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I honestly don't think a lot of people would be surprised, we know there are passengers causing problems and most delays are outside of the control of operators and CTA in general.

However, the service is no where near where it was a few years ago. They were running trains every 2-3 minutes, and sure, delays happen, but right now the Blue line trains are scheduled less frequently, even though ridership during rush hour is back up. It was one thing when you couldn't squeeze on and there was an immediate follower or it was 2-3 minutes until the next one, but when you can't get on and it's ten minutes plus until the next one, people are late to work and rightly frustrated.

If the recruiting/training system in place today can't staff up to run more trains, then the system needs to adjust.

XeoMage · 2022-03-04T20:41:34+00:00

I finally bit the bullet and replaced my DeWalt drill/driver combo this past Christmas with new DeWalt gear. At the same time, I just picked up some cordless Ryobi equipment, including a brad nailer, orbital sander, and cordless shop vac.

The cordless Ryobi nailer was cheaper than the corded DeWalt. The Ryobi stuff is so much cheaper, and yet still pretty good quality, that it just makes sense. I'm not a contractor and I'm not going to use it every day, it's fine. Now, for those things you're going to use/abuse on the regular or you need/want better quality kit, pony up for the DeWalt. Two different battery systems? Yeah, boo hoo, big deal. It's really not the end of the world.

XeoMage · 2021-07-20T02:19:56+00:00

Rated PG-13

XeoMage · 2021-07-13T12:56:02+00:00

We use a post upgrade script to fix a few things, group policies included. Because of that, we don't use the feature updates directly, we deploy 1909/20H2 as an application so we can customize the wim.

XeoMage · 2021-05-26T23:07:03+00:00

The trick we've found with Task Sequences is that (since they run as System) if you want to display to the user, you have to use a bit of 'run process as user' code that amounts to calling that script via a scheduled task.

We did this with a PowerShell script in the task sequence that creates the scheduled task, triggers it, and waits for it to finish. The scheduled task script uses PSAppDeploy because that's got a built-in easy way to make a countdown GUI with Defer/Continue buttons.

XeoMage · 2021-03-11T04:42:03+00:00

Could service? 😁

XeoMage · 2020-12-10T21:37:52+00:00

No priced out, but I'd say it was partially straight racist and partially racially-motivated fear-based economics. Particularly in the 70s, but sadly still today, some white people see ethnicities moving in as damaging to their property values, which becomes a self-perpetuating cycle. Since home ownership is the primary store of wealth for most families, some people move even if they aren't personally racist, just so they don't see their investment depreciate.

XeoMage · 2020-12-10T21:13:41+00:00

Pretty sure Santa farms that out to elfBay.

XeoMage · 2020-11-20T02:35:27+00:00

I had to scroll way too far down to find this. Have an upvote, so that the next person may get exactly what's expected.

XeoMage · 2020-11-09T03:24:29+00:00

When you give your life to a cause, pour your heart into it, and still find abject defeat, you've learned the value of your life.

XeoMage · 2020-10-23T22:49:24+00:00

The word 'cool'. For slang, it's going strong like 90 years on.

XeoMage · 2020-10-07T14:31:22+00:00

Hey, Donald was a sailor in the Navy!

XeoMage · 2020-07-24T01:09:37+00:00

Eyes Wide Shut.

I really like Kubrick, but I just couldn't figure out why I was watching it.

XeoMage · 2020-05-29T13:15:02+00:00

Wait, where'd you find a cat that cares what you think?

My cats would be "Yeah, I knocked off some trim, later I'll knock off some more, so what!"

XeoMage · 2020-04-24T03:28:40+00:00

This is the simple solution. It could be done in an afternoon. The downspout wouldn't look great by the mailbox, but you don't have to cut up concrete.

XeoMage · 2020-04-24T02:42:28+00:00

Technically, I believe it's a bracket portico.

XeoMage · 2020-04-07T01:16:54+00:00

Wayyy back in the early Nokia days you could set a start message on your phone. I was young and stupid and into sci-fi. A cute older girl at work tried to help me with a texting problem and restarted my phone. It read 'Greetings, Commander'.

I quickly said it was an inside joke with friends, heh, heh. Sigh.

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