I was at Bunnings yesterday late afternoon. About half a dozen people were trying to get refunds for let's say (questionable quality of products from my personal observation). I was after some 316 stainless flyscreen. The Bunnings system gave the appearance that it was down to some degree, probably not their fault, but the employees gave the appearance that management didn't know what was going on. What species of mushrooms are the benchmark?
This whole situation highlights a basic failure that what is required, is lack of slice & divide on OS systems. Been through this in the 1980s in Sydney's largest manufacturerimg company which killed itself. I could see that centralising, whether on the small scale or world wide scale, it is a recipe for total failure.
P.S. Later in the evening, topped up with some petrol last night (can store in the car another 120 litres), due to Sydney BS pricing cycle, Australia goes through a super tanker of fuel every 3 days. I don't see any relationship between the 3 to 6 week petrol cycle that the system always bangs on about world pricing. Just as well I am a regular cash customer... I could pay & leave quickly... others had no alternative using plastic. Just grateful that the only plastic I use is 5L, 10L & 20L jerry cans... paid with plastic $5, $10 & $20 plastic currency.
Cash is king in the Outback... & Sydney CBD... or in Blinman, Flinders Ranges every time it rains.
One can see in one respect, Australia did extreme long term planning. Plastic currency... it works (make sure you have a reasonable amount of small denomination). I have on a few occasions given the shop the exact amount of money, photographed the funds on the counter & simply walked out.
rmoor said
09:17 AM Jul 20, 2024
I have been saying to clients and friends for years the big one would come eventually.
An internet glitch that would shut the world down.
This one was just a practice run.
A minor glitch.
Wait till some clown sets off charges on some underwater internet cables.
Then the cattle pats will hit the fan.
Unfortunately in this world we have been outbred by idiots.
Most of whom no doubt come under the mantle of the 72 different gender varieties now made available to them.
The really good thing that has come out of all this is that it will be harder for those city centric fools to still try and do away with cash.
Foldies are still king in my books.......
smwhiskey said
11:09 AM Jul 20, 2024
Whenarewethere wrote:
This whole situation highlights a basic failure that what is required, is lack of slice & divide on OS systems.
Having worked in the industry for the past 35+ years I can tell you without any shadow of doubt is that what this situation (and others like it) highlights is that the number of armchair "experts" who have never worked in the industry and consequently have NFI what they're talking about is increasing at an exponential rate :(
msg said
12:13 PM Jul 20, 2024
This seasoned traveller talks about use of cash in the outback.
I found this lady's thoughts interesting and enjoyable. Some tinfoil hat moments though.
I have been saying for a while now, that changes to systems are just done without sufficient testing or care. They seem to be of the attitude that "do it and we'll fix it if its wrong" Once again, profit over customers. Hopefully this is big enough to make them pull up their socks.
Would Never have happened in Boomer Days. HaHa. Look how we avoided disaster in 2000. Still don't know if it would have happened or not but we did the right thing and took every precaution to prevent it. Cost companies millions.
smwhiskey said
01:29 PM Jul 20, 2024
msg wrote:
Would Never have happened in Boomer Days. HaHa. Look how we avoided disaster in 2000. Still don't know if it would have happened or not but we did the right thing and took every precaution to prevent it. Cost companies millions.
It happened or would have happened if not for the huge amounts of money spent over the previous decade making critical systems robust enough to handle it. Where I was working at the time the critical systems were switched off for an hour either side of midnight...just in case. Ironically, it was the first time I ever carried a mobile phone in case I was called out.
I was still fixing code or replacing systems (mostly replacing) in non-critical systems that suffered Y2K related issues as late as 2004.
Whenarewethere said
02:55 PM Jul 20, 2024
rmoor wrote:
Wait till some clown sets off charges on some underwater internet cables. Then the cattle pats will hit the fan.
When the Burnt Bridge Deviation was built, Sydney Northern Beaches, about 1985 completed. The main telephone cable was damaged.
All the businesses & households the far side had no telephones for 2 weeks. I lived on the "fortunate" side in Fairlight, still at the same address.
I worked from home for 2 weeks relaying customers orders from my home phone to another branch in Sydney.
Two weeks later once all sorted out, can't recall getting another call to my private phone number. Had phoned every single customer I could think of to let them know the work around.
Stuffed, today would be an understatement!
-- Edited by Whenarewethere on Saturday 20th of July 2024 02:58:32 PM
msg said
03:25 PM Jul 20, 2024
It appears (according to the younger gen on Reddit anyway) that these days AI writes the code and people believe that AI is always right. No one checks. They often don't have the staff to carry out the necessary Q&A. The advantage of using AI for companies is they can employ fewer real people thus cutting costs.
Of course, this leads to many of the frustrations people are suffering these days and the huge profits companies are making.
smwhiskey said
09:21 AM Jul 21, 2024
msg wrote:
It appears (according to the younger gen on Reddit anyway) that these days AI writes the code and people believe that AI is always right. No one checks. They often don't have the staff to carry out the necessary Q&A. The advantage of using AI for companies is they can employ fewer real people thus cutting costs.
Of course, this leads to many of the frustrations people are suffering these days and the huge profits companies are making.
See previous comments about armchair experts.
