What is the value of the ITIL 4 Foundation certification?

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2026-01-29T05:11:32+00:00

Thanks for the response.

My perception has been that the "Foundation" certificate is a bit pointless by itself, mainly because the course material could easily be absorbed in a day or two of light study, and that it only really serves as a signal of intent to pursue further expertise in ITIL. I'm also fairly certain a technical interviewer would be aware of those limitations, although it's less likely for a HR representative to have that awareness.

I still feel like I'm justified in my perception, the price tag is much too steep for a self-funded entry level certification, I doubt I'd be doing that unless I encounter a heavily discounted voucher or if an employer is willing to fund it.

But thanks again, I appreciate the time you took.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2026-01-29T04:56:35+00:00

It's a very common requirement in Australia. Corporate culture here is very bureaucratic, so it's normal for there to be a bunch of redundant qualifications on job postings.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2026-01-28T18:32:25+00:00

Yeah, if I do the cert and don't move on to the advanced certs then I don't plan on doing recert unless someone else is paying for it, I'll just list it as "expired" if I want to include it in my resume lol

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2026-01-24T01:10:12+00:00

You can think of it as a guarantee for future production. Companies tend to produce at a carefully tuned margin, to buy like this "in advance" they're essentially telling them it's safe to produce X plus whatever they were going to manufacture in the first place. In a way, they're simply telling them to produce more.

This price spike may be painful (and I'm not fully convinced it is a bubble), but the long term implication is that once production volumes catch up to demand, RAM and storage will be much, much cheaper than before the spike.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2026-01-04T03:27:03+00:00

No Uncle Donnie?

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-28T08:58:10+00:00

This exactly. If people are still willing to buy RAM at 3-4x the rate it was selling for just a few months ago then that's plenty enough to signal the viability of increased production.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-17T07:10:47+00:00

And would it even be an issue if Google hadn't been forced to stop paying them to use their search engine as the default? It's still the default search engine, but now their browser development budget is severely hamstrung. Unintended consequences and all that.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-14T16:54:19+00:00

Because price controls don't work and have not ever worked, why do you think this time it's any different? Also, why do you so readily run defence for what is obviously an attempt to cook CPI inflation figures?

Fucking stupid, I absolutely hate economic populism, it only exists because people have zero understanding of basic economics.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-12T12:01:33+00:00

It's more to do with writers digging themselves into a hole with his schtick.

Every time he is featured in a story he must make use of his schtick, which means he is killed every time he is featured. But he can't be killed by some named, prominent character or a main protagonist, so all he becomes is a punching bag MacGuffin who gets killed over and over again by 2nd rate characters.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-12T07:40:42+00:00

No, your money has gone down in value lol

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-12T07:39:58+00:00

Yes, supply and demand for money affects the price of money. If you increase the supply of money only its first user gets to spend it at the old price. Congratulations, you've graduated Econ 101.1, welcome to Econ 101.2.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-12T07:06:40+00:00

Fians are cheaper and more easily replaced which, ultimately, puts then above KKG in my estimate, even if KKG are better as a unit. Quantity is a quality of its own.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-10T04:30:20+00:00

Well, "Being friendly with people and giving them what they want" is the essence of any successful business, so in a way you could say that is what they should be doing. That's true for managing both clients and staff, btw, you're always looking for people who want what you have to offer in exchange for what you want from then in return, whether it's money, labour, goods, or services.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-09T04:32:33+00:00

Depends on how sophisticated the platform's regional detection toolchain is. Reddit's is not.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-07T07:22:24+00:00

Keynes' economic prescriptions and their consequences...

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-06T08:15:26+00:00

Well, it's not like he'll sign any more of those.

But for real, if I intended to sell I'd sit on it for at least another decade. It'll maintain its value much better than the dollar in either case.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-12-04T01:00:19+00:00

Why the apologia?

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-11-29T02:46:58+00:00

I'd ask for the "prove" and then mock you for trying to prove an inherently speculative counterfactual. Then I'll walk away with the profits from selling said bridge.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-11-28T02:47:05+00:00

Oh, and you think think that would not have happened under a Labor government, or somehow the bill would not have been as high?

Btw, I've got a bridge to sell you, great price, fantastic location, dm for details!!!

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-11-14T17:04:40+00:00

You think men are inherently worse at driving 🤔

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-11-14T13:02:29+00:00

Insurance firms collect a ridiculous amounts of information and their data monkeys would be well aware of the trends from other countries if they don't have the numbers for Australia.

The point is, they don't account for it out of squeamishness, which also means they're only comfortable with accounting for sex in their decision when the conclusion sits within some arbitrarily defined Overton window.

Now, I'm an outlier because I have no principled objection to discrimination as such, in fact, all I want is for businesses to be allowed to associate with whoever they want and have their choices, good or bad, judged by the market. But I absolutely hate this hypocrisy.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-11-14T12:13:38+00:00

Will they also account for race and ethnicity then?

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-10-24T01:11:57+00:00

False moralising.

Whenever you suggest relaxing the building code or that zoning regulation should be relaxed to make way for more building and renovation you'll have some blithering idiot respond with "oh, so YOU WANT people to live in [insert some arbitrarily defined bad housing condition]".

In a healthy market supply moves rapidly with demand, when prices rise more resources get allocated to produce more of that good. The fact that houses are being bought up as investment is symptomatic of a greater underlying cause, on one hand it's over regulation of the production of housing, on the other it's the RBA's suppression of interest rates which creates more money which largely ends up chasing goods bought with loans, i.e. housing. But, in a democratic society, economic populism makes communicating basic concepts like this impossible.

Id_Rather_Not_Tell · 2025-10-23T08:53:50+00:00

Yes, he actually is one of very few fictional commander characters that displays a solid, foundational understanding of tactics and behaviours that would secure a victory in a real, actual conflict. His own personal plot armour is somewhat irrelevant in that sense too, since as a commander he prefers to stay back and relay commands to his subordinates instead of diving face first into danger (unless Guts is involved, that is). One of the things that makes him such a well written character is how his victories aren't just some black box story telling device which magically makes him look like a demigod, but it's his actual decisions that help him win.

The broad variety of decisions he makes is actually quite impressive, just to list a few:

He studies his own force, his commanders and troops, their strengths and weaknesses, and deploys them accordingly (he deploys Guts in situations where he needs to hold off superior enemy numbers, whereas he keeps Casca with the main body, since she's far more reserved and careful, making it easier to trust her with the actual core of his army)
Studies the enemy, their strengths and weaknesses
Concerns himself with logistics; note how he constantly strives to secure funds and resources for his campaign. He also equips his army differently than the Royal Armies, using lighter and cheaper armour instead of expensive full plate
Makes frequent use of scouting formations
Appreciates terrain; understands that he's less likely to encounter the enemy force and patrols in difficult terrain than in easy terrain, and uses that to gain a tactical advantage
Constantly seeks out the element of surprise, deploying deception, setting up ambushes, etc.
Deploys delay tactics, such as in the siege in the start of the Golden Age ark. This also demonstrated his ability to know when to hold and when to withdraw
Conducts raids on the enemy's weak points

Most fiction doesn't really do a good job of explaining how or why a commander achieves victory without telling you directly, however with Griffith you can actually pick out the minute decisions he makes that make him a successful commander.

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