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The Pos is leaking. 22 Eargesplitten are you an AmberPOS man? 
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The Nastier Nate posted:if someone asks me for help with their home computer cause they don't know how to run malwarebytes or whatever, i always tell them to bring their computer in and I do it as long as it's not an egregious amount of work. FFFFFFFffffffffuuuuuuuuucccckkkkkkkkkk that poo poo.
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Sep 18, 2018 00:50
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I don't even post there, I just lurk. YOSPOS never did me any wrong, no need to subject them to my posting
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Sep 18, 2018 00:54
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The Nastier Nate posted:if someone asks me for help with their home computer cause they don't know how to run malwarebytes or whatever, i always tell them to bring their computer in and I do it as long as it's not an egregious amount of work. I did this once. Was not worth.
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Sep 18, 2018 00:58
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Nuclearmonkee posted:lmao you have an office. I have a piece of poo poo cube with short walls that is barely one step above an open office because the person who designed the new place is a sadist. Imao you have a cube. This is what my workplace looks like (4 monitors instead of 3 and three times the big board displays, but 4 of them have Fox News and the Weather Channel).  Now quick, someone post their workspace that's even worse than mine. Please let there be someone with a workspace worse than mine.
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Sep 18, 2018 01:08
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There used to be a guy at my work who would want me to remove viruses from his home computers and he would pay me in shoes. Every 6 months I got a free pair of Asics for about 90 minutes of work.
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Sep 18, 2018 01:28
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Krispy Wafer posted:Imao you have a cube. This is what my workplace looks like (4 monitors instead of 3 and three times the big board displays, but 4 of them have Fox News and the Weather Channel). I worked at a place that moved us to a seating arrangement where the only way I could get my fourth monitor to fit was to have it completely perpendicular to my other three, and even then, it was hanging off. The movers' original solution was setting up my monitors in a 2x2 grid, but forget that. Also they took away the drawers because they took up too much space or something, so everyone got a little cubby locker for their things. One of the saddest things I saw was a director who had been there 30+ years and was getting close to retirement, trying to find space for all his personal effects after having to move from an office to a four foot workbench. I gave my notice after like 2 months there.
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Sep 18, 2018 01:32
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cheque_some posted:I worked at a place that moved us to a seating arrangement where the only way I could get my fourth monitor to fit was to have it completely perpendicular to my other three, and even then, it was hanging off. The movers' original solution was setting up my monitors in a 2x2 grid, but forget that. We have two drawers, but until recently I shared a workstation with another tech so those weren't even my own personal drawers. We also have lockers where I kept my own personal keyboard and mouse because gently caress using someone else's lovely crumb infested Dell OEM keyboard. I went out and bought my own ear piece for our wireless headset because apparently they expected us to share earwax. 
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Sep 18, 2018 01:46
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Krispy Wafer posted:We have two drawers, but until recently I shared a workstation with another tech so those weren't even my own personal drawers. We also have lockers where I kept my own personal keyboard and mouse because gently caress using someone else's lovely crumb infested Dell OEM keyboard. Krispy Wafer posted:Please let there be someone with a workspace worse than mine. What does your heart tell you?
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Sep 18, 2018 02:02
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Krispy Wafer posted:three times the big board displays, but 4 of them have Fox News and the Weather Channel). lol yeah working in video transport nocs, did many many years in one. luckily i mostly avoided fox news tho
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Sep 18, 2018 02:18
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Assuming you don't want to do side work, the best way to handle coworkers hitting you up for free tech support for personal stuff is to have someone else specific to refer them to. "Oh, I don't really do side work, but there's this guy Mike who works at XYZ Computers in (nearby neighborhood), he's who I refer people to." Often it's less about not wanting to pay for it and more about not knowing a trustworthy repair shop; in all my desktop support time I don't think I ever had anyone come back to me after that because they wanted me to do it for free instead. I generally didn't do side work then and I don't know, but there were a few people who were super nice and I didn't mind helping them now and then.
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Sep 18, 2018 02:41
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"Oh drat, like 160 new posts coming out of the weekend, I wonder what hilarious thing happened?" *4 pages of dick waving about terminal software* "...I see"
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Sep 18, 2018 03:04
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Docjowles posted:"Oh drat, like 160 new posts coming out of the weekend, I wonder what hilarious thing happened?" One day people will stop making this kind of useless post on SA. It actually used to be probatable at one point.
