It’s not worth the effort and testing. People would only experience it once every 3-4 years, depending on when they get a new laptop. Must still shouldn’t have to worry since other software would install that version of .NET already.

Plus, people don’t bother to read error messages anyways. Another tool I created would create PDFs of the financials. The first section would be pulled from the EPM and the second would be a data dump of every transaction for each cost center. If the totals don’t match to the dollar, the script would throw an error.

90% of the time, it was because the EPM data was being refreshed as it’s scheduled to do so every half hour and takes 3-4 minutes. So I had the error message tell the person to just go take a quick break and come back. Still, people would email me saying they don’t understand why they’re getting the error and it would always be fixed if they just wait.

I don’t even work in IT but I make complex Excel tools for my Finance team.

I get an email about once every week or two from one of my coworkers asking what to do about an issue. Nearly every single issue would have been resolved if they just read even the first few instructions.

My favorite is a specific tool we use to review the financials. It relies on Scripting.Dictionary which is only present in .NET 3.5.1 or prior. The very first instruction on the file says you need to download it. There’s even a very handy button right there which will take you to our software center to install it.

Yet every single time someone gets a new laptop, they immediately assume that the file is broken.

Most don’t get that many. OP is likely targeted in the systems. My guess is that he votes often in the primaries and has shown interest elsewhere, like by signing up for communications or donating to or volunteering for campaigns.

I just checked my spam and I’ve received four political texts in July.

Call screening is honestly one of the best features to ever come to a phone. I really wish this could be added to every handset.

Indiana waiting for Texas and Florida to ban it so it can do something more extreme but without any flak.

I am a fan of Vista

Alright, let’s get out the burning stakes.

Should be every single one that supports IPv6.

If the slide has all the information, then it’s a poor slide deck.

The slides are supposed to be an outline. The rule of thumb is max seven lines and max seven words per line.

Here’s a couple examples.

Good slide:

• Revenue: -10% vs Estimate
• Industry trends
• Low demand for new products
• Strong demand for XYZ

Also good slide, depending on who you’re presenting to:

• Revenue: -10% vs Estimate
• Industry: -3%
• New products: -30%
• XYZ: +4%

Bad slide:

• Revenue is 10% below estimate
• Industry has seen a 3% drop in sales
• New products ABC and MNO have had a 30% lower demand than we expected
• Product XYZ has higher demand than anticipated with sales 4% higher than estimate

All the extra information on the bad slide can be delivered by the presenter. It’s not necessary on the slide. The slide is for people to glance at to assist them during and after the presentation and to help them anchor themselves in the discussion.

You sent over twenty-two thousand notifications lmao.

And then the bot added about as many tags to the PR.

Oh, the software is actually called SANE. I thought you were just making clear how bad Brother’s drivers were.

Anyone else chuckle on the parallel in saying to use the UUID is no different than saying “just hardcore the IP bro”

It’s more like setting a static IP. The UUID is set when you create the partition and won’t change unless you force it to change.

You can also use any of the GUI utilities which can add it to your fstab.

There’s a lot of things that are made way too difficult on Linux for seemingly no reason. This isn’t one of them.

“Hardly anything is evil, but most things are hungry. Hunger looks very much like evil from the wrong end of the cutlery. Or do you think your bacon sandwich loves you back?”

I just accidentally deleted my crontab about an hour ago because r is right next to e.

Fortunately my computer backs itself up often so I could just grab the old crontab but it was annoying and would have been problematic if I didn’t.

I also had to recover my computer a few months back because someone whoopsied the default apt repositories for Ubuntu x64 arch and pushed the x86 software there instead.

It’s usually considered a poor idea to use it also as an AP.

The location usually isn’t great for your WiFi and there are better tools for the job.

OpnSense would be the easiest way if you wanted to go. It’s still not easy, but the articles online should help you out.

First you’d need a machine. I’ve got an m920q I bought off eBay for $135 after shipping.

The computer will likely only have one Ethernet port. And it’s likely the port is Realtek which isn’t supported well.

So, you’ll need to get yourself a NIC (a fancy term for a network card). There are good forum posts and articles online about the best NICs to buy for your needs. Intel is a must. However, you can find many of their NICs online labeled as another brand - usually HP, Lenovo, or Dell. Again, the forum posts will tell you what to look for.

If you bought the same computer I mentioned above, you’ll also need a riser and a bezel. Amazon and eBay will have a good selection.

Now assemble it. Flash the computer with OpnSense. Don’t plug it in as your router yet. Follow along with some basic setup guides online to figure out how you want it configured.

Once you’re happy, plug it in as your router and test that it works. If not, you’ll need to put your old router back in place until you can figure out what you need to change.

For NASA, similar desk layout, but it does look more modernized.

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20181107-PH_BOE01_0002/KSC-20181107-PH_BOE01_0002~large.jpg

If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice.

Besides quite literally every piece of software breaking, sure.

My favorite when reading sports news is “resign”.

It can mean that they quit or that they entered into a new contract.

Ctrl+Shift+V exists now which does the exact same thing.

Actually it’s a bit better. Excel always ignores alt codes for the first key press or two after switching windows.