| 08:13.29 | spunes | Booyakasha |
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| 09:10.16 | ChoHag | Why the hell is C:\Windows 17.2GB? |
| 09:22.21 | spunes | That must be almost 5 or even 6% of your whole disk |
| 09:25.18 | ChoHag | That VM has 24GB. |
| 09:25.19 | ChoHag | So no. |
| 09:25.25 | ChoHag | Well done for playing though. |
| 09:27.05 | spunes | Maybe you just need to clean up all the porn in your temporary internet files |
| 09:27.29 | ChoHag | Wrong again. Never navigate porn sites in windows, even in a VM. |
| 09:28.10 | spunes | Yo momma |
| 09:29.45 | ChoHag | What it mostly is is 9GB of C:\Windows\winsxs, which is apparently Microsoft's answer to dll hell, viz. store every dll ever compiled. |
| 09:30.43 | ChoHag | And for some reason a bunch of enormous font files. |
| 09:34.33 | spunes | Must be all those foreigners that don't use ASCII |
| 09:41.25 | ChoHag | I am being applied for security clearance. My references have been contact solely to ask them to account for the periods in which I was neither working nor claiming unemployment benefit. |
| 09:41.53 | ChoHag | Is it so hard to believe that 365 days per year of wage slavery is not actually a life requirement? |
| 09:42.30 | ChoHag | "I was doing fuck all, because I can, because I don't work a dead-end job like you." |
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| 12:23.26 | toxboi | ChoHag: that quote will expedite your security clearance procedure :P |
| 12:28.33 | ChoHag | I know you're not supposed to, but drac is a heap of shit, so how can you run ssh with a password noninteractively? |
| 13:00.40 | cbz__ | expect? |
| 13:01.35 | ChoHag | expect is never the right answer. |
| 13:02.17 | cbz__ | You are already asking the wrong question, so why would you assume a right answer? |
| 13:03.00 | ChoHag | Touche |
| 13:03.56 | ChoHag | Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. |
| 13:03.59 | ChoHag | about:blank |
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| 13:20.34 | dick_turpin | morsing: Have you ever 'done it' on a park bench? |
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| 21:15.08 | neoromantique | Alrighty |
| 21:15.12 | neoromantique | I've landed an interview. |
| 21:15.18 | Armand | :) |
| 21:15.33 | neoromantique | Company will even pay for my transportation fees to get there |
| 21:15.39 | Armand | Awesome!! |
| 21:15.44 | Armand | Where at ? |
| 21:15.44 | neoromantique | ...to York |
| 21:15.48 | Armand | Ohh |
| 21:15.56 | neoromantique | I guess, anything works better than P'Boro |
| 21:15.57 | Armand | Not so bad. :) |
| 21:16.02 | Armand | Yep |
| 21:16.04 | neoromantique | At first I applied for Manchester office at Bytemark |
| 21:16.27 | neoromantique | but got offered position(interview) at York instead. |
| 21:16.55 | Armand | If you get it, will they assist in your relocation? |
| 21:17.07 | neoromantique | Most likely, yeah |
| 21:17.11 | Armand | Winning! |
| 21:17.25 | neoromantique | *haven't talked about it yet, obviously, but signs are pointing that way* |
| 21:17.33 | Armand | :) |
| 21:17.38 | Armand | I hope you get it |
| 21:17.41 | neoromantique | But that's only interview |
| 21:17.44 | neoromantique | and to be completely honest |
| 21:17.46 | neoromantique | I'm completely lost |
| 21:17.55 | neoromantique | It's Junior System Administrator role |
| 21:18.10 | neoromantique | and I only have general knowledge of general stuff, no idea what I should practice beforehand |
| 21:18.17 | Armand | Same here.. |
| 21:18.22 | Armand | I'm learning on the job. |
| 21:18.50 | Armand | My opinion (strictly that!) is that as a Junior, they shouldn't expect that you know everything. |
| 21:19.17 | Armand | You should show a good capacity to understand what the job is and the capability to learn and adapt to the role. |
| 21:20.16 | neoromantique | Hopefully, yeah |
| 21:20.21 | neoromantique | I'm really proud of my cover letter |
| 21:20.36 | neoromantique | and it really is nice that I got reply the very next day :) |
| 21:20.53 | neoromantique | I decided to move away from usual "Hi, I'm X and I want job Y" |
| 21:21.23 | neoromantique | and did some emotional writing about how I first fired up console/Apache and how in love I am with that stuff to this day |
| 21:21.42 | neoromantique | I figured it'd work nice for Junior role |
