{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Bit Shift (bitshift)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Apr-12 02:27:30 UTC","author_name":"Bit Shift (bitshift)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/bitshift","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1234076","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1\" class=\"url\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">cabal<\/span><\/a><\/span> I find the problem with informally helping people fix their machines is that you immediately become the point of blame for _anything_ that goes wrong afterwards (&quot;IT WASN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE YOU MESSED WITH IT&quot;). Out of curiosity, would you say that's more or less prevalent in professional tech support?"}