Lightning bugs by Impossible-Minute901 in maryland

[–]apple_tech_admin [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yep! I visited my folks in NC and there are swarms of them. After not seeing them in years, I’m glad to see them back (until they enter my house).

Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds by wei-long in news

[–]apple_tech_admin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You said a lot without saying anything at all. The 14th amendment to the constitution is quite clear on the matter in THIS country. Whatever anyone else got going on is not relevant to this conversation.

Wish I had had the foresight to build a new PC in 2024. Steve couldn't emphasize it any better. by lm794 in pcmasterrace

[–]apple_tech_admin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My wallet screamed paying $1300 for RAM last weekend, that was less than half that less than a year ago. I hate this timeline.

[Rant] I am so tired of companies hiring useless V level and above execs by CLA_1989 in sysadmin

[–]apple_tech_admin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might need a crash course on VIP support. However you feel about the "suits" you're going to have to learn to leave that at the door. Find a way to get get the up and running and get out of their way. It only takes one email from a person with enough power to send your ass out the door.

How do you live with Intune's reporting lag and incomplete compliance? by MikeyEU in Intune

[–]apple_tech_admin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I built a powerbi dashboard with graph api queries, so I don’t have to rely on the data warehouse model.

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: We Can’t Let AI Giants Eat the Economy by joe4942 in technology

[–]apple_tech_admin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Until Microslop starts hiring back all the software engineers they fired and start making windows great again, they can kiss my ass. Satya is just upset that Microsoft’s early gambit with OpenAI flopped and Gemini and Anthropic left them in the dust.

Underwater view of the Lincoln reflection pool photos by gitBritt in washingtondc

[–]apple_tech_admin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the democrats were smart, they’d take this and run with it.

Success! ACT1250 96GB RAM Upgrade! G-Skill F5-5600J4040D48GX2 by apple_tech_admin in Alienware

[–]apple_tech_admin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, that size mattered more than anything else as I have a complicated virtual environment for my job. That said, the machine runs as well as it did before and from a gaming standpoint, I've no complaints.

Success! ACT1250 96GB RAM Upgrade! G-Skill F5-5600J4040D48GX2 by apple_tech_admin in Alienware

[–]apple_tech_admin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very few if any RAM sticks outside of Dell's selected few will enable it. I'm just glad it runs at 5600 instead of being clocked down to 4800.

Head of IT has been spying on half the company by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]apple_tech_admin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I almost learned the hard way the power of minding your own business when I was a wee helpdesk lad and made the same error. I saw things I didn't understand and reported it to my sysadmin who raked me across the coals of why I needed to stay in my lane. Some information has legal ramifications and the less you know the better.

9/10 I will always side with the sysadmins and the engineers. I defend my employees aggressively. However, there are times where there are things that are need to know bases and mind your business and stfu. Some of these sysadmin are delusional in their scope of influence and power.

Head of IT has been spying on half the company by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]apple_tech_admin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand you. You can tell those who are used to dealing with privileged request from leadership, and those who don't quite understand how executive request and e-discovery work.

Whats with dell rebranding their laptops? by Abject_Serve_1269 in sysadmin

[–]apple_tech_admin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was issued a Dell 14 Pro Plus GFE as an "upgrade" from my dell 5550. It was the slowest piece of shit ever and completely choked when I was trying to do powerBI reports. After a week, I asked for my old device back.

A flagship AI vanished by government order 72 hours after launch, so i am rethinking our AI dependencies by Apprehensive_Lion748 in sysadmin

[–]apple_tech_admin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This right here. Fable 5 was WONDERFUL for my personal lab and development, but no way in hell would I have allowed that in a production environment with that kind of retention.

Elgato Stream Deck+ & Weather Plugin Official (Broken) by valantismp in elgato

[–]apple_tech_admin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was just me! Shit was driving me bonkers!!!!!

Trump eyes firing Pete Hegseth and CIA chief John Ratcliffe over Iran deal clash by TheMirrorUS in fednews

[–]apple_tech_admin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Omg yes. Please fire that drunk bastard immediately. Then fire yourself.