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dissss posted:If you go into settings and switch it to Deuteranopia it makes everything look wrong, but in such a way that it's not immediately obvious. That's the best option if you're going for evil. Perfect. This is my jam.
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Bob Morales posted:Ugh we are gointo have the air conditioner conversation again. Also the owner is asking "why can't we host that server somewhere?" Find a colo so they don't have to look at it any more? Bonus that it would have proper AC and redundancy..
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Mar 2, 2018 12:46
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skooma512 posted:Is Glenfiddich any good? I always see it at the supermarket and have gotten a bottle before, but as scotches go is that good? Maybe it's because guys on the internet are always hyping scotch up so I'm skeptical something that common and less than 30 bucks is amazing. Don’t let the liquor industry fool you. There are *plenty* of sub $30 liquors that are fantastic. Booze doesn’t have to pricey or only available in boutique stores to be good. I wish I could find it, but I remember years and years ago a newspaper article about how in blind taste tests people who claimed they were vodka conosours couldn’t differentiate between budget and premium brands. Just because it’s $15, doesn’t mean Kirkland vodka isn’t a drat good vodka. (I’m a vodka drinker, can you tell?) Just give it a try. mewse posted:Find a colo so they don't have to look at it any more? Bonus that it would have proper AC and redundancy.. Is he supposed to use magic and good thoughts to replace all the network equipment?
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A few PoE switches and routers / firewalls won't kick out the sort of heat that a bunch of servers do. Considering the state that your building is in, getting the servers/backup appliances into a climate controlled and secure space isn't a terrible idea as long as you can get a large enough pipe between your office and the colo location.
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Mar 2, 2018 12:56
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Thanks Ants posted:A few PoE switches and routers / firewalls won't kick out the sort of heat that a bunch of servers do. Then it turns into “Why are we paying so much for this Internet? We don’t need this much Internet.”
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Mar 2, 2018 13:03
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Proteus Jones posted:Is he supposed to use magic and good thoughts to replace all the network equipment? The cloud, man
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Mar 2, 2018 13:03
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Proteus Jones posted:Then it turns into “Why are we paying so much for this Internet? We don’t need this much Internet.” Sure, but at some point if you're spelling out all the options to the business and they still insist on something that isn't achievable and won't listen then I'd be pretty content that I'd covered the bits I was responsible for.
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skooma512 posted:Is Glenfiddich any good? I always see it at the supermarket and have gotten a bottle before, but as scotches go is that good? Maybe it's because guys on the internet are always hyping scotch up so I'm skeptical something that common and less than 30 bucks is amazing. It's a solid, drinkable scotch. I usually keep a bottle on hand, as my scotch moods vary. I tend to like a lot of the Islay's (peaty as poo poo), but sometimes something a little smoother/less peaty hits the spot.
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Mar 2, 2018 14:38
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Siochain posted:It's a solid, drinkable scotch. I usually keep a bottle on hand, as my scotch moods vary. I tend to like a lot of the Islay's (peaty as poo poo), but sometimes something a little smoother/less peaty hits the spot. I'm just getting into the Islay's and I hate all of you because this is expensive.
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Mar 2, 2018 15:13
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User: I'm having problems logging into *supplier website* Me: Okay, show me what happens User: *closes existing browser window* *double-clicks desktop shortcut to supplier website* Me: Let's talk about bookmarks.
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Mar 2, 2018 15:35
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Proteus Jones posted:Don’t let the liquor industry fool you. There are *plenty* of sub $30 liquors that are fantastic. Booze doesn’t have to pricey or only available in boutique stores to be good. And there have been blind taste tests and people couldnt tell the difference between expensive wine and box wine.
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Mar 2, 2018 15:39
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Well that was a strange one... A store called and said one of their cash registers' time was way off.. Which it shouldn't be because they sync to a domain controller. So of course I first check the domain controller and it's right. Then I connect to the computer in question and run "w32tm /stripchart" I could see the computer dropping 3-6 seconds behind as each actual second ticks by. Eventually I figured out that "Sandisk SSD Dashboard" that I had installed some time ago to update the SSD firmware was somehow causing it. Remove it and everything is back to normal. stevewm fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Mar 2, 2018 |
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Mar 2, 2018 15:51
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Bob Morales posted:User: I'm having problems logging into *supplier website* I run into this a lot as well. We have a lot of various vendor websites. To keep things up to date for staff we make heavy use of the Managed Bookmarks feature in Chrome via GPO. Inevitably, a user drags one of these bookmarks out to their desktop instead, and then complains when the shortcut no longer works.
