Downside to working form home is that I roll out of bed, start work, then roll back into bed when I'm done. Not quite that bad, but it feels like
it sometimes.
Anyway, hi, I'll try and be around more. :)
I feel you there, brother! I'm definitely feeling some cabin fever
this year.
Here's hoping that the world stops being stupid in 2022!
I'm probably the newest SysOp on fsxNet, but I'll be glad to be the
first to
say:
Welcome back! It's almost as if you were in a coma, for a while...XD
Ayup. One thing's for sure, post apocalytic movies will never be the same again, now that we know how the world will end. ;)
haha thanks and welcome to you too. I saw your onboarding post and that was pretty interesting with your SNES emulator work. I wish I had such a good attention span. haha
You mean...ZombieLand isn't real? No Twinkies? Q_Q
You may have missed an important lesson in that post:
Don't let your attention get so absorbed in one thing that you forget
about
everything else.
You do remember the remarks about the red-head, yeah? Q_Q
You mean...ZombieLand isn't real? No Twinkies? Q_Q
I can neither confirm nor deny.
I'm sure there's a balance to be found. But I'm probably at the opposite end of the attention span spectrum. In NZ we have a bird called a Kea that's attracted to shiny objects. I'm like that. haha
You do remember the remarks about the red-head, yeah? Q_Q
I glossed over that because I have my own bad memories of a redhead.
JoE DooM wrote to all <=-
The one upside to this pandemic (if I'm to look for a silver lining) is that companies have finally accepted that a lot of their staff can work remotely. My work is now 100% work from home. Easy for me as a UNIX Engineer / Architect.
Downside to working form home is that I roll out of bed, start work,
then roll back into bed when I'm done. Not quite that bad, but it feels like it sometimes.
I was so far behind on messages that there were over 2000 new msgs here
in general chat.. It was too overwhelming so I skipped most of them and will start fresh and pretend I've been in a coma. :)
The one upside to this pandemic (if I'm to look for a silver lining) is that companies have finally accepted that a lot of their staff can work remotely. My work is now 100% work from home. Easy for me as a UNIX Engineer / Architect.
Downside to working form home is that I roll out of bed, start work, then roll back into bed when I'm done. Not quite that bad, but it feels like
it sometimes.
"You might have a plan for life, but don't expect life to have the same plan for you!" -- McDoob
Let's both not sweat the small stuff, and
With the shutdowns, it forced them to allow work from home. And guess
what?
The same amount of work got done.
Now those same managers are drooling over the money that they will
save by
getting rid of paying for office space.
Hello JoE!
Welcome back!
Yes, this is a good thing. Hopefully most employers have learnt now
that those who work can work regardless of location. And those who
don't work very hard wouldn't have worked hard anyway... It's a matter
of trust (and reasonable follow-ups to make sure things are heading in
the right direction)...
JoE DooM wrote to Dr. What <=-
yeah it's pretty funny. It's a common misconception that people in management have more of a clue than everyone else. :D
I wonder how long before a standard welcome package for new hires will
be a laptop, a VPN, and a comfy chair for you to take home. haha
JoE DooM wrote to McDoob <=-
omg it was so humid yesterday that I was sweating *everything*... :p
I need another shower just thinking about it...
JoE DooM wrote to all <=-
The one upside to this pandemic (if I'm to look for a silver lining) is that companies have finally accepted that a lot of their staff can work remotely. My work is now 100% work from home. Easy for me as a UNIX Engineer / Architect.
Downside to working form home is that I roll out of bed, start work,
then roll back into bed when I'm done. Not quite that bad, but it feels like it sometimes.
McDoob wrote to JoE DooM <=-
I've always said I have more in common with Kiwis (and Ozzies, sorry)
than Canucks. :)
Mostly because I have a night shift job...
But also because too many of
us Canucks are becoming 'Americanized'... (u_u)
Is that because you're awake when they are?
"Culture" is unfortunately one of our biggest exports. Sorry about that.
I think the term is "common myth". Dilbert has been showing that
management
really has no clue in most large companies.
My company has done all but the comfy chair over the last year.
And Steelcase and Herman Miller are close by, so the chair might be in
the
works. 8)
Not quite humid here, but certainly much warmer than normal. But it
will be
back to normal this afternoon. Related to that are the very strong
winds we
are getting right now.
