I’ve always thought this method was hilarious, but it’s a very specific type of work that requires it. There’s not much automation to be done since it’s different every time. I also had a previous job where some days you’d have to count product in boxes all day long, and hand write the numbers (this was about 3 years ago).
What outdated things at your work do you find amusing?
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Far from outdated, tbough
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That’s one possible interpretation, yes. But in this context it’s more like “there are better ways of doing it these days”
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Not sure if it’s outdated, but in a time where everyone seem to be running nginx combined with a language that sounds like the name of a Pokémon, I’m over here writing stuff in mod_perl for apache.
On that note, my LAMP probably means something different than your LAMP: Linux, apache, mod_perl, postgresql.
Mod_perl. Now there is a name I haven’t heard in a long time. My paralysis demon appreciates your triggering my PTSD.
Well, with such a good start I might as well feed your paralysis demon with…
- The Inuit kiss operator:
perl -lne '}{ print $.' file- The goatse operator:
my $count =()= $str =~ /\d/g;
Most paperwork at my job is still hand written on paper. Logbooks, hourly reading sheets, energy isolation, water tank additive logsheets, medical grade forms, blah blah blah all paper. Binders everywhere. Dusty filing cabinets everywhere.
But we’re in the middle of moving to digital only finally, so for now I have to do the same work twice every shift for the half finished digital infra.
It’s a manufacturing plant that’s survived since 1940’s and those who’d be resistant to change are mostly all retired or dead now.
I recently installed a brand new e-signature system at our company, which HR doesn’t use. They want me to print it out, sign it, and fax it back. This was last week. Like… WTF. I said no and just e-signed it.
My Drs office wouldn’t accept a request over the phone or email. Had to be fax.
Because, apparently, there is some magic fairy that verifies it is me sending the request from the fax machine on my end (i.e. it’s not possible for someone else to send a request for my medical records pretending to be me). 'cause you know “fax security” wouldn’t allow that. /S
I have a windows xp tower pc hooked up in the basement for large scale printing, because the drivers, let alone the port just dont exist anymore.
