Notices by Lorgo Numputz (lorgonumputz@beige.party)

@skinnylatte

I've been thinking the same thing, partly due to articles like this:

https://mattgemmell.scot/emacs/

Welcome to the writers poorly disguised fetish - possibly the real reason this movie was made.

#Monsterdon

Is every person in this film a caricature?

#Monsterdon

One upside: The aliens are truly alien. I cannot figure out a single thought or emotion they are having.

(Aside from "How do we get out of this film"?)

#Monsterdon

"I'm not interested in discussing my itinerary with you, officer. Am I under arrest?'

#Monsterdon

According to the American rules of "Talking To People Who Don't Know English" you need to yell it louder and slower for him to understand.

#Monsterdon

I have a mystery television. It is a 32" 720p HD model that I bought at Fry's Electronics so many years ago. I do not have the box.

It has this symbol on the front and the model number is listed as "F-001-32A".

And, finally, it has the following lettering on the front (see attached picture). Supposedly it means "Gather" - but I have no confirmation on that.

If anyone out there has any idea who the manufacturer is I'd love to know. I'd like to find a 2nd remote before the only remote I have to works with this TV dies... forcing me to get another TV.

A non-snarky comment: Carpenter has more than once demonstrated a master skill for slowly building the tension in a movie.

#Monsterdon

Well, it feels weird to talk about (almost like discussing it makes it real) but I was laid off from my tech job a week ago.

My layoff was not stemming from AI; instead, the company I worked for had a complete shift in how they were funded.

This meant fewer customers, which meant less demand for what I do (which, mostly, was "help customer debug complex technical issues in cloud systems that they, themselves, were generally the cause of").

I'm thinking this was my former employers first ever set of layoffs; I say this because they seemed genuinely distressed and the severance was generous. We'll be fine for a while and I'm looking as of now.

I have several options to explore - I have a network, it turns out. How strange. And I'm lucky enough to be in areas of tech that aren't as affected by the layoffs we see everywhere. We'll see how that plays out, eh?

Regardless, my biggest obstacle is sheer anxiety. I did not see this coming and this is one of the most anxious times of my life. To justify why this is I will just gesture to the world around us.

I'm not doing #fedihired right now but I will always re-boost when I see it.

@skinnylatte

I'm reminded of the trope from sci-fi movies of the scientist making coffee using a Bunsen burner.

@multiverseofbadness @tezoatlipoca I've worked at top tech companies.

The more you know the better, generally speaking.

But you had better know specific things very well or you aren't getting the job.

And, yeah, the days of "You know HTML? Hired!" are over (AI companies partially excepted).

@AnarchoNinaWrites IMHO the only thing they care about is $$$ - same as the last 40+ years.

Anyone who thinks they've changed in any way since then ("they support you running Linux software!") either has their head up their ass, are a starry-eyed VSCode user, or both.

Recall was going to cost them $ale$ so they changed their tune.

Disclaimer: opinion only and probably not worth as much as you paid for it.

@chirpbirb