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Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 9/8/2023

Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So how’s it going?

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  • Just got back from a month in Europe. It's cold here yo.

    While I was gone, work had to make some decisions about what direction to pursue our data needs. I made my recommendation but of course come back to find we've taken the most conservative, manual, one-size-fits-"all" solution. Must be that time of the year where I look for a job with worse quality of life but that actually takes data and IT seriously.

    • Just got back from a month in Europe. It’s cold here yo.

      Just yesterday I was talking with one of my kids about how in Canada (at least the centre where my sister worked for a while) the preschool kids are allowed to play outside only when the temperature is warmer than -20 C. It's not too bad here :)

      Must be that time of the year where I look for a job with worse quality of life but that actually takes data and IT seriously.

      Have you considered high pay, short hours, not caring about everything imploding because the people who make decisions don't understand them, just let the implosion happen?

      • Have you considered high pay, short hours, not caring about everything imploding because the people who make decisions don't understand them, just let the implosion happen?

        As long as my ability to do my job doesn't get sledgehammered by the implosion, where do I sign up?

    • Compared to the 40° and wild fires, I imagine it probably does feel quite cold here.

      Ah yes, workplaces are like that. We are supposed to be migrating to ServiceNow which I have started calling ServiceEventually because it's taking that long.

      • Reminds me of an internal project I saw named Project Horizon, presumably named for the fact that despite the years spent moving towards it, it never seemed to get any closer.

  • Anyone else have a house of sick coughing people? My son and my sister are off today, again. But my sister's bf and I are totally fine.

    I had that dream again where my bmx gets stolen.

    Last weekend I upgraded my keyboard after living with a shitty office one for a few years. I now have one of these, and it's just as good as I remember. Can't stand the company, but the hardware is excellent.

    • Anyone else have a house of sick coughing people?

      Me! I've got it too.

      I now have one of these, and it’s just as good as I remember. Can’t stand the company, but the hardware is excellent.

      I tend to find flat laptop keyboards for desktops a bit weird.

      • After I started using one a decade+ ago, I can't go back. Can't stand big keys that my fingers keep missing.

        And the scissor switches on this model have such great activation feeling and perfect resistance.

        If I could get a mechanical with the same feeling, I would.

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