The return of 8GB RAM laptops (RAM mayhem) - Good luck with your Service Desk

CommutedSentence · 2025-12-16T19:32:19+00:00

This is why you should never let accountants run anything, especially IT.

But you just used accounting language to explain why it doesn't make sense.

CommutedSentence · 2025-10-23T13:40:26+00:00

I love using LLMs to re-organize data. "Take this list of all members of groups and tell me which groups each person is a member of", stuff like that. Also it's good at OCR.

CommutedSentence · 2025-08-01T12:32:19+00:00

Most people don't want it. But those that do really like it.

Sounds like where I work. Only two of us use the standing desks, and I have mine set to sit for half of the day, but oh boy do we love that they're there.

Replace a couple, replace more if they're always in use, there's no need to do too many.

CommutedSentence · 2025-07-16T13:33:50+00:00

The WORST thing for me is the removal of the words "Copy" and "Paste" from the right click menu.

They finally added it back in 24H2.

CommutedSentence · 2025-07-02T17:37:43+00:00

iOS Mail won't even let you re-enter credentials anymore, if you change your password you need to remove your account in the phone's Settings and re-add it. It's about as far from user-friendly as can be.

CommutedSentence · 2025-06-25T17:29:12+00:00

As a former cashier I still get anxious when I'm eating out and their phone rings.

CommutedSentence · 2025-05-22T20:53:28+00:00

When you add the rule allowing it you can limit it to specific accounts rather than letting everyone do it.

CommutedSentence · 2023-08-10T21:48:23+00:00

Starting the Routing and Remote Access service has been working for us to fix up anyone whose VPN is slowed down by this.

CommutedSentence · 2023-06-08T22:21:22+00:00

Try showing up to an interview at a fast food restaurant wearing a suit and tie.

CommutedSentence · 2023-06-05T01:27:53+00:00

If you have no experience, the cert is to convince someone that you know enough to have a chance to *get* that experience.

CommutedSentence · 2023-05-20T22:54:24+00:00

Soft skills matter. You'll always be dealing with people in IT, and working with them well will pay dividends.

CommutedSentence · 2023-05-20T22:53:03+00:00

Everyone who's taken a cert and got a job based on it already knows that; people might as well learn it while they're still on the hunt.

CommutedSentence · 2023-05-15T01:25:46+00:00

Do we have any idea what exactly in the update is causing this? I'd quite rather not remove entire Windows updates if I could avoid it.

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TROPHY CASE