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[DaveB]

No, I've already done the "confidential corporate information" course

Just had an email from Client Co. manager man moaning that no-one actually read their article in the corporate email newsletter and asking for ideas for how to get them to do so.

In fairness the article was related to an important security related issue and clearly marked as something that needed to be read. I suspect the newsletter never even got opened in most cases.

Does anyone read their client co. corporate newsletters / emails?

[Bunk]

Just had an email from Client Co. manager man moaning that no-one actually read their article in the corporate email newsletter and asking for ideas for how to get them to do so.

In fairness the article was related to an important security related issue and clearly marked as something that needed to be read. I suspect the newsletter never even got opened in most cases.

Does anyone read their client co. corporate newsletters / emails?

Nope, they're deleted as soon as I see them arrive due to the ridiculously tiny inbox size that they refuse to increase

[NickFitz]

Just had an email from Client Co. manager man moaning that no-one actually read their article in the corporate email newsletter and asking for ideas for how to get them to do so.

In fairness the article was related to an important security related issue and clearly marked as something that needed to be read. I suspect the newsletter never even got opened in most cases.

Does anyone read their client co. corporate newsletters / emails?

It would have made more sense to send it as a separate email if it's that important. I think people are more likely to read something that arrives at an unexpected time with a specific subject line (such as "IMPORTANT: Read this or be SACKED IMMEDIATELY"), whereas "ClientCorp Newsletter #2345" arriving on schedule at 15:30 on Thursday afternoon isn't even going to register with somebody who's been there more than a couple of weeks.

[NickFitz]

Look at the state of this sentence:

The following resources are platform resources (i.e. “are available from the chef-client directly and do not require a cookbook”):

WTF is wrong with writing something like:

The following resources are built-in to the chef-client and don't need a cookbook:

[DaveB]

Look at the state of this sentence:

The following resources are platform resources (i.e. “are available from the chef-client directly and do not require a cookbook”):

WTF is wrong with writing something like:

The following resources are built-in to the chef-client and don't need a cookbook:

It would only make sense if the rest of the document afterwards refers to platform resources and doesn't ry and repeat the definition every time.

[Pondlife]

DJ Earworm

Just stumbled across this. Basically the guy takes the biggest 25+ tracks of the year and mashes them up into one track/video. Not really my type of music but the guy has talent IMHO. He does one for summer and one at the end of the year.

Enjoy (or not)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYWwZYLYEs

[BrilloPad]

[NickFitz]

It would only make sense if the rest of the document afterwards refers to platform resources and doesn't ry and repeat the definition every time.

I suppose if they're trying to define the term "platform resources" then they could have gone with:

The following resources are called "platform resources" as they are built-in to the chef-client and don't need a cookbook:

or similar.

As a rule of thumb, I'd suggest that if you have to explain what your sentence means by putting the bit containing the meaning in quotes, inside parentheses, prefixed by "i.e.", then you should probably assume you've gone wrong somewhere

[SimonMac]

[NickFitz]

Around 80% of the permies have left for an off-site year-end thing, where they will watch departmental videos they've made about how wonderful they are, or something.

I suspect most of them went either because they get a free ride on a hired bus and a packed lunch, or because their boss "would like it if" they went

Quite peaceful in here now

It's their Xmas party tonight. I don't know if I'm invited or not, but either way I won't be attending