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Just curious as to what other pirates do for a living or for income, as in like a job, or is piracy your job in some form? i know its a weird question but for some reason i want to know?

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[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 59 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] klu9@piefed.social 17 points 5 days ago

But... you wouldn't!!

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 57 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago

Seriously though, you should be very sparce in handing out such private info online.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] diocesegoldmine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

real footage of me struggling to make my jellyfin server public through reverse proxy....

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Ooh, ooh, I just went through this. You have to make sure to include the webhook in Nginx.

[–] DinoSchneider@midwest.social 27 points 5 days ago

Mind my own business.

IP attorney

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Antarctica's number one lumberjack

You cleared the whole continent! I'm in awe!

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What the fuck did you just fucking ask about me, you little script kiddie? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in my community college helpdesk program, and I've been involved in numerous Vim vs Emacs debates on Reddit, and I have over 300 active torrents. I am trained in gorilla pentesting and I'm the top hacker in my entire IT department. You are nothing to me but just another end user. I will wipe your NAS device the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with asking that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of system admins across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your file system. You're fucking pwned, kid. I can RDP anywhere, anytime, and I can hack you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my Nintendo Power Glove. Not only am I extensively trained in naked Dance Dance Revolution, but I have access to the entire arsenal of my IT department's T430 Thinkpads and I will use them to their full extent to wipe your miserable computer off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" question was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn normie. I will DDOS all over your network card and you will drown in packets. You're fucking pwned, kiddo.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Unix system administrator at a small datacenter

[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

that's just what I tell myself when I look at the 45ru rack in the garage

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago
[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 18 points 5 days ago

My background is in networking and infosec, but my current work is in data engineering and automation.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

In the navy I hunted pirates in Somalia, now I'm enjoying my military disability pension.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago (4 children)

like all other hexbear users, i'm a fedposting

seeya at the watercooler

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[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

I fight other bums for nickels.

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago

I work a protection racket for nerds getting bullied.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Retired.
I've had at least 23 jobs where I was on a payroll and paid taxes, and perhaps 5 or 6 cash jobs (longer than a month kinda thing).
I'm done, but always open to suggestion!

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

23 jobs? The fuck? I'd be so done too lol

[–] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I make sure amazon workers don't go on pee breaks and I make sure to shut down any requests for company providing them with piss jugs.

Its hard work but I sleep well at night knowing I'm doing good in this world

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I guess it's pretty gneiss.

[–] esc@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago

Formerly Ops engineer in telecom.

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kennel tech (read poop scooper and dog walker) at the local animal shelter

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I looked into volunteering at a local shelter and they wanted me to fill out a lengthy application along with 3 references. They were more selective than most paying jobs I've applied to.

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

A year ago I would have thought that was insane, but after working at a shelter i get why it's like that. When a volunteer fucks up, it's the dog that pays the price. Our volunteers are amazing and we appreciate every single one of them but we do need to be somewhat selective about who can handle these dogs that are in super vulnerable positions.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

Production worker, for an industrial manufacturer

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago

Weld inspection and quality engineering.

[–] DollyDuller@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

My field is related to the maritime industry. So, ahoy!

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 7 points 5 days ago

Dog walker mostly And also a dog feeder.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 5 days ago

Network Engineering

[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm on the supply side of the pro AV industry.. I supply a lot of film and TV productions...

[–] terrific@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

Tech consultant / data scientist

[–] Kobii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

Funny enough I package software for installation on an enterprise network.

So I just do it legally now.

[–] Joejoe582@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Core network tech for a largely US-based but still global fiber backbone provider.

[–] Steve@communick.news 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Xray Tech
Or if you want to be all offical: Radiographic Technologist

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

I greet customers at Walmart

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

IT contractor. Not the worst thing I've ever done.

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago

Administration assistant, I mostly work calendars and excel reporting

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