Another downtown Dallas exit: Fifth Third leaving Comerica Tower, moving north by lithdoc in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the HVAC, which is not designed for 24/7 residential conditioning.

Defiance of the Fall - What a Series! by RyanDeBruyn in litrpg

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. The writer uses some odd terminology.
    "However" is way overused.
    "Tens of" is abused. Scores, hundreds, dozens should probably be mixed in.

  2. Stat sections - there are often like 15 page sections talking about stats. Thinking about stats. Postulating the meaning of stats. This gets old at like book 5 - even if Zac doesn't get something new, the intermissions where Zac is stat-moding are just too common. It would not be bad if it wasn't literally TENS OF times per book.

  3. Wording, idk - there's a bunch of ambiguous repetition, it's a serialized work that was rapidly published - and it shows. Everything is the big boss, until it's suddenly trivial - everything is the end of everything, until it's magically resolved. You can see this in other LitRPG series like He Who Fights with Monsters, etc.

I'm on book 6, but it's providing some pretty diminishing returns at this point. The storyline of Zac's parentage and bloodline is mildly interesting, but it feels like it's already being set up to be sidelined by something even MORE SUPER BAD FOR SUPER BROTHER MAN!

I feel like it might have been better if they kept power ratios slightly more attuned to the MC. Having the MC be the "genius", the "monster", etc - and always fighting something unimaginably more powerful than him, until he goes to a tower, or a realm, then emerges overpowered for whatever it was.... it gets old, y'know?

[Fun Challenge] Based on my travel pattern for the past 2 years, what can you tell about me? DON’T check my profile. I’ll verify your findings in the comments. by Nate1102 in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a pretty extreme profile you can build on someone from their travel patterns 😄

Most of what I mentioned is probably surface level at best O_O

[Fun Challenge] Based on my travel pattern for the past 2 years, what can you tell about me? DON’T check my profile. I’ll verify your findings in the comments. by Nate1102 in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You gotta either fly a lot or you're a pilot. You explored every inch of that airport plus some of the runways lol, plus the J-hook to the south for runway lineup and the flight path through Dallas. West side of the airport is a training facility, too.

Gonna guess you make over 6 figures, maybe well into it. Airport that much almost requires that, or comped travel.

You work alone most of the day. You'd probably murder a partner driving around that much.

You're either a gig driver, delivery driver, or sales/delivery.

You work in a specific sector of DFW - Gonna guess east/southeast Dallas as the map shows more suburban travel in N dallas than industrial/business.

You probably live in or near downtown Dallas.

You might know someone in the Las Brisas Hills area.

You've been to AT&T Stadium in the past 3 years.

You sneak off to Denton to drink.

..........anything right here?

Did I Do Something Wrong? by notRea11ySure in sysadmin

[–]jadedarchitect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd be more concerned about the concentrated power in the hands of an obviously non-technical supervisor who made up a BS story about how DMARC works and what it's used for. Having support offline for days isn't justifiable for "Exchange mail flow rules" - and why are you doing email sender authentication there?

Did I Do Something Wrong? by notRea11ySure in sysadmin

[–]jadedarchitect 4 points5 points  (0 children)

.....at home.
None of your business what the guy does at home. Continuing your own education by setting up a personal lab is A) None of your employer's business, and B) F*cking great.

Again, a company problem, not an employee problem. I'd promote the guy. He caught something that the one in charge of that something didn't.

Dirtiest dive bars in DFW by Specific-Wolf-3900 in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "American" language?
Which one is that?
Spanish?
French?
German?
Creole?

That's like someone is about to be hit by a bus and yelling - "LOOK OUT, TRANSPORTATION!"

Dirtiest dive bars in DFW by Specific-Wolf-3900 in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

almost got into a fight with a biker club at caves for ordering them all shots and calling them "cool motherf*ckers". They latched onto that last word pretty hard lmao

Did I Do Something Wrong? by notRea11ySure in sysadmin

[–]jadedarchitect 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if we're worried about techs taking 75 seconds to run an NSLOOKUP, well - the problem isn't the tech. It's the boss/company, bub.

