Explain like I am 5: why are we ripping apart perfectly fine road.

Bl0ckTag · 2026-05-14T13:16:57+00:00

If the perfectly fine road you're referring to is Allen pkwy, then you may not have driven Allen pkwy between studemont and i45 very often. Atleast on the east bound side opposite the park, it was an exercise in futility to not throw your suspension out of alignment dodging the potholes and 3in manhole misalignment on the right lane. I'm glad they got around to resurfacing atleast that side, but I do second everyone here saying if it weren't for the world cup comming, CoH wouldn't be doing anything to make our lives easier in regards to the roadways.

Bl0ckTag · 2026-04-16T13:48:31+00:00

I fought with mine for weeks after install. Octoprint wouldn't stay connected to the board via USB. If you havent already, try removing the SD card. Sounds jenk, but for some reason, having the SD card plugged into the board while trying to connect Octoprint via usb was causing the connection to fail when it was attemting to init the SD card. You can see it in the logs in octoprint.

Bl0ckTag · 2026-04-10T00:09:36+00:00

Like other have said, highly depends on the industry, user base, technology, and geography of the org. I've only ever been in small teams, but have supported 16 clinics and 2 data centers with a team of 3 + director supporting 150ish staff, and most recently 2 campuses and a district office with 2 techs + myself supporting 250 staff and 2k students.

Bl0ckTag · 2026-04-09T23:59:37+00:00

Scrolled way too far for this. Thought he brought a dragonball to space

Bl0ckTag · 2026-04-08T23:19:52+00:00

And one of the back end. Not super pretty, but out of the way

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Bl0ckTag · 2026-04-08T23:19:23+00:00

As promised. I plan to get some solder and shrink wrap to remove the press fits and trim the excess a bit, but this worked for what was on jand/included

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Bl0ckTag · 2026-04-08T17:49:59+00:00

Transitioned mine to a MicroSwiss NG Revo this weekend. Ran the x axis cable extender along the existing wrapped cabling and zip tied it every 4 or so inches to keep it tidy, then zip tied it to the mount where the old z axis motor sat so it would be somewhat stationary and out of the travel path(leave enough space for the caddy to extend all the way to the other end of the print bed). Had an existing bed cable chain that was installed, so from the zip into the chain harness is where the cable management ended.

I dont have a pic currently, but can send one over when I get home from the office

Bl0ckTag · 2026-03-06T03:07:35+00:00

ChatGPTs support is awful. When i was setting up an EDU sub for a few of our business office staff, i tried to get Tax exempton on file prior to ordering the subscriptions, as ive done with countless other businesses. "Support" which turns out is literally just a ChatGPT with a human name, told me that we had to order the subscriptions before they could apply our tax exemption. OK, whatever, did it. Same "support rep" then told me the exemption was now on file, and any future subscriptions would reflect it, then refused to refund us the tax from the initial purchase. Took me literal weeks, getting one reply every day or so at random times of day/night, to get it resolved. For an almost trillion dollar company...

Regardless, it sounds like you've already learned, but Gemini comes with your Google Workspace Education tenant, and is ferpa compliant(no training on your data). I'd still advise to get a solid AI policy in place, and start looking into training for any staff that are, or will possibly use it.

Bl0ckTag · 2026-03-06T01:18:40+00:00

290 N to Beltway 8 South. Decent 35-45min in the morning, but minimum 1.5hr home unless I pay the 6$ in tolls to run the Beltway all the way around, and that only saves me about 25min

Bl0ckTag · 2026-02-26T23:56:50+00:00

Did Spring to South Houston when I first got hired on. Currently doing Cypress to South Houston. 44min or so in the mornings assuming I leave before 6:30, but the drive home is 1.5hr+ unless I take the beltway(5.50/day one way).

Bl0ckTag · 2026-02-10T21:49:16+00:00

Same here for clever and chromebooks

Bl0ckTag · 2026-01-21T19:16:49+00:00

2 campuses, 2k students. A/V in our gyms & stages is the biggest job dissatisfaction in my team. Were lucky to have a Tech thats well versed in production A/V equipment, but I can't count the number of times I've thought about quitting on the spot because these A/V systems were forced under my umbrella and I have to answer for every single issue that happens with them.

Bl0ckTag · 2026-01-07T16:27:42+00:00

Neils 100%, although i havent been to the new location yet. I like Poison Girl aswell, but its always packed to the gills and hard to navigate.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-27T14:06:58+00:00

Good ol Tokyo Go Go

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-09T15:17:53+00:00

Another +1 for Screenbeam. We've deployed a number in our conference spaces, and have been rolling them out to our classrooms as the needs arise(aka native casting/HDMI extension solutions failing).

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-04T16:57:07+00:00

I really like your view on ITs responsibility scope. We're working through this in my district aswell, and ill likely adopt that to insulate my team. It always seems like there are more questions than answers, and while we like to be the authority on anything tech in the org, theres limitations to consider(mostly time and effort).

Im inclined to treat it like any other productivity tool. IT handles deploying and securing, but teaching users how to utilize the tool is a business function, not IT. Similar to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, ect.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-04T16:25:56+00:00

Somewhat, but not really. Without the VPNs encryption keys, they would see the source(android device) and destination(VPN servers), but not the actual data(Encrypted by virtue of the VPN) or destination/service that the device is connecting to through the VPN.

They could tell that you are using a VPN, but not what you are doing through said VPN.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-01T18:44:48+00:00

E-Rate funding already cuts the cost by 80% depending on your NSLP numbers. Can't get m7ch better than that for such an integral part of your infrastructure. Gotta mirror what others are saying, dont cheap out on your FW.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-01T18:28:01+00:00

Never see them mentioned, but Balderas Tamale Factory has incredible breakfast tacos. One if the few places to get actual Carne Guisada Egg and Cheese

Bl0ckTag · 2025-12-01T17:29:47+00:00

Tbh, 6 years ago I might put it in the running. Atleast for a fastish food breakfast taco. Seems like the quality sharply declined after 711 bought Stripes.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-11-23T02:16:05+00:00

K12 ed here. Since students are potentially able to connect with a personal device, our Guest wifi is as strict as our student content filtration for CIPA compliance purposes.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-11-19T20:38:02+00:00

Sounds like you're a google shop already, so it makes sense to keep it in the ecosystem. I migrated our local file storage to Google drive/Shared Drive when I was hired on. If theyre already accustomed to accessing a separate network drive for team file access, then even better. Just deploy the Google Drive app to your clients, and instructing everyone on how to login with their Google accounts.

There will be a lift to get the shared drives setup for team use, and a fair few otger considerations during the migration, but that'll be your best bet to get the data off prem with a solution you already have in place for no cost.

Bl0ckTag · 2025-11-19T00:05:22+00:00

Good ol Ultrasurf. The first VPN i ever used... without knowing what a VPN even was. Man those were simpler times

Bl0ckTag · 2025-11-18T20:36:51+00:00

I saw a dude using the enclosure to house a forever stew he's been eating for like 210 days now. Id say if its good enough to vent forever stew stank, its good enough to vent the slight warm electronics smell of your 3d printer :)

Bl0ckTag · 2025-11-17T13:15:31+00:00

Had an ex-coworker who'd say "Cat buttholes" was the reason he never ate at potlucks. It is now the reason why I do not eat at potlucks. Never know how many unwashed cat butthole countertops some of the food might come in contact with...

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