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Sabre-tooth tigers might sneak up and attack if the fire goes out, at least, I’ve not been attacked by one when the fire is burning, so I just can’t take the risk.

Well, with the way cats bounce around the plac£ when excited, you have to ask sometimes.

airship

I had originally mistaken that for a giant club when I glanced at the image, and wondered what, exactly, they thought a public education would teach.

It’s not the fall that hurts, it’s the sudden stop at the end.

You’ll need a bracket that’s designed for the card I think, but if you have a drill and there’s a blanking plate you can canibalise you could probably make something good enough for a headless server.

It is a fun picture, I enjoy pictures of mildly horrifying kludges that do the job.

It’s not screwed in, and you’re going to be hanging a fairly heavy cable out of it. It’ll probably be fine short term, but any vibration or movement of the machine or monitor risks partially dislodging the card.

It also looks like you have removed the bracket and reattached it outside the case, which will mean that the plug on the cable can’t mate properly with the socket, likely leading to intermittent issues.

In short, it might work for testing the machine, but it’ll cause you pain in the long term. Get, or make, a full sized bracket and it’ll be much happier.

That’s also true in a lot of fieds, yes. Networking is important.

Absolutely. Its absurd that the system works like this, but it does. Candidates understanding this evens the field somewhat, or, at least, expands the opportunities.

Yes, I agree it’s ridiculous, but it’s the way it is. Remember that the company is basically shopping for a new employee though. I you’re looking to buy a new T.V., for instance, you probably start out with a list of things you really want it to have. Then you start looking for T.V.s and find that while that one has all the inputs you hoped for, it’s twice the price of that one, which is just missing one, that you can probably get by without. Companies have to make a value judgement on every candidate, weighing thingsvlike length of experience against breadth of knowledge or how they’ll fit in.

It would be better if the hours and pay were as stated, but they’re part of the negotiation too. The harder the job is to fill, the stronger the candidate’s position is in those negotiations, and visa versa.

I really wish more people understood this. Assuming you manage to get past the automated screening (which, to be fair, can be hard if you’re missing something obvious from their list), what matters is whether you appear competant and a good fit. Of course, if two candidates are similar, but one has more experience, they’re more likely to get the job, but it’s not a hard cut off.

“Gelatinous tuna mold concoction” is a concept I don’t want to have to think about ever again, and I ate similar things when I was a young’un.

Fastration?

Nope, absolutely no vampires here, definitely none at all, no siree. No vmpires in this house.

/blinks franticly at the camera

Can confirm, no warrent carrying vampires have gotten into my house without permission from someone inside.