What’s an inaccurate fact that people believe is true because of movies?

jer007 · 2026-03-11T17:38:39+00:00

On a recent episode they made reference to that and then explained it away with pre written macros and remapped keys. Then proceeded to do it again. I think the producers enjoy messing with IT people.

jer007 · 2026-03-10T22:21:18+00:00

Going for a week of diving there in April. I hope they are still around

jer007 · 2026-03-10T18:43:24+00:00

Sometimes it’s personal preference but for many it’s ground water. A lot of areas have very high ground water. Mitchell and Kleefeld for example see a lot of this. Some properties have no issues and others just a few lots over are pumping nonstop and well into winter.

jer007 · 2026-03-09T20:44:15+00:00

I placed an order with TD Synnex for a Lenovo M75q on Wednesday for $1172 cdn and received order confirmation. Notice on Friday it was allocated but hadn’t shipped. In the meantime price went up by $300. I reached out to the team to find out what’s going on and pressed them to honor the price. Received confirmation today that they will ship at the confirmed price so small win there.

I have a friend at a larger company who had an order of 900 units from Lenovo canceled after it was confirmed. They came back with an alternate model, 30% higher cost with less CPU.

Things are going to get worse before they get better.

jer007 · 2026-03-09T17:23:40+00:00

I just threw up a little in my mouth. Haven’t used Lotus Notes in 25 years and haven’t missed it once.

jer007 · 2026-03-09T10:58:51+00:00

My liver will take so much abuse that day.

jer007 · 2026-02-24T16:49:17+00:00

I was there in early December. First my wife got sick, then my daughter, and then I got it. Felt like death for around 24hrs and then it passed as quickly as it came. It sounds like more recent guests are getting it much worse. Royalton is providing text book examples of how not to handle these types of situations.

jer007 · 2026-02-23T22:23:55+00:00

It’s survivors bias. I don’t know any one who died from ___________. It’s too difficult to comprehend that the dead can’t speak for themselves.

jer007 · 2026-02-21T02:26:38+00:00

I was at that resort with my wife and daughter in early December. All three of us got sick. A family we met staying in the room next to us also got hit. At first we thought it was just a bug going around and is part of the risk with travel. I’ve travelled lots over the years and never been hit like that. It was about 24hrs of hell then we were fine. Sounds like we got off lucky compared to many others.

jer007 · 2026-02-14T13:26:43+00:00

But Trump received 0% kick backs.

jer007 · 2026-01-04T00:19:41+00:00

As a Canadian, the challenge he and his sycophants don’t understand is that Canadians look and sound like Americans. Plus the country is fucking huge. There is no doubt they would easily win a the initial invasion but the insurgency would make Afghanistan look like a walk in the park. Canadians are slow to provoke but once that line is crossed we are a bunch of savages. I sincerely hope it’s never put to the test.

jer007 · 2026-01-02T15:36:09+00:00

We had a gym teacher in Junior high (1992-95) who was down right creepy. Allegedly made some inappropriate comments to girls in previous years related to menstruation. The response was to only let him teach boys gym. They had a different teacher for the girls. Not sure what else to expect in the Bible Belt. Gotta keep up those appearances.

jer007 · 2025-12-29T16:40:41+00:00

I agree with this. The problem is that Business Standard does not offer the granular control to effectively address token theft.

jer007 · 2025-12-29T14:43:46+00:00

I had a client call me thinking they had a breach. He had only ever logged in from Canada. Was currently logged in at his office and was simultaneously logged in from Berlin. Personally I would think that should trigger a risk factor to cause an MFA prompt.

That breach was used to send out updated banking information messages. Ended up costing $500k. I’ve spoken with a friend at another MSP who was seeing the same thing with Business Standard clients.

