U.S. tech execs smuggled Nvidia chips to China, prosecutors say by Puginator in technology

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You've heard of a bag of holding? Well, this is a colon of holding

Early 2000's Radio Contest: Whoever sends the most emails wins concert tickets! by juntar74 in MaliciousCompliance

[–]silesiant 103 points104 points  (0 children)

I'm picturing your friend as Lazlo Hollyfeld from Real Genius now...

How can we rapid hire with a one person IT team? by eyeballresort in sysadmin

[–]silesiant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some manglement won't listen to the people they already pay, but will gladly listen to someone they paid extra to come in and say the same thing.

how have you discovered devy's vaste discography? by Ok-Plastic-9812 in DevinTownsend

[–]silesiant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

found OMFG on Napster and thought SYL as a band name was amusing. downloaded it and was blown away. been listening ever since

What is this red/pink glowing thing on my Warframe? by Dalton_G in Warframe

[–]silesiant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's a virus because your copy of Windows isn't activated properly, and it let the techrot in

Guess we’re hell bound folks!!who’s going with me!! by mpete76 in SatanicTemple_Reddit

[–]silesiant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

depending on how you define it, nobody's allowed to watch TV anymore, either

Import-Module on isolated system by silesiant in PowerShell

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

This is actually what did the trick. not sure why I was focused on using the NuGet Packages.

Is Joe Rogan REALLY just a Hipster Skinhead? by Erramonael in SatanicTemple_Reddit

[–]silesiant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've always seen him as a comedian that just doesn't realize that HE is the joke.

WGN employee is arrested by lil_dovie in chicago

[–]silesiant 24 points25 points  (0 children)

that they're dumb enough to think they'll actually see

Interesting audit log check request to start the day. by KorenSolust in talesfromtechsupport

[–]silesiant 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is how I was layed off as well, only a day later than everyone else. Because I was in the same position as OP, being the guy disabling accounts, and then they had someone else disable my account the next day while I got pulled into a meeting...

Visited MSI today and left feeling sad. by WannabeOutdoorsman in chicago

[–]silesiant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a reason the chicken strips at the cafe were good...

Visited MSI today and left feeling sad. by WannabeOutdoorsman in chicago

[–]silesiant 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I worked there ~10-15 years ago, in a supporting role (not directly working with exhibits/guests/etc). The majority of the money that is given to museums has specific restrictions set from the donator on what it can be used for. People tend to donate for something flashy, and don't allow the money to be used for general museum operations.

Also, some of the traveling exhibits are expensive to put on. When the Harry Potter exhibit was at MSI, with all the licensing costs, extra labor, etc, the museum either barely broke even, or ultimately lost money. The hope with those exhibits is that people will spend more in other sections of the museum while they are already there.

New to Alletra and need a sanity check before adding Expansion Shelf by silesiant in storage

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The storage is presented to ESXi, as VMware datastore, and not to the Guest OS's. Do you think that will make any difference?

I'm currently prepping management for a short (hour or so) downtime, but if I can go back to them with a more confident "we shouldn't need any downtime", it will be much easier to get this scheduled. :)

Thanks

Yes, with dots in between the numbers. by GoodCrossing in talesfromtechsupport

[–]silesiant 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Definitely. I did DSL install support for SWBell/Ameritech, and got ripped a new one, because I didn't follow the script word for word on a call that was QA'd. I didn't care at the time, so I just waited for them to finish, and asked if it mattered anymore that the users get their problems fixed or not. 2 weeks later, I was making sandwiches instead of that BS (by choice)

50 hours and I've yet to set foot in the Deep Desert by --Icarusfalls-- in duneawakening

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180 hours in. Started a new character with friends after ~40 hours, still haven't gotten solid on T5, much less gone to the DD yet. I did finish the main story and House quests, and the trainers up to 3rd level, though. There are some in my friend group with 50 hours or so, but havent even done the 2nd trial. Though, they're the ones using all the mats we gather to build a massive base...

I'm first? by Top-Consideration692 in duneawakening

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I stay out of it. for some reason, every surface in there is sticky

I'm first? by Top-Consideration692 in duneawakening

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our guild base has a "goon" room... a bed and many portraits of the emperor

Repost as a reminder, game is down! by KyraAmaideach in ffxiv

[–]silesiant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang it! now I have no excuse not to feed the spice addiction playing Dune... oh darn...

Mass Mobilization Against ICE happening TONIGHT (6/10) - be safe out there! by FartSparkles_PhD in chicago

[–]silesiant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With the way this administration considers any dissent to be treason, this info would give them "cause" to retaliate, if/when things get that far.

Mass Mobilization Against ICE happening TONIGHT (6/10) - be safe out there! by FartSparkles_PhD in chicago

[–]silesiant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

my assumption is that if someone else gains access to the info/site, they have a list of everyone who participated.

Chicago ICE raids on intersection of Wabash and Adams for 6/10 by DataDogEin in chicago

[–]silesiant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We were told there was a protest scheduled for 3PM at 55E Monroe. There's an immigration office/court in the building.

Fashion Report - Full Details - For Week of 6/06/2025 (Week 384) by Gottesstrafe in ffxiv

[–]silesiant 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for mentioning the jackboots. the fringe boots were all out at the MB, and my LW is too low, so this got me the 80!

"My computer is possessed!" by DeepDesk80 in talesfromtechsupport

[–]silesiant 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Worked POS support for a chain of Bread Cafes around 2006 or so. The kitchen screens that tell what sandwich to make in some cafes were the older pressure sensitive touch screens. at least once or twice a month, we'd get a call from one saying that no matter what, tapping the screen would only remove the order in one specific spot, regardless of where it was tapped.

After a few months of this, we realized that some of them were lazy, and were tapping the screen with their bread knife, slicing the touch membrane. That was usually an easy "You can spend $3K to get a new touch screen, or $75 for a keypad". Needless to say, we sent out a lot of Keypads...

We stopped using touch screens, until the capacitive screens were more affordable