old computers

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you're all DOOMED! - DOOMED i tell ye!

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yes, i could chuck them in a skip*, but i'd rather they were reused usefully.

*council dump.

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anyone know how to dispose of old machines responsibly?
like recycling/repurposing/donating to education, that sort of thing.
1xdesktop 3xlaptops.
not win11 compatible but all will run Linux, obviously..

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the midwitch cuckoo's by any chance? ...

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hardly surprising, really.
replying to yourself now ffs....

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perhaps you'll get a call when the 'all new' programme gets started....

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...

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'spraying the roof'? is this a new AC cooling attempt?

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I've never had a problem re formal education.
but then, i'm NOT a code monkey like it seems most are here.
those who aren't Powerpoint Monkeys, that is.
Degrees in computer science didn't exist when i started in IT, so it would have been VERY difficult to obtain one.
Still in...

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morning

light cloud and 22C here.
pleasantly cooler today by the north sea.

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one of these

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since i had

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a while

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its been

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degree? - wossat???

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...

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I don't remember ever having an interview that lasted 30 mins....

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https://www.ibm.com/new/announcement...ise-innovation

...

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if your CV's got Z/OS and sysprog or engineer on it, i can almost guarantee it'll get looked at by a human.

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oh, - morning all
cloudy 21C here this morning, with occasional sunny bits.