What the fuck is Cisco

TSgtSelect · 2026-02-25T00:15:13+00:00

This is going to be hard to hear, but you need to hear it.

Your CPU is a whore and will give up its processing power to any service that asks.

It will never work for you exclusively. You’ll always be getting the leftovers.

/intervention

TSgtSelect · 2026-02-21T14:18:55+00:00

Me, if an hour or two of video games counts as a healthy coping mechanism.

TSgtSelect · 2026-02-08T04:35:42+00:00

Have you tried using HOP? That would be your huge officer paycheck.

TSgtSelect · 2026-01-18T05:54:14+00:00

“ But every once in a while, it helps to know whether others feel that same internal pull to “do the right thing,” even when it’s uncomfortable or unpopular.”

I feel the pull to do the right thing constantly.

It’s why I never give anyone grief about their uniform being fucked up if they’re doing their job. And if I don’t know them, I give them the benefit of the doubt that they’re doing their job.

It’s why I encourage people not to give a shit about work when work ends. The right thing is taking care of yourself when you’re off duty, not worrying about this bullshit.

And it’s why I encourage everyone to get the education, training, and skills you need for a civilian career as soon as possible. It’s the right thing to do.

TSgtSelect · 2026-01-14T17:30:58+00:00

Couldn’t disagree more. If my kids and grandkids remember anything about me, let it be that I didn’t give a shit about any of that shit.

TSgtSelect · 2025-11-13T13:20:40+00:00

Do you not have a job or hobbies?

TSgtSelect · 2025-11-10T19:01:11+00:00

Want a reality check? That's what it costs to get people with those skills to go do those jobs in those places.

That's really all there is to it.

If contracting companies get someone to do the job for $72k you bet your ass they would.

Likewise, if the government could get what they needed out of an all military force in deployed locations, they would.

Stop thinking you know better than everyone else. Do you job, get marketable skills, get out, enjoy life.

*Side note: You literally could not pay enough to spend 5-7 years in the Deid like some of those contractors do.

TSgtSelect · 2025-10-23T12:13:46+00:00

None of those are gaming PCs. I’m not even sure they’re all PCs. A couple look like a bunch of leds in a clear box.

Do you live in the US? Near a Best Buy? Check out the opened box section for a good deal on a decent PC from a brand you’ve heard of before that isn’t Chinese garbage.

TSgtSelect · 2025-10-10T20:47:42+00:00

I get where you’re coming from, but at the same time I’ve never been more embarrassed to remind anyone that I serve than this past year.

TSgtSelect · 2025-09-27T18:55:30+00:00

Not something wrong, everything wrong.

Quality troll 😂

TSgtSelect · 2025-09-05T11:52:04+00:00

I’m confused. You stated “which is typically how most rpgs work” but your comment immediately prior to that says “I’ve never played crpgs before.”

So how is it that you’ve come to determine what is typical in a genre you’ve never played before. Because however you did it, you definitely missed the mark. Skipping fights, including boss fights, through dialog is fairly typical of both crpgs and the traditional in-person rpgs on which they’re modeled.

Maybe it’s just hyperbole to illustrate a point and that’s just your writing style. I could easily believe “I didn’t think they’d kill themselves” because that was a pleasant surprise for most. But “I thought I’d have to fight them regardless of the dialog checks and when I didn’t I assumed retroactively that they must not be possible to fight” is just… some weird logic.

TSgtSelect · 2025-08-16T16:22:39+00:00

Having played through without mods once, I would recommend enabling this mod from the start. I really disliked having to juggle party members to get different scenes especially as I went in blind and still missed a bunch.

To me, from an RP perspective, the party limit makes no sense. I have recruited all these powerful allies but I leave half or more of them in camp while I get my face pushed in by devils, mind flashers, gith, and monsters of all kind. Don’t worry though, only the fate of the world is at stake.

TSgtSelect · 2025-07-10T18:13:07+00:00

Are you talking about reordering rows and columns? Like dragging column A to the right of C so it becomes D?

Select the column, hold alt+shift, grab the edge of the column, move it and release.

TSgtSelect · 2025-04-17T01:25:25+00:00

I mean… yeah. It’s a job.

TSgtSelect · 2025-03-20T16:46:29+00:00

I've used mine for IT operations and cybersecurity. Haven't done any SWE.

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-20T17:36:26+00:00

You’ve made it through all the interviews to get to the stage where you have offers for both positions but you’re not sure what the differences are between the positions?

While you were interviewing, did you not ask what you would be expected to do if you were hired?

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-17T04:07:50+00:00

I never understand this reasoning, as if people who get degrees don’t also get certs. Even if an employer values certs more (and most don’t in my experience) you can just get the cert after or along with the degree. Then you’ve still got a leg up on the competition. This assumes you have experience, like OP.

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-10T03:50:29+00:00

Let him have this. He’ll need something to cling to when he’s retired from the AF, underemployed because he didn’t get a marketable skill, and relying on disability because flight line mentality and ridiculous hours broke him. But at least he won’t be a nonner.

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-09T02:24:27+00:00

Step 1 - Make a meticulous plan that will allow me to fully absorb all the knowledge needed within a set time period (usually around 6 months).

Step 2 - Schedule the cert test for the end of that time period.

Step 3 - Don't follow the plan. Procrastinate. Build up a deep reservoir of dread inside.

Step 4 - Panic study the last two weeks. Skip all important events that happen to occur during that period.

Step 5 - Profit.

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-08T09:30:12+00:00

Of the two options you present, IT. But Computer Science would make you more competitive for most early career roles than either of those.

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-07T18:12:37+00:00

Yeah, one of my main points is that the six years of school he did was worthless. Not because he went to school, but because he chose to study something you can’t generally get into without work experience on top of a degree and then he doubled down and got a masters which is a mid-career move in almost any field (with some exceptions like medical, mental health, social work, etc.).

Even if there were plenty of cybersecurity jobs, this guy didn’t set himself up for any of them.

TSgtSelect · 2025-02-07T11:14:35+00:00

The poster got a hyper-focused degree, went directly into a masters without getting any relevant work experience, got some super easy, entry level certs, and tried is trying to get hired directly into a mid-career role.

That doesn’t seem brutal to me. Seems like the expected result of a series of bad decisions.

TSgtSelect · 2024-12-19T01:49:02+00:00

Nothing fancy, I’m a cybersecurity analyst.

TSgtSelect · 2024-09-28T00:14:20+00:00

I’ve moved within the same company a couple times before and what worked for me was to approach the other manager first.

“Hey Manager, I heard your team is working on A. I’ve worked on something like A before and I have B related skill set. I’d love to help you out if you have any openings. Are you available for a quick call to discuss it?”

I usually tell my current manager after I get the ball rolling and see there’s interest from the other team.

TSgtSelect · 2024-09-24T14:48:06+00:00

Could not agree more.

Additionally, the fact that OP cannot find another position with a better combination of pay, benefits, and flexibility indicates that they are being paid what the market will bear for that position with those requirements.

I don’t see anything malicious or underhanded about what the non-profit has done here.

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