Yeah, they tried that a few times, the software would glitch and Windows would either BSOD or just freeze (had something to do with how their HASP dongle license communicated with the software and the drivers it used, nothing to do with our issue whatsoever, lol). In the end, they had to come down and debug the issue on a separate rig and install. We just couldn’t have those interruptions in production.

Yep, I know the face… made it a few times with colleagues that don’t know basic Windows scripting, but somehow got bonuses… but I don’t kiss upper management ass, so I never do. That’s life I guess…

This is so true… it’s so frustrating sometimes…

Me too, but apparently, that wasn’t the case.

My reasoning was, they’d have to send someone over to do tests and build the project on site, install and test, since we couldn’t give any of those NASes to them for them to work on the problem, and they’d rather not do that, since it’s a lot more work and it’s time consuming.

Exactly what a dev would say… you guys don’t have to deal with that 3rd gen i3 Jenny from accounting is running.

Agreed. I have colleagues that I write scripts for (I don’t do that any more, I stopped and shit stopped working, so they solve things manually now), they don’t know shit about scripting… and still don’t.

On the other hand, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a dev that was just this very positive, very friendly person and was also very knowledgeable when it came to hardware, so we were on the same page most of the time. He also accepted most of my code changes and the ones that he didn’t, gave him an idea of how to solve it more efficiently. We were a great team to be honest. We’re still friends. Don’t see him as frequently, but we keep in touch.

Well, at least you admit it, not everyone does.

I do agree that they’re out of date, but that wasn’t their point, their software somehow doesn’t like the NASes, so they had to look into where the problem was. But, their first thought was “let’s tell them they’re no good and tell them which ones to buy so we wouldn’t have to look at the code”.

Yep, unrealistic expectations.

Or “you need a 12th gen i7 to run this thing”… the thing is a glorified Avidemux.

MiUI is not that bad IMO. The ad services and the integrated apps are horrible (even without the ads), but apart from that, the UI is fairly usable. They really haven’t changed that much from what Android comes with by default.

Simple example, our NASes are EMC2. The devs over at the company that does the software say they’re garbage, we should change them.

Mind you, these things have been running for 10 years straight 24/7, under load most of the time, and we’ve only swapped like 2 drives, total… but no, they’re garbage 🤦…

The docx is silent.

IDK, I haven’t tried any other to be honest.

To be honest, I sincerely doubt they were devs, maybe support staff… I mean, come on, I’m just an engineer and even I can think of a better way to do that, even if I absolutely must not use any CVS.

I think LibreOffice Writer does that too.

Hope to god no one actually sees that video…

Almost everywhere… there are very few places where you can drive before you’re 18. There are like junuor permits and you can get them when you’re 16, but your parrents are the ones responsible for your driving. Something happens, they get ringed. So, yeah, they can also not give you the license if you cause too much trouble.

No hardware supports it out of the box (standalone players), thus, it’s not gonna happen for pirated content.

Plus, AV1 was nowhere near ready when x265 was in v2.x. It was open source, it had x in front of it (the logical successor to x264… name wise at least), it conformed fo the MPEG HEVC standard (in most things)… what was there not to like 🤷. Pirates don’t care about things like “but I have to pay royalties to use it in a commercial environment”… hence, why they’re pirates.

The solution to the problem is not benefitial to the little individual. Thus, it’s a situation.

I have accepted it, but things are not always easy, and that brings me down sometimes, so I try and look for sources to make me laugh, like Lemmy here… or just get my mind off those things with some interesting article or info, whatever.

I find that I get joy everyday from the little things - tasty food, good company and nature. I don’t let the bug things dictate my mood.

I’ve seen people do it every day and I’m immensly jelous of them. My SO is like this and this is the one thing I’m jelous about.

I’ve always been like this, ever since I was kid. Never satisfied with little things, always looking at the bigger ones and the bigger picture. It’s just a character trait that I don’t really like, mostly because it’s what makes me sad. But, I try and keep it under control.

You can consider that you are a forgotten one of billions of on a tiny speck of rock lost in the vast swathes of space-time and so nothing you do matters.

If this is your way to cheer me up, it’s kinda working, lol 🤣. Not because it’s not true, but because it’s the cold hard truth, and somehow, you thought you’re helping 🤣🤣🤣… and you did… I guess… so it’s OK 😂.

Or you can consider that all that space-time and other stuff has about as much influence on your life as your life has on it and choose to ignore it and enjoy the life you have free of consequences.

You know, I kidna liked the previous cheering up part more 😂.

The only constant is that life is short. What do you want to do with your limited time?

I wanna have more time at my disposal 😂.

Jokes aside, the reality is that I’m stuck in a situation in which I don’t want to be, but I have to be… for the greater good… well, mostly the good of a little individual that is my son. And that sucks, so I try and not look at things from a negative stand point, which comes naturally given the circumstances. Though I am prone to depression (the more you know, the sadder you are), it’s not how I really am. But, as I said, things are what they are and there is no changing them any time soon, so I’m just trying to make the best of it while this lasts.

Man… you just had to say it, didn’t you 😒… fuck, now I gotta go to c/eyebleach and fool myself into thinking life is full of joy, yeeei 🥹.