DataKnightmare @dataKnightmare@octodon.social

@laetsgo
I agree. If there is one reason to have you lead this other project is exactly because you were involved in the other one, it's called experience. Which apparently is never a prerequisite to become a pointy-haired boss à la Dilbert

@laetsgo
well, this is really bad shit.
what happened to your boss?

@laetsgo
Of course, it will all be about tips&tricks, configuration secrets, etc. Plus the odd piece of actual work, say 10% of the time.

@laetsgo
Been there myself.
Do not despair. A little cynicism goes a long way.
Like: you have 1+ year of guaranteed work at the least.
Second, which is why so many it managers have made a career out of it: Microsoft is about lock-in. I.e., it's all about tips&tricks, configuration secrets, upgrades and so on and so forth. Your boss will *never* be into any of that. But if you become "the CRM go-to" person, you'll have a job for life.

@laetsgo
And, by the way, there was not a single Microsoft partner closer to home? Oh, of course Paris is well worth a Mass. :)

@laetsgo
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Apart from 2 things:
1) it's from Microsoft, so it's a festering turd of a software (not originally theirs, but neither was Skype --and we know how well Skype works today)
2) as every Microsoft product, it "is optimised" to work in a Microsoft environment.

@laetsgo
Omigod.

@CobaltVelvet
I suspect Musk liked that final passage in , going by memory here, Chronicles of the Galaxy, where a guy says something like "we'll use the market to have our way. Those planets who embrace it will thrive, the others will wither away".
Of course, north this bluntly and with better prose, but that's the gist of it. That's when I discovered propaganda.
@bstacey @polymerwitch

There is technical excellence, then there is the level of doing 4 in-formation tonneaus while strumming the bass and exchanging tips on the 3D sudoku of the day over the radio. That's where the Frecce Tricolori are at.

https://octodon.social/media/A9gurRYaEydWFeUWADA

YAKs again

https://octodon.social/media/i8A4lSz60eeADqVZwHU

YAKs!

https://octodon.social/media/BY4duFYDZR4-Qjcjgfs

Air show!

https://octodon.social/media/j1z91N_gvys_AM_ajpQ

https://octodon.social/media/4_L0BhBhQ0p8gIupKXA

https://octodon.social/media/zUHv2MeDrxIEszMUiWU

A deeply interesting read, colonialism is such an apt metaphor for the data industry. unfortunately the author ignores the surveillance component, still he proposes a new, intriguingly fertile approach.
https://logicmag.io/04-the-data-is-ours/

@bstacey seems *any* OCW from MIT is "not available" in my country. Admitted, I'm not in the US still sounds like a curious conception of openness.

That said, I'm fed up with these GAFAM fuckers.

@charlyblack
Sadly, also spectacularly common...

@gargron
What's this?

Sounds like a promising book. Good morning read anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/15/rise-of-the-machines-has-technology-evolved-beyond-our-control-

What a gorgeous read!

https://thebaffler.com/latest/engineered-for-dystopia-banks

Kudos @charlyblack for the selection!