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Post #AqNKy3UMGFxEvPmjgm by [email protected] |
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“95% of my arcane knowledge is reading the error message”— friend in IT s… |
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Post #AqNKy3fLbOkFTUvVom by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx PC Load Letter? The fuck does that mean?! |
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Post #AqNLKJnCKAzprTDGe8 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx On Windows it's looking at the Event Log 🙂 |
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Post #AqVgqgMna8oBRVomhM by [email protected] |
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@duckyfella Quick either check of the manual or web search later: "Oh, rig… |
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Post #AqVgqgUx5pKXqndIPI by [email protected] |
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@mkj @nemothorx I agree to a point, but they could’ve written literally anyth… |
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Post #AsDymjDhqvYdYQG0tE by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx I've gotten more than one call for a missing component in our so… |
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Post #AsDymjL9PFVpvVjxUe by [email protected] |
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@bluestarultor that's remarkably close to the conversation that spawned th… |
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Post #AsDymjQp4A38D6OUKm by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx Honestly, it always shocks and depresses me the sheer lack of curios… |
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Post #AsDymjWqhks0VnDIjA by [email protected] |
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@bluestarultor I used to have a change manager who had a tendency to want to ov… |
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Post #AsDymjf0DROMv51oR6 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx @bluestarultor worked as a contractor once. Was setting up Windows s… |
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Post #AsEFFchelBIR0U4Aca by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx The one that gets me is the developers who jump straight to picking … |
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Post #AsEFGnallEA94GPCWO by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx For really complicated stuff, I read the logs |
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Post #AsEFHSf73yzyRbkkU4 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx and alas I have colleagues who tell me that you can not learn anythi… |
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Post #AsEFHSkmitXGjCPHKC by [email protected] |
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@number137 eugh wtf. Comprehensive monitoring to know what's gone wrong, an… |
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Post #AsEFIvt5tBFjNJzhPU by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx Can confirm.95% of my time in office hours is spent reading build lo… |
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Post #AsEFP1Ar9AT3VaChw8 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx Oof at that first chapter. But honestly, that place could have used … |
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Post #AsEFP2Ws6nfji9VntI by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx I think my favorite was the girl who literally didn't even know … |
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Post #AsEFRBwg4QLBUhbn4y by [email protected] |
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@bluestarultor oh that sounds a horror show, end to end. I end up sharing this … |
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Post #AsEFRC3PfNjDpalAZs by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx Oh, God, funny, but also ouch, close to home. XDThat "illegal o… |
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Post #AsEFRC9RIyY68HZyyG by [email protected] |
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@bluestarultor oh no! (But I'm at an aghast-but-laughing level of impressed… |
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Post #AsEFTofz2cq4C83GBk by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx A lot of error messages these days are along the lines of “there w… |
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Post #AsEFV7EpVuFO3MyDbs by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx For the very few times when the software actually gives a useable cl… |
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Post #AsEFWPTTCJUatwR2XI by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx being willing to descend one level deeper in a menu tree is also a b… |
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Post #AsEFWjExhxlsCjnjhQ by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx Truth!And most of the remaining 5% is the ever-appropriate advice: D… |
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Post #AsEFX2Z9r6DQ8sOdJg by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx The other 5% is knowing how to use a search engine / knowledgebase |
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Post #AsEFX2gFQjt2UriIMq by [email protected] |
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@Metaph @nemothorx I firmly believe I owe most of my career to careful study of… |
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Post #AsEFlo9Hjzn5ltKuA4 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx hahahahahah A friend of mine in IT Support says the same, "w… |
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Post #AsEFnmUQsbCHCoAW3s by [email protected] |
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@mkj @nemothorx ALWAYS good advice! |
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Post #AsEFqPUkpXJ2l0ZZh2 by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @nemothorx "Oopsy whoopsie, thing broke."One of the m… |
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Post #AsEFqPcuLDpPAIO5Oy by [email protected] |
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@pseudonym @argv_minus_one @nemothorx or when it tells you to contact the admin… |
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Post #AsEFwPAkwULTUi4rAW by [email protected] |
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@bluestarultor @nemothorx There are two kinds of people:Those who can extrapola… |
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Post #AsEFxdyLP1AXgVrX0q by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx ... and, in some cases, the remaining 5% is knowing where to find th… |
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Post #AsEG4Xg3CoqWBiaxv6 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx @bluestarultor https://youtu.be/YRlPTbKHIPQ?si=gL5lDxDIHqvDwnFcAnd h… |
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Post #AsEGAlubC7q04cN2Bc by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx that plus https://xkcd.com/627/ basically makes you qualified to wor… |
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Post #AsEGBMb2nnBFqgVRLM by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx until you get the infamous unknown error message.Or you are the admi… |
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Post #AsEGDtuHvSrPjpiWdU by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx the remaining 5% is grepping the src code for the error message an r… |
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Post #AsEGH2plBy6WIG6A9Q by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx my resume has a bullet point, "I read the manual." I have … |
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Post #AsEGPUinOFsv6Os02q by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one a subset of error messages being useless has existed since the … |
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Post #AsEGSKajVg0mYMS2ue by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx and, on occasion, googling the exception to figure out why it went w… |
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Post #AsEGTUrCpNyAgIiDaK by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx A month ago our lead developer and the security team were arguing be… |
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Post #AsEGThDcrr291JIICG by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] ...or being able to find the relevant error messages(s… |
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Post #AsEGUVnqnRidu8cvbM by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx OMD! So much _this_ |
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Post #AsEGX9x4UmXb0ECbk8 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx What's even worse arcane knowledge: Knowing which of the errors … |
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Post #AsEthyoG9seVqNEODw by [email protected] |
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@tym @Metaph @nemothorx did your copy come with the "what do you do when a… |
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Post #AsEtmoyw7pRooMX9W4 by [email protected] |
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@nemothorx evidently we are friends - who have illiterate users. |
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Post #AsEttjCtzgvevcMLho by [email protected] |
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@technicaladept @pseudonym @argv_minus_one Timely and appropriate https://socia… |