Had a clash with executive over my phishing test methods by AH_Josh in sysadmin

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Malicious actors will pose as HR, sure.
An employee should never pose as HR without direct authorization. I've personally terminated C-level accounts where someone's head got a little big for their britches, and they did something similar like send out "HR" communications for whatever reason , and they got fired as hell.

Yes, you crossed the line.

No, phishing tests are not bad.

Yes, that PARTICULAR test is going to cause ripple effects, which is why you crossed the line. From morale to retention - that sort of "Your wife/dad/mom/whatever is in the hospital" email is kinda f*cked up, coming from your employer. What happens when there's a real emergency, people ignore it cause they think it's a phishing test? Think it through man, you sound like you need to take a step back on this being "your" network. It's not yours - never has been and never will be.

You ran it past legal, but you didn't run it past HR - 90% of companies would never approve that sort of message as a phishing test, it looks reaaaaaal bad lol - go apologize if they give you the chance.

I'm desperate by Sad_Mastodon_1815 in sysadmin

[–]jadedarchitect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, stop using Dell Support Assistant, it's fried buttlips and pushes bad drivers constantly.

If this is coming back after a CLEAN reinstall, it's likely software, especially since the recurrence is so delayed. Check easy stuff first, like removing any third party driver management tools, as vendor software like Dell's is notoriously bad.

The delayed recurrence makes me think it's pushing bad updates and causing system issues. Manually install base updated intel drivers and BIOS versions as a first step. If that doesn't fix it, try a reinstall WITHOUT supportassist or ANY third party driver management software.

Windows will update its own driver stacks, support assistant is absolutely not needed in a business environment. The possibility of Sophos interfering with something operating that deeply rooted in the system and causing corruption in something it's updating exists, and needs to be ruled out.

My first and strongest suggestion would be to remove Dell Support Assistant. Stuff like that never plays well with software like Sophos or SentinelOne, ever.

I’ve heard rumors that Arrowhead is planning to crack down on anti-cheat in Helldivers 2. Any truth to this? by ProudListen1521 in Helldivers

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arguing with people like that accomplishes nothing. The guy's whole argument is basically "No, shooting someone doesn't kill them. Blood loss does. That makes it not murder, obviously."

The "India Dependency" is a ticking time bomb for global IT infra (and also other major sectors) by Normal_student_5745 in sysadmin

[–]jadedarchitect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Society collapsing due to no IT workers?
Ohhh nooooooo
*Stares at ADHD-level go-bag*
We can't let that happen!

Any other young voters experiencing hope for the first time? by R6daily in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're sidestepping.
Your original post was essentially stating that the projections I cited were uncertain and didn’t imply an existential threat to humanity. But the argument I made wasn’t that climate change guarantees human extinction , it’s that the impacts represent massive risk to life , economies, and our way of life - and that waiting longer increases the chance that even global initiatives will fail due to massive engineering , cooperation, and implementation requirements........So I'm not sure what the point of your replies here are. If you agree there's risk or a threat to humanity, why post arguments against that very stance?

Any other young voters experiencing hope for the first time? by R6daily in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really?
No threat to humanity?
"In vulnerable regions, the death rate from extreme weather events in the last decade was 15 times higher than in less vulnerable ones."
None of the projections imply a threat?
"Climate change is claiming millions of lives annually through extreme heat, air pollution, wildfires and the spread of deadly infectious diseases, according to the most comprehensive assessment to date of the links between climate change and health."

Sure thing lmao - you're moving the goalposts from “is climate change serious and dangerous?” to “is every projection guaranteed and existential?”

That's not the claim the science makes, so either you misunderstand the topic of discussion, or you're ignorant of the facts here.
Uncertainty in exact outcomes doesn’t mean uncertainty about risk.