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Mar 2, 2018 16:02
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stevewm posted:Well that was a strange one... Cash registers nowadays have SSDs? What a time to be alive!!!!!
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Mar 2, 2018 16:08
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Virigoth posted:I'm just getting into the Islay's and I hate all of you because this is expensive. Ardberg FTW. Wonderfully peaty, and on the cheap side.
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Mar 2, 2018 16:32
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Volguus posted:Cash registers nowadays have SSDs? What a time to be alive!!!!! Yep! Our registers are just regular PCs. They are standardized builds same as all the other computers on-site.
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Mar 2, 2018 16:33
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Its Friday and the boss is on a loving tear today.
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Mar 2, 2018 16:47
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A system is slow complaint came in... Yep, that'll do it. Time to replace that one. Upgrade cycles? What are those? Edit: Correction: Its 9.5 years old!  Can't say we didn't get our money's worth out of it! Looks like it was upgraded to Windows 7 at some point, was originally XP. stevewm fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Mar 2, 2018 |
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Mar 2, 2018 17:17
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Proteus Jones posted:Don’t let the liquor industry fool you. There are *plenty* of sub $30 liquors that are fantastic. Booze doesn’t have to pricey or only available in boutique stores to be good. kirkland is as good as greygoose. I saw (maybe the same one?) blind taste test stuff where people couldn't tell the difference between smirnoff and goose, not sure what sort of awful palates those people have but I can definitely tell when I'm drinking smirnoff. I drink a lot of stoli though, probably my favorite, reasonably price, vodka. Also, it's Friday and I'm in the office, gently caress. I used to work from home every Friday, but that's been squashed because :reasons: brought up the fact that I negotiated that as part of the poo poo raise I got last year, but basically was told to pound sand. You wanna know a quick way to make me give no fucks? Start taking away my perks at a job that is already a loving nightmare. Almost done with my resume and then it's time to make it rain to every decent looking job.
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Truly, 2018 is going to be  version 2.
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Mar 2, 2018 17:48
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I've been watching linkedin job searches for a while now, sadly most of the network/system admin stuff I see is for MSPs, I want out of MSP hell  Though if they wanted to pay me 15-20k more I'd definitely do it without a second thought. The lovely thing is, my benefits here are great, medical is awesome, 401k half-match, education etc etc. Standard benefits at other places with the same pay rate would be like a 5k reduction in pay, so I need to make at minimum double that to really come out feeling ok about changing jobs. MF_James fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Mar 2, 2018 |
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Mar 2, 2018 17:55
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That's currently my struggle. A large portion of my job market is MSPs looking for more bodies to burn. I'm in the same spot as you where I will do everything in my power to get out of MSP hell, but if you wanna give me 20k, alright I guess I could stick it out a little longer. Currently I've tossed my resume at a couple security positions and a dev ops position I am woefully under qualified for. HERE'S TO HOPING.
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Speaking of vodka: https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=588345420 Talks about the definition of vodka, the history of Grey Goose, and sends some samples to a lab.
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Yeah I'm going to try applying at devops positions because I'm underqualified to be a 100% network engineer; I mean I MIGHT be able to hack it, but it also could cause a crash and burn which I cannot afford with a wedding coming up in November plus moving in a few months. I've seen a few senior systems admin positions that I'm going to shoot for but I have a feeling that there are too many gaps in my knowledge to really nail down a senior position, though it might work out. We'll see, I've got my fingers crossed, I am well paid for my job as it is right now but I'm loving worked to the bone. Not a moment of downtime and I'm constantly harassed about why this or that isn't getting done, one day I might just snap and yell the truth at whoever bothers me "My teammate is an idiot and a lazy shite, everyone under us is loving stupid, our company of 100ish is held up on the backs of 5-10 people actually doing work while the rest coast through"
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On Jan 1st I asked my current client whether they wanted to discuss my contract termination and they've not been able to get it together enough to have the meeting. My contract ends April 6th. I think they just assume I'm going to renew. Spoilers: I'm not.
