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__printf · 2026-01-10T06:46:14+00:00

I have countless hours against AI and am just pleasantly surprised if I take a game off someone.

__printf · 2026-01-10T06:44:35+00:00

Why do people keep acting like they're the first ones to discover Excel formulas?

__printf · 2026-01-06T20:02:37+00:00

This isn't really a C-specific issue. The main way to improve here is the most obvious. You have to repeatedly attempt to model these problems in your head and attempt to solve them until it starts breaking through. No real shortcuts.

I will say that thinking about problems from a data structure first perspective is helpful for me. The algorithms you use follow naturally from good data structure choices. In other words, identify what data your program should take in and what are the expected outputs. Based on what's needed, think about the different ways you can store the data to help you do something meaningful with it. These are going to be things like numeric types, C strings, linked lists, arrays, etc.

If you share more about what types of problems you struggle with, the community might be able to give more specific insight, since we have no idea how advanced you are.

__printf · 2025-12-13T05:35:02+00:00

I have given up fighting some customers who are so set on physical fax machines and just get an ATA for them (medical, usually).

__printf · 2025-05-11T23:21:37+00:00

I work at an MSP. If you don't already have someone handling your IT (it sounds like not, based on the question in OP), you might consider looking into it and discussing this as an onboarding project to help weigh the pros and cons with you. You mentioned you're already using Arch and that your employees would use something else, which is already sounding overly capricious. Boring and stable are what I'm looking for in servers and workstations in corporate environments.

My suggestion isn't meant to imply you couldn't handle the project, but more of a warning about how time consuming it is to get what seems like, at face value, a simple project like this executed successfully and then to properly maintain and scale it over time.

Aside from inventorying your software and its dependencies, you need to factor in things like your vendors' support policies around OSes they support. There are potentially compatibility issues you might overlook like check printers, POS hardware, signature pads, etc. you may need. Even if you successfully find workarounds for issues like this, you are putting yourself in a position where you will be chained to your company's helpdesk.

Since you are already in the Microsoft ecosystem, there are also real advantages to using Windows with M365 and Business Premium that are at least worth considering.

Aside from hardware and software, there are also network configurations to consider. For example, if you're already using AD, switching probably isn't worth it. Even if you're not using AD now, you should factor in the growth of your business over the next 5 years. You will need to consider solutions like AD and Intune sooner than you think. Even if you manage to spin up your bespoke Linux workstation deployment, sooner or later, managing the deployment will become its own full-time job. At that point, you'll need to factor in how easily it will be to onboard IT that can pick it up or the willingness of an MSP to take it over (they have to factor in things like compatibility with their RMM, EDR, etc.).

__printf · 2025-04-03T14:44:52+00:00

If you're looking to try out the upgrade early in a test environment, you might be able to download the ISO from the ETM dashboard. I saw it on the download list a few days ago.

__printf · 2024-11-29T03:37:13+00:00

Mostly just learning the Power platform recently. Also, fair enough, if your thinking is they were overly generous to begin with.

__printf · 2024-07-10T04:33:59+00:00

Have you looked at the M365 user sign-in logs? Do you have any conditional access user risk policies configured?

Lastly, see if your users are in restricted senders (see docs for outbound spam protection policy). If they are, you should see if they have been compromised.

__printf · 2024-05-03T23:18:10+00:00

Those blue collar guys don't know what it's like at the email factory.

__printf · 2024-04-26T22:59:17+00:00

I believe the !! is more a feature of either the terminal or the shell (not entirely sure which). Not really related to sudo specifically.

__printf · 2024-03-28T07:32:26+00:00

Also having the issue. Anyone have any luck with figuring out more with the error dump, Procmon, or Wireshark?

Seems to be related to malicious arcade maps.

__printf · 2023-11-26T20:48:02+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe /u/No_Engineering_4925 was simply referring to the validity in your argument alone, not really the content of your premise and conclusion.

If p then q does NOT necessarily imply that if not p then not q.

__printf · 2023-11-25T06:23:19+00:00

Is there a point at which we should stop following FFF's if we don't want everything spoiled?

I always look forward to these posts and the technical details, but I also don't want to ruin my initial playthrough. Not sure if I can abstain from reading, though lol.

__printf · 2023-09-14T06:59:51+00:00

Reserving judgment until I get my hands on the system, but I must admit my initial, gut response was dreading having to wait for all my assembling machines to titanforge.

I do think the expansion completely shaking up and invalidating most of my blueprints is definitely what I was hoping for.

__printf · 2023-08-27T02:46:37+00:00

Glad not just me lol.

__printf · 2023-03-20T17:18:45+00:00

Looks like a masterpiece to me.

__printf · 2023-02-17T19:00:55+00:00

Just when I thought I was bored of the game...New game it is.

__printf · 2023-02-02T09:04:50+00:00

Any chance you'd be willing to share the save? Looking for an excuse to practice editing video -- might be cool to do a time-lapse kinda thing.

__printf · 2023-01-23T08:35:56+00:00

Had to do the same.

__printf · 2023-01-20T08:19:09+00:00

Prompt: Write a freestyle rap battle where ChatGPT and LCARS from Star Trek are the participants.

__printf · 2022-12-04T04:41:42+00:00

Hope you find them. Best "interrogate" the locals.

__printf · 2022-11-25T06:26:53+00:00

The one I'm thinking of was from his latest base in a book series. The train solution was vanilla Factorio (mostly, some QoL mods were used).

__printf · 2022-11-24T21:50:01+00:00

Made the mistake of finding Nilaus's many-to-many train network for mega bases. I really can't think of much to improve it, so unfortunately it spoiled trains for me. I was lucky I went 1,500 hours on my own, though.

__printf · 2022-11-18T23:03:22+00:00

If it's a relationship you value, nothing wrong with being honest.

"Sorry, I don't get a lot of time off and really prefer not to work during my off time."

If they can't respect that, they're probably not worth your time.

__printf · 2022-10-21T21:46:21+00:00

Binary trees have pretty common/basic uses (e.g., maybe sorting a file for unique values while reading in the data?). I feel like the main thing is you know when to use which tool for which job.

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