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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024 00:27:48 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Overall, the message was that HR isn’t really helpful in getting qualified & quality employees into the positions where they should be.

But of course, this survey was sent to thousands of people, including those “incompetent headquarters employees” that I occasionally mention. This means that they are likely going to get a pat on the back and “good job” ratings from most of them.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 13:52:59 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Currently, Tuesday 2024-04-16 is my intended quitting day. It is my expectation that my accounts will be turned off within an hour after I send in my resignation e-mail, and every day before then is already expected to be busy.

I'll have to ensure that "personal" documents (such as tax forms and people's non-agency contact info) are copied off of the agency's equipment before I send in the resignation. That way, all I need is for them to send a shipping label (even better if Fedex will pick it up, because I don't know where their nearest storefront is).

Since the agency's cellphone is still en route from #SoCal to #SWMO, I would wait up to a week longer. Except there are several deadlines coming up very soon, including one that would require them to spend hundreds of dollars (that they don't need to spend if I'm leaving) and one which involves some anticipated policy changes that I don't agree with.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 13:38:59 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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I talked to both Kenny and S today. They both got the same survey. Where I was careful to emphasize how much was non-applicable to field supervisors, S emphasized how poorly the candidates sent by HR matched actual job requirements. Kenny emphasized how much $EMPLOYER emphasizes formal, official internal training programs rather than putting new employees with someone who can teach them to do the job, even if they can't sign it off in the person's training book.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 07:04:23 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I got a survey from #OPM asking me as a supervisor about my experience with #HR in the hiring process, as if field supervisors have anything to do with hiring. It was a complete waste, because exactly zero questions were relevant to my job.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 06:40:26 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Today, we watched a few videos about Krakatoa and Anak Krakatau. Grandson_3 is currently building volcanoes in the yard out of gravel.

He was impressed when they talked about the weather effects of the 1883 eruption.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 00:19:43 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Audio of imagined dinosaur sounds = dinosaurus roarus

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 11:12:03 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Dang! I want to build a computer now. https://www.amazon.com/AMD-RyzenTM-ThreadripperTM-7980X-128-Thread/dp/B0CK2R6DVS/ref=sr_1_2 .
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 10:27:44 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

S told me how I can delay the necessity to quit, but her solution doesn't solve the major problems (namely that my needs and their needs are different and moving farther apart quickly).

R also spoke up and said he advises "don't quit $EMPLOYER, make $EMPLOYER quit you" ... but that sounds like "don't quit, get yourself fired" which is probably the worst advice ever.

K asked when my last day is. I told him I hadn't announced it, but that my plan is to send in my resignation "with immediate effect" one morning next week. The irony is that I'm on the list of people that were recommended for a merit increase. Potentially, the raise could finish processing the same day I quit.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 09:59:44 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Well, one good thing:

The total solar eclipse was not accompanied by 3 days of global darkness (there were several YouTube videos saying this would happen; don't ask me why).

There also hasn't (yet) been a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone (or its #IL & #IN extension, the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_Valley_Seismic_Zone )

Yes, several YouTube videos also forecasted a major quake ... though some said the quake could come a few months to a few years after the eclipse. Way to hedge one's bets.
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  New Madrid Seismic Zone
  
  The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) (), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri. The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes and has the potential to produce large earthquakes in the future. Since 1812, frequent smaller earthquakes have been recorded in the area.Earthquakes that occur in the New Madrid Seismic Zone potentially threaten parts of seven American states: Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and to a lesser extent Mississippi and Indiana. Location The 150-mile (240 km)-long seismic zone, which extends into five states, stretches southward from Cairo, Illinois; through Hayti, Caruthersville, and New Madrid in Missouri; through Blytheville into Marked Tree in Arkansas. It also covers a part of West Tennessee near Reelfoot Lake, extending southeast into Dyersburg. It is southwest of the Wabash Valley...
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  Wabash Valley Seismic Zone
  
  The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (also known as the Wabash Valley Fault System or Zone) is a tectonic region located in the Midwestern United States, centered on the valley of the Lower Wabash River, along the state line between southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana. Geology The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone consists largely of vertically oriented ("normal") faults deeply buried under layers of sediment. Although the tectonics of the region are not fully understood and are the subject of ongoing research, these faults are thought by some to be associated with a branch of the New Madrid aulacogen, an old rift zone where the lithosphere actively began to pull apart at perhaps two separate times in the distant past. Present-day GPS measurements show that the region deforms at about 1–2 mm per year with compression along the Wabash Valley Fault Zone and extension in southwestern Indiana. The crust in the area has been weakened by the numerous faults, which remain active sites for continuing seismic activity as the motion of the North American Plate exerts both compressional and tensional forces. ...
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 09:57:33 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 09:48:09 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Having praised the FIDO2 security keys, I have to say that if you lose it, you may not ever be able to get back into your accounts.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 09:45:08 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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#2FA with a https://www.yubico.com/ Yubikey or https://solokeys.com/ Solokey is pretty decent. But a lot of sites choose not to support real 2FA / #MFA and instead require a cell phone number (weak, because your phone is easy to subvert ... call your cellular provider and tell them they're you and they have a new phone. The "helpful" people there will gladly give control of your number to an entirely different sim card).
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  The first open source FIDO2 security key, built with Trussed®.
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  Get the YubiKey, the #1 security key, offering strong two factor authentication from industry leader Yubico.
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 09:28:52 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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The last time I saw Netscape, it was a cut-down AOL service (cut down because it was cheaper and went directly to the Internet). That was probably around 2006.

I don't know when the software part of Netscape finally vanished. It seems like Netscape 6 had already come and gone by that time.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 03:04:22 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@simsa03 I knew that Trump cancelling the deal with Iran was a serious mistake. This is clearly visible now that Russia's invasion of Ukraine proves that giving up (or not building) nuclear weapons gives other nuclear armed nations a green light to attack at any time.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 12:33:25 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/293768 [wsvn com]

Man impersonating cellular employee climbs cell tower, disconnects equipment.
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  Man impersonating T-Mobile worker climbs down after disconnecting objects from cell tower in Miami
  
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  MIAMI (WSVN) - A man posing as a T-Mobile worker is back on solid ground after he tore clamps off a Miami cell tower, policeRead More
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 01:30:46 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Shapes today. We watched a video about dodecagrams (12-pointed stars) and they’re trying to replicate it.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 08:47:24 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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There were already some such requirements for federal agencies. If you've ever tried to use a web site of a federal agency, you'll see how little those things get enforced.

I do remember that Target used to have a site built primarily on Flash. The state of California sued because it wasn't accessible, and Target quickly changed their site (even at one point working through Amazon).

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From 1971: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-8el1FLzo

When the boy across the street brought this record over, we all loved it. But I expected it to be a lot older than 1971.
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  Original Sunflower Records #105Debut 3/6/1971 and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.Produced by Dick Monda and Don Sciarrotta for Quantum Productio...
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https://nu.federati.net/url/293742 [theconversation com]

People have been predicting eclipses for many years.
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  Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think
  
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  Calculating when and where exactly we can watch an eclipse in its full glory can be surprisingly hard.

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