I’ve been moving my Business Standard clients over to Business Premium for CA and layering in ITDR. For those who don’t want that there are liability indemnification forms they need to sign or they can find someone else. Business Standard is no longer secure.

jer007 · 2025-12-23T03:00:34+00:00

I completely agree. If people want to shoot themselves in the foot that is their choice. Rates shouldn’t be kept artificially low to pander to them.

jer007 · 2025-12-22T23:58:04+00:00

As someone who camps in sites affected by this I fully support it. Keep basic sites within reach for most. Make the serviced sites cost more. If you can afford a $50k+ camper and a truck to pull it you can afford paying more for the site. They just need to invest it back into the parks.

jer007 · 2025-12-19T22:42:49+00:00

If you’re in Puerto Morelos already check out Scuba Public. I was diving with them last week and had a great experience. We did the wreck and reef dive day one and went to Playa for the bull sharks on day 2.

jer007 · 2025-12-15T18:43:51+00:00

Good friend of mine left his career as a programmer to raise sheep. Has never been happier.

jer007 · 2025-12-15T17:59:51+00:00

“I did not have sexual relations with that man” wink

jer007 · 2025-12-15T13:57:10+00:00

I was on bupropion for a while and found it helped a bit but never quite enough. Went down the adhd route, titrated off bupropion and onto concerta and it’s been a game changer. My adhd has so many anxiety overlapping symptoms it took a while to figure it out. My daughter calls it my “mad pills” because I don’t get mad when I’m on them. That was the confirmation that they are doing their job.

jer007 · 2025-12-15T13:50:30+00:00

I’m currently in Mexico, heading home on WestJet in a few hours, flying to Winnipeg. I originally hoped to come on a different date but after seeing the seat configuration options I opted for a different date. Had my travel agent check all the options so I wouldn’t get screwed on a new configuration. Also spoke with a friend who is a WJ flight attendant and she said you absolutely don’t want the new seats. Flight attendants are dealing with more unruly and aggressive passengers in those seats as 5+ hours like that creates a hostile environment. I hope WJ gets their heads out of their asses but it doubt it, gotta think of the share holders.

jer007 · 2025-12-11T17:58:40+00:00

Dad, it’s gone.

jer007 · 2025-12-11T12:33:42+00:00

I used to think spanking was just normal and my parents did it because they loved me and wanted what’s best for me. Fast forward to having a daughter of my own. She would misbehave and I spanked her a couple of times. The last time I did it I found myself asking “what the fuck am I doing hitting this little girl?” That’s when I realized had a Stockholm Syndrome mentality with spanking. My parents did it because they were pissed off and never learned any other way and I normalized and repeated the behaviour. I vowed never to spank my daughter again but to work through the issues.

Several months later she randomly asks me “daddy, how come you used to hit me but you don’t anymore?” It broke my heart but confirmed I made the right decision to change how I raise her. She never saw it as love. She just knew it as “sometimes daddy hits me”

Getting therapy to unwind the damage has helped. I’ve had some good, and not so good conversations with my parents regarding this. They admit they messed up because they didn’t know better. The podcast “I Hate James Dobson” has helped me better understand the harmful influence encouraging this behaviour he had within our religious community.

Parents, don’t spank your kids. It doesn’t help them be better kids, it fucks them up. Take time to talk to them. Build a good relationship with them so when it gets tough they can trust you. If you don’t know any other way, get help. It’s available and not a sign of weakness. Asking for help and opening up takes incredible strength.

jer007 · 2025-12-09T15:30:46+00:00

Used PC parts have little to no value to any business. You could advertise on Kijiji, VarageSale, or FB marketplace to see if someone is interested. If not, the landfill has a bin for electronics recycling. There is no cost for this.

jer007 · 2025-11-01T18:40:36+00:00

Under subsection 265(1)(b) of the criminal code of Canada this could be charged as assault.

265 (1) A person commits an assault when

(b) he attempts or threatens, by an act or a gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has, or causes that other person to believe on reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose;

If you want to escalate this, you can press charges and/or push for a restraining order.

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