My user base is a development group that was Slack-friendly before the lockdown in March 2020. We were quite happy working on our home PCs
and
remoting into our work laptops, when infosec turned RDP off. :(
both ended up going back in the Spring of 2021. Getting out of the
house was
key - we have a deck with a table and chairs, and we started taking
lunch
breaks together outside - get some vitamin D, get away from the
keyboard,
and recharge a bit. Walking in the morning and evening helps, too - I
dog and live in a dog-friendly block, so I end up seeing other dog
walkers.
2 5-foot leashes makes for a good social distance during a pandemic.
:)
lockdown, we landscaped the yard, added a furnished shed in the yard
and
remodeled the kitchen.
Not quite humid here, but certainly much warmer than normal. Butit
coolish and rainy. Today is mild and hopefully the rain has stopped. I
can hear birds chirping outside.
JoE DooM wrote to Dr. What <=-
My company has done all but the comfy chair over the last year.
And Steelcase and Herman Miller are close by, so the chair might be in
the
works. 8)
Nice. Hopefully they are quick to realise that your comfort and health
& safety are important and they sort one promptly. :)
Our global differences make me smile. I heard what I thought was a
bird
singing today, but by the time I got to it, it has frozen to death.
<grin>
For me, I'd just be upgrading what I already have. One of the nice
things
about having those office furnature manufacturers near by is their
outlet
stores. We already have really nice Steelcase chairs for our computer desks.
One company I contracted to a couple of months ago are having to move buildings temporarily, while their current one is knocked down and
rebuilt to withstand the next big earthquake.
And partly because there are a lot of other companies in the same boat, and partly because of a new-found acceptance of remote working staff, their new temporary digs are only going to be able to support about 1/3rd of their total local staff.
I wonder how long before a standard welcome package for new hires will be a laptop, a VPN, and a comfy chair for you to take home. haha
Where I work I have been able to work remotely since August but in the
last week or so my country changed to a different Covid management
system - they call it the traffic light system (more at
covid19.govt.nz if interested) and so my employer has been asking us
to return to the office. There's also a 'must be vaccinated' policy in
place there too.
Anywho the reason I share this is I have found working at home to be a
good experience and going back into the office to be more of a noisy
and a bit more distracting experience. I have however enjoyed the
social contact with fellow colleagues again :)
I'm in NZ too (it's Spiro here.. I know I keep changing my handle hah)
Yeah I think there's going to be a general push to get people back in offices next year, but I think many will be rotating staff and have a
half at work/half at home week... Wellington is still going thru earthquake strengthening and getting buildings back up to code after the kaikura quake, and because of that many companies are having to cut down how many seats they can fit in whatever office space they can find.
Is Dunedin going through anything similar or are your office buildings largely unscathed?
Agree. In fact, I dread going back into a full office because I don't
like the noise. In the last place I worked I had noise cancelling headphones, but some spaces were so noisy I would also wear earplugs
under the headphones. And that just gave me earaches after having to do that for 8 hours a day (and then wearing them at night because my old apnoea machine was much noisier)...
I didn't use the headphones for listening to music because I like music too much and stop working to listen to it. hahaha so that's even more of
a distraction.
So working from home get my official seal of approval. :)
ACC are building a new main office here in the city I'm sure that one
will be super sound. The local council buildings I think are getting a
make over now too.
The new city hospital will certainly be sorted when done, but it's
years away from being built as they have only just cleared land (old
Cadbury Factory buildings) to start construction which I think begins
in 2022.
I've done the same at times but then my team leader who sits nearby me
and also speaks in a quiet tone will ask me question so I have to keep pulling out the plugs to hear her.
So working from home get my official seal of approval. :)Yay :) You get my one - back at ya :)
It's crazy how long things have been taking us. I mean, I know government doesn't move quickly... haha I'm always amazed when I see the Chinese
come together to fix things or build them. They seem to take days to do
I've had people interrupt me in the past who are clearly oblivious to the fact that if someone has headphones and earplugs, can't see or hear you, and you have to literally stand in front of them and wave to get their attention, they would probably prefer you didn't interrupt them. Especially for something trivial that they could ask anyone else about..
It's why I don't like calling people on the phone. It's basically saying, please stop what you're doing and pay attention to me right now. I'll
send an email and they can get back to me when they're good and ready.
What were we talking about? hahaha
That's a good idea. I do mostly email too but sometimes a phone call
can save a lot of back and forth.
What were we talking about? hahahaMr Whippy ice-cream I think. Did you know we finally have a van again
in Dunedin doing the rounds? And they play Greensleeves...
