[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 34 points 2 months ago

some years back I was the 'Head' of systems stuff at a national telco that provided the national telco infra. Part of my job was to manage the national systems upgrades. I had the stop/go decision to deploy, and indeed pushed the 'enter' button to do it. I was a complete PowerPoint Manager and had no clue what I was doing, it was total Accidental Empires, and I should not have been there. Luckily I got away with it for a few years. It was horrifically stressful and not the way to mitigate national risk. I feel for the CrowdStrike engineers. I wonder if the latest embargo on Russian oil sales is in anyway connected?

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 16 points 8 months ago

Come and see the kernel inherent in my system.

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 31 points 9 months ago

Swearing. I live in South East Asia, where swearing is taboo. Visiting my homeland of the UK, it takes a few days to get back my expletive laden fluency. The first few days are painful, as everyone thinks I'm being pretentiously posh. Upon returning to Asia, typically i offend a few people until my language is restrained. Sadly, Southeast Asians don't appreciate how expressive, cathartic and fun swearing is, it's a fucking shame.

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 53 points 10 months ago

When i got mine, my nephews and nieces concatenated uncle and dr, even years later they refer to me as druncle

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

For me, Handel: Mozart is reputed to have said of him, "Handel understands affect better than any of us. When he chooses, he strikes like a thunder bolt."[159] To Beethoven he was "the master of us all... the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel before his tomb."[159]

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago

I go there quite a lot, and this is not my experience at all, i have awesome food there. A wise old sage told me many years ago to only eat vegetarian there, as bad meat can make you very ill, while bad veggies just give you the craps. I continue to eat both, and only get bad guts as often as i do when pigging out on kebabs in London or the States.

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 28 points 11 months ago

Good luck for Friday! Hopefully you can post an update next week, so we know you're with us. This may interest you; my wife used to be an anaesthetist, and during long, boring procedures would give the patient a facial - blackhead removal etc. It's considered unethical, but she delighted in them waking up looking great.

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

Thank you! May yours be peaceful, prosperous and as long as you fancy

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

Same for me. I don't sweat the small stuff anymore, and fairly much everything is small stuff now.

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Well, this is nice, hello

goodgame

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