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Daily Discussion Thread: Friday, 7 February 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago

many years ago when my husband was doing freelance IT consulting he'd get stiffed all the time

ended up putting in time bombs in code so that if he didn't get paid it would shut down the program until he gave them the pass word. It was illegal but so is employing consultants in bad faith.