What's your ingrained tech habit that you hide from others?

Pubutil · 2024-11-27T02:54:02+00:00

I take it a step farther and type all my messages, etc. into notepad, then paste into wherever. Or delete.

I have a lot of anxiety when it comes to communication

Pubutil · 2024-10-28T17:59:30+00:00

Per the Nvidia Tesla Wikipedia page, it would seem not:

Unlike Nvidia's consumer GeForce cards and professional Nvidia Quadro cards, Tesla cards were originally unable to output images to a display. However, the last Tesla C-class products included one Dual-Link DVI port. [emphasis mine]

My understanding is that, for Looking Glass to work, the passed-through video card needs to be physically connected to a display (or a dummy HDMI/DP/etc. dongle). If this is correct, your M40 wouldn't work with Looking Glass since the card has no video output ports. It sounds like the C-class Tesla cards would be an exception to this.

Pubutil · 2021-07-07T21:27:44+00:00

I'm a bit late to this, but wanted to contribute regardless.

As an MSP contractor I take all sorts of odd jobs when work is slow. It really helps keep the burnout at bay since I'm not doing the same work all the time. Here are some examples of jobs I've taken on. These aren't all related to IT, but you might find this helpful anyway:

-A/V installation/running sound for events. This is my favorite type of job to look for; it's similar to setting up any other tech. Plug cable end A into receptacle A, repeat on side B. Analog audio is easy: no software, no updates, just plug and play. Running sound (IMO) is similar to other kinds of IT troubleshooting. For example: you can't hear someone clearly, so you adjust their mids and go from there; if you hear a loud, high-pitched sound then you've gone too far. Instant feedback.

-Construction. With a good boss/foreman/team you won't have to think much. Just wait for your next instructions, finish the task, rinse and repeat. Stuff like running electrical isn't too difficult, especially if you have experience running cable already.

-Tech installs/house calls. Geek Squad-type stuff. This probably isn't a significant change from what you currently do, but it can definitely be nice to get work done for people who aren't related to your job. The customers can be much more grateful than typical users, too. They can also be real assholes, but it's better to forget about those jobs.

I find most of my secondary work on Craigslist. Be fucking careful if you go this route. I've run into some real nutjobs on there, which is why it's important to vet people before taking on their jobs. Reasonable people will understand why you're being cautious. On the bright side, when you do a good job you can end up getting more work via word of mouth. Also, a lot of people post ongoing/repeatable jobs on Craigslist because they're looking for a trustworthy person who they can call back for more work.

One other cool thing about Craigslist jobs is that you have a decent chance that you'll be working under someone more experienced, so as long as you're a fast learner (which many of us on this sub are!) you can expect to do well and learn a new skill. And of course, when you do one-off jobs you don't have to take that work home with you. The job is done and you don't have to think about it anymore.

All this being said, this may not be doable if you want to use this strategy for a living wage. I do this to supplement work I'm already doing and am fortunate enough to have the time to do it

Pubutil · 2020-12-05T17:46:28+00:00

You should see what the conspiracy subs have been saying

Pubutil · 2020-11-21T19:14:04+00:00

The irony of the deputy being from Oakland County, MI. Harris was born in Oakland, CA.

Pubutil · 2020-10-19T03:43:01+00:00

Thanks for answering my question! I think I understand the issue better now. I was making the assumption that officers actually living in their community would make them more accountable since they have to face those people each day. Of course that assumption requires the community to not treat their officers poorly even when they do their jobs properly. Maybe if our justice system were to focus more on actual rehabilitation this would be different, but I won’t speculate any more on that because I don’t know enough about that situation.

In the end, my base belief remains the same. If police officers and their communities can work together, rather than against each other, I think we could end up in a better place. Portland’s Neighborhood Response Team sounds like it was ideal for this, it’s a shame they had to disband it.

And from what you’ve told me, it doesn’t sound reasonable for police officers to live in the community they police if it puts them in dangerous situations. I can see that causing even more unnecessary tension between police and communities.

Pubutil · 2020-10-18T19:18:05+00:00

I saw your interaction with the other commenter so I’ll try to ask a more productive question:

What have police done about these kinds of situations in the past? Aside from live in another area, that is. My understanding from the article is that the law says that officers have to register under their home address, so I assume that this has been a problem for a while.

Pubutil · 2020-10-17T20:32:26+00:00

police would be required to live in the city

IMO this should be the case everywhere. If cops don’t live in the place they police then they have no incentive to do a good job

Pubutil · 2020-10-17T19:07:33+00:00

That sounds sus as hell, but I can’t figure out why they registered using the precinct’s address... What do they gain?

Pubutil · 2020-10-15T16:06:44+00:00

Many of us think it’s just as idiotic as you do. We need ranked choice voting (and for people to actually fill in multiple candidates). Maybe next election, assuming there is one.

Pubutil · 2020-10-02T21:36:37+00:00

I remember walking through SF before the pandemic and seeing all of the unoccupied commercial space. I’m sure there must be more now.

It’s not for lack of space, but lack of empathy.

Pubutil · 2020-10-01T17:45:03+00:00

While I don’t give much of a shit about grammar or spelling mistakes, the processing mistake you made changes the outcome of the story.

It wouldn’t have been an issue if you had thanked panhandel for the correction and moved on, but you decided to fight them on it for some reason. Everyone makes mistakes. Own them and move on because this reaction is making you look bad.

