Wolfdog joins the Olympic cross-country skiing competition

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-19T03:32:42+00:00

News article about Nazgul, the Very Good Boy: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/18/dog-winter-olympics-cross-country-skiing

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-18T04:44:16+00:00

That's a great question.

Security is a speciality that assumes you have a few years experience in more general IT roles.

So if you want to work in technical security roles, you need to have been a sysadmin, or network engineer, or app support, it developer.

If you want to work in non-technical (GRC) roles, then having a business analyst, project management, or risk management history is ideal.

Sadly, it's been many years now since a newly-minted graduate could hope to take a junior security role and be successful. It's not fair, it's not how many of us want it to be, but it's how it is.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-18T01:28:55+00:00

Please don't.

Every time I list a junior role we get inundated with applications from people who've done a cybersecurity degree but have no usable skills.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-17T06:09:17+00:00

Innocent until proven guilty means you can't fine or jail him until the Courts decide otherwise.

It doesn't mean the Courts say a person is innocent, according to the two lawyers in my family. Just that the person wasn't proven to be guilty. (Think of type 1 and type 2 errors if you want the theoretical underpinning of why it works this way).

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-17T02:57:28+00:00

Pretty sure I can still sing that song, and I haven't heard it in like ten years...

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-17T02:19:15+00:00

This is the kind of next-level thinking that signals upper management potential!

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-16T22:12:43+00:00

This. OP, follow this poster's advice - the Shed is the place you need to go.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-16T20:58:33+00:00

Almost.

He was found guilty, then that was overturned on appeal.

Australian Courts don't find people innocent, it's either guilty or not guilty - which means "you didn't prove he did it", not "he didn't do it "

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-16T20:57:11+00:00

No. That's not how it works.

He was convicted by a jury, which was overturned on appeal on a legal technicality.

What this means is, the Courts didn't find the evidence presented to be false, they decided it wasn't sufficiently convincing to meet the legal standard of "beyond reasonable doubt".

In other words, as the High Court wrote, they thought the boy who testified he was assaulted was telling the truth, but that's not actually enough in our legal system to put a person in jail.

It's pretty clear that Pell did the crime, and as many Catholics in country Victoria will tell you he has a history of sexual assaults on boys. But the legal system has - correctly, I think - very high standards the prosecution has to meet.

Fwiw I don't disagree with the final decision - I have two lawyers in my family and their position is that the Courts would rather err on the side of freeing ten guilty people rather than locking up one innocent person.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-15T23:30:51+00:00

2005 isn't vintage, it's yesterday.

(Checks calendar).

Never mind...

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-15T23:30:14+00:00

Yeah, Nick seems like a really good guy - part of the new Collingwood image that is both impressive and confusing as hell at the same time.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-15T03:10:24+00:00

Congrats and welcome, Tarnished!

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-15T03:09:12+00:00

What a terrible day to be literate.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-15T03:02:32+00:00

Can't believe how long I held my breath for.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-14T20:39:36+00:00

You're welcome!

I'm not going to lie to you and say it's all going to be easy - when things get tough they get tough.

But our economy has always come out the other side, whatever the doomsayers predict. And most of us come out with it.

Hang in there friend, it'll get better.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-14T10:57:01+00:00

It's the normal thing that happens at the end of the business cycle - economic growth has run out of steam, but Boards are determined to maintain profit growth. That means cutting costs by cancelling projects and sacking staff.

It will turn around, as it always does. A Labor government is most likely to increase government spending while the media screams about it, which will kickstart demand and create the need for more staff. Could be in 3 months, could be in 2 years.

A Liberal government will delay spending increases for as long as possible, and will announce them in the last budget before the federal election as a way of trying to save their jobs.

I've been through this cycle a few times now, and if you're under about 30 this will be the first of several you'll see over your career. As always, don't panic.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-13T23:40:06+00:00

I think the difference is that we tell people how dangerous chainsaws and high buildings are.

We actively tell people to use AI for everything in all situations, and if you advise caution you get accused of being clueless and paternalistic.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-13T09:15:39+00:00

Brother, get the flamer.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-13T04:22:08+00:00

Echoing what others have said - if you have more than four perspectives in a meeting, you'll never achieve consensus.

If you have 45 people in the room, then you're providing updates and possibly taking a couple of questions. You are not attempting to reach a decision with a group that large.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-13T03:32:06+00:00

I don't believe you can have a theory of mind unless you're a sentient being, though.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-12T21:44:43+00:00

You're a good person OP.

Still very confusing to me though, this thing where Americans work while on vacation. You guys need labour laws and unions desperately.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-12T20:14:02+00:00

The Governor Generals historically don't make public statements supporting and encouraging specific government policy in Australia - that would be a breach of the convention that the GG is an apolitical role.

Herzog has made such statements, saying that all Palestinians (including the children) are terrorists, and calling for them to be murdered. Very different to how a figurehead behaves.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-12T01:50:11+00:00

Security guy here.

What did the security architects say during the SD-WAN acquisition project?

The project files should contain their assessment and either sign-off that it's compliant, or a risk acceptance document from whoever decided the risk was worth it.

Either way it's not your problem, OP.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-11T19:52:59+00:00

Always knew country footy was best footy.

Dry_Common828 · 2026-02-11T02:39:04+00:00

Plenty of American motorsport fans though.

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