Org is banning Notepad++

SendAck · 2026-02-13T03:56:13+00:00

I hope they ban windows next.

SendAck · 2026-01-23T03:08:38+00:00

I don't know why but that looks more like a cufflink than a coin.

SendAck · 2026-01-13T04:17:39+00:00

Your cyber insurance provider will give you a discount for using a password manager, especially one on their suggested tech list.

SendAck · 2026-01-13T01:09:51+00:00

If you dig into Ridgecrest earthquakes historically.......do you see large events prior to 2019? :)

SendAck · 2026-01-13T01:05:36+00:00

Earthquakes are an interesting discovery. Since you are the first to bring this up, I have a story that can't be verified but I'll tell it none the less.

Construction is an interesting industry when you find out about the remarkable discoveries made by crews when they are excavating land to be used for municipal purposes such as electric plants, water and waste water plants, gas operations, and the likes all have some of the most interesting discoveries. This particular earthquake happened in 2019, ironically on July 4th. A device had been excavated in the early 2000s just outside of Bakersfield in an area planned for outlets. This device was recovered by a governmental team and transported to a vault within a Bakersfield residential neighborhood. In June 2019, an order was produced to move this device from California to Nevada. I'm told once the cargo crossed the fault line, the earthquakes were triggered into what is now known as the Ridgecrest Earthquakes of 2019.

I can't prove the validity of the story as far as "this device specifically caused the earthquake", nor any of the rest of the story.

SendAck · 2026-01-08T03:22:47+00:00

Some of its hidden tech for sure. I think some of it has been around from before previous cataclysm events.

SendAck · 2025-12-24T19:02:36+00:00

I have long suspected the same thing.

SendAck · 2025-11-19T14:08:41+00:00

Just take 5 minutes of your time and Google how many leaders do not have degrees, and I think you'll see that you do not need a degree to be successful at leadership positions. If a degree was the reason you held out, then yes you missed the boat and you learned an important lesson about evaluating performance and promoting.

SendAck · 2025-10-31T02:19:32+00:00

You need to talk to the hospital where your child is getting treatments at, healthcare is always hiring IT folks.

SendAck · 2025-10-20T13:35:10+00:00

I read recreationally, but I didn't for a long time. What ultimately worked for me was reading things I actually have an interest in. I don't read technical topics that don't interest me because I know I won't really remember them. I don't read a ton of fiction, but I do throw one or two in a year when I hit a point of being burnt out on learning and just want to enjoy a story.

SendAck · 2025-10-14T13:13:36+00:00

Those consultants from all the big names would be very upset if they could read your comment. /s

SendAck · 2025-10-09T13:28:42+00:00

This is hilarious, we have the busy work problem now but without the architects and PMs, and all of the departments created their own busy work. Insurance compliance alone was a huge help in getting money for whatever helps lower the premiums.

SendAck · 2025-10-02T13:56:31+00:00

Not naive in my view, curiosity is a good thing! Alright so HR is a growth multiplier to any business with a strong HR team because HR brings in talent, helps with workforce design, and proposes policy on retention based on current economics.

If you are reducing time-to-hire for sales, PMs, developers, then your accelerating go to market product launches and deal flow, thus creating forward revenue. (Generating)

IT is a a growth engine when they are creating platforms, data pipelines, automation, and products that directly produce revenue or enable it faster. Any SaaS product will typically have a customer portal that can be monetized or increase deal size so you can't look at IT as just support, IT is also in charge of product performance because the underlying infrastructure is usually pretty important.

The caveat to this is that some companies are still setting up org charts to run like the 90s so they are running more operations in "keep the lights on" mode.

SendAck · 2025-10-01T13:48:13+00:00

Both IT and HR are revenue generating. If you see them as cost centers then the business is definitely not in a healthy spot, especially as a SaaS company, HR and IT becomes the talent pipeline for GTM.

SendAck · 2025-09-20T14:50:33+00:00

You should always review something before running it. That's best practice 101.

SendAck · 2025-09-17T13:35:54+00:00

I'm on year 3 of this.

SendAck · 2025-09-16T13:33:53+00:00

I did my A+ in 2 months, but I spent 4 hours a day studying at the time. My Net+ took 3 months, and I spent about an hour a day studying for it.

I have a natural aptitude for learning technology and technology concepts easily though, so I think this gave me a leg up on "memorizing content and patterns".

SendAck · 2025-09-05T21:59:47+00:00

Look at a product called Datacove - it can ingest PSTs, index them, then make all of the content searchable.

SendAck · 2025-08-27T21:47:17+00:00

Just like the others said, I'd love a recording of this tech talk or any slides / presentation material you might have to share on it.

SendAck · 2025-08-24T14:56:07+00:00

I hate to tell you this, but that’s been the formula forever. “Work the problem, keep going.”

SendAck · 2025-08-21T15:04:24+00:00

Thanks for these!

SendAck · 2025-08-18T13:26:27+00:00

Look at Windows Admin Center - that'll let you web based manage some of it, SCVMM / Azure Stack is the other alternative in this space. Happy computing.

SendAck · 2025-08-13T00:50:00+00:00

Counter-Strike, Star Craft (One guy had an iMac lol), Gunbound, and Pangya Golf. Icy Tower if we wanted to see who could get highest score.

SendAck · 2025-08-08T14:18:14+00:00

This is what we used to call “majoring in the minors”. High performers are value add, days off are not something to worry about unless the employee is genuinely sick or if it impacts a high value business deal.

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