<![CDATA[I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work]]>I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/983b6cbd-1ab1-47eb-bcd7-2cfbc2ad19e9/i-just-had-an-opportunity-to-use-the-phrase-i-admire-your-ability-to-reach-that-level-of-confidence-without-the-inconvenience-of-competence-at-workRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 12:59:30 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 14:54:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:49:22 GMT]]>@clew @minego @zillion @jerry
Amen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/geos/statuses/116581031094048766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/geos/statuses/116581031094048766Fri, 15 May 2026 22:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:23:37 GMT]]>@jerry "I can see how that made sense to you. "

πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/crankylinuxuser/statuses/116580929859719554https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/crankylinuxuser/statuses/116580929859719554Fri, 15 May 2026 22:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 21:16:00 GMT]]>@ajn142 sadly I had to go back to work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116580663957396725https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116580663957396725Fri, 15 May 2026 21:16:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 20:25:55 GMT]]>@jerry
β€œOh, Benson. *Dear* Benson. You are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.”
β€” Evil (David Warner), *Time Bandits* (Terry Gilliam, 1981)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Beltliner403/statuses/116580467065615947https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Beltliner403/statuses/116580467065615947Fri, 15 May 2026 20:25:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 20:12:55 GMT]]>@jerry wait you have a day job again? Or were you talking to your critters?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ajn142/statuses/116580415905567289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ajn142/statuses/116580415905567289Fri, 15 May 2026 20:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 19:45:19 GMT]]>@jerry Had a manager who finally got fed up with another manager who kept talking while saying nothing. He interrupted them and said, "Have you lost your mind. Do you need to go out into the hallway and look for it."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/EdBruce/statuses/116580307416814487https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/EdBruce/statuses/116580307416814487Fri, 15 May 2026 19:45:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 19:27:33 GMT]]>@jerry

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/SQLAllFather/statuses/116580237528540591https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/SQLAllFather/statuses/116580237528540591Fri, 15 May 2026 19:27:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 19:21:47 GMT]]>@jerry πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ Well done!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/ap/users/115805086713252898/statuses/116580214895843302https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/ap/users/115805086713252898/statuses/116580214895843302Fri, 15 May 2026 19:21:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:56:39 GMT]]>@jerry how did it go?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/independentpen/statuses/116580116042297990https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/independentpen/statuses/116580116042297990Fri, 15 May 2026 18:56:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:31:18 GMT]]>@jerry I used to get opportunities like that all the time.

but the real question is:

did you use it?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116580016375446307https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116580016375446307Fri, 15 May 2026 18:31:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:10:46 GMT]]>@jerry Snork! πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/RupertReynolds/statuses/116579935616104850https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/RupertReynolds/statuses/116579935616104850Fri, 15 May 2026 18:10:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:07:49 GMT]]>@jerry I have trouble finding an hour during the day when that phrase would not be appropriate.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/116579924018309389https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/116579924018309389Fri, 15 May 2026 18:07:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:46:51 GMT]]>@jerry You’re absolutely right!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sroy/statuses/116579841584026280https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sroy/statuses/116579841584026280Fri, 15 May 2026 17:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:46:42 GMT]]>@jerry I have those opportunities but not the cojones

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/larsmb/statuses/116579840994753374https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/larsmb/statuses/116579840994753374Fri, 15 May 2026 17:46:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:39:15 GMT]]>@jerry what was the response?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/pheonix/statuses/116579811684278059https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/pheonix/statuses/116579811684278059Fri, 15 May 2026 17:39:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:28:13 GMT]]>@jerry Pet the fid...

con:fid:ence com:pet:ence

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115482733208514503/statuses/116579768317883510https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115482733208514503/statuses/116579768317883510Fri, 15 May 2026 17:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:26:46 GMT]]>@jerry One time, to a junior team-mate, I used the phrase "I'm not here to compensate for your lack of time, I'm here to compensate for your lack of experience".

I only partially regretted letting myself say that...because he was annoying me...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jab01701mid/statuses/116579762581093664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jab01701mid/statuses/116579762581093664Fri, 15 May 2026 17:26:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:22:40 GMT]]>@jerry

Some details might be necessary, but congratulations!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ParadeGrotesque/statuses/116579746459104540https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ParadeGrotesque/statuses/116579746459104540Fri, 15 May 2026 17:22:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:04:14 GMT]]>@jerry legend!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/PetterOfCats/statuses/116579674014686770https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/PetterOfCats/statuses/116579674014686770Fri, 15 May 2026 17:04:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:56:49 GMT]]>@jerry AKA "climbers."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116579644803909124https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116579644803909124Fri, 15 May 2026 16:56:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:53:02 GMT]]>@jerry (... corporate social media policy asks me to remind people: my views do not represent those of my employer NVIDIA Corporation.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tomoyo/statuses/116579629946477831https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tomoyo/statuses/116579629946477831Fri, 15 May 2026 16:53:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:51:48 GMT]]>@jerry is this specifically about large language models, or is it the old-fashioned variant? could go either way tbqh

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tomoyo/statuses/116579625115544257https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tomoyo/statuses/116579625115544257Fri, 15 May 2026 16:51:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:51:24 GMT]]>@clew @jerry

Sure, Ok. Did we get such specific information or are you just speculating? I didn't see the context. Maybe you know more about that? Would you like to explain the context that you know about?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jerrej/statuses/116579623559254520https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jerrej/statuses/116579623559254520Fri, 15 May 2026 16:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:50:52 GMT]]>@jerry

congratulations!

one I like is "you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-Aq4xZx0s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115982855104445836/statuses/116579621431536522https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115982855104445836/statuses/116579621431536522Fri, 15 May 2026 16:50:52 GMT