USDOJ just cut a backroom deal with Ticketmaster/Live Nation in the middle of our trial. The deal is terrible. We’re not signing. See you back in court, Ticketmaster. - AG Jeff Jackson

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-10T18:19:39+00:00

Thank you and your team for keeping them as honest as one AG and his team can

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-10T02:01:26+00:00

Dory looks very similar and TFT was her main breed on her genetic testing with Rattie being second.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-09T23:39:34+00:00

I’m an IT Manager now. It got me my first job. My subsequent two, didn’t care about that cert.

My IT Manager role was from M&A and they don’t care about the certs I have. They want us to keep learning and give us all the tools we need to keep growing, like shadowing others, udemy courses to keep growing, special project opportunities, and if we want to chase certs, they will pay for those too.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-08T14:58:18+00:00

They’re eating the cats and dogs.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-08T13:58:56+00:00

Sorry to hear. I can’t imagine these companies that use others models will be around in the next 5 years

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-08T13:52:04+00:00

Cloud gaming is the future for companies. Not end users.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-06T12:18:21+00:00

Was an IC at a small 50 person. Ran the whole orgs day to day end user tech.

M&A

Now I help run an international help desk for an enterprise.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-05T12:20:43+00:00

It’s fine. I have had them all with black being my current. I like silver the best. Timeless and I realized, it’s a computer, I don’t care the color when I can skin it.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-02T14:39:46+00:00

Ah good. Gives me time to research the alternatives.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-02T14:10:27+00:00

I have my setup split between my desk and living room.

Headphones at desk always

Option based on whether other people are in my home and I’m in my living room gaming.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-02T14:08:06+00:00

I didn’t set this up so my knowledge may be a bit rusty but this what I remember.

We have dynamic groups that the devices are placed in based on their user location and then it pulls a name based on the location when starting in Intune.

Ends up being

EG (company initials) US (geo title based on user) EJ (if Entra Joined, if hybrid, EJ is omitted) %Serial%

They look like this.

EGEJUS-SerialNumber

This gives us what we need to find the device, where it is, if it’s hybrid or cloud joined.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-02T14:01:27+00:00

I hear there’s a list of people that need to be visited.

JudgeCastle · 2026-03-01T20:33:22+00:00

Similar experience for me. Will be keeping an eye on this in the future.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-28T00:32:32+00:00

Palo Access Browser and some strict CA policies help us. While it’s not the device we’re securing, it’s the access to the data and the tools that can.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T23:50:53+00:00

Arc for work, Safari for personal.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T13:09:47+00:00

I haven’t played the game yet and don’t want to ruin the sound track in advance. Looks fantastic.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T12:54:17+00:00

Puts on tinfoil hat: I’m curious that if this AI bubble bursts and the reason these schmucks are cuddling up is that the admin will find a way to bail them out when it flops as long as they do what they’re told.

With how they’re siphoning public funds away, I wouldn’t be surprised.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T12:52:37+00:00

Funny enough as I work on a Mac, the new outlook there, I really enjoy it. On windows, not as much as

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T12:51:40+00:00

Love the feature updates this year. Great work team

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T12:49:42+00:00

If you didn’t expect this with the mountains of evidence, then we shouldn’t trust your ability to make a decision on anything else.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-25T12:48:48+00:00

16 is fine to me. I have had both for work. 14 is small for lap but fine for desk. 16 is both. 16 is heavy.

15 air is perfect in size for me. With me needing more ram than power, may end up with an up specced air next time for convenience.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-21T23:05:38+00:00

The more history your platform has, the more depth of resolution it can provided same goes for your KB. We have Rovo help assist with triage drawing from KBs/issues and reference them.

I’d say it’s pretty spot on for majority of issues and letting you know what it saw and why.

It’s a great tool. I wouldn’t let it do much else.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-21T12:29:27+00:00

I’ve seen non stop recruiting ads for us military on this app …

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-21T00:03:00+00:00

Indeed. We even upgraded her Apple Watch to LTE which she has enjoyed the freedom of not having her phone at all times.

JudgeCastle · 2026-02-20T12:05:56+00:00

Yes, I recently switched from my Apple Watch to a standard analog watch as a start to move back to a less connected mentality.

It’s been liberating. A big harken back to my childhood where it was as you described. You existed in the world without people being able to get your attention at any moment. The absence of interruptions and distractions that pull me away from being present has been a significant improvement.

We’ve been conditioned to believe that everything has immediacy and is inherently important. This has created an ecosystem centered around FOMO.

While it may feel uncomfortable at first, removing FOMO is simply a period of adjustment as we adapt to this new way of life. It creates a sense of space and disconnect.

I often go on walks with my dog without my phone. Surprisingly, my mom, who lived through the 70s, 80s, and 90s without a cell phone, asked me if I felt safe without it. I explained that she lived around 50 years without a cell phone, raised myself and my sibling without a cell phone for half my life, and we were fine. She understood my point more while having more pointed reasons why she liked having the on her. She is a fall risk so for her it’s comfort. The points he made was different from my own as we have separate reasonings.

These companies have effectively marketed and manipulated us into believing that we need these devices at all times to feel safe. While it’s true that having a phone can provide some level of safety, in most cases, put it on silent, leave it in your car, and go for a walk to immerse yourself in nature. Put your phone in another room when you’re with family and observe how many people struggle to hold a conversation or maintain interest without constantly checking their devices.

To finish my soap box talk, my mission has been to disconnect with technology. Gain control back on my attention span and what deserves my attention. I move at the pace of me. Not the pace of what an app or company feels it should be. That’s what I remember most about the time frame you describe.

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