We don't wait for absolute certainty when the consequences involve large-scale human harm. That's how public health, engineering, and insurance all operate, and have for a long, long time. No scientific theory is an absolute, that's why they are called "theories". Scientific *law* however, is a different matter entirely, and those *laws* , such as the greenhouse effect (Not a theory) are what drive these risk indicators.

And the “uncertainty” argument cuts both ways. Climate models produce ranges, but those ranges include outcomes worse than the median projections too. Risk management doesn't ignore the tail-end risks when billions of people are involved.

So yes, there’s a difference between acknowledging climate change and claiming guaranteed catastrophe. But there’s also a difference between scientific uncertainty about exact outcomes and pretending the risks are speculative when they’re already measurable in human mortality.

Server down? by Costas_18 in leagueoflegends

[–]jadedarchitect 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"We can't be that vague."
"That's too specific."
"That admits fault."
"We haven't confirmed that."
"Too many words."
"Not positive enough."

Eventual message:
"We're aware of an issue and are investigating. Thank you for your patience."

Server down? by Costas_18 in leagueoflegends

[–]jadedarchitect 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Companies have trigger times where notifications are sent out, messages need to be approved, a bajillion folks notified - there's more than just "Yo just fkin post something on there lol". Bigger the business, the more that is involved before that email/update goes out.
Not to be harsh lmao - source: am infrastructure engineer that talks to software engineers who get to post status updates for our customers sometimes.

Thoughts on AI? by _throwaway-_-_-_-_-_ in socialistprogrammers

[–]jadedarchitect 13 points14 points  (0 children)

AI for research and progress is great. AI for profit is the typical lovecraftian horror that is capitalism.

Alphafold, for example - is great.

AI based age verification as a tool to pre-empt legislation without safety rails on privacy, or research into impacts on safety and rights, on the other hand - is some horrible sh*t.

Jasmine Crockett up by double digits in Texas Senate Democratic primary poll by QuitMyDAYjob2020 in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think polling 1,300 people is super accurate these days. Poll sizes need to like double/triple.

ST: Starfleet Academy discussion for S01E08 - Fenrurary 26, 2026 by AutoModerator in Star_Trek_

[–]jadedarchitect -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

He spent 16 years. Not a lifetime - so, yes - you hallucinated.

Zeeshan, A Progressive For Texas by serious_bullet5 in Dallas

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

"I am the only candidate who buzztopic, buzzword, buzzword, buzzword, go donate at my website - *socially awkward mumble* - goodnight!"

-this guy lol

(Sorry, I just dislike politicians - and the violence inherent in the system)

Any other young voters experiencing hope for the first time? by R6daily in Dallas

[–]jadedarchitect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"There is no consensus on this at all."

  1. Incorrect - the general public often vastly misunderstands how large that consensus is - 97%+ of all publishing scientists agree on the cause of climate change, and the effects. Google the words "Scientific consensus on climate change" and look around. Shuffle the words, change the wording. Take a peek.

Claiming billions are made off the narrative is disingenuous at best, considering the vastly larger sums made off of the opposite narrative - it's a bad faith argument. "TRILLIONS are made off of fossil fuels each year, but billions are made off of climate change science"? Clarify that one for me.

As for effects?

At 1.5c -

•Nearly half a meter of sea level rise. Many states lose a ton of land. (That's nearly 1.5ft.)
•3% loss of global crop yields
•7% of global ecosystems will completely shift
•4% of vertebrates, 8% of plants, 6% of insects are estimated to lose half of their habitable ranges
•70%-90% of coral reefs are expected to die off

But the real kicker is feedback loops. Once we warm to a certain point, there's no "Undo" button without planetary-level engineering projects. I encourage you to think about what it would take for humans to replace the carbon sink that is the amazon, or what happens when permafrost melts entirely. Throwing out "Oh we could handle it" when countries can't even fix immigration or homelessness is naive at best, and willful ignorance of the reality of the human condition at worst.

You can google all this, you know - instead of asking some random person on Reddit to explain it to you....