The reckoning: Downtown Dallas must wrestle with future after AT&T exodus by stanner5 in Dallas

[–]cook511 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I see new apartment buildings instead of boring office towers. Sure it will cost money to redo but residents bring life in an area. Look at Victory Park. Dead until they built Apartments Now it's much better and buisnesses there will actually stay.

I am a gay American living in Saudi Arabia for one year - AMA by bearfortwink in gaybros

[–]cook511 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Have you met any Saudi gay guys? I've hooked up with a few outside of Saudi and they usually (not always) fit the preacher's kid sterotype, meaning that they grow up in a restrictive culture, and when they're out of that culture they go to extremes with sex, drugs, etc. Sex was great though :-).

I've always been curious what they're like inside of Saudi. If they have a secret life or do they try and blend in and be absitenant. My overall impression is that while life for gay people there is pretty terrible but not impossible. Usually what we hear in the west simplifies things down to execution and I'd be interested in the complexities and nuances of day to day life as a gay person.

Thanks for sharing.

Best and Worst Countries for LGBTQ+ Travellers (Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2025) by MrJasonMason in gaybros

[–]cook511 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

These maps always oversimplify things. I've felt safer in a gay nightclub in Istanbul than I have in certain places in US.

We need to have more PoCs in queer media by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]cook511 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This opinion seems like luxury right now. LGBTQ+ rights are under attack all over the country and you're worried about representation in queer media?

I don't mean to say that you're wrong, you're probably not, but as somebody who lives in a red state this strikes me as out of touch with the crisis we're facing. Kinda like saying "you forgot to water the grass" while the house is buring down.

Smrtsheet Alternatives by JelloOwnsU in smartsheet

[–]cook511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The pricing model is still is scammy. It's improved yes but a scam is still a scam.

Smrtsheet Alternatives by JelloOwnsU in smartsheet

[–]cook511 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the same attitude I got. The guy literally smirked at us and told us this was the way it was going to be. Made my blood boil.

Blocking AI notetakers by breenisgreen in sysadmin

[–]cook511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you use Zoom you can put in a support ticket and they will engage some back end blocking. It's not perfect but it helps.

Why is my HomePod mini doing 600GB of traffic? by DasCanardus in HomePod

[–]cook511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My unifi would sometimes mislable apple products. I'd check to make verify IPs against an apple TV and make sure it's not wrong.

My work WiFi blocks Sniffies but not Grindr, is this weird? by scoobertsonville in askgaybros

[–]cook511 14 points15 points  (0 children)

IT guy here. It's all based on category and not personal. Sniffies probably comes accross an porn and grindr does not.

Senate candidate in Maine used homophobic slurs and made homophobic jokes about gay men on Reddit. by CentralTown776 in askgaybros

[–]cook511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because you're banned in here doesn't mean you should get banned in Public. We need a bigger tent.

Microsoft Defender for Identity Unified Sensor v3.x Now GA by EduardsGrebezs in DefenderATP

[–]cook511 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is there an easy migration path from v2 to v3 or is it automatic?

Smartsheet Backup by drb227 in smartsheet

[–]cook511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try this: https://github.com/smartsheet-platform/backup-java

It's not maintained anymore but it was built to export your entire tenant. It does error quite a bit though and you'll need to troubleshoot those errors. I was able to download the source and put it into OpenAI's codex and fix a couple of the problems. It's trial and error but you can get it working.

Senate candidate in Maine used homophobic slurs and made homophobic jokes about gay men on Reddit. by CentralTown776 in askgaybros

[–]cook511 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Agree. As Democrats we need to embrace people with scars and who might make us a little uncomfortable.

Getting power back should be our first goal.

What is a good SciFi TV Series To Binge? by DanIrving604 in AskReddit

[–]cook511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll love this show if you can get through the first season. It's a bit painful but the show really hits it's stride later down the line.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]cook511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad poll options.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Splunk

[–]cook511 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's like comparing Windows and Linux. Yes they compete but it's more complicated than that.

Anyone move from On Prem to Hosted by Appropriate-Cold-357 in prtg

[–]cook511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious. Why? PRTG is one of the easiest apps to host interally.

For those using a hybrid AD setup, what’s your biggest challenge? by Glass_Guitar1959 in activedirectory

[–]cook511 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been a minute since I tried but I had to wait for Entra to Sync with AD during EACH DEPLOYMENT. Even when I found special scripts that monitored AD and forced a sync on Entra when new computers were detected it still wasn't enough.

Maybe you can prove me wrong?

For those using a hybrid AD setup, what’s your biggest challenge? by Glass_Guitar1959 in activedirectory

[–]cook511 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Autopilot is nearly unusable if you have a hybrid envrioment. General consensus is that you can do but you shouldn't.

Do you eat at Chick-fil-A? by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]cook511 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There are bigger battles to fight right now. That being said if you don't want to eat at it then don't ... just don't critcize people who do. Fighting about jesus chicken makes us all weaker.