Not really. Most computers are sold off a shelf at a big box store, pre-configured and ready to go. The license for windows is flashed onto the hardware, so the staff doesn’t really have a way to remove it from the computer.

Hah, you think it’s 15.99 a month…

Numbers go down all the time. No need to panic, but it may be a reason to plan…

Because that number would be an inaccurate guess at best.

That laminate wood on electronics really defined an era didn’t it?

This is wild to hear? What year(s) are we talking on these Asus laptops? Everything Asus I’ve bought has been rock solid, and I go out of my way to get their hardware. I haven’t really bought any new systems or components in about 5 years though…

The residents need to work on an election that exempts anyone who doesn’t come out against this bill from being in the government.

It won’t. AI doesn’t fire anyone. AI doesn’t replace anyone. AI shows the potential of doing the same job as a human, so another human fires that person and replaces them with an AI.

The CEO isn’t going to fire himself. His “replacement” with AI is going to be him using it to make decisions, and feeling so smart about “using all the tools available”, but he’ll still be there to collect a paycheck.

Well, considering it’s damn near 100% of the environment, I’d say anyone who doesn’t work with Windows isn’t really an IT admin.

I’ve been looking for jobs to get started in Linux administration, and I gotta tell you, the handful of times I see it mentioned is as a single line in the footer of the job posting.

Pay for it twice actually, Microsoft charges you to install that spyware on your computer as well.

nonexistent?

2026-2001=25

36-25=11

11>0

Yeah, this is definitely wrong. My younger brothers are significantly younger than 35 right now, and they still remember where they were when it happened.

Well, the number of people talking about the 3 planes getting hijacked on another thread makes me think we’ve forgotten at least a little bit.

There are smart people here… There are also a lot of really dumb and really loud people here too…

The things you mentioned probably aren’t the problem. It’s not hard or expensive to setup secure remote access for systems.

The real problem is that a lot of this very expensive and very specific infrastructure equipment is also very old, and frequently does not support newer and more secure protocols.

Source : I’ve been trying to get gas generators to fire off email alerts using modern authentication with conditional access for about a week now.

Yep, because soviet spies were godless heathens who can’t/won’t lie about their faith in order to sneak into the US.

Yes… Pledging allegiance… To a flag… Representing a Republic… That exists by/for god…

I mean, I didn’t look into it that much at first, I was in kindergarten FFS, but I remember thinking it was funny that God was mentioned in the pledge, and how he was also mentioned in the prayers at Grandma’s church, and I thought I shouldn’t lie and say the “under god” part since I didn’t believe.

…for which it stands, one nation, under god…

I see it as an extra “thank you” if someone goes above and beyond what I was expecting for a service. It’s not something that should be given out lightly or something that is expected, but I also know that tipping is necessary for people in some jobs to make a living. It’s not a fault of their own, but a fault of a system that saw a benefit they were getting, and was like “oh, we can just under-pay these employees and use tipping as leverage against them.” Do I hate the tipping system in the US? Absolutely. Am I going to impose financial stresses (by not tipping) on the waitstaff at a restaurant in order to make a point about how badly they are compensated for their work? Absolutely not.