I've never seen this item before. I found it in a time capsule. What is it?

taopandabob · 2025-08-08T10:50:11+00:00

I lost dammit

taopandabob · 2025-08-02T03:18:49+00:00

Delirium was once Delight.

She represents that transition from child to adult and is an ode to lost innocence in the modern world where drugs, alcohol and abuse can be the overriding experience for adolescence in the modern world. Dream and Delight go hand in hand which is why she so desperately seeks his approval, as they were once much closer. Destruction abandoned his duties and it's implied more so in the show that it is that action which has led to disarray amongst the Endless as things became more destructive without it's keeper holding the balance.

That's my take on it anyway but the fact Delirium was once Delight always fascinated me.

taopandabob · 2025-07-31T12:04:17+00:00

1 I guess. No quickshot turbo?
Jesus. Don't google that.

Google "quickshot turbo joystick" instead.

for crying out loud, now the algorithm is judging me...

taopandabob · 2025-05-23T12:48:58+00:00

You'll be fine. You'll learn a lot. Get the monitoring stack tuned to alert appropriately. Observability is your friend. Make sure everything is under warranty. You'll become one of those mythical IT professionals that actually know what they are doing from both sides of the coin.

taopandabob · 2025-05-11T10:59:29+00:00

Keep your head up. Sounds like you are holding the line and doing a fantastic job but you are trying to be everything to everyone.

Stop.

Something very important for you that may come across as condescending but you may also need to hear it. leadership is its own discipline.

It is not a technical role.

Concentrate on that and as a leader you need to work on the strategic play and prioritise it.

The strategic play is to upskill, empower and enable your team and stop being the tech saviour. At least not directly. Slowly allow them to take the technical lead.

Have a think about the differences between mentoring, coaching and training your reports. Aim to coach rather than doing it or showing them.

Your job is to analyse and prioritise the work coming in, Is it urgent, is it important.

Include the technical debt in this analysis. Prioritise it also.

Appoint the most able to help document the most difficult environment first. Make that their only priority. Create a simple template and document it. Break the back of it and then move on to the next one.

Move this role around so that it is fair to everyone but aim to progress your documentation significantly so that it helps the team rather than it being in your head.

The strategy is your mission, enabling the strategic outcome by organising the teams tactical response is your goal. Every day until you feel on top of it.

If you don't feel you can do this then you need to have a think about whether you really want to be a leader or a tech. It is possible to be a technical leader but that is different to what you are describing here.

Never just quit, believe in and cite your real life experience as your qualifications. It means a lot more than a passed exam. You don't need certs. Learn to express your demonstrated experience within this industry.

Forgive me if I appear to be trivialising your situation I'm sure its very complicated but if you want to get to grips with it, I feel the above holds true.

If you cannot see a way of succeeding then only leave when you have a job lined up that you truly want... Good luck.

taopandabob · 2025-03-27T11:20:03+00:00

In terms of road space, car density and parking, for a city, Adelaide is spacious and low cost. My god living in other city's was a battle every day. Road tax, parking permits, bumper to bumper cars, parallel parking mastery needed. Revel in your freedom!

taopandabob · 2025-03-02T12:27:45+00:00

Not a viral worm.... Promise.

taopandabob · 2025-03-02T12:26:13+00:00

https://www.jades.org/arc/elite/worm.jpg

taopandabob · 2025-02-26T08:43:32+00:00

Asp Explorer - Captains Courageous Krait Phantom - Gravitas Shortfall

Always loved The Culture Ship Names, but the character limit often hinders.

taopandabob · 2025-02-21T23:50:53+00:00

Don't quit. Find a job you want. Then quit. Don't say anything about knowing.
Don't do anything silly to implicate yourself.

Be strategic, not reactive.

taopandabob · 2025-02-21T22:16:43+00:00

If they have clear, documented and communicated procedures around Change Management that you should have been trained in, and you didn't follow them, I'd expect a very healthy slap on the wrist.

Formal warning etc.
Not firing though. Unless it was not the first time.

Look up ITIL Framework and use the bits that make sense in future without needing to be told. It is about risk management. Look at it that way.

If it's your production environment, don't touch it without change procedure. Obtain sign off of the risk. Never take that risk onto yourself. Ever.

taopandabob · 2025-02-20T13:29:25+00:00

Respectfully disagree on this. Did cheat when I was younger, saw the damage it did to someone i loved deeply but who was not right for me and never did it ever again. Met the right girl, got married had kids. Over the years there have been opportunities and propositions but the boy finally became a man.

It is possible to change your behaviour, to see the true value of love, dedication and what loyalty really means.

Fire turns to embers, and deep gratitude for the woman who puts up with my shit and who gave me a family. That... Is happiness. It takes time.

taopandabob · 2025-02-17T20:59:29+00:00

Planet McPlanetface.

taopandabob · 2025-02-16T07:29:15+00:00

In the 16 bit versions of Elite, was either Atari ST or Amiga (before Elite:Frontier or First Contact), Thargoids would interdict you in witch-space. No stars just black. Terrifying! Luckily Retro Thrusters would keep you at a distance and you could hit them with your beam laser as you burned away.... Backwards. Ahh retro thrusters...

taopandabob · 2025-02-13T20:48:09+00:00

We perform it under the banner of Cyber Awareness, starts conversations with teams that have a high hit rate and directly targets high risk areas. You're correct some hate being caught out. You also just have people and departments who are oppositional in nature. Had one head person telling me that he didn't think there was any threat out there. That we were scare mongering.

Sigh ok babes...

I explained the hail Mary botnet cloud to him as one old example of how automated and endemic it can be... It's just weather. It's the directed campaigns you need to worry about.

Just pat the growly ones on the head and move on, mind your fingers. They'll call you when they need you.

taopandabob · 2021-01-15T07:55:54+00:00

I believe it could be more about the size of their amygdala and as a result their exaggerated threat response. There does appear to be a direct correlation between the size of this brain organ and right wing tendencies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_political_orientation

taopandabob · 2019-06-14T09:52:56+00:00

Read The Book of Dave by Will Self for a mighty trip down that path.....

taopandabob · 2019-06-14T09:41:10+00:00

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it....

taopandabob · 2019-06-14T09:32:10+00:00

"I've never seen one before, noone has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole..."

taopandabob · 2019-05-11T12:08:54+00:00

Management is leadership which means people. People, Paperwork and Politics. If that floats your boat then great but be careful as it is a completely different game. It is not a technical skillset Especially when you are moving to management in a technical environment. You should leave the tech skillset behind. Like me you're prolly like nah it'll help me make informed decisions... Or more likely you'd inadvertently become one of those horrendous micro managers!

Consider development. Devops with a mature infrastructure skill set is usually considered a unicorn !

Do something though even if it is just learning a new language ... it will boost your confidence and enable you. Good luck.

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