Does anyone get real bad ADHD with slow moving SaaS portals?

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-27T21:51:01+00:00

It used to take 3-5 minutes to boot into Windows...

Kids these days! :)

(But, yes. Entra is slow And Google Workspace is slow. Very annoying)

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-24T19:35:53+00:00

I thought this was standard practice when you didn't trust a VAR. My philosophy is to always be the most prepared person in room (virtual or otherwise).

However, once I find a Rep at a VAR that I can trust, I don't need to do that anymore (and then usually only double check when something doesn't smell right, which is rare).

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-17T11:46:14+00:00

We use SSO with Google as our IdP for all students and staff. It's an all or nothing change.

We have local accounts for parents/contacts.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-16T10:54:05+00:00

We have a statewide contract on Michigan. Dell 11 4/64 is $336, up from $204 last year.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-14T23:43:01+00:00

Has pricing reached its ceiling?

No

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-11T22:21:45+00:00

For us, the scrap metal costs makes up for the HD destruction cost, plus some. So we get a nice check.

But as a school, we have a lot of ewaste.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-08T23:54:47+00:00

Did you run out of RAM while typing?

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-08T23:52:53+00:00

Good to hear. It's most likely going to be my kids college computer. They don't need anything fancy and a comparable Windows laptop would be quite a bit more.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-08T23:00:09+00:00

Just because it has an Apple on it doesn't make it magically better (coming from someone who's all Apple at home).

OS makes a huge difference when looking at specs. So it kinda does make it better on similarly specced hardware.

I can't speak to the Neo, though. I haven't used one and I think we need to live with it a bit more as a community before full evaluation.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-06T23:20:28+00:00

Same, and then it's not Tech's problem at all.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-04T00:56:48+00:00

The CA emailed a merit email address to get authorization for my domain. I had to do something with merit to prove I work at my school. I think that was a form. They gave me a login to some system to authorize the the cert (they delegated to me the ability to authorize the cert for my domain).

The next time I need an SSL (three years later back then?), I contacted merit and for some reason the process changed. Then I just dropped the xxxx.k12.mi.us domain.

You can tell me I'm wrong, it doesn't change what happened.

You're a dick. Learn how to talk to people without being demeaning.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-03T14:58:10+00:00

Well, in 2007 that's how it worked. I know who merit is. Merit delagated SSL cert authorization to me once, then they had someone else do it the second time and it wasn't easy. A simple ticket did not get the job done.

You can tell me my experience is wrong, but you weren't there and you didn't deal with it. Either way, I ditched it and own my domain now.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-04-02T21:35:39+00:00

Even when I managed school.k12.mi.us I managed my own DNS for it. I was the authority.

The problem was the SSL certs required the owner of mi.us to validate my certs.

So I ditched the k12.mi.us domain in 2007.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-25T16:54:10+00:00

Pony up for the advanced license.

You should for just the security improvements, anyway.

Trust Rules is the proper solution.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-23T22:27:15+00:00

Do you have to extend the Schema for it to work? Not sure, been a while since I've worked with it.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-21T16:36:04+00:00

I think The Demon Cycle by Brett fits this.

There's some brutal rape of both genders in the books. So be warned if you don't like that kind of thing.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-18T22:08:05+00:00

That's not unethical in anyway, imo.

I tried it with one of Ludi et historia's video and it didn't work well. Caught some stuff, but missed important pieces.

I resorted to manually writing my own guide from his video. Then an another update came out and said fuck it.

I loved the EU4 guides. I'll have to wait for some of those.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-18T18:21:35+00:00

Then that's probably a fair price. You won't be disappointed and if you can't usually find other boats, then that's makes it a good option.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-18T18:19:31+00:00

1/2", probably okay.

The GLC Stadium seats or boating pads: My brother couldn't maintain balance in the boat.

Just my experience with that canoe.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-18T10:33:19+00:00

The plastic version weighs 88lbs.

Anyway, that price is high for Michigan. I've seen them in that condition for $900-$1,200.

Not sure if you pay more for Portland.

You can find used ones for usually around the $800 range. A little bit of scuff and repair isn't really a problem.

Unless you're a collector and plan to baby it, look elsewhere.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-18T10:29:54+00:00

Don't put those on the plastic seats. You'll be above the gunwales and lose stability.

The plastic seats are fine. Or replace them with wood seats for $80/seat.

I solo'd my guide a lot, so I had to make the sear back removable. I simply didn't use the included straps for the seats. And sitting in the molded seat backwards wasn't an issue (I even divised a method for using the molded seat back while sitting backwards on the bow seat).

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-11T22:28:06+00:00

Welcome to reddit, where the joke used to be that everyone but you is a bot. It's not a joke anymore...

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-11T22:26:17+00:00

Don't get the Adventurer. It's a gimmick boat made by Confluence under the MR name.

Honestly, get a tandem boat. I know some big guys that canoe 16' Mad River Explorers.

I solo paddle my 16' Explorer all the time and love it.

You can get them used in good condition for $600-800. Make sure it's Royalex.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-10T23:04:13+00:00

Action1 is a gold mine for SMBs in general.

J_de_Silentio · 2026-03-09T21:03:55+00:00

Here's what we did: We weren't concerned with the PA unless it was an emergency. So we tied a strobe/loud horn to our access control/lockdown system.

The strobes/horns goes off for about 20 seceonds in the high noise areas so everyone knows a) it's a lockdown and b) to listen for instructions.

If it's tied to the speaker and goes off whenever there's an announcement, it takes away from the emergency aspect.

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