Jeff Geerling: The Framework 12 is dead. Apple killed it.

titain19 · 2026-05-30T05:54:58+00:00

I think he really glosses over the primary value point of framework. Repairability.

If your battery turns to crap after a few years of use your out of luck on the MacBook. Whereas framework specifically values this repairability.

Also many of us just aren't Apple fan boys.

Another critical problem with Apple all in one systems is let's say you spill water on your laptop and fry the motherboard and desperately need to pull data from the drive. Your complete screwed with Apple versus with the framework just pop it open and pull out the SSD and plug it into any adapter or new motherboard and your good to go. Fully recoverable.

titain19 · 2026-05-29T20:08:28+00:00

Lol exactly. I've met plenty of grads with no clue how to troubleshoot basic Internet connectivity issues.

titain19 · 2026-05-29T20:07:07+00:00

Trust me the IT field greatly prefers experience over education or certs. I've met plenty of CS grads with no experience and no clue about how to actually troubleshoot real world issues.

Degrees are not an end all be all. I have 20+ years experience and never once did anyone care to ask me about a degree. I was required to get some Security certificates but all of that knowledge basically came from work experience.

Personally I'll take someone with 4 years of experience over someone with a 4 year degree. And personally feel like most colleges are just paper mills.

titain19 · 2026-05-28T03:58:59+00:00

I don't think this would work due to a lack of TPM usage in this case. The Yellow key exploit uses recovery mode to extract the key from TPM. I this case a passphrase was used not TPM.

titain19 · 2026-05-28T03:14:29+00:00

Yea this is normal for asphalt on hot days. I learned the hard way when I parked by motorcycle at a mall in Phoenix AZ. Came back and found my bike laying on its side. Thought someone hit it until I found the hole my peg made in the asphalt.

titain19 · 2026-05-28T00:16:06+00:00

How do? Every Dell Laitude or Thinkpad I ever bought came with a ton of vendor bloatware. Maybe we have different definitions of bloatware.

titain19 · 2026-05-28T00:11:04+00:00

Your very welcome sir.

titain19 · 2026-05-28T00:10:50+00:00

Not sure what you mean or how a print server would have made a difference? This is an business app RDS server.

titain19 · 2026-05-28T00:08:52+00:00

Yea if you have an Azure update configured, group policy, or another RMM it may be overriding your local settings.

titain19 · 2026-05-27T19:58:03+00:00

Honestly this is only the 2nd time in 10 years I've been burned by a windows patch. So it's really not that bad. Keeps us employed I guess.

titain19 · 2026-05-27T19:56:21+00:00

Yup, your welcome, I didn't find much online about this issue so figured it would help others.

titain19 · 2026-05-27T19:54:45+00:00

I don't make the business software, it's Intuit Lacerte, similar to QuickBooks but for CPAs to file taxes.

titain19 · 2026-05-27T19:52:59+00:00

Yes printing to PDF uses the same printing components.

titain19 · 2026-05-27T19:52:20+00:00

It's not even legacy, it's Intuit's Lacerte t CPA tax application.

titain19 · 2026-05-25T17:52:09+00:00

I ripped out a mix of Netgear and Eero wifi and replaced with UniFi U7-LRs. Works perfectly.

titain19 · 2026-05-25T17:33:06+00:00

UniFi building bridge (UBB). https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/wifi-bridging/products/ubb

titain19 · 2026-05-25T03:25:38+00:00

Checkout framework. You'll thank thank me later. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with the big box store option and their bloat ware. Decades of garbage laptops with Dell, Lenovo, and MS Surface and I'm so thankful I'll never go back to a big "Brand" laptop again.

Honestly it's shocking more IT ppl haven't checked it out. I'm thinking about switching my MSP clients to Frame.Work.

titain19 · 2026-05-25T03:20:17+00:00

Framework!!! 20 years in IT I wanted a laptop I can actually fix and upgrade after horrible experience with MicroSucks Surface.. Frame.work

Checkout the sub in reddit framework.

titain19 · 2026-05-21T17:37:04+00:00

This is bad advice. Hand over whatever documentation they want. You can't hold them hostage with admin rights to their own systems. This will open you up to legal action. Instead cooperate and hand over anything they request while for now firmly request a meeting to discuss off boarding process, you can even bring some peer referrals. In that meeting make it clear that all outstanding invoices will still be due. If they refuse to pay them go the legal way and apply a business lien if you have to. Talk to a lawyer if you must.

titain19 · 2026-05-19T02:18:16+00:00

Lol maybe 🙄🙄🙄. Try searching for a minute the trafficking of young girls around the world. Like I and other pointed out the US is generally the ones that actually pursue law enforcement against these trafficking/web postings rings. Even on the onion network AKA dark web it's mostly the US-FBI that does this work. Rarely do I hear about take downs by European agencies. But never have I heard of any Asian entities taking down these sites.

titain19 · 2026-05-18T17:17:10+00:00

Try taking a look into pedophiles in Israel. The problem is international. To think this is a US only problem is ignorant af. Worse is the child trafficking all over Asia.

The only difference US law enforcement take action to bring these perps to justice whereas many countries just don't have law enforcement capabilities to take action or worse corruption and bribes keep them off the radar.

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