@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

100 Days. The wine making simulator is free today.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hundred-days-winemaking-simulator

Use a simulator or try your hand at Toilet Bowl Wine. . . lol

@sectorpublic said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

DuoLingo is not messing around five nights at freddy's

Nope, I'm plagued by email reminders even though I deleted it.

I don't get reminders. Maybe yo ucan't turn them off because you deleted it. LOL Go to the web login to turn them off.

@RojoLoco said in Checking Out Xojo:

@scottalanmiller said in Checking Out Xojo:

Zoho does something similar. And the names are very similar. Potentially pronounced the same!

"Xojo" is how you spell "Zoho" in Spanish.

In Central America, Xojo would be like "Shoho" because the X comes from the local language and is the "sh" sound. Like the city of Xela (sounds like Sheila) and the girl's name Xochitl (sounds like Shocheel.)

Off to soccer with the twins, then errands before doing things around the house.

Might get encouraged to do some system experiments.

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@pmoncho said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@pmoncho said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Wow, thermostat locking in Colorado now...

https://www.theblaze.com/news/energy-company-locks-smart-thermostats

I don't see an issue, especially because the people voluntarily gave away access to the energy company for $.

Legally there is no issue. But 80 is pretty high. Not many Americans prepared for that! And just... wow the state of the infrastructure up there.

80 is way high. Although, if your in Nicaragua, 80 is pretty nice. 🙂

Right? It's funny now because I keep things around 80 at night and 83 during the day and that's comfy. But people I know here try to keep around 74 and I'm like "damn, even when I lived in Texas the AC couldn't get it below 80 and this is the tropics now!"

Dang, I'm in Ohio and I only keep it at 75-76 and that is chilly for me.

I don't mind the tropics as I am freeze baby! I do prefer AZ or NV though.

looking good!

@Pete-S said in What does your desk look like?:

@Dashrender said in What does your desk look like?:

Might also consider a ring light.

Actually the white wall that is just behind the laptop is much better than a ring light. Just bounce a light source of it and you'll get a very nice light. Search for "bounce lighting" if you want examples.

I have this setup - I have a LED lap that I pointed a the wall and turned the camera on - much better lighting for video calls and wat not.

Thanks for the idea!

@WrCombs said in Frist time Headset ?:

@Dashrender said in Frist time Headset ?:

@WrCombs said in Frist time Headset ?:

@Dashrender said in Frist time Headset ?:

@WrCombs said in Frist time Headset ?:

Mentioned that I was having issues with my headset to one of my coworkers - I guess we have a standard issue headset offered by the company.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJRMW17/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_3YW5JM7SC9CNTRGQGTVK_0?th=1

It does seem kinda weird that either a) they supply you with one or b) they reimburse you for providing one of your own.

Though perhaps we don't have all the information.

I'm not following

do they
a) pay for a headset OR
b) reimburse you for one you buy yourself?

Using a headset is basically a requirement for a softphone (and since you're now work from home support - I fully expect you'll spend the better part of your day on the phone - so you'll want a headset for that so really that should be a business expense).

ah, they bought it and it'll be here tomorrow.

It looks pretty decent to me. The Evolve2 40 has a more advanced mic though with more suppression of unwanted noise and the Engage 50 is better and much lighter. But it's hard to beat free 🙂

I think you'll be very pleased with it.

I missed the memo on this 😂

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

Anyone else grow up watching this?

Youtube Video

I saw the 1st episode. I think I was maybe 12ish. And yes, we watched more after that.

Such a classic. I used to always watch that with my dad.

I remember watching it at the Grandparents cabin - oh my word! the things the put on air then - we can't do now,.. and in retrospec... things we have now - would never ever have made it then... (GASP: covers kids eyes/covering MY EYES).

@Carnival-Boy said in Is Real Estate Actually a Good Investment on Average?:

Oh, and "water cooler" time is good for generating trust and forming bonds within teams, which is essential.

My experience is that it does the opposite. It creates cliques and promotes the idea of promoting for socialization rather than for results. I think good, skilled workers who want promoted based on merit see it as sowing distrust... a mechanism for those that aren't as capable or as ethical to avoid work while "schmoozing" the bosses.

Yes, if you want bad employees to trust each other, it's good. If you want to have employees you can trust to protect your business, it's bad.

@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:

@Dashrender I was in the army and I never unlearned this lol

it's one thing to use the urinal next to another - it's whole another thing to carry on/strike up a conversation.. lol

At dinner earlier
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The at the house after a walk to 7-11.
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This is fitting from the show Kung Fu:

Youtube Video

Welcome to @Cagatay who found us today!

@IRJ said in Does this speak to you?:

@gjacobse said in Does this speak to you?:

In Dec I was informed I was going Month to Month at the end of the six months..

I think that's you're answer. They feel like they need to revaluate month to month. I would have argued for at least 3-6 month contracts or been looking to leave within a month or two max

I agree, that's your notice that you need to be actively looking. Month to month means that they AND you are supposed to evaluate the relationship every 30 days.

My manager (IT Manager) messaged me a screenshot of speedtest.net results from one of our DC's that showed there is 33 ms ping times, and that I should look into this. I login the DC, pull up command line, ran a continuous ping to 8.8.8.8 with solid 3ms ping times. I sent him a screenshot of the command prompt and said ping times look solid to me, and speedtest.net does not give accurate results of network latency from a computer as the built-in ping utility from windows.

This is basic troubleshooting, and is just sad.

@JasGot said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

@Dashrender said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

@JasGot Aren't you the one who asked how to do this?

I assume you are referring to my post of the script I came up with yesterday AFTER I read your post suggesting a script to do it?

Geeeeesh. The next time I want to share a solution I came up with, as a result of your suggestion, I won't.

LOL - there was no indication that you just created that -but that's awesome that you tossed something together so quickly.