But there's also some other new guy and he plays the tune from the
movie The Bridge over the River Kwai. <--- the more you know ;-)
On 12-19-21 21:13, JoE DooM wrote to Avon <=-
It wouldn't be seemly for an old fat bugger like me to go running after
an ice cream truck. hahah Maybe 10 years ago...
hahahahahaha that's fantastic.
I haven't heard an ice cream truck around here for a few years now. Maybe they didn't do very well, but they didn't stick to a schedule. It just always seemed random, so by the time I'd thought about where my wallet
was and put some shoes on, they'd be long gone.
It wouldn't be seemly for an old fat bugger like me to go running after
an ice cream truck. hahah Maybe 10 years ago...
JoE DooM wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Yeah, that's an interesting one from a security POV. But if you have
work laptops as opposed to desktops, then I'm guessing the preference would be for you to take those home and connect back to the work
network via a VPN?
I also like the idea of what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, which translates to "forest bathing." Not getting your gear off and taking a bath, but immersing yourself in nature. :)
Avon wrote to JoE DooM <=-
Where I work I have been able to work remotely since August but in the last week or so my country changed to a different Covid management
system - they call it the traffic light system (more at covid19.govt.nz
if interested) and so my employer has been asking us to return to the office. There's also a 'must be vaccinated' policy in place there too.
Anywho the reason I share this is I have found working at home to be a good experience and going back into the office to be more of a noisy
and a bit more distracting experience. I have however enjoyed the
social contact with fellow colleagues again :)
JoE DooM wrote to Avon <=-
Agree. In fact, I dread going back into a full office because I don't
like the noise. In the last place I worked I had noise cancelling headphones, but some spaces were so noisy I would also wear earplugs
under the headphones.
What I want to do is take my home desktop with 2 monitors and RDP into
the work laptop sitting in my home office. RDP can use both big
monitors, despite the laptop having one screen. Then, VPN into the network from the laptop.
People aren't going to want to sit in a conference room any more, I'm planning on taking the tables out of the smaller ones and using them as stand-up
rooms with video.
Bucko wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
What I want to do is take my home desktop with 2 monitors and RDP into
the work laptop sitting in my home office. RDP can use both big
monitors, despite the laptop having one screen. Then, VPN into the network from the laptop.
Very easily done, I have a 3 monitor setup on my desk, I RDP into my VM machines and use the 3 monitors for them. It makes life so much easier when I want to look at 2 different VM's at the same time...
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
But if you say this you will never be employed because Human Resources wants people who goes to meetings :-)
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
But if you say this you will never be employed because Human Resources wants people who goes to meetings :-)
I'm hoping that they, and the managers who measure employee engagement by the number of people in seats at 4:59pm are left behind in a post-covid world.
People around the world think of Canada as the 'polite' country, yes? But that's not what I'm seeing anymore. Maybe I'm just looking with old, jaded eyes. Or maybe things actually were better in the past...
I was in downtown Toronto after a soccer victory.
Greenlfc wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
As a security guy, for our use case, I have no issue with our users
RDPing into their work computers. We have mechanisms to secure that reasonably (once we get MFA approved it'll be better).
the opinion that if you can RDP form a personal machine into work,
there's no reason you need a work-provided laptop.
Desktop machines
are cheaper and more powerful for the money and a better use of company resources. In most companies I've worked the folks who get laptops and leave them on their desk most of the time are just looking for a status symbol.
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Meassuring the number of people in seats is not the worst way I have
seen. With remote working, I have heard they meassure productivity with factors such as mouse and keyboard ussage and the like. In other words: they attach a tracking process to your computer session and if you do
not use input peripherals in a while, they assume you are slacking.
Never mind if you are working with an actual piece of paper, or if you
are using one of those devices that moves the mouse at random so the computer thinks you are actually working...
<knock wood> If we do lock down again, at least we're in a better place here. I have a rock-solid home network, bought a 3 year-old system to replace my 12 year-old system, and have a landscaped back yard, a cottage and a remodeled kitchen. My son's room is now optimized for remote schooling with a new desk and layout. My daughter prefers slouching on a couch with a laptop. :|
Oh, the stories I could tell you. I worked for %LARGE_INTERNET_AUCTION_SITE% for many years managing client services/desktop support.
Greenlfc wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
IT is the redheaded stepchild at my current employer. We're expected
to do everything almost entirely with capex, no opex. You tell me, in modern IT, how you're supposed to run capex. I mean, if they'd let us
go open source, sure, it would be doable, maybe, but most of the tools
the business needs to make money are big dollar licensed stuff.
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