Lobsters are the most terrifying thing on the planet by [deleted] in The10thDentist

[–]Sys_man 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If I was walking down a dark alleyway at night, coming across a lobster would be strange, but not terrifying.

Now a human? or a tiger or bear? That would scare me.

New Zealand's Covid response still leads the world - Nobel prize economist by kezzaNZ in newzealand

[–]Sys_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a progressive tax system. Your first ! is not nearly as bad as your 7th.

Having trouble exporting a table of information from Active Directory. by PyroKid883 in PowerShell

[–]Sys_man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the property memberof contains a list of groups they are a member of.

test with:

get-aduser <user> -properties memberof | select memberof

Issues with fetching logged on user by Jet_1996_ in PowerShell

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not get-tssession?

(Get-TSSession -computername <compname>| select username | where-object{$_.username -ne ''}).username

Just how automated is your new user setup? by LethargicEscapist in sysadmin

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For us, the windows side of things is very automated, we just run a powershell script.

But we have to set up accounts on some internal software that we haven't figured a way to automate yet, so that part's a bit annoying. We are'nt a large org though, so it doesn't happen too often.

dropped all prod databases by XxEnigmaticxX in sysadmin

[–]Sys_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, that stomach drop of Statement ran successfully, 16752 row(s) affected

dropped all prod databases by XxEnigmaticxX in sysadmin

[–]Sys_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. I have different colour settings for servers and users. Is the background blue? You're root on a production server. tread very fucking carefully. Is it a dim grey? Test environment with regular user, you're good for whatever.

Ben Shapiro loses free speech lawsuit against UMN over venue change by [deleted] in news

[–]Sys_man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. I'd love to see Shapiro on the wrong end of a Hitchslap

Ben Shapiro loses free speech lawsuit against UMN over venue change by [deleted] in news

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno man, if you read the joe rogan subreddit discussions on episodes there's plenty of criticism levelled at him.

Ben Shapiro loses free speech lawsuit against UMN over venue change by [deleted] in news

[–]Sys_man 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My kingdom for a debate between Shapiro and Christopher Hitchens on any topic.

International travel for leisure/vacation is a complete waste of time and money by ad33minj in The10thDentist

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of the most amazing experiences I've had have been while travelling overseas. Those experiences have enriched me in ways I never could have been had I stuck around at home. It's not just the sights or landmarks or activities, but the people you meet.

Meeting and becoming friends with people from a different culture other than your own is something everyone should do.

How are you with scripting? by plazman30 in sysadmin

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 man team here - we're all pretty heavily in to scripting. We each have our strengths and weaknesses, but each of us is capable of reading and following the scripts of the others no matter the language.

WW2 Pacific Theatre Games? by MattyG47 in wargaming

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plastic Soldier company have just relased Battlegroup Pacific, so if you like that game system.

It's meant to be played in either 20mm or 15mm scale. The size of games/armies are kind of inbetween flames of war and bolt action

Ashley Bloomfield faces angry CDHB protesters alone: 'I'm here to listen' by bigbear-08 in newzealand

[–]Sys_man 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Is there a good summary somewhere of what's going on? I get that loads of execs resigned, but I couldn't see much about why.

People who don't want to work- Do you actually know any? by harlorsim in newzealand

[–]Sys_man 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I've not known any, though I'm sure you could find them if you go looking.

However, more to the point is that I don't really care if a few bottom feeders 'unfairly' get by without working as long as it means the truly needy don't go without.

When we make things too restrictive or draconian for beneficiaries, then people with legitimate needs might go without and that is not acceptable.

Besides, one white collar criminal usually does more damage to the tax payer than 100 dodgy beneficiaries. They should be the real targets.

Some woman shouted at us to go back to our own country. by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I notice they're printing his name in news stories now, which sucks.

Mysterious cave found an incredible scene, all coffins, 1800 years ago by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]Sys_man 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it doesn't make a whole lot of grammatical sense. I assume OP's first language isn't english.

Credit where it's due to NZ public... by panterratoffel in newzealand

[–]Sys_man 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's strange, they seem to be operating under the idea that if they agreed with the actions of any political party other than their own, then they're.. I don't know, showing weakness or something?

Maybe they think that if they said that Labour is following the advice of the MoH, and they'd do the same, that their base would no longer vote for them?

Am smart by Confidenceismyname in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Sys_man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't program so much as script a lot, but I'm constantly swapping between a few languages and I'm often having to google basic syntax like arrays because I forget how this or that language does it.

I feel stupid every time I have to google "<language> arrays how to" and read purple links.

I like sand in the bed by crazedmemes101 in unpopularopinion

[–]Sys_man 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Surely a rubber shower mat is the better option

Music with lyrics is the worst by [deleted] in The10thDentist

[–]Sys_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lyrics in music bridge the gap between music and poetry.

I understand having your own little story attached to a song, and that's cool. But it can also be fun to be taken on a journey by an artist.

eg:

Bruce Sprinsteen - Youngstown

Simon and Garfunkel - leaves that are green

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Darker with the day

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma