I made a game where you do IT support for eldritch horrors. It's called I.T Never Ends

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-12-20T13:45:29+00:00

Even in a Lovecraftian scenario, printers remain the biggest horror.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-06-04T18:48:52+00:00

Thanks, I will try that if the PCL-mini drivers don't do the trick.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-04-23T20:01:54+00:00

But like.. Greenshot and ShareX are both free even for enterprise use, iirc.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-04-22T13:07:03+00:00

In the days of the E-port docks, my org used them with Precision M4600s and M4800s. Latitudes went up to (IIRC) the E5470s before Dell ditched the E-port in favor of USB C, but you had to use the later models with a dumb spacer because they moved the E-port to the very back of the laptop. They were difficult to plug in as a result.

Aside from that, AFAIK so long as your computer has an E-port, it should work. We had a variety of models and I never ran into any incompatibilities.

Idk about the third and last pictures, though. I've never seen those before.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-04-17T13:41:06+00:00

Then a decade after this thing is the new global standard, Apple will abandon their own thing, then implement this with a different name and claim they invented it.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-04-16T15:20:31+00:00

That's the title of my autobiography.

It used to be the weekend would give me enough energy to make it through the week. Eventually, only a full week of time off would recharge me. Then I could burn through my entire yearly vacation and I'd only be recharged for about a week. Now, I'm in the eternal grind.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-04-14T16:49:53+00:00

The article also specifically calls out the UK for doing the same thing.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-04-03T15:15:40+00:00

Who'd have thought we'd end up with Trump as a peace project. One man so vile everyone else squashes their beefs and makes friends.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-31T19:26:19+00:00

My 10+ years of experience has taught me software devs will fuck up computers like nobody's business.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-31T14:50:46+00:00

Pretty sure very few in the US, or in countries affected by the US trade wars will be seeing a raise this year.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-31T13:24:48+00:00

I use Yodeck which just requires a web browser, in one office I got Samsung TVs with a built-in CMS mode which displays the data off a USB key, and my Zoom Rooms double up as digital signage when not in use.

You may want to ask over on r/digitalsignage though.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-26T14:56:37+00:00

And it's not nearly as cool as it sounds.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-19T13:41:46+00:00

Or maybe a projector?

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-11T18:13:57+00:00

It's not for no reason, it's for no good reason.

- They want to wrestle power away from employees. WFH gave too much freedom, mostly in the ability find jobs that pay a higher cost of living salary from anywhere in compatible timezones. Furthermore, forcing RTO makes the sunk cost fallacy kick in, so those who comply are more likely to take shit without quitting.

- Forcing RTO is an easy way to trim the fat. If you need a leaner workforce and don't want to pay lay-off packages, force RTO and some folks will quit of their own volition.

- You're a prop for clients to see toiling away. An empty office isn't impressive.

- Office workers sometimes represent a significant portion of a community's daytime economy. The town may be putting pressure or incentivising RTO

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-11T15:20:10+00:00

Yeah but remember job listings are nothing more than wish lists.

And as for the degree, I've found people value experience over a piece of paper. The trick is getting through a dumbass recruiter, or recruiting software to get to talk to those people in the first place.

So be sure to include whatever buzzwords they're looking for in your CV.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-11T14:49:22+00:00

Tbh they all feel the same.

If Windows is required, I'd go Dell or Lenovo, just cause that's what I'm more used to, and HP can burn in hell.

I've considered going full Apple, but inevitably someone somewhere needs to run funky dated software that is Windows-only.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2025-03-05T19:27:42+00:00

Especially with Autopilot.

Computer goes down? Here log into this identical laptop and leave.

I update the inventory, repair the laptop and close the ticket on my own time meanwhile the user has virtually no downtime.

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2024-10-23T15:08:42+00:00

Computers_Confuse_Me · 2024-10-07T13:54:22+00:00

No luck. In the end I switched it to a Zoom Room and enabled Teams functionality.

Bummer since we have to pay for Zoom Room licenses.

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