wizardbeard

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Another legitimately great strategy is the Wally Deflector (hate that Dilbert's creator turned out to be an asshat). Force them to do some work. Anything really works, just something to slow down the firehose and enforce that it's a partnership working towards a solution. Usually the best way is to just ask for clarification and actual hard requirements.

So many things just shrivel up and die when the person asking for it realizes IT isn't going to just outsource their full responsibilities including domain specific knowledge or basic fucking thought for them just because it's going to become digital or automated.

Sounds like someone needs to figure out email filters. Probably best to send it to a folder and mark as read instead of delete it, that way when it does inevitably concern you (something you use isn't working) you can check them for notice of what's going on.

I swear, every time I start to think that I go overboard with this sort of shit in my scripts for work, I either find another ridiculous edge case or a story like this comes out.

It sucked to have bought into the kickstarter and financed the project, and then see the product on the shelves at Target while I was still waiting on mine to be delivered.

Shit, I didn't realize it got that bad. I'm honestly surprised I didn't hear more rage about that online at the time.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Better yet, don't pry the right, so you have to come up with entirely new stories and new characters outside of what you already own the rights to! It'll be great!

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's multiple projects out there for it. Windows 10 Ameliorated is/was an open source project of PowerShell scripts you run against the installation media (and I think afer install, it's been a while) to get LTSC Windows 10 stripped down as much as possible.

It's what I run in a VM for my work's VPN connection software (and then for the RDP session too). Keeps an extra level of separation from my personal stuff.

I could probably get things working in a Linux VM, but it's not worth the trouble for me.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The fuck are you talking about? I'm not the thorn guy, and I do find their "quirk" annoying.

A callout post about another user, like this one, is explicitly against the sidebar rules, and it's a massive dick move to not just block the guy and instead make a callout post for something so small. I don't want to see lemmy turn into the brigading fest that reddit could be at times, so I'm going to call this shit out.

I've already reported it, which is the reasonable response. This callout post is because it marks a distinct pattern of completely absent moderation here, backed up by the fact that only one of the three mods has any activity in the last fucking year.

My feelings aren't hurt, I'm frustrated at the shit state of this sub, and I'm going to at least try to do what little I can before I do the responsible thing of just blocking and peacing out.

0 comments/posts. Lol, lmao even.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Last post/comment 2 years ago. I'd assume the account is dead.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last post/comment 6 days ago.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

@Tenthrow@lemmy.world

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@Striker@lemmy.world

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