Where I work there is a healthy scepticism around AI. Most of us have played in this particular sandpit more than once. Yes we can see the potential benefit of it but experience tells us that (at the moment) it causes more trouble than its worth. So while we may refer to AI generated code, we rarely use it.
IMHO, Any company not reviewing all code changes (regardless of whether they are AI or not) before they move them to Production status deserves to go out of business.
On a positive note, The day AI can fully do my job as a Software Engineer is the day I retire. So I'm not expecting it to happen in the next 10 years.
dorian said
09:56 AM Jul 21, 2024
I've used Copilot to help me churn out a Windows CMD batch script. I always review and modify the code, but it has been very useful for me, especially as it helps me to avoid syntactical errors which can sometimes be difficult to find.
I was at Bunnings yesterday late afternoon. About half a dozen people were trying to get refunds for let's say (questionable quality of products from my personal observation). I was after some 316 stainless flyscreen. The Bunnings system gave the appearance that it was down to some degree, probably not their fault, but the employees gave the appearance that management didn't know what was going on. What species of mushrooms are the benchmark?
This whole situation highlights a basic failure that what is required, is lack of slice & divide on OS systems. Been through this in the 1980s in Sydney's largest manufacturerimg company which killed itself. I could see that centralising, whether on the small scale or world wide scale, it is a recipe for total failure.
P.S. Later in the evening, topped up with some petrol last night (can store in the car another 120 litres), due to Sydney BS pricing cycle, Australia goes through a super tanker of fuel every 3 days. I don't see any relationship between the 3 to 6 week petrol cycle that the system always bangs on about world pricing. Just as well I am a regular cash customer... I could pay & leave quickly... others had no alternative using plastic. Just grateful that the only plastic I use is 5L, 10L & 20L jerry cans... paid with plastic $5, $10 & $20 plastic currency.
Cash is king in the Outback... & Sydney CBD... or in Blinman, Flinders Ranges every time it rains.
One can see in one respect, Australia did extreme long term planning. Plastic currency... it works (make sure you have a reasonable amount of small denomination). I have on a few occasions given the shop the exact amount of money, photographed the funds on the counter & simply walked out.
An internet glitch that would shut the world down.
This one was just a practice run.
A minor glitch.
Wait till some clown sets off charges on some underwater internet cables.
Then the cattle pats will hit the fan.
Unfortunately in this world we have been outbred by idiots.
Most of whom no doubt come under the mantle of the 72 different gender varieties now made available to them.
The really good thing that has come out of all this is that it will be harder for those city centric fools to still try and do away with cash.
Foldies are still king in my books.......
Having worked in the industry for the past 35+ years I can tell you without any shadow of doubt is that what this situation (and others like it) highlights is that the number of armchair "experts" who have never worked in the industry and consequently have NFI what they're talking about is increasing at an exponential rate :(
This seasoned traveller talks about use of cash in the outback.
www.youtube.com/watch
I found this lady's thoughts interesting and enjoyable. Some tinfoil hat moments though.
I have been saying for a while now, that changes to systems are just done without sufficient testing or care. They seem to be of the attitude that "do it and we'll fix it if its wrong" Once again, profit over customers. Hopefully this is big enough to make them pull up their socks.
Would Never have happened in Boomer Days. HaHa. Look how we avoided disaster in 2000. Still don't know if it would have happened or not but we did the right thing and took every precaution to prevent it. Cost companies millions.
It happened or would have happened if not for the huge amounts of money spent over the previous decade making critical systems robust enough to handle it. Where I was working at the time the critical systems were switched off for an hour either side of midnight...just in case. Ironically, it was the first time I ever carried a mobile phone in case I was called out.
I was still fixing code or replacing systems (mostly replacing) in non-critical systems that suffered Y2K related issues as late as 2004.
When the Burnt Bridge Deviation was built, Sydney Northern Beaches, about 1985 completed. The main telephone cable was damaged.
All the businesses & households the far side had no telephones for 2 weeks. I lived on the "fortunate" side in Fairlight, still at the same address.
I worked from home for 2 weeks relaying customers orders from my home phone to another branch in Sydney.
Two weeks later once all sorted out, can't recall getting another call to my private phone number. Had phoned every single customer I could think of to let them know the work around.
Stuffed, today would be an understatement!
-- Edited by Whenarewethere on Saturday 20th of July 2024 02:58:32 PM
Of course, this leads to many of the frustrations people are suffering these days and the huge profits companies are making.
See previous comments about armchair experts.
Where I work there is a healthy scepticism around AI. Most of us have played in this particular sandpit more than once. Yes we can see the potential benefit of it but experience tells us that (at the moment) it causes more trouble than its worth. So while we may refer to AI generated code, we rarely use it.
IMHO, Any company not reviewing all code changes (regardless of whether they are AI or not) before they move them to Production status deserves to go out of business.
On a positive note, The day AI can fully do my job as a Software Engineer is the day I retire. So I'm not expecting it to happen in the next 10 years.
https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1814280916887319023
How to fix the Crowdstrike thing:
1. Boot Windows into safe mode
2. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike
3. Delete C-00000291*.sys
4. Repeat for every host in your enterprise network including remote workers
5. If you're using BitLocker jump off a bridge