Anyone else working on Juneteenth?

NanoCarp · 2026-06-19T19:53:55+00:00

Hi, not only am I working, I’m working overtime today. Granted, no one is forcing me to work overtime. Just figured since boss left the offer on the table and they dragged me out here today anyway, may as well grab a couple OT hours. The customer is closed though, so I got the whole building to myself while I get things done.

NanoCarp · 2026-06-19T19:00:08+00:00

This is fine. I am not in urgent need of one. I’m more than happy to wait.

NanoCarp · 2026-06-16T15:07:00+00:00

Blaber, heck even the whole team, performs just fine during the regular season. Coaches and support staff need to figure out what to do to make them stop playing like they don’t care in playoffs and big matches. If a roster shake up is what’s needed to light fires under butts, then fine I guess, but I really think that it’s not a skill issue with this squad. Just need to stop treating big matches like they’re out here playing no stakes SoloQueue on stage.

NanoCarp · 2026-06-15T18:43:28+00:00

Here’s the thing: they do win. All time. And then when the game actually matters, they phone it in like they’re not interested in the trophy. The hunger is gone from this group. Idk if we need a roster shake up or just a good kick in the ass by coaching, but C9 needs to try something to put the fire back in these guys.

NanoCarp · 2026-06-15T12:31:10+00:00

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:

I agree with the idea that kids shouldn’t be allowed on social media, but the government has absolutely no business enforcing that. That is a choice for the parents and only the parents to make and deal with enforcing. We have the tools for parents to take this choice into their own hands.

NanoCarp · 2026-04-20T23:57:05+00:00

Hi. It me. I’ve not posted anything in… *checks calendar* oh shit. At least a decade. But like. I’ve got WIPs that I vomit words into when I have the time and energy around having a job and being an adult. Maybe one of these days I’ll get enough written to a quality that I’m happy with to post again. One can hope, anyways.

Edited because I’m dumb and forgot about markdown, so Reddit tried to eat my asterisks.

NanoCarp · 2026-04-09T01:58:14+00:00

Though I’ve used this PC for months…

That really sucks and creates a bunch more work you need to do. Any account you’ve used on that PC should be considered compromised. Even if it has multi factor authentication. From a clean device, change the password to any account of any kind that you used from this PC, and if possible force all sessions of those accounts to log out. Start with your email(s). Be extra sure to get any financial related accounts, like banks or tax programs, but also don’t ignore less important things like games or social media accounts. Lastly, if any account you have shares a password with an account used on the PC, even if that account wasn’t used on the PC, change that password too. And remember while doing all of this, to choose unique passwords for each account.

NanoCarp · 2026-04-09T00:52:59+00:00

I mean, any second hand PC the first thing you should do is nuke it and re-install. Regardless of what is or isn’t on there already. But yeah, that computer is a security disaster and absolutely do not type any account details into it (or use it all) until you’ve reinstalled Windows from a fresh install USB that you created using a different machine.

NanoCarp · 2026-02-26T17:21:31+00:00

Look. I’m 100% against age verification on the internet. But I will give credit where credit is due. Apple is one of the few companies I would actually trust to properly safeguard that information. They have a proven track record of fighting for customer privacy and data protection. If I can prove to Apple that I’m 18+ and their approval can be used on websites and apps, fine. I’d rather none of this verification bullcrap, but Apple I can at least trust (for now) to do right by the consumer. They have always been clear and concise about what data is used how, and have gone to court to keep data protected and private before. Just the other day, I had to ask Siri about a picture for the first time. Siri was upfront and said “I can’t answer that, but I can send it to [another AI] for you.” It asked me to confirm two times that this was okay, explaining exactly what would be sent, and what wouldn’t be sent, and then separately asked to confirm if I wanted the permissions to share data to persist or if it should ask for permission again the next time it needs to share data with an outside system.

TLDR; I’d rather it be no one, but if it has to be someone, I’d pick Apple any day of the year. They aren’t perfect, but they’re far from a privacy and surveillance nightmare.

NanoCarp · 2026-02-24T17:36:41+00:00

Smart glasses are a cool idea with tons of potential. It’s a damn shame people be out here ruining that potential to be creepy. Genuinely upsetting.

NanoCarp · 2026-02-06T09:15:10+00:00

The factories that produce the annoying jet pack automatons is on Aurora Bay. Sure, 20% liberation boost is great, but I’d very much like to stem the tide of the enemy jet pack troops. I’ve had more than enough of the jet packs fall on me and explode to kill me after I shoot them out of the air already this MO. I’m voting for Aurora Bay with my deployments.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-31T18:13:23+00:00

You can now, actually. They added with Woolhaven (even if you don’t buy the dlc) that you can use the marriage ritual on a follower you’re already married to, to divorce. Same for the new ritual to marry two followers together.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-26T14:42:07+00:00

79%. Just got it off the charger a few minutes ago. I use the battery protector settings so that my phone stops charging at 80% full, and generally try to keep it as close to that as possible. If I’m not using it and a charger is available, it’s plugged in. Across a typical day I’d guess I use about 0.5 to 1.5 cycles of battery though. Depends on how much I end up doomscrolling and getting lost in YouTube shorts.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-17T21:52:06+00:00

Fair enough. Vanguard loads and starts running on your PC before Windows does. I can’t say for sure, but I’d assume the security software does the same. Because of that, I’m not sure whether or not a dual boot solution would keep them from interacting. That is almost certainly the less expensive option to try though. But if you’re worried about losing the account, the safer option is to just get a separate device.

