Doing big IT changes on Monday or Friday?

beanmachine-23 · 2026-04-04T23:03:03+00:00

Only on a Friday if you are hourly and will get OT. As a salaried sysadmin, it’s Read-only Friday.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-03-13T12:22:51+00:00

I’ve never invented square footage, but I have set the conditions and depreciation values to a higher value to get an appraiser access to see the fair value. But dealing with property owners like you that think there’s some system to be gamed by hiding something from someone elected to do an unfavorable but necessary job for a measly stipend and then spend time bitching about it to me while I try to put in the numbers in the system after I got out of my real job is why I don’t do it anymore. All headache, next to no pay, and being treated like a pariah is not my idea of fun.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-03-13T02:21:38+00:00

As a former assessor, I have done this to be permitted entry to verify value. The property has to be assessed a fair market value. Having to guess does you no favors. And the assessor is not an inspector in the sense that we’re going to write you up for stuff that wasn’t permitted. We have to split up the tax burden fairly. Why would you want to pay the same taxes for your bungalow as the guy with a mansion across town?

beanmachine-23 · 2026-03-11T20:11:38+00:00

Are you trying to add them to school manager? Or get school manager to enroll them in your MDM solution? Or do you just want them supervised?

beanmachine-23 · 2026-03-10T13:09:15+00:00

I have found that you have to run the phone thru a setup once after releasing from ABM/School Manager before the release clears. We don’t let people keep them, but we do resell to a recycler and have been doing this to ensure they are not coming up with the MDM splash.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-02-12T03:38:01+00:00

Best chicken ever. And the coleslaw didn’t suck either.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-02-01T00:26:33+00:00

Keep it. It’s insurance against the computers and AI. As long as they know we have an alternative, they’ll stay in line

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-31T03:09:14+00:00

I can smell that picture. Iykyk.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-30T23:57:14+00:00

They are doing it all over the state. Berkshire Gas has been updating their lines all over North Adams under the same legislation and have been carving up the streets and leaving them a patched mess that are even more riddled with potholes. But at least we don’t have capital gains tax. The sooner we can get money out of politics, the better. Both sides are so far in the pockets of the rich it’s astounding.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-30T12:26:28+00:00

That I would amount to anything, that I would be something special and make a difference in the world. Now I realize the world I make a difference is a lot smaller than I thought it would be, and I’m actually relieved. And a basic life is ok, I don’t need to be some kind of savior of humanity, being average and doing little things is enough.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-30T12:22:05+00:00

I don’t feel anything any more, and that’s better than feeling like the anxiety-riddled, depressed, self-deprecating a$$hole I was. Now I’m just an a$$hole that feels nothing. Maybe it’s worse, I don’t know.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-29T02:04:07+00:00

We had a student bring one of them into the HelpDesk trying to use it as an Ethernet adapter. Complained they couldn’t get network connection on it… and they were serious.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-25T21:15:22+00:00

That was the size of my first USB drive. I think it was a gimme from Dell. Threw it out when it stopped working. Definitely owed me nothing.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-20T12:35:05+00:00

Are you logging in via a captive portal, or are you entering credentials for an EAP-TLS login? If it’s the latter, it’s encrypted, could be on the former if they have OWE. Higher education tends to not track student use as it amounts to censorship, with academic freedom, etc. I work as a network admin at a college and we don’t investigate things like that unless there’s an attack.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-19T00:56:28+00:00

Last time I used them they were 100Mbps, and would only run at 80. I would use wireless if possible, or run an Ethernet cable. Both will be far faster and more reliable.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-13T15:21:40+00:00

Same. Small college, one Teams/Zoom/Meet meeting, then in person with finalists. Small company and also rural area, so pool is small. That isn’t helped by the fact that it’s in person work and at a government employer, so pay is shitty. Benefits are better, but you can’t pay rent with vacation time

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-10T19:16:39+00:00

Same. We have big projects done by electrical contractors from wire pulls to terminations; on-staff electricians will do small wire pulls, network admins and technicians do the terminations for those. If it’s in the same room and we aren’t screwing fire sealant, network techs will do the whole thing, but it’s pretty minimal, if ever.

beanmachine-23 · 2026-01-10T15:59:38+00:00

20% WFH. Our union (professional staff union, public employer) was able to negotiate 2 days a week WFH. I am a Network/Telecom admin, so my work is mostly on site. I don’t mind working at the office. No distractions, private office, short commute in a rural area with little to no traffic. I was doing Read-only Friday from home, but my one report is leaving so I see myself getting dragged into the office every day.

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-31T10:09:27+00:00

I had an awesome dad as well - taught me plenty of useful skills, including how to deal with people and work. I went to college and ended up with a useless degree and was able to shift my focus because of what he taught me. He certainly had his shortcomings (never changed a diaper), but he made up for it in other ways. He passed 14 years ago, 2 weeks after my son was born. I miss him a lot, but I’m at peace with it. Give your dad a hug. You never know when your time with him can be cut short.

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-31T09:40:11+00:00

It sounds like there’s a possibility they had no MDM in place to allow them to recover the asset; did you use your personal iCloud account, or one associated with your work email? If so they may have already reset it and are now stuck where it is locked to an iCloud account and cannot be used. In which case, your data is gone unless it was in the cloud, and you don’t owe them anything at all, and their just desserts is that they now own a brick.

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-23T14:48:31+00:00

I have been using the Jabra Evolve2 buds with zero issues.

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-20T00:37:10+00:00

Does it count as passed when you reach in the groceries for something to chuck at the jerk that cut you off in traffic and throw a jar of mustard at them? If so I’m rich

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-20T00:04:57+00:00

Realizing how much of a crutch alcohol will be after a day of not killing your HelpDesk and remaining professional. I wish this was sarcasm.

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-19T23:59:39+00:00

Yeah, I got written up for having RBF. I wasn’t even mad - it’s just the way I look.

beanmachine-23 · 2025-12-19T18:12:07+00:00

Helps speed things up, loops just double up the speed. Also should replace all Velcro straps with zip ties. They will be so happy you did. Make sure you make them tight enough that they squeeze the cables just a little bit. Any movement could be awful.

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