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Sep 18, 2018 03:06
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CLAM DOWN posted:don't @ me I'm sorry I couldn't compete with stellar content like this
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Sep 18, 2018 03:14
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Docjowles posted:I'm sorry I couldn't compete with stellar content like this Be the change you want to see in the world
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Sep 18, 2018 03:16
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CLAM DOWN posted:One day people will stop making this kind of useless post on SA. It actually used to be probatable at one point. Don't ever use twitter. The flamewars over who's using what for a lab is absurd.
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Sep 18, 2018 03:20
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Tab8715 posted:Don't ever use twitter. The flamewars over who's using what for a lab is absurd. I imagine r/sysadmin is similar.
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Sep 18, 2018 03:22
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guppy posted:Assuming you don't want to do side work, the best way to handle coworkers hitting you up for free tech support for personal stuff is to have someone else specific to refer them to. "Oh, I don't really do side work, but there's this guy Mike who works at XYZ Computers in (nearby neighborhood), he's who I refer people to." Often it's less about not wanting to pay for it and more about not knowing a trustworthy repair shop; in all my desktop support time I don't think I ever had anyone come back to me after that because they wanted me to do it for free instead. Just ask stupid high prices. Especially if it’s owner/c- level people. Sure I’ll come setup a new WiFi router at your house for $200 and drink all your loving alcohol while I’m there
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Sep 18, 2018 03:28
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CLAM DOWN posted:I imagine r/sysadmin is similar. No. /r/sysadmin is a shithole of low effort posts from people that can’t be bothered to search for extremely basic IT issues. I sometimes post there in decent threads but they’re few and between. It’s also more entry level, small business, msp posts. Today’s dumbshit post was “my boss says I need to buy a server, where do you buy a server?”
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Sep 18, 2018 03:44
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To be fair, if you just randomly get told to buy a server, and buying a server isn't a thing you normally do, it's probably pretty intimidating. In defense of r/sysadmin, I don't get the hate. It has some good content and some bad content. r/sysadmin is the equivalent of SH/SC, with some hit, some miss. You telling me that all of you read and cherish every thread posted here? I guess my main point is that I find it remarkable how hard it is for some people to scroll past content that isn't for them. Like it really, really bothers some people. If you can't scroll past an entire page of threads in 10 seconds and see that none appeal to you, you probably aren't interneting fast enough. MC Fruit Stripe fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Sep 18, 2018 04:39
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:To be fair, if you just randomly get told to buy a server, and buying a server isn't a thing you normally do, it's probably pretty intimidating. I scrolled past this
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Sep 18, 2018 05:15
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I used to do side work and would charge $100 or more for the most basic things. Made a few grand off malware. Haven’t had anyone hit me up in years though.
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Sep 18, 2018 05:35
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Bob Morales posted:drink all your loving alcohol while I’m there This is dangerous if one or both occupants of the house are lawyers. You may know what you're about but they have to take mandatory substance abuse prevention classes.
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Sep 18, 2018 05:38
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GreenNight posted:I used to do side work and would charge $100 or more for the most basic things. Made a few grand off malware. Haven’t had anyone hit me up in years though. i look at someone who cant figure out malwarebytes probably the same way a mechanic would look at me after i tell them i cant change my own oil
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Sep 18, 2018 06:31
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I don't know. doing small favors for people has worked pretty well for me. I've always been able to call in favors from different departments who excel at what they do. Taxes? Finance apartment (rent)? Realtor all I've done is mostly install printers or clean up their pc's for them. Re: mechanic I love this story my friend told me. His father went to get his car fixed. Something about the battery. He wanted to see how the mechanic did it. The mechanic hit a certain part of the car. And it started working again. The father didn't understand. The mechanic gave him a bill. "Hitting the car": €0,50 "Knowing where to hit the car": €160
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Sep 18, 2018 10:14
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Sefal posted:Re: mechanic It was probably the starter motor? Whacking it with a wrench will often get it working once, but that's to get to the shop to have it replaced. Source: AAA once had to come out and whack my starter motor so I could drive to the shop to have it replaced.
