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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @tiagom
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      @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Hopefully the OP listens.

      Meh... if he listens, it'll be good for him. If he doesn't listen, he gets what he deserves. So.... whatever. Although, of course, it's the company that the OP works for that ultimately pays the price, not the IT guy (normally.)

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        Seems pretty common there, big reason i dont actively comment there.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @tiagom
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          @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Seems pretty common there, big reason i dont actively comment there.

          A lot of people seem to be out for personal gain. Mostly, I'm guessing, people who want to justify decisions that they have already made (this could be OPs or the people giving reckless, illogical advice) just wanting to feel good about what they already did and don't want the flaws or risks pointed out to them or people who fear that their bosses or coworkers will find out and question decisions that they can't defend. Just my guess.

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            tiagom
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            Sounds about right.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @tiagom
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              @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              Sounds about right.

              It's sad that so many people chose to use a technical community as a guise for doing that 😞 I'm sure many are just confused. But the number of people that actively defend some obviously dangerous stuff and will attack anyone that provides math, logic or just questions them is a bit nutty.

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                tiagom
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                Unfortunately there are a lot of stubborn people out there.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @tiagom
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                  @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Unfortunately there are a lot of stubborn people out there.

                  I don't feel like it's stubbornness, at least not most of the time. It feels a lot more like an agenda, most of the time. Stubborn is not giving in, this is different, this is lashing out.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Getting some blogging done, I am SO far behind on that!!

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                    • nadnerBN
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                      User: HALP! Ma email to whatz-his-face is bouncing! Can you check the system?
                      Me: Facepalm
                      Server: Email too big. Get stuffed.

                      It would be nice if people would look at the first few lines of the bonce message. It usually tells you why it's bounced... cupcakes... sigh perfect world...

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                        @nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        User: HALP! Ma email to whatz-his-face is bouncing! Can you check the system?
                        Me: Facepalm
                        Server: Email too big. Get stuffed.

                        It would be nice if people would look at the first few lines of the bonce message. It usually tells you why it's bounced... cupcakes... sigh perfect world...

                        Read error messages? That's just crazy talk.

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                          tiagom @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          I don't feel like it's stubbornness, at least not most of the time. It feels a lot more like an agenda, most of the time. Stubborn is not giving in, this is different, this is lashing out.

                          I just don't understand why it would be that way. What is there to gain by giving others bad advise.

                          What i find is that even when they are proven wrong they still defend it.

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                            tiagom @nadnerB
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                            @nadnerB

                            I cant tell you how many times i get tickets similar to this..

                            The bounce back clearly states the problem. I just copy the bounce back and put it as my reply lol.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @tiagom
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                              @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              I just don't understand why it would be that way. What is there to gain by giving others bad advise.

                              Read this, it's a life changer: https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248

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                              • nadnerBN
                                nadnerB @tiagom
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                                @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @nadnerB

                                I cant tell you how many times i get tickets similar to this..

                                The bounce back clearly states the problem. I just copy the bounce back and put it as my reply lol.

                                Normally I do too but this ticket wasn't a forward of the bounce message AND it was from someone else... bucket of fail... I'm not wasting anymore time than I have to on this one.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Basically, it's all emotions. At least in most cases. Some examples....

                                  • I did it X way and I see someone else asking how to do things, I have to say to do X as well because if I don't it implies that I did something wrong and I can't let that happen.
                                  • I did X at work and my boss will think that it was foolish if everyone doesn't agree with someone else online that X isn't the only option.
                                  • I did X, it has to be the only viable option even if other peoples' scenarios are not the same as mine.

                                  Things like that. An emotional response that makes you feel that what you did, everyone else has to do too. Both to support what you did, butalso because you have to maintain the same recommendations.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @tiagom
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                                    @tiagom it's the same logic where people freak out about RAID 5 changing from "standard" from 1992 - 2009, then "unthinkable" from 2009 - SSDs took over, then "standard" for SSDs again. People tend to hear the current advice and apply it to decisions made decades ago and think that people are telling them that those old decisions are somehow wrong even though it's a completely different scenario.

                                    If someone figures out new ways to do things, people who did them the old way tend to feel offended, as if it was wrong to do things the only way that they knew how. It's totally illogical, but it is how a lot of people operate.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @tiagom
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                                      @tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      What i find is that even when they are proven wrong they still defend it.

                                      Because they feel that if they defend it, that maybe people who are watching won't agree that they are wrong, even thought they normally sound crazier and crazier.

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                                          tiagom @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller Interesting, Ive read the preview of the book. What a way to change your outlook on life when you have third-degree burns on 70% of your body.

                                          Ordering the book now.

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                                            tiagom @nadnerB
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                                            @nadnerB Lol thats hilarious.

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