i’d like to have a graphic design community on here

Lol I was thinking this exact thing

Less than 100 years ago

now that i think about it, this would be handy for remote support techs walking a user on-site on what to do…

“you see the 3rd switch from the top that has the cisco logo? i’ll need you to power cycle it”

2 hours later

“oh i found it”

vs.

“you see the girl with the blue hair? unplug the box her hair’s connected to”

can’t speak for others, but i’m mostly the quiet/introverted/lurker type…

sometimes i just feel like i have nothing valuable to add to the conversation

i will make an active effort to engage more tho

wow so much great memories lol

their good devs and engineers have left

thanks. i have a laptop i deliberately installed debian on… but that’s about it lol

i’ll take you up on the support suggestion too… i recently had to figure out why a unix server went down at work. luckily we had a set of scripts and commands archived from the manager that supported it before he left. all i did was just run them with a little bit of logic and context applied, but it forced me to poke around a bit and seeing what each command did. i was careful enough not to break anything but i found it quite interesting

i feel like i’m not actually against ads. i’m against the abuse of ads, that take away from the user experience…

i won’t mind seeing an ad if it doesnt get in the way of what i need to do on the pc. i don’t need an ad popping up when im trying to work on something, launch an application, download a file, etc. an ad in the corner, big enough for me to be aware of it, but obscure enough to not interrupt me will serve its purpose.

problem is, ad exposure is non-regulated and i can’t believe how the constant ad spamming doesn’t seem to phase a lot of people.

that being said… what’s a good website i can at least go to and learn some linux basics and progress to more advanced stuff? i’d at least want to check that out before i start bugging people…

i had the opportunity to take a class back in college but 18 yr old me couldn’t handle a 7am class and know-it-alls in the back always interrupting the teacher and trying to show off in class…

ahh yes the “portables”

the fellow students in school growing up that always blew off paying attention in school and disrupting class didn’t just disappear… sure i saw less of them when i wasn’t confined to those public grade school walls, but it’s been a harsh realization for me as I’m seeing them again as adults buying into and spreading the misinformation.

getting killed because of your skin tone when going to shop at the grocery store is barbaric. i’m not trying to throw a zinger here, but we have to strongly address both sides of the situation.

lol no kids…

that’s the thing… by me saying talk to kids… im saying address it all… i’m looking to educate them, not shelter them…

if/when i have one, i’m telling them this world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows… here’s how to make the smart and wise decisions…~then i’d hand them their baby bottle~

i’m wouldn’t be looking to curb curiosity tho… that’s not natural at all… instead i’d be looking to address it head on…

i’m telling my kids, yes this happens, this is a thing… share my viewpoints on the dangers of abusing it… and reprimand them for treating it as such.

they’re still going to do it… but at least them knowing that i’m well aware of it as a parent would lessen risk of them turning it into some sort of secret addiction of theirs.

" big + brown + shiny = sexy"

i can empathize

wildly understated too…

like… middle school kids today navigated mobile devices with ease when they were toddlers…

they’re gonna know what a vpn is before they leave high school.

we’re just better off addressing the issue head on than trying to band-aid it… it won’t work

or you know… talk to your kids

heck even inside these borders… the concept of timezones blows their minds at work lol…

them: “yeah let’s set a meeting at 9am!”

me: eastern? pacific? central? help me… heeeelllp meee

after i moved from the southwest to the pacific northwest and got baptized by the snow for nearly half the year… i very much agree