š¯… š¯… shey laft mey reuuuuuses bouy tha steeeeyrsš¯… š¯… first job training starts early tomorrow morning i picked up a cat off the street and fed him and brought him to the vet and now he's mine, we named him funky little man was crusty it's easy to stay alive once you have inertia on your side
At my new job I've been learning how to create remote servers and use things like Powershell. It's so exciting. I genuinely get amped when I need to create something. I whisper.. "...Powershell..." under my breath every time I get to open it. Partly to annoy the older colleagues (who are lovely). I have three monitors and I used to think two was overkill, now I find three just the perfect amount. There's probably a threshold for how much information I can actually take in from the screens but so far, so good. AND! And. We're shifting offices early next year, off campus. The plan is to adopt a proper hybrid style of working, and so I've been asked "How many days do you think you'd need to be in the office?". It looks like I'll be working remotely for 3 days, and in the office for 2. We do 7.5 hour days here, so only 15 hours in the office every week sounds delightful. Commuting eased, parking costs eased. To the surprise of absolutely no-one, this show of trust in me has me working harder to repay said trust. I'm no longer dragging myself out of bed and wincing when I remember it's not Friday. Instead, I'm up. I'm dressed. I'm in the office muttering "Powershell" and picking weird selections for the Rugby World Cup matches, talking video games with all the other nerds in the building, picking up tickets and fixing problems before they have a chance to materalise. They wanted a highly social, flowery communicator who happened to love IT? They got one. I am home. Games? Games. The mother of all backlogs is in full swing. I have: - Baldurs Gate 3 - Starfield (admittedly I may not return to this, felt devoid of any 'soul') - Destiny 2 (still on my plate, will be for another year at least) - Armoured Core 6 - Sea of Stars - Cyberpunk 2077 DLC - Lies of P - Horizon Forbidden West - Returnal - It Takes Two And more that my brother has purchased for us to play over the last 12 months. Gardening! Tunnelhouse setup should be arriving next week, just as the wild weather eases up. Tomatos going in as soon as I can wind-proof the tunnelhouse. I'm excited to win some battles against the neighborhood cats shitting in my every plant bed. Making moves.
I've spent three weeks sick, mostly doing literature review and playing Stellaris. It's pretty dope, but I get the criticism of people who sum it up with "fuck off, space is full." I can host a meetup in two weeks, hopefully won't sound like Dr. Mrs. the Monarch by then. It was usually beginning at 18:00 EST, but with all the folks moving, I'm open for suggestions.
Meetup! I was just thinking about that myself. Jitsi changed a bit and now requires login for the meeting creator. With that being said, I've tested the change that was supposed to go into effect on August 24th and just went to our meeting room (meet.jit.si/TheHubskiHappyHour) and it lets me in just fine. As for the old 6 PM EST, that's how the middle of my PST work day so I know I'd prefer it moved a bit (6 PM PST?) as I wouldn't be able to join until after work.
Well, if it's just the meeting creator, I so no problem making an account and sharing details with you, or whoever else would wish to host a meetup. 6 PM PST is 3 AM here. Not unfeasible or unlikely to last that long, but I'd rather start earlier, maybe even early enough for EU folks to come in. Say, 21:00 UTC+0? Again, I'm looking for suggestions and will make an announcement post next week.