| 21:21.51 | neoromantique | (aka hoped that HR will understand what I mean) |
| 21:26.03 | AndyMillar | neoromantique: interviews (ime) are usually about how you think and not about what you know |
| 21:26.51 | Armand | ^ |
| 21:27.14 | AndyMillar | you having the right thought process and being a good fit with the team is far more important than if you know /proc/sys/net and can recite all the config options and what they do :) |
| 21:27.57 | Armand | You'll certainly know your 'cat' from your dig in no time. :P |
| 21:28.07 | Armand | Sorry... |
| 21:29.24 | AndyMillar | also, don't practice, that's counter-productive. Go in with what you know, don't bullshit, and give it your best |
| 21:30.00 | AndyMillar | you'll either get the job or not, and that'll be more to do with how your attitude comes across than anything else |
| 21:30.12 | AndyMillar | if you don't get it, then go for the next interview :) |
| 21:30.28 | neoromantique | AndyMillar: I'm really hiped up for this one ^^ |
| 21:31.10 | AndyMillar | neoromantique: if you're excited about the role then it'll show in the interview, and this is a good thing. employers want someone who's eager |
| 21:31.11 | neoromantique | AndyMillar: I mean brushing up my protocols/RJ45 colour order wouldn't hurt, I think |
| 21:32.04 | neoromantique | AndyMillar: I am kinda confident about my Linux/CLI knowledge, as I've been trully passionate about it since 2007, without intentionally learning it, but instead just tinkering around. |
| 21:32.08 | AndyMillar | T568A or T568B? :p |
| 21:32.19 | neoromantique | And the fact I had shitty hardware which always broke only helps |
| 21:32.26 | neoromantique | AndyMillar: I know 'em as A/B :P |
| 21:34.20 | AndyMillar | then you probably know the colour ordering better than I do; the real question is why does the ordering matter, especially with gigabit ethernet which is auto mdi-x |
| 21:35.08 | neoromantique | AndyMillar: Compliance with standard even though it's obsolette? Helps everything from becoming utter mess, I guess. |
| 21:36.40 | AndyMillar | seems a reasonable reason, I'd also argue it makes it easier for someone else to come along and continue/repair your work and not cock up |
| 21:37.10 | AndyMillar | but the why is more important than the how. The how, to some extent, can be taught :) |
| 21:39.58 | neoromantique | I'm so clueless at this point |
| 21:40.15 | neoromantique | I've never been to interview as a such |
| 21:40.40 | neoromantique | My previous work interview was like: Yo, can you code $lang? ; me: Yeah, sure. |
| 21:40.44 | neoromantique | That's it |
| 21:41.09 | neoromantique | This will likely be way more serious |
| 21:41.30 | neoromantique | and I've got so many questions and so few answers, and overall am quite surprised that I even got reply |
| 21:41.41 | AndyMillar | just go in and be you, that's the best you can do :) |
| 21:42.41 | neoromantique | I guess |
| 21:43.07 | neoromantique | ...Now to get NI number, lol. |
| 21:51.20 | Armand | FU696969CK |
| 21:51.27 | Armand | There ya go! :D |
| 21:51.31 | neoromantique | lol |
| 21:51.35 | neoromantique | 80085 |
| 21:51.39 | Armand | FYI: Don't! use that :P |
| 21:52.18 | neoromantique | Nah, need to go to Job Centre and get it sorted |
| 21:52.22 | Armand | Indeedy. |
| 21:52.24 | neoromantique | Wasn't in UK when I was 16 |
| 21:52.59 | Armand | I didn't properly get out of the country until I was... Errrmmmm.... 32? |
| 21:53.15 | neoromantique | M, I didn't get _IN_ the country then ;p |
| 21:53.33 | neoromantique | Last year I've traveled across good chunk of Europe for less than £200 %) |
| 21:53.43 | neoromantique | not even last year |
| 21:53.45 | neoromantique | at this NY |
| 21:54.07 | neoromantique | left in dec. 2013, got back in early February ;p |
| 21:54.29 | neoromantique | Almost shat myself when I realized I have no right to enter country at the time, and I might be left at France. |
| 21:54.45 | neoromantique | (I was 17, so I had to be accompanied by an adult with paperwork) |
| 22:02.31 | neoromantique | Armand: By the way, how old are you? |
| 22:02.38 | neoromantique | Armand: You sure seemed younger to me |
| 22:05.43 | Armand | 35 |
| 22:06.36 | neoromantique | Well, you seemed younger :) |
| 22:07.02 | neoromantique | I guess then, my ambitions and emotions right now look kinda childish, heh |
| 23:23.14 | Armand | neoromantique: Not at all. |