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I think people are obfuscating deliberately and hiding up behind Information Security as a shield. One of the basic requirements of working with sensitive information is the ability to compartmentalise what is sensitive and what is not so you can effectively do your job.
You could absolutely write a brief summary with dot points of what you did in 90% of cases in the federal government.
Some examples:
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Intelligence officer saying they attended 'several' 'operational and strategic meetings' where further details can be provided to someone that has a suitable security clearance.
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Finance/Contract Manager saying 'spent 20 hours reviewing/drafting various contracts (with no mention of what deals, live or dead)'
If you are not willing to provide information, say why in a polite professional tone: Eg, I can't provide further details due to the sensitive nature of my work, however my workload can be confirmed by my line manager or department head (don't even need to name who that is).
This is so much better than just 'nuh uh, I work in 'Three Letter Agency' so I won't even respond'.
Edit: I generally agree that it should have been better coordinated, with direct approval given by Trump to provide legitimacy quoted in the request and the request sent to Department Heads to enact within their organisation. The Department heads should have been given reasonable discretion to exempt (by which I mean self-audit) roles that work with sensitive information, but provide a report back to DOGE about how many roles they found to not provide sufficient answers.
If Trump has put his people in place as department heads, he should trust them to enact his policy (eg Patel and Gabbard get a lot of rope here).
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2mo ago
people who don't pass and exhibit male-coded bad faith behavior, like murder sprees.
Thank you for this. I'm nursing a hangover and the laughing, while painful, was very much appreciated.
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2mo ago
Traditional Public Houses are an amazing third place and something I'm sad to see disappear in modern life. Enjoy them while you can.
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2mo ago
Just casually got married? Nice one.
Uhh... don't get divorced?
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2mo ago
I really enjoy these slice of life stories. I know a girl from North Cumbria and this kind of jaunt doesn't seem out of place at all from the things that she's told me.
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2mo ago
Manual transmissions are a complete pain for city driving with regular changes in speed and lots of stopping and starting. It doesn't just become a background process in your mind. I say that as someone who drove manuals for years.
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2mo ago
I think he genuinely wants to spread his genetics Genghis Kahn style. Ok maybe not quite Kahn style, but you get what I mean.
I'm surprised he hasn't opened a sperm bank and rolled out mass production. Must be legal issues or that he can't choose the genes of the mothers.
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2mo ago
Maybe its easier to uphold a pre-partum financial agreement if there's no sex and no 'relationship' that would otherwise let these women gold dig beyond what is allocated in the contract.
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2mo ago
Some of his other stories like Solomon Kane had some of those elements too.
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2mo ago
Ehh... I could see straight guys going 'gay for pay' in porn or prostitution while they're otherwise heterosexual in their desires.
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2mo ago
Holy shit.
Even The Hock can't kill that man.
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2mo ago
Corporations in general do not reward professionals for staying. Performance reviews are justification pieces for why they will not increase your remuneration. If you're skilled as you say, you should jump ship.
As an aside I once had a line manager refuse my promotion due to being 'not quite' qualified in a field not directly related to my work. He told me 'don't worry I'm sure you'll easily qualify next year'.
I quit, started my own business and tripled my income.
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2mo ago
"Better keep giving charity to us or we will kill you."
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2mo ago
I can't disagree with you. He has the flaws you've outlined. There should have been someone better that would be willing to potentially burn their reputation in order to strip DEI from the Dept of Defense and make other needed reforms.
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2mo ago
Anything I'd see from the media I would completely disregard.
Hegseth (while young) is a warfighter's warfighter. I think a large part of the military will be very very happy to have his priorities entrenched in the SecDef.
I would suspect a large part of the military signed up because of particular personality traits and some of those are reflected in Hegseth.
That said, he has his flaws and he might flame out. We'll see.
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2mo ago
Majority of the developers are atheists. I wish I had a quote reference, but either Tobi or Vavra stated it.
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2mo ago
Can you imagine the 'how dare you say I'm not Jewish enough' conversations?
Ethnic spoils indeed.
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2mo ago
His accent and clear foreignness helps him get away with it I think .... He makes me smile, but he also does a damn good job of recruiting random strangers ... he somehow convinces people to play this sport while hanging out in the hot tub before practice
This is a thing and will likely remain a thing for a long long time if not forever. I can't complain because I've exploited it. I don't know how I wasn't knifed in some places. Not for nationalism, but stupid jovial traveling.
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2mo ago
And they needed to be killed in the main story.
There was a perk for killing enough of them that it gave you a fear bonus and some would run away.
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2mo ago
If you don't like KCD1, you won't like KCD2.
KCD1 after patching is still a pretty good game and KCD2 90% pattern matches to it.
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2mo ago
The Developers specifically called the main character a white straight Christian male back after KCD1's release. (apologies I couldn't find a cleaner quote source quickly)
They retconned the main characters' heterosexuality because (of the leading theory that) the new owners of Warhorse Studios, Plaion, had DEI priorities that needed to be accommodated in the game.
I actually appreciate the first game's inclusion of homosexuality in that manner because it was realistic for the setting and you needed to build a relationship with him (platonic) to get that information out of him. By realistic, I mean that in that time to be homosexual meant that escaping to a convent was a way to avoid execution as a sodomite.
What I don't appreciate is the dumpster fire trying to insinuate that sharing a bath (spa) with your friend in the first game is low key homo-eroticism.
There's this theory that men in the past were actually more comfortable being physically close in a fraternal/platonic way because the potential of homosexuality in the act was unthinkable. It makes sense to me that now homosexuality is ever present, modern men must telegraph their heterosexuality and avoid anything that could allude to homosexuality. This has cut off so much of male/male platonic affection that it's a tragedy.
Edit: There's a 'how are you enjoying the game?' post in the Friday Fun Thread if you guys are playing.
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2mo ago
If I'm honest I'll probably watch haphazardly. I've already saved up a couple of episodes due to other entertainment priorities.
I do feel your pain with showrunners doing BS cliffhangers. Except for a few series that benefit from digestion and watercoolers, I think binging at your own pace is the superior watching strategy.
Not that'll deliberately wait until seasons end for a weekly release I'm hooked on..
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2mo ago
I won't say they never string the audience along with plot points, but there's certainly a lot more moving parts in this season than in the deliberately slow pacing of the previous one.
I liked season 1, but then I've stayed with From like an abused partner. That show is the worst mystery box Lost writer's nightmare I've ever watched. Nothing ever happens.
I'm looking forward to season 2 of Severance though. I watched the first episode and thought they replaced most of the main cast until the end haha.
I'm listening to Post Captain in the Aubrey/Maturin series. I'm continuing with the audiobooks because I'm kind of addicted to the Narrator Patrick Tull. The books were recorded back in the 90's and while there's a small loss in audio from the CD > mp3 encoding, it generally holds up. No sound effects, but still great narration.
I really enjoy having a bottomless 'go to' fictional audiobook list that I can mindlessly put on for chores, exercise, driving etc.
Edit: About the series itself so far, I'm really enjoying it. Not just for the adventurous Age of Sail naval life (and the cavalier cheapness thereof), but the incredibly subtle ways the author alludes to background events such as the strange love triangles/squares set against the mores of courting, Maturin's intelligence operations, the Irish independence movement and related conflicting loyalties. If it continues like this, I'll be a very happy 'reader' indeed.
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