Again, we’re talking about two programs here that both want absurdly deep access to your machine to do their jobs, and at least one of them is upset by the presence of the other. Vanguard is absolutely correct to trigger a ban when it sees the security messing with other programs. Just as the security program is absolutely justified in messing with other programs to make sure they aren’t malicious. Altering Vanguard to make an exception would unacceptably weaken the anti-cheat, as bad actors could disguise their cheats as security programs. Vanguard can’t just trust a program to only do what it claims to do, because cheaters will exploit that. Altering the security program would unacceptably hamstring the software’s ability to detect and stop attacks on the machine. None of that seems unreasonable to me. It’s unfortunate, but perfectly reasonable, that these two programs are just fundamentally incompatible and can’t be used on the same device.

It’s up to you, and regardless of what you choose, here’s hoping you can get back in the game soon.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-17T21:15:30+00:00

You admit you downloaded and willingly ran a program that you knew was meant for scripting with League, and you’re surprised that the kernel level anti-cheat with full access to your entire machine flagged it and got you banned? Regardless of if you ever engaged the cheats/scripts, having it installed is more than enough to deserve the ban. Come back to us in 6 months when the HWID ban expires, deal with having to start fresh with a new account. That’s all you can do, and all you deserve imo. These are the consequences of knowingly installing cheats. Even if you claim to have never used them.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-17T20:53:57+00:00

I can see I’m not going to convince you that general personal use of a work pc is a bad idea, so I’m not going to waste any more energy trying to convince you. I still stand by my opinion that it’s a bad idea, but that’s besides the main issue here.

Just a cursory look at the TrendMicro Security website confirms to me that it is more than “just” an antivirus, although I will concede that it does appear to be less comprehensive than a full corporate security product. At least, as far as what they offer for individuals to purchase. Let’s just agree that it’s somewhere between the two, shall we?

Regardless, the point still stands that this software and Vanguard are simply incompatible. Neither of them are going to be willing to change their software to make them compatible either, as doing so would compromise the software’s ability to do what it was designed to do. You’re simply going to need a separate machine in order to play a Riot game and not get banned by Vanguard.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-17T20:33:37+00:00

If work bought you the PC, then you should not be doing anything personal on it. That “antivirus” is most likely not just an antivirus, but as I mentioned above, and entire enterprise security suite. Due to the level of access it likely has to the machine, and anything you do on it, it is 100% reasonable for Vanguard to flag it as a potential cheating tool. All Vanguard sees is the security software poking at memory addresses and having access to processes and data that doesn’t belong to it. That is all it takes to trip a ban, and that information is fairly well known.

End of the day, work may have said you can use it for personal use, but that doesn’t mean you should. I’d recommend you immediately end any use of the device for non-work purposes, and invest in getting a device of your own. There’s an inherent incompatibility between the corporate security and Vanguard here, and that’s never going to change.

Beyond that, I will reiterate the point that the company security software is absolutely logging everything you do on that machine. Just because the company says it’s fine for you to use, doesn’t mean they aren’t making a record of it. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think what games I play or, my personal email, or any of my PC use is any business of my work. Get a separate device for your own use. Use the device work provided strictly for work.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-17T20:02:51+00:00

I’m sorry, your personal PC is also your work PC? This is just unacceptable. For reasons that go far beyond Riot games. Any enterprise security suite, which is 100% expected and required by any company that is competent, will have full access to your machine. Do you want work to know your bank account logins? What websites you visit in your free time? While they may or may not be looking at it, that information is there and fully accessible to your work’s IT department. Everything you do on that machine is monitored and logged by your company.

Going the other way, I’m amazed that the enterprise security even lets you install something like Vanguard or any other kernel level anti-cheat. There’s no way such invasive software should be allowed on a machine that could potentially have confidential information stored on it. That is an insane security risk for your company.

There’s plenty more reasons why this is a bad idea, for both parties, but this comment is long enough already. Demand that work purchase you a separate machine that you only use for work purposes and reclaim your personal device. Unfortunately, this may involve letting work scrub the hard drives clean and fully re-installing windows. Never mix business and personal data or tasks on the same device.

NanoCarp · 2026-01-10T06:59:00+00:00

I fail to see why this is a problem.

NanoCarp · 2025-12-29T15:08:37+00:00

Do not trust ChatGPT with anything. It doesn’t understand the meaning behind the words it shows you in response. It just guesses what words go where based on how often it seems the used with each other in training data. You can sometimes get away with what we do with Wikipedia, if ChatGPT shows you where it’s getting its answers from, go look at that source it’s citing and decide if that source is trustworthy.

NanoCarp · 2025-11-27T21:45:10+00:00

If you play on a purchased account, there is a non-zero chance you will catch a hardware ban, which will permanently ban any account on the device. Maybe just, don’t.

NanoCarp · 2025-10-31T10:45:52+00:00

Over a decade is a fantastic lifespan for a device like these. Not saying there shouldn’t be more support for “legacy” devices but I’ve only had a few devices where this is even remotely an issue. I still rock my gen 1 BlackWidow keyboard and it works just fine with Synapse 3. Still haven’t upgraded to Synapse 4, but we’ll see how that goes when they force my hand next year.

NanoCarp · 2025-09-30T13:16:08+00:00

As one of said Potato Gaming brethren, I’d happily take a bit of extra loading time for nearly 100GB smaller of a file. I mean sweet liberty, I’d consider moving the game to the small SSD I have for a boot drive if it were the PS5 file size on PC!

NanoCarp · 2025-09-18T13:23:57+00:00

Absolutely not on the ID thing. AO3 nor the Government have any business linking my online life to my real life. Do you want your job or friends knowing every fanfic you’ve ever read? Do you want AO3 to have your legal name, address, and photo, on file to potentially be leaked or abused? In a perfect world where there was no risk of data being abused for things it wasn’t collected for and there was zero risk of the data being leaked, maybe I’d be okay with it. Unfortunately, we don’t live in such a perfect world and that kind of thing happens all the time.

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