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      EddieJennings
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      Fighting with Dynamic DNS updates on my home lab server. 😠

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        EddieJennings
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        BAM! Man pages and thinking to the rescue 😄

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          coliver
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          https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/steve-ballmer-we-should-have-turned-microsoft-into-a-world-class-hardware-company/

          Go home Steve you're drunk. I just... what?

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            Texkonc
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            Diversify.
            Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

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              gjacobse @Texkonc
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              @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              Diversify.
              Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

              Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

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                Texkonc @gjacobse
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                @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                Grilling Burgers and ripping the dash out of the truck... after two years it was finally time. The rPi car project is on hold for now.

                Hmmm I smell like grill -

                Manly smell. They should make that a deodorant.

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                  Texkonc @gjacobse
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                  @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Diversify.
                  Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                  Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                  Well, agreed, but if they would have started earlier. It might have been better.

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                    coliver
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                    It just reeks of "Apple is doing it this way let's copy them." Microsoft is in much better hands now that Ballmer isn't in the picture.

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                      gjacobse @Texkonc
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                      @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Diversify.
                      Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                      Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                      Well, agreed, but if they would have started earlier. It might have been better.

                      I recognize that every company has their failures... Look at IBMs PS2 - proprietary hardware, MS IE and Edge,... But this is more 'cake' than anyone wants.

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                        scottalanmiller @Texkonc
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                        @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        Diversify.
                        Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                        He tried. It failed.

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                          scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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                          @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Diversify.
                          Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                          Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                          And then there are those Microsoft phones.

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                            scottalanmiller @Texkonc
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                            @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            Diversify.
                            Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                            Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                            Well, agreed, but if they would have started earlier. It might have been better.

                            Or worse. Have they shown an ability to improve?

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                              gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Diversify.
                              Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                              Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                              And then there are those Microsoft phones.

                              Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress

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                                gjacobse
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                                sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...

                                ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions

                                TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).

                                ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...

                                sigh

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                                  RojoLoco @gjacobse
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                                  @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...

                                  ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions

                                  TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).

                                  ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...

                                  sigh

                                  TS: I'm sorry sir, that answer is not in my script. I am grossly underqualified to support anything, the only skills I have are talking on the phone and reading from a premade document.

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                                    gjacobse @RojoLoco
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                                    @RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...

                                    ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions

                                    TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).

                                    ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...

                                    sigh

                                    TS: I'm sorry sir, that answer is not in my script. I am grossly underqualified to support anything, the only skills I have are talking on the phone and reading from a premade document.

                                    helpdesk-monkey-did-you-try-turning-it-on-and-off.jpg

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                                      gjacobse
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                                      But then I have to give you:

                                      cropped-help-desk-theorem1.jpg

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                                        scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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                                        @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        Diversify.
                                        Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                                        Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                                        And then there are those Microsoft phones.

                                        Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress

                                        Yeah, their track record on software is decent, but far from rock solid, too.

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                                          dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          Diversify.
                                          Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.

                                          Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)

                                          And then there are those Microsoft phones.

                                          Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress

                                          Yeah, their track record on software is decent, but far from rock solid, too.

                                          As of late, they're not doing bad at all. (Windows 10, Server 2012 R2)...

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                                            RojoLoco
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                                            Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.

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