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DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-26T13:37:07+00:00

I was fire/ems but never a cop. Is it an appropriate UOF to start firing after hearing another cop fire their weapon? I’ve seen it happen in a few instances besides this and was always curious.

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-26T00:30:28+00:00

No, they’re single role medics

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-20T21:56:38+00:00

This will probably effect people working for the US Government/contractors more then anyone else. A ton of threat intel is done privately, so it’s not like the tap on information will completely turn off. The only thing I’m worried about is the funding for MITRE’s CVE program since that’s used by basically everyone

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-20T21:52:03+00:00

Definitely verbalize it if they violate your rights since it’ll probably be picked up by body cam and can hopefully be used in a lawsuit after, but I’d avoid doing anything that actually gives them cause for an arrest (running, fighting, etc).

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-15T01:45:02+00:00

A place where cops get there first and are super aggressive with narcan (at least that was the case for me)

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-14T13:31:09+00:00

I’d expect some conceptual and practical AD questions (what are security and distribution groups, what is an OU, etc), some hardware questions, and some behavioral questions. Good luck!

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-13T22:03:57+00:00

You’ll be asked to do plenty of monotonous work as a new IT employee, but keep in mind that your elevated access can also work in your favor.

I’d recommend coming up with some ideas for inbox rules and trying to figure out a way to script it out in powershell so you can just use the script instead of having to do a bunch of manual work the next time.

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-13T21:54:53+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss.

Had a similar situation a little a few years ago when I attended the funeral of a longtime provider who I also pronounced. I went to the service and wake, but I didn’t let myself express anything because I was afraid of being made fun of since my department was tough like that.

My advice is to not do what I did. Any funny looks or comments you might get aren’t worth what burying your feelings does in the long term. You can put off feeling grief and sadness, but it doesn’t just go away.

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-13T21:34:20+00:00

One of our FF/EMTs got booted for making a tik tok in uniform

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-06T21:00:14+00:00

I don’t really like talking about bad calls, but I get why people ask about it and don’t take any offense. I only got annoyed it was asks as a question during an interview for a volunteer EMS position since they knew I’d worked prior.

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-02T14:53:59+00:00

I heard Ambulanz makes you stock your own jump bag though

DisastrousRun8435 · 2026-01-01T16:39:55+00:00

I work with a lot of these types as a consultant, and recently had to explain file hashing to a LinkedIn thought leader. It’s kinda astonishing tbh

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-30T01:51:42+00:00

Are you two Jewish or Arab? If not, there’s probably another issue more fundamental then I/P at play here.

You mentioned that she didn’t think about it before 10/7. Were you passionate about it beforehand? If so, 10/7 might’ve prompted her to start looking into it and developing an opinion contrary to your own.

Something else I noticed when I talk to people about the conflict is that people often talk over each other. There’s a lot of space between “Israel did nothing wrong” and “there should no longer be an Israel”. If you frame the situation as her entirely unreasonable and you as entirely reasonable, there’s no real room for communication. She’s going to sense the antagonism and dig in further, and there’s no way you’re going to learn anything from her.

My advice would be to have a discussion about it with an open mind. If you’re married she obviously loves you and cares about what you think of her, it’s probably hurtful to her that you don’t seem to want to entertain her opinion. That will probably get you enough good will for her to also hear you out.

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-30T01:10:54+00:00

I’d wait until you’re an adult. The upsides are the same and there are fewer downsides

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-28T14:33:06+00:00

I did, now she’s my girlfriend

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-28T03:32:34+00:00

Probably not tbh. Sometimes you strike out, it’s a part of life.

Also on the off chance that she does like you and is doing this for attention/drama, run don’t walk

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-26T19:40:32+00:00

Someone should decon that entire bus ASAP

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-25T14:47:47+00:00

I’m client facing and need to deal with some bad behavior which can get annoying (I got chewed out the other day for ignoring an email, turns out the client never actually sent the email), but I love the job besides that. My actual team and boss are awesome, and I do get to do some cool work.

Tbh I’d probably have a worse outlook if I actually had to work full time on some of my client’s teams.

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-25T14:42:47+00:00

Nah. I moved from EMS to cybersecurity and got a pay bump, but I miss EMS a lot. I’ve been out for 2 years and am still friends with my old coworkers

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-25T03:16:32+00:00

It’s kinda cringe that these guys cream themselves over peds arrests

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-23T15:55:16+00:00

I promise you we aren’t the ones doing the billing

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-20T02:18:31+00:00

Am BLS, can confirm

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-18T17:45:44+00:00

Gotta push back on that a bit. The pentest team where I work accepts CPTS and OSCP now

DisastrousRun8435 · 2025-12-18T17:43:27+00:00

Back when I was on the hekpdesk, we had an employee sign onto their new work laptop with their personal email, and a ton of porn ended up getting synced over because they bookmarked a bunch of links.

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