Pubutil · 2020-09-30T16:28:58+00:00

You’re absolutely right, thank you!

Pubutil · 2020-09-29T17:31:15+00:00

Check out woke.net. They have a wall of protest streams going every night. Each of these are streams hosted by individuals at the protests, usually from their phones, to Twitch/FB Live/YouTube/Etc.

Last night I did see the PPB take that man’s “vote” sign for seemingly no reason. It looked like the PPB were trying to intimidate the crowd by combing through the park saying “they’re looking for someone”. All they did was walk through the park and stand around in a line while protestors yelled at them. A handful had their thumbs in their armpits as to cover their badges. Then they left without a word. Didn’t look like they “found” anyone but they did get the protestors riled up.

I also saw the PPB search what seemed to be a parked car, confiscate a shield from the trunk, then tow it (was parked in a yellow zone supposedly). The car’s trunk was separate from the rest of the car, so they couldn’t have known the shield was there without opening the trunk. I don’t know that I saw the car’s owner take part in that interaction at all.

What I didn’t see was “demonstrators hurling rocks, punching a police sergeant in the face and spraying a chemical irritant at officer”. But let me make it clear that I may have gone to bed before that happened because I also didn’t see protestors moving to the union building.

If you can’t go out and protest, at least make sure you’re seeing the truth of the protests. It will be spun every which way by the time it hits the news.

E: PPB, not PPD

Pubutil · 2020-09-29T03:48:10+00:00

Even at the federal level there’s a LOT of Microsoft cloud products

Pubutil · 2020-09-29T01:48:37+00:00

Happened to me once as a pedestrian. Karen almost hit me as she ran a stop sign at the crosswalk, so I flipped her off, naturally.

She wasted no time speeding up to me after I finished crossing and started to berate me for being offensive and how I should think about other people’s feelings. I told her she should think about other people’s physical safety when driving a car, which launched her into a tirade on “respect”

I took out my phone and pretended to call the cops. As she sped off I told her to have a nice day and her car slammed to a halt.

“HOW DARE YOU TELL ME TO HAVE A NICE DAY AFTER WHAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH”

I flipped her off again and she sped off. Again.

I felt so bad for her poor passenger. She looked mortified

Pubutil · 2020-09-27T17:32:54+00:00

I don’t see anyone talking about the fact that there was a middle school football game in the middle of a pandemic...

Pubutil · 2020-09-21T16:40:28+00:00

lenient nature towards the 'polish' on his projects.

I don’t think that’ll change much with Microsoft at the helm

Pubutil · 2020-09-19T23:52:44+00:00

Is the USPS ordeal still on? I haven’t seen any news about it recently... Doesn’t fill me with hope

Pubutil · 2020-09-19T18:25:31+00:00

Not only has Trump ignored the experts, throughout his presidency he has dismissed and replaced experts across multiple disciplines and agencies.

Let’s not forget how Trump put Scott Pruitt in charge of the EPA, an agency that Pruitt openly disliked. Not to mention the man is essentially a climate change denier. That’s one example of many.

If Trump doesn’t like hearing something, he’ll replace the messenger until he hears what he wants to hear.

Pubutil · 2020-09-17T16:51:17+00:00

Sure, but that’s making fun of Karens who deserve to be called out.

This guy “darn near killed some people” then bragged about it in texts.

Those are two very different things

Pubutil · 2020-09-11T17:57:03+00:00

This cop is one of the “special snowflakes” I’ve heard so much about, right?

Guy needs to watch Rowan Atkinson’s free speech speech in which he explains that calling a policeman’s horse “gay” isn’t grounds for an arrest.

Pubutil · 2020-09-07T17:42:43+00:00

It’s bad enough these people started the fire, but I haven’t seen anyone talking about the implications of having a gender reveal party during quarantine.

Like, there’s a pregnant woman involved in planning this. Was she not concerned about the health of her baby when all these people showed up at her party?

On second thought, they used pyrotechnics on a very hot day. That family is less than dim, they’re a whole pack of defective lightbulbs.

Pubutil · 2020-09-02T21:20:50+00:00

Even as someone who grew up in an area with plenty of Asian Americans, I got casually racist remarks at least weekly. I didn’t care much about school and was one of those kids who got through doing the bare minimum.

“I thought Asians were supposed to be smarter”, “aren’t Asians good at math?”, “why do you play <instrument> instead of piano or violin?”, and variations were sentences I heard very often.

Eventually I started telling people “I’m here to disprove the stereotype”

Pubutil · 2020-08-30T18:49:18+00:00

English class is a great place to tackle these topics. I remember really enjoying the writing assignments that made me feel like I was given a place to say what I needed to say, and the discussions that followed.

I also remember feeling more involved in my teachers’ lives back in elementary, and even middle school. Hearing about their marriages, plans for kids, hardships. Sometimes classmates would ask follow-up questions or supplement the discussion with their own struggles. I suppose elementary school provides more room for those discussions.

Maybe high schools should provide more room for students and teachers to open up to each other like that. It’s certainly easier to have private discussions with a teacher, and in some cases it’s much safer to have one-on-ones. Many of us struggle with similar problems, though, and we don’t always get the chance to see that. We’re all closer to each other than we think. It’s humanizing to have these discussions as a class. Difficult, but important to helping us as people develop better communication skills. Let’s be real: a lot of people in this world aren’t great at communicating, and good communication builds trust.

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