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  • TomMasz@piefed.socialtoScience Memes@mander.xyzThoughts??
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    2 days ago

    “Sometimes Excel is what’s available.”

    I worked for a Big Company that was cutting back and dropped their Oracle contracts, forcing all the DBAs to work in Access. Then they fired all the DBAs, forcing everyone to either try to figure out Access or switch to Excel. Guess which way they went.

    In my last job at that company, my department had built an Excel spreadsheet (database) so large and full of calculations they had to request money to update our machines to 64-bit Windows and 16GB RAM just to run it.







  • It’s like product reviews. The people leaving a review are either angry about the product or are so pleased they feel a need to tell the world about it. Most people, on the other hand, just use the product, have a perfectly average opinion of it, and don’t feel a need to tell the world. What makes things seem awful or great is you don’t usually know what percentage of the overall customer base they represent. Fifty bad reviews can be a red flag or noise depending on how many customers there are.





  • You are not alone. In fact, you sound just like me. I can’t recall a time when being aware of what’s going on has been so soul-crushing. It’s so easy to feel powerless in the face of all of it. I’m barely holding on, but I’m not vanquished yet.

    You need to do two things first and foremost. One is to stop the doomscrolling. Since you’re retired, there’s probably no work stuff you need to be aware of, so turn off notifications. Another, likely much more difficult, thing is to have a chat with your girlfriend and explain what her constant messaging is doing to you. If she continues, it’s a sign she doesn’t take your feelings seriously, and you should consider moving on.

    Beyond that, you might want to search out opportunities in your community to help those who are the most vulnerable to what’s happening. You can’t change the world, but you can make a positive difference for someone.