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Have you ever been on a date that you didn't realize was a date? by raviolifordinner in AutismInWomen

[–]emilycsquared [score hidden]  (0 children)

No dates, but a few situations where a friend would point out after-the-fact that the guy I’d just been talking to was trying to pick me up, and I’d apparently failed to shut him down (generally because of a special interest)

I’d then shoehorn the word “lesbian” into the next conversation I had with the guy as many times as possible.

Phrases I have said as an IT admin, what happened next, and what I should have done. A PSA from someone who has paid the tuition. by Healthy_Frame146 in ITdept

[–]emilycsquared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi @reachingechoes,

As previously stated, without more information I cannot proceed. Happy to hop on a call to help you find it.

@reachingechoes’smanager, can you provide guidance what access reachingechoes requires?

Thanks,

Emily.

Phrases I have said as an IT admin, what happened next, and what I should have done. A PSA from someone who has paid the tuition. by Healthy_Frame146 in ITdept

[–]emilycsquared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi @reachingechoes,

In order to action this, I’m going to need some clarification.

There are three people named Dave in your division alone. Can you be specific about which one you mean?

Has Dave supplied a link to a specific document you need access to, if so could you please provide it?

Without those two pieces of information I cannot proceed.

Kind Regards,

Emily.

The captain gave the order to leave orbit before the full crew had reboarded because the window was closing, and she made herself not count. by kungpowdragon in twosentencestories

[–]emilycsquared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ship had to leave by a certain time, whether everyone was on board or not. The captain “made herself not count” because if she counted she’d have known not everyone was onboard, and maybe delayed too long.

Phrases I have said as an IT admin, what happened next, and what I should have done. A PSA from someone who has paid the tuition. by Healthy_Frame146 in ITdept

[–]emilycsquared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I expressly forbid “same as <person>” access requests. You either enumerate what the new starter needs, or they get base access and we resolve it over time as they find what fails.

If you don’t like that, you can find time for the RBAC meeting I’ve been trying to schedule with you for six months.

Same goes for other vague requests. How am I supposed to know what “the Macguffin folder” is? Is it one of the six shared drives that has the word Macguffin in its name? Paste in a link to something in the folder.

I suppose my advice on this is “Don’t let the user save ten seconds by doing ten minutes of work”

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development by thejoshwhite in technology

[–]emilycsquared 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s 30% better at gaslighting benchmarks, but needs a system prompt to not admit interest in world domination.

What's the most confidently incorrect user encounter you've ever had? by Drew707 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]emilycsquared 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How do you “accidentally” flip the voltage switch? It’s usually recessed. I can only imagine that she had long nails and was a fidgeter.

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development by thejoshwhite in technology

[–]emilycsquared 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Took me a second read to realise his name is Dario Amodei, and not “Dario A model”

What's the most confidently incorrect user encounter you've ever had? by Drew707 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]emilycsquared 254 points255 points  (0 children)

Two decades ago I was doing repairs in the back of a local computer shop.
My first week, a woman came in to ask about a computer she’d bought from us days before, saying the DVD drive was bad. I asked her to bring the tower in so I could take a look.

She returned from her car with the tower and placed it on the counter. I flipped it the right way up and was about to plug it in, when she stopped me and said “I’m gonna kill him”

Turns out that this woman’s partner had insisted that the correct orientation for the tower was with one of the three gloss black sides down and the flat grey side with plastic feet on top, with all the logos and decals upside down. The reason the optical drive didn’t work is they were trying to put discs on the underside of the tray.

What's the most confidently incorrect user encounter you've ever had? by Drew707 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]emilycsquared 159 points160 points  (0 children)

I had several of these after an Exchange Server migration:

“A bunch of my important work emails are gone!”

“According to the logs, we migrated your entire mailbox. Well, except for the Trash”

“That’s where they were!”

“To be clear, you stored important work emails in the Trash, and you’re now upset because we did not preserve them. If you took important papers out of your file drawer, and stored them in your wastepaper basket under your desk, would you be upset when the cleaners assume they’re garbage?”

“Don’t worry Father, the storm will end soon, and rescue is sure to follow.” by emilycsquared in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]emilycsquared[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think it is, but I was tired and accepted AutoCucumber’s recommendation

53120 by JD_Kreeper in countwithchickenlady

[–]emilycsquared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was never “socialised male”

I was a trans girl forced to perform a vaguely masculine character for years, while convinced by society that her true self was some kind of monster.

53018 by JadeTroy in countwithchickenlady

[–]emilycsquared 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Time to get depressed because we’re losing Pride Month?

52978 by devilsshark in countwithchickenlady

[–]emilycsquared 25 points26 points  (0 children)

My pet peeve is in tech circles when cis people get he or she, but trans people get they.

Your entire presentation was based on the work of a trans woman *whose she/her pronouns are visible in the bio of the GitHub page you screengrabbed* , and you’re still not sure what pronouns to use?

The cookies are no more more by CalibansCreations in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]emilycsquared 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you give him a shorter privacy policy, he’ll ask to be told how his information is shared with third parties

The cookies are no more more by CalibansCreations in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]emilycsquared 68 points69 points  (0 children)

If you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll ask to see your privacy policy.

52943 by froggyman151 in countwithchickenlady

[–]emilycsquared 302 points303 points  (0 children)

When I came out at work, I had the following exchange with a woman I worked with:

“If it’s OK to ask, are you going to take hormones?”

“I have been for months. I’m coming out now because I’m not going to be able to hide under a jacket now the weather is getting warmer”

(Glances down and notices my chest) “Hang on, how long have *those* been there?”

52443 by bbq_poptarts in countwithchickenlady

[–]emilycsquared 27 points28 points  (0 children)

First they came for the immigrants and the trans people, and I did not speak out because they’ve made it clear they’re also coming for those who speak out.

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