Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[RealAlHazred]

It's funny how little some companies care about their computers.

I find the main delimiter is usually: are they rentals or owned. If they're owned, it's a capital depreciation already absorbed into budget, so nobody actually cares (except the computer security guys, who, if they're good, care a lot). If they're rentals, somebody will notice when the next bill comes in...

 

[Deset Gled]

It's funny how little some companies care about their computers.

It more or less makes sense from an accounting perspective.

In a case like that, the laptops have deprecitiated in value over the years, so they're not worth much money on paper. But taking a fleet of used laptops and integrating them into a different company's corporate IT structure has significant cost, both in time and labor. The longer it gets delayed, the less value it has. And if income generating work continues unabated without the laptops, you have instant proof that they're not an essential resource. So, the net effect is what you see.

Anyone who maintains a pool of anything for a corporation (computers, cars, cash registers, CAT scan machines) would be wise to learn how their company's accounting department records what they do. If your reason for employment is that you're saving the company $XXXX, make sure that number is accounted for somewhere.

 

[J.Quondam]

From the taco video:
"I don't have the lived experience to properly relate to those who purchase this," is the best thing I've heard this year so far. And it applies so very, very perfectly to so much in the world beyond salsa.

 

[Velderan]

How do you figure out if you're ignored by somebody?

Aside from what others said, if someone replies to a post by someone ignoring you and quotes them there will be a blank line right above their post where the quoted text would be.

 

[Ryujin]

My wife is an executive and a new company bought one of the subsidiaries of the company she worked for. The new company wanted her to go over to them as part of the deal, so she did. The location of the subsidiary also went to the new company. Anyway, the old company asked for all laptops to be returned, but gave the location owned by the new company as the spot to return them. Nobody ever came to pick up the laptops and the new company doesn't own them, so they are still sitting there. My wife and one of the other executives who went to the new company were slow in returning them, so they were able to figure out that there was no point in returning the laptops they had, because they would just sit in the new company office collecting dust.

It's funny how little some companies care about their computers.

Especially given what's likely on them, if they don't do a remote wipe.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Partly I want to take something bordering on authentic but I also think it would be either considered rude or simply wasted on the crowd.

Bring a decent amount of some generic taco stuff, then bring a smaller amount of something authentic and don't really tell anyone about it but share it with them if they ask.

 

[trappedslider]

How do you figure out if you're ignored by somebody?

clicked on the user's name and got "The requested user could not be found." Then I logged out and could see the user's profile.

 

[overgeeked]

Even if you just brought some fresh corn tortillas, I think that would be a big step up. I can't get them here and have to settle for semi-fresh stone ground wheat tortillas

Yeah, that’s a good idea.

You could always buy some Masa Harina and make them yourself. It’s so worth the effort.

Pico de gallo is easy enough, though I'm terrible at chopping tomatoes.

Make sure your knife is sharp. Cut the stem-core out of the top with the point of the blade. Use that hole to half or quarter the tomato. Then lay the pieces skin-side down to cut as fine as you want. It’s mostly the skin that messes people up.

 

[overgeeked]

Bring a decent amount of some generic taco stuff, then bring a smaller amount of something authentic and don't really tell anyone about it but share it with them if they ask.

Yeah. Good idea.

 

[Mannahnin]

Even if you just brought some fresh corn tortillas, I think that would be a big step up. I can't get them here and have to settle for semi-fresh stone ground wheat tortillas Pico de gallo is easy enough, though I'm terrible at chopping tomatoes.

Make sure your knife is sharp. Cut the stem-core out of the top with the point of the blade. Use that hole to half or quarter the tomato. Then lay the pieces skin-side down to cut as fine as you want. It’s mostly the skin that messes people up.

Ja, the skin is usually the issue, though if your knife is dull you can mess up the flesh, too. I have a nice serrated knife I usually use for tomatoes specifically instead of the chef's knife and paring knife I use for almost everything else. The latter two work fine if they're freshly sharpened/honed, but the serrated one always does a nice job slicing without any issues.