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Sep 18, 2018 10:27
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guppy posted:Assuming you don't want to do side work, the best way to handle coworkers hitting you up for free tech support for personal stuff is to have someone else specific to refer them to. "Oh, I don't really do side work, but there's this guy Mike who works at XYZ Computers in (nearby neighborhood), he's who I refer people to." Often it's less about not wanting to pay for it and more about not knowing a trustworthy repair shop; in all my desktop support time I don't think I ever had anyone come back to me after that because they wanted me to do it for free instead. In my last place I knew who Mike was and this tactic was perfect. I then moved 200 miles away and I have no idea where Mike is anymore Still don't do side work, but now people just think I'm a cock about it. I don't really, because it's partly true
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Sep 18, 2018 14:22
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I dunno, a partner trying to get me canned because their mac OS didn't update and they were still on like OG chrome sorta soured me on doing anything on a personal machine. I just tell them to buy a new one now.
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Sep 18, 2018 14:25
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I still don't know how to deal with "so which processor would you recommend I buy when I look at a new PC" - I don't know - someone in procurement decides what PCs we get here - outside of work I have a tablet and a PS4, I don't give a poo poo about computers so go find Mike, damnit where is Mike!
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Sep 18, 2018 14:28
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"check cnet"
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Sep 18, 2018 14:31
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angry armadillo posted:I still don't know how to deal with "Anything with an i5 will be fine for general use. If you're using resource intensive production software, go for an i7."
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Sep 18, 2018 14:31
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I get the appeal of a quick and easy answer but acting like Intel's marketing bullshit is meaningful is probably not the way to go, I already see enough people comparing old laptop i7s to new desktop i5s.
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Sep 18, 2018 15:28
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I usually just point people at Wirecutter, or Logical Increments or, you know: Apple?
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Sep 18, 2018 15:38
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Vargatron posted:"Anything with an i5 will be fine for general use. If you're using resource intensive production software, go for an i7." The 2 outcomes from this are they do it right and then ask another question or They go on ebay, get ripped off for some 5 year old i7 refurbished from China that costs them $500 and somehow that's my fault. I still need Mike 
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Sep 18, 2018 15:44
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angry armadillo posted:The 2 outcomes from this are they do it right and then ask another question Every few years my mom asks me for advice on buying a new laptop. I give her a few solid suggestions and point out the tradeoffs in cost vs features and performance. Then she goes to Best Buy and gets whatever $150 piece of utter poo poo the sales guy tricks her into, and calls me to ask why it's slow. Hmm idk, maybe because it has like 1GB of RAM, an Atom processor, and a spinning hard disk in TYOOL 2018? And multiple anti-virus trials fighting with each other?  I no longer give her computer advice. Find a Mike.
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Sep 18, 2018 15:56
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If people ask me what they should buy my sentence always starts with "Well at work we use..."
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Sep 18, 2018 15:57
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If I have to look a web dev in the eyes and tell them "Yes, knowing how DNS works on a basic level is a requirement for your job!" one more loving time I am going to throw someone out a loving window. I am not even expecting them to understands the basics of edge server caching. I am not shooting for the loving moon here.
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Sep 18, 2018 15:58
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Inspector_666 posted:I'm not advocating being a smug IT rear end in a top hat but also know you will never be able to call in those favors, after all it's just your job right?! Agreed. Words are worth as much as a fart in the breeze.
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Sep 18, 2018 16:26
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I like helping people out with computer stuff. I like computers, I like talking about computers, and I've never really had anyone take advantage of me for it. Last guy just wanted some general advice on a laptop, I gave him a couple specific suggestions, but spoke more in generalities (i.e. "don't spend less than $600 on a Windows laptop" sort of stuff). I also fixed a college friend's aunt's computer, because she lives in the same city I do and he was across the country. He bought me Witcher 3.
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Sep 18, 2018 16:28
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Sickening posted:If I have to look a web dev in the eyes and tell them "Yes, knowing how DNS works on a basic level is a requirement for your job!" one more loving time I am going to throw someone out a loving window. I don't really know anything beyond ANames, CNames and I've been in IT for over a decade. If I'm stuck I'm just going to paste the error into Google or try to reproduce the issue in my own lab. If that fails, copy the details in plain text and escalate.
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Sep 18, 2018 16:33
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