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soundman98 · 01-19-2023, 10:46 PM

we hired a new guy, 18-19ish, fresh out of high school, started this past monday. pulls up in a big 2010 diesel truck with massive chrome wheels and flickering halo's... he might have more money wrapped up in wheels than i paid for the brz...

monday, he's all excited, tells me "i've always wanted to be an electrician", and how "he wants to learn to fix the wiring on his truck" he "loves working with his hands"

thursday, my dad asked how he liked working here.. head buried in his phone, "it's alright."

i don't know if this one's gonna make it.

Ultramaroon · 01-20-2023, 12:40 AM

Spuds · 01-20-2023, 01:54 AM

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I remember when I learned to never trust the last guy. Picked up a torch to do some brazing, and discovered someone had the wrong tip installed and otherwise had done a horrid job... Didn't seal. Fire jumped and actually started walking up the hoses. Never want to see that again. Probably not obvious how freaked out I was as I calmly shut off the supply as quickly as I could. Still vaguely wonder how it did that. If it did... Maybe I'm just crazy.

Studio at school was right above a social security office. We'd been evacuated the week before due to a bomb threat. What they didn't know...

My college had a bomb threat once in a different building. While the authorities were interviewing all the computer-ish majors, a bunch of us engineering students in the "dungeon" (all our labs were in the basement of the admin building) got to theorizing what kind of bomb we could make with the supplies on hand between the chem lab, machine shop, etc. The answer was of course not a very good one without actual explosives. I miss those days...

Ultramaroon · 01-20-2023, 02:54 AM

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My college had a bomb threat once in a different building. While the authorities were interviewing all the computer-ish majors, a bunch of us engineering students in the "dungeon" (all our labs were in the basement of the admin building) got to theorizing what kind of bomb we could make with the supplies on hand between the chem lab, machine shop, etc. The answer was of course not a very good one without actual explosives. I miss those days...

In a past life I may, or may not have hung out after hours with some interesting chemical engineering students at New Mexico Tech (AKA Mining U)

x808drifter · 01-20-2023, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

My college had a bomb threat once in a different building. While the authorities were interviewing all the computer-ish majors, a bunch of us engineering students in the "dungeon" (all our labs were in the basement of the admin building) got to theorizing what kind of bomb we could make with the supplies on hand between the chem lab, machine shop, etc. The answer was of course not a very good one without actual explosives. I miss those days...

Pretty sure the only thing keeping us from making a homemade nuke or dirty bomb is legal reasons and laziness.

weederr33 · 01-20-2023, 08:35 AM

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Pretty sure the only thing keeping us from making a homemade nuke or dirty bomb is legal reasons and laziness.

If the internet has proven anything, even the slightest amount of petty retaliation can set a forest on fire.

x808drifter · 01-20-2023, 09:56 AM

Or a gender reveal.

NoHaveMSG · 01-20-2023, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

we hired a new guy, 18-19ish, fresh out of high school, started this past monday. pulls up in a big 2010 diesel truck with massive chrome wheels and flickering halo's... he might have more money wrapped up in wheels than i paid for the brz...

monday, he's all excited, tells me "i've always wanted to be an electrician", and how "he wants to learn to fix the wiring on his truck" he "loves working with his hands"

thursday, my dad asked how he liked working here.. head buried in his phone, "it's alright."

i don't know if this one's gonna make it.

That is a bummer. We have had a string of good luck with new employees lately. I got this kid and production picked up 3 that are very promising so far. One is only 19, has an early 80's Chevy K10 that he swapped in an old 12 valve 6BT with his dad's help.

ScoobsMcGee · 01-20-2023, 11:56 AM

To the possibly 0 people in this thread who may work with malware as part of your job or a hobby: USE A FUCKING VM!

Thank you.

Ultramaroon · 01-20-2023, 12:20 PM

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To the possibly 0 people in this thread who may work with malware as part of your job or a hobby: USE A FUCKING VM!

Thank you.

Back story?

bcj · 01-20-2023, 12:31 PM

Defender update.

Said malware afterall ...

weederr33 · 01-20-2023, 12:31 PM

Looked over dash cam footage since my car had been rear ended. Turns out the dealer idiot back my car into something and didn’t bother to tell me.

ScoobsMcGee · 01-20-2023, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Back story?

Senior analyst got sloppy while investigating hijacked Google ads, and is currently driving in to the office to have his computer reimaged. On the plus side, he found one.

NoHaveMSG · 01-20-2023, 02:01 PM

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Senior analyst got sloppy while investigating hijacked Google ads, and is currently driving in to the office to have his computer reimaged. On the plus side, he found one.

Did he say "whoops" ?

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