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Virigoth posted:I'm just getting into the Islay's and I hate all of you because this is expensive. Bruichladdich Rocks and Caol Ila 12 are both very, very good peated Islays (the Bruichladdich is a rather "traditional" profile for them, the Caol Ila very briny and oily) for not too much money.
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Mar 2, 2018 18:20
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I just drink bourbon and rye, much better bang per buck. Gin is still the king of bang for buck and not lovely, though.
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Jaded Burnout posted:My contract ends April 6th. I think they just assume I'm going to renew. Spoilers: I'm not. 
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Mar 2, 2018 18:33
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Jaded Burnout posted:On Jan 1st I asked my current client whether they wanted to discuss my contract termination and they've not been able to get it together enough to have the meeting. Posts like that make you sound like a jaded burnout.
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Mar 2, 2018 18:37
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Bob Morales posted:The month of March has five Fridays (starting tomorrow, March 2nd) meaning for $10 you can wear jeans for five Fridays. What a deal! If you’d like to take advantage of 5 Fridays for $10, please pay the front desk $10 tomorrow. As always, you can also pay $3 per Friday.
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96 Port Hub posted:Posts like that make you sound like a jaded burnout. I dunno. Why should...wait. Haha okay
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Collateral Damage posted:Say what now? You 'pay' the $3 to wear jeans on Friday (it goes to charity)
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Bob Morales posted:You 'pay' the $3 to wear jeans on Friday (it goes to charity) That kinda implies that you cannot wear jeans on any day?
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Volguus posted:That kinda implies that you cannot wear jeans on any day? Nope Before, it was only a couple Fridays a year.
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Okay, this is a two parter. yesterday, somone in sales asked if a customer of ours in Ecuador could order online. They have to call in, tie someone up on the phone....so we set them up with an account on our e-commerce site and they immediately placed a $400 order for some parts. Cool, right? NOPE Queen bitch calls the CEO (who is president of commercial sales) AT HOME to rat him out for some reason. Who then calls me and bitches ME out. "Why would you give someone access to our system?" Uhhh they can see those parts/prices on the main website... "We don't know that guy from Adam" He's a customer. In our system. He has placed many orders before. "He calls us once a year to order parts..." IS THAT NOT A CUSTOMER? So anyway we're supposed to approve any customer that we allow to order through our website, through her. Durr. And I look like this horrible animal who has NO CONCERN FOR OUR COMPANY DATA SECURITY
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Bob Morales posted:Nope All I can hope from a place like this that they are upfront about this policy (and possibly other quirks of the day-to-day operations) to potential new hires. There would be nothing worse than to show up on your first day dressed normally for the job, only to find out that you need to "suit-up" because the owner was born 10 decades ago, and thinks that whatever was good for those in the 1920s it is good for you now as well.
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Bob Morales posted:Nope I always lose track of who has which lovely boss in here. I think I have yours sorted, though, just by his level of unmitigated insanity. To be clear, $3 to wear jeans guy is the same person that * has all his emails printed out * assumes everyone else does to * banned all non-healthy snacks from the premises (i.e. you can’t even bring your own) * has developed a nightmarishly complicated directory hierarchy for your file server I get that straight?
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Last placed I worked had a "Wow! Points" system in which you could give coworkers points for a commendation. They could then turn in those points for a "jeans day" that allowed them to wear jeans on a non-friday. Each employee was given a bank of Wow points to start the year. My coworker and I derived that if we just dumped all of our points to the other person we could wear jeans for about a month. Then we both decided that we just couldn't possibly care enough. Something about peppy-cheery-rah-rah company culture just misses me by a mile.
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We do casual Friday's. Some of the other IT groups get away with casual dress during the rest of the week, but since I am on the same floor as most of the executives, I try to dress appropriately.
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I can wear jeans every day, thankfully. Fridays are full casual where I can show up in a tshirt.
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