only x1. It's part of the PCIe spec.

Missing pins are actually extremely common. If your board has a slot that's x16 (electrically x8), which is very common for a second video card, take a closer look. Half the pins in the slot aren't connected. It has the full slot to make you feel better about it, and it provides some mounting stability, but it's electrically the same as an x8 that's open.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

USB the protocol, or just uses a USB cable? If it's not using the protocol, the cables are a cheap way of getting cables of a certain spec.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

Why would you ever think that dealing with Wells Fargo was going to be in your best interest?

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 105 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The denial after the fact is a necessary coping mechanism. Otherwise, they will suffer from the guilt of killing their child.

Which they absolutely did.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is this a "Brewster's Millions" scenario, where it has to be wasted, or do you just have to buy a bunch of crap?

Also, I'm presuming you aren't counting time for the check/etc to clear. Otherwise, very few of us could ever even conceivably make that level of transaction.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

California is net neutral. Whether it's a giver or taker state depends on the year and the exact criteria used, but it's never very far from even.

That said, sister relief is an area that California gets the shaft.

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