CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@jalefkowit @vmstan

Yeah, not just eyebrows. Pick a place with a follicle, it'll grow some random long hair overnight.

Middle of the cheekbone? Yep.
Forehead? Absolutely.
Top of the nose? Weekly.
Anything involving an ear? Get the hedge clippers.

@darkuncle @rootwyrm @Viss @cR0w

Ooooh. I forgot about NetApp Storage Appliances. I had some sort of paper about that too.

@rootwyrm @Viss @cR0w

Maybe the next time someone asks about job requirements I should reply: Reqired certs--
-Nortel DMS 100/250/500
-Xylan Omniswitch
-Ascend Frame Relay/ATM admin
-Fujitsu FM series
-DMS 9600 DAX
-HP-UX certified administrator
-ADC Network Terminal Engineer
-MCSE / MCSA

@rootwyrm @Viss @cR0w

And the funny thing is, I'm a lead. No degree, lots of certs, but they're all expired. I had to do an 'experience in lieu of degree' form three years ago to keep my job...while they were offering me a two step promotion.

@badsamurai @Viss @cR0w

Much like .mil world.

@Viss @cR0w

I'm still fighting with the above about job descriptions for our open positions. We don't need any required specifics; we need some experience, ability to pass a security check, communication skills and knowing how to learn.

But somehow powershell and certs end up being a thing every time.

@Viss @cR0w

The entire thing was written by someone who grabbed a bunch of buzzwords with a clanker and asked for bullet point output.
No human would say '10 years experience with the SIEM'.

I suspect if you can get past the clankers gatekeeping the resume submission process, the standards are a lot lower.

@xabean

What flavor?

@darfplatypus @TindrasGrove @grey

Rule 34 strikes again.

@ColetteDiskette

The perfect phone call is two text messages.

@FritzAdalis @paul_ipv6 @Viss

I used to have a three page cheatsheet on getting around problems like that. None were good, but they worked.

I got it from an engineer at Fujitsu. Crazy stuff like using 2 pair with an extra loop on one to carry one pair's worth of signal. It schmears the transition, but still gets the job done at 1.5 mhz.

@paul_ipv6 USW was horrible. I had a backup OC48 through them that couldn't achieve one 9 reliability.

@Viss @paul_ipv6

Possibly a traffic shaper doing a log or database sync?

@FritzAdalis @paul_ipv6 @Viss

Very few people learned how to hook an oscilloscope up to a dry pair and look for noise before deciding which one to run on.

@paul_ipv6 @Viss

Early in the DSL era, you could remotely put the user modem into hardware loopback (like relay goes click). Then feed straight 48v from the datacenter battery stack for 10-30 seconds. Basically dead short current.

Knocks all kinds if issues right out. Wet mouse condom? It's dry now. And the conductors may have welded together a bit.

You couldn't do it too much in quick repetition, there were a few small fires.

@paul_ipv6 @Viss

If you ever had issues with Metro Access or Brooks Fibre in Texas, I'm sorry. My ears were very damp

@paul_ipv6 @Viss

I used to work telecom, we had a resolution code "PFM".

Half the time it was used was cover for somebody's stupid.

Other times things did clear by Pure Freaking Magic. Sometimes rattling all the connections gets something seated better. Running a high density bit pattern can drive just enough moisture off to get things working again (until next time).

@clayfoot @cypnk

Everything in Little Rock did that for a while. For the last couple of years the grey has been getting replaced with gloss black. Just about the stupidest color you can have in the southern US.

@bammerlaan @bluetea @plutarch

So much of it depends on having a well fitted instrument and good mechanics from the beginning.

I'd almost given up on bass after about 6 months of never being able to play for more than 20 minutes at a time, and it not sounding the way I wanted it too.

Then I got new strings and with pointers (and loaner tools) from a luthier friend, got the action where it worked for me. Now playing is one of the ways I work out the cramps from sitting at the dayjob.

@bammerlaan @bluetea @plutarch

I had a friend who was convinced all the bad attitudes we saw from violin players came from them always having a tension headache and cramped neck.