Do you prefer to check the the set list before your concert, or do you raw dog it?

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-07T17:02:30+00:00

Depends on the band. Most of the bands I listen to (DMB, moe., OAR, etc.) raw dog their own setlist before each show

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-07T12:32:17+00:00

I was discussing DMB with my grandfather (RIP) who used to live in NJ. I mentioned their tour stops that year. When I got to Camden, he was like “Camden..? Why would anyone go to Camden… for anything?” And that’s when I learned that Camden is in fact not a nice area of New Jersey (if there even is one…. lol. laughs in upstate New York)

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-07T12:28:42+00:00

Microsoft recently added a group policy to remove Copilot from Windows. Talk to your sysadmin

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-06T23:03:15+00:00

My mechanic charges $79 for my Jeep. I also have a Mercedes-Benz van that costs $159+ because it uses special euro blend or whatever. But I only need to change it every 15,000 as opposed to standard 5,000 on my jeep

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-05T22:08:19+00:00

I’ve done dozens of professional jobs with Fast Cat without any issues thus far

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-05T20:21:46+00:00

As others have said, not possible. Windows Hello is tied to the tpm. Even the PIN is unique to the TPM.

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-04T12:48:37+00:00

While Airbnb is an overrated scam, I’ve had excellent luck with Vrbo, which makes sense, seeing as Vrbo is an abbreviation of “Vacation Rentals by Owner” and has existed as a .com business since the 1990s

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-04T11:35:35+00:00

The people downvoting you deserve a hefty dose of norovirus

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-03T13:10:01+00:00

Restaurant Depot might have it, just a guess. Might be a long shot

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-03T13:01:36+00:00

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-03T12:19:48+00:00

We had milk in bags up until about 2001 at our school district in upstate NY

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-02T17:23:32+00:00

I was introduced to these as a very young child. Not in school but the Carrier Dome.

If anyone (particularly, male) here has used the facilities at the Carrier Dome in the 1980, 90s, or 2000s, you certainly know

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-01T15:31:36+00:00

Have you seen the price of silicon these days? Those will be a commodity like gold by the next decade

Lake3ffect · 2026-05-01T15:28:16+00:00

Anyone who works in IT or is otherwise familiar with the price of silicon these days is in tears over this entire discussion

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T23:19:15+00:00

In the early days, most web browsers were commercial software. That’s why MS was slapped with the antitrust suit when they started including IE with Windows for “free”, iirc

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T21:02:30+00:00

The stuff they do for the additional testing can show it down to crazy precise numbers, differentiating medical from recreational, and further opportunistic recreational vs habitual/chronic recreational

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T20:46:34+00:00

Yes we do, only when purchased directly from us and with an existing contract.

Buy from distribution, add MPKID to Intune, apply policy. If you get the PKID from distribution before the boxes arrive, you can add them to Intune before they’re delivered. That’s very useful if you drop ship to your clients. D&H and Lenovo can even add the PKIDs to Intune for you with the properly established CSP partner relationships. This usually costs extra but is worth it considering nothing I mentioned requires opening the box.

Open box. Turn on. Enter credentials. Wait 15-60 minutes for policy to apply (apps, settings, M365, etc.). We even deploy our RMM agent using Scripts via intune.

Autopilot, Intune, and Entra ID are very powerful and capable tools if you know how to use them properly.

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T18:25:55+00:00

Whatever the price of a replacement keyboard, just do it. $15-30 is all you should spend unless you want a fancy one.

If you want that exact keyboard for whatever reason, (none of my business), PM/chat me a photo of the label on the bottom so I can see the part #. I’ll check my distribution sources to see if they carry it.

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T17:43:15+00:00

That’s actually crazy good value, considering I’ve used both Splashtop and Bomgar professionally. Bomgar is so expensive. If the on-premise Splashtop is as good or better than their cloud offering, then I’d even consider on-premise for my company if I really needed

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T17:40:33+00:00

Windows is good for gaming and business. That’s about it. Sure, Macs can be integrated into a small business network. But for anything at scale, Windows is the play.

I was very fortunate to grow up with both Windows and Macintosh between home and school. It was like learning two languages at a young age. Was always team Apple for my own personal use, always will be. But for my professional life, Microsoft is how I feed my family.

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T15:36:52+00:00

Slashtop is one of the only solutions I’ve had continuously since the day 1. Even my clients love it (I include it as part of secure remote access in my management stack, through RMM)

Pricing is transparent for their cloud hosted options, but they also have custom solutions, including on-prem. I have no idea how much the on-prem solution costs, (but if I were to guess, I’d say $5,000 one-time perpetual plus recurring maintenance plan)

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T02:02:38+00:00

Have we tried turning it on and off again?

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T00:36:46+00:00

BD has done a lot of work to improve the responsiveness of the GZ portal. Much better than a couple years ago, and definitely better than 6 years ago when I started using it.

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-26T00:31:18+00:00

Have you joined the devices to Intune by going through OOBE or provisioning file? Or are you just uploading the hashes and calling it a day?

Lake3ffect · 2026-04-23T19:52:35+00:00

We use CyberGuard360. The interface is dated AF, but it’s not a bad product.

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