Notices by John (john234@mastodon.social)

@fesshole the merry-go-round continues.
1. Offshoring outfit quotes magic numbers. Management lap it up.
2. Work gets offshored. Quality plummets (for various reasons). Extra costs booked for getting the quality back.
3. A few years go by. Management reassess offshored operation and figure the work can be done onshore for similar costs. Work is reshored.
4. New CEO arrives. GOTO 1.

@fesshole he always looks youthful. Maybe he's following Cleopatra's skin care regime?

@fesshole Squatty Potty ... https://youtu.be/YbYWhdLO43Q

@fesshole just put a little bit of water in and give it a shake.

@aral I've used a VPS hosted by IONIS previously. Reliability was good. However, I looked recently and their prices have gone up significantly since I last used them. It looks like there's no longer a small option - starts at medium now (there may be a hidden web page where you can still find small spec option).

@fesshole king of the swingers?

@fesshole Macmillan (Cancer Support Nurses)?

Really powerful documentary about the harms of commercial social media. The companies are fully aware of these harms but prioritise profit.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/cant-look-away/

@fesshole I'm surprised they live that long as their diet seems to be mainly chips and ice cream. Maybe they've got a side hustle stealing statins too.

@aral @_elena and like any 'good' VC funded entity, they'll sell out to another (probably US based) social media platform as soon as they've got a critical mass.

@fesshole a literal eejit tax.

@fesshole if that's a source of embarrassment then I think I'd be more worried about Amazon selling your shopping habits to data brokers and having adverts for johnnies on every website you visit until the end of time.

@fesshole it normally takes 18-24 months before untreated human waste is safe to use as a fertiliser.

@fesshole has it got mushrooms in it?

@fesshole maybe it's nude day in their house on Wednesdays.

@fesshole the whole DV process is a fairly complex test. I'm not surprised you got bored. Mind you, there's probably a few hunky 007 types in the cohort ... but also Peter Mandleson.

@fesshole reminds me of watching Dame Maggie Smith giving a similar lecture about linen rotation in a BBC period drama.

@fesshole cui bono. Does Becky have another agenda?

@fesshole TBH, if you tried to charge me £300 for an oil change I'd register on the dial of the arsehole-o-meter.

Read the reviews of BMW dealerships on Auto Trader to see how their customers view them in turn.

@fesshole you might want to get a side of statins with your Greggs.