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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      @momurda said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Dashrender said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @scottalanmiller said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Dashrender said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @scottalanmiller said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Dashrender said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @scottalanmiller said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      That's a lot of "ruling out" over a personal agenda not tied to corporate value.

      What if it is a corporate value though - healthier employees.

      But it's a necessary medicine for a lot of people. One of the reasons to ALLOW it is for healthier employees! Not that any drug automatically makes people healthier or unhealthier, but you are basically saying that you'd happily make innocent people unhealthy and guilty ones more healthy and/or that you want to filter out people who need medication which is just evil.

      Imagine if you fired anyone who needed heart burn medication or medication for heart attacks to "eliminate the unhealthy"!!!

      Well, if we limit the discussion purely to weed, I'll agree with you. But if we include cigarettes, yeah - no.

      Sure, I'd STILL not be willing to limit in that way but it is SO much better to not hire cigarette smokers than weed smokers. If you were to choose one of the two, cigarettes make you a health liability, tend to take tons of breaks at work, smell bad, bother other workers, etc. But I'd still never drug test for tobacco INSTEAD of determining someone's value at work. Firing someone for dipping or whatever would be considered insane... and yet it is so much better than hiring based on someone not smoking weed.

      Yep I agree with all those things.

      I'm on your side Scott - I don' t think we should drug test expect for things you previously stated (doctors, heavy equipment operators). Now that said, if a company is going to "have you drive something while on the clock" it should be fine to require they truthfully answer - do you smoke weed/do drugs, if so, you can't be behind a wheel while on the clock for me, period. But sitting behind a desk - fine.

      This thread is full of persoonal bias from a lifetime of brainwashing and propaganda.
      Why would someone who is hungover from a night of binge drinking be allowed to operate machinery and not someone who smoked a joint the night before? Why? Because you have been trained your entire life to think drugs are bad... that is the only reason you would say this.

      As for people who smoke not being hireable, well I don't know where yall live, but in Washington, many highly successful people smoke. Many successful people drink. Why should there be some sort of discrimination between types of inebriation off the clock?

      The data from Colorado for the past couple years backs this up: http://reason.com/archives/2016/04/25/early-lessons-from-marijuana-legalizatio

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      This discussion reminds me of the articles that come out periodically saying that the NSA & FBI can't hire skilled programmers and security people because they all smoke pot and won't pass the drug test:
      http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-fbi-cant-find-hackers-that-dont-smoke-pot

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      @Dashrender said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      Sooo.. the question is.. how do you get the company to send you to MangoCon next year?

      Good question - I might just have to come on my own for fun.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Blackberry is Done, No More BlackBerry Phones

      @BRRABill said in Blackberry is Done, No More BlackBerry Phones:

      Certain members of the government will be crushed. Wink wink.

      Not if she crushes them first! 🙂 #WithAHammer

      posted in News
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      @BRRABill said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Nic said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @BRRABill said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Nic

      Will you still be giving out 1 year trials?

      While I still have them 🙂

      There was subtle Internet humor in my joke.

      I wasn't talking about Webroot codes. 🙂

      Ah, I missed that. I'll have gifts for visitors, but I won't be able to send them outside of Colorado 🙂

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      @BRRABill said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Nic

      Will you still be giving out 1 year trials?

      While I still have them 🙂

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      @scottalanmiller said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Nic said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      It's farming, but with some interesting constraints. You have to secure your plants in a way that other industries don't require, and you have to track them from seed to harvest for compliance reasons. The other interesting factor is that because it's been illegal for so long, there's not as much public knowledge or scientific research like there is for other crops. That's part of what we're hoping to change with the Growers Network community.

      That's weird, I thought that there was more knowledge than with other crops. You know in hydroponic circles, nearly all industry knowledge comes from marijuana farming. Everyone that grows tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, etc. learns from marijuana educational materials.

      That's probably true in more recent history, but there's not the longer term build-up of knowledge due to it having been illegal in most places for so long. Plus the grow operations are becoming bigger now (or at least the legitimate ones are). Whatever the current state, we're hoping to collect and improve on the knowledge that's out there and provide a place for professionals to share knowledge. The Spiceworks of Cannabis, if you will 🙂

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      It's farming, but with some interesting constraints. You have to secure your plants in a way that other industries don't require, and you have to track them from seed to harvest for compliance reasons. The other interesting factor is that because it's been illegal for so long, there's not as much public knowledge or scientific research like there is for other crops. That's part of what we're hoping to change with the Growers Network community.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Time for me to move on from Webroot

      @coliver said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      @Nic said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

      I'm jumping ship to rejoin the startup world and begin a new endeavor building a community from scratch: http://growersnetwork.org/ (insert your weed jokes here).

      I'll still hang out on here, just not officially representing Webroot. I'm still happy to answer any Webroot questions and help you get in touch with the right people at Webroot if you need help. We'll get a replacement for me once they can hire someone, but in the meantime I'll fill in.

      I'll be working from home now, so anyone passing through Colorado let me know so I can have an opportunity to get out of the house and socialize with people in person 🙂

      Good luck sounds like this is right up your alley... and I don't mean the weed.

      Yeah I get what you mean - more in the startup world, and building a new endeavor. Plus it's something I believe in, providing good medical options to people who need it, plus a safer recreational drug than alcohol.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • Time for me to move on from Webroot

      I'm jumping ship to rejoin the startup world and begin a new endeavor building a community from scratch: http://growersnetwork.org/ (insert your weed jokes here).

      I'll still hang out on here, just not officially representing Webroot. I'm still happy to answer any Webroot questions and help you get in touch with the right people at Webroot if you need help. We'll get a replacement for me once they can hire someone, but in the meantime I'll fill in.

      I'll be working from home now, so anyone passing through Colorado let me know so I can have an opportunity to get out of the house and socialize with people in person 🙂

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows

      @aidan_walsh nice find!

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows

      Updated info from Lenovo:
      https://techraptor.net/content/lenovo-windows-10-linux

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows

      https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/53rq2l/warning_microsoft_signature_pc_program_now/

      Reports that installation of Linux is prevented deliberately by a proprietary RAID config that won't allow anything other than Windows. No confirmation yet if this is the case, but interesting discussion going on.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Vendor Thank you!

      @scottalanmiller My pleasure!

      posted in MangoCon
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    • RE: Something Happen at BackBlaze?

      @scottalanmiller I'm talking to him now and he wasn't hacked. Just his decision to cut back for whatever personal reason.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Something Happen at BackBlaze?

      Aaron just decided to reduce his community profiles and remove his old stuff. He was never an official media rep for them, he just works as one of their sysadmins so I ping him when I see stuff that is relevant. Nothing awry at BackBlaze itself.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: MC16: VoIP with Jared Busch Session

      This was one of my favorite sessions. Great job @JaredBusch !

      posted in MangoCon
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    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      GOG is having a sale for Talk Like a Pirate Day on pirate-themed games:
      https://www.gog.com/promo/20160919_weekly_staff_picks_talk_like_a_pirate_day

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      @thwr said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

      @Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
      Free games on Origin (BF4 maps) and EA (The Crew) - google for links 🙂

      The Crew is Ubisoft

      https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30

      Right, sorry - thanks for the correction and the link!

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      @zuphzuph said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

      @Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

      Free games on Origin (BF4 maps) and EA (The Crew) - google for links 🙂

      The Crew for free?

      Yup it's part of their anniversary celebration (plus I'm sure they hope to sell you expansions and in-app purchases)

      posted in Water Closet
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