Brkdncr

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Brkdncr ,

If you’re driving to a multi-day camping/shooting event with friends you’ll pack your suitcase. Sounds very plausible to me.

Nicotine addiction isn't that bad - tobacco companies encourage the belief that it's more severe to keep people smoking

Tobacco companies had to own up to the fact that smoking is harmful in the 1960s when undeniable evidence came out. People struggled to quit because it is somewhat addictive, but mainly because they enjoyed it....

Brkdncr ,

Counter point: Smoked over half their life with 2-3 breaks, but claims it’s not that addictive.

Best way to remotely access pc on same LAN

Hey guys. I have a steam link I’ve used for quite some time. But I’m wanting to figure out a solution that is similar but grants full PC control. I have my main PC hardwired and a steam link and monitor out in my garage I’m routing to with a power line adapter that works pretty great. But it has a lot of issues when...

Brkdncr ,

Ignore that previous comment. Rdp works well down to 56k levels. No QoS is needed unless you’re saturated.

4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good?

Was 25 and super nervous, so when the realtor was like "oh yeah they just check for basic stuff, but I looked around and it looks great" I was like "Oh okay, this is so astronomically expensive every penny saved is good..."...

Brkdncr ,

Not from Los Angeles are ya?

Brkdncr ,

I almost thought that closing awards, taking the money, then opening awards was a scam to defraud people of their money.

Then I realized awards was a scam all along.

Brkdncr ,

She insulted someone’s fashion and then called someone else dumb.

Brkdncr ,

Dude is rapidly approaching, not following commands from a single officer, has a gun, and is shouting “fuck you” at the cops at 2am after a domestic dispute was called in.

Dude was aggro as fuck.

Why the cops didn’t simple state that, I don’t know. I don’t think the shooting was out of order though.

Brkdncr ,

You know how many times I’ve had to remove a spyware/adware browser, extensions, and homepage from a family members computer? Too many.

Do companies store facial and voice recognition data from the thousands of hours of zoom/teams calls that their employees use?

I heard a person call into a show the other day, voice only, and talk about some poor working conditions at a factory. Made me think about how it would probably be so easy for nefarious bosses to be able to identify that person through voice recognition SW with all of the data that comes from us looking directly into cameras and...

Brkdncr ,

With Teams, a user can opt into voice and facial recognition. The benefits are that you can be attributed in conference rooms and in transcription.

Your voice and facial recognition info is deleted when your user account is de-licensed for 30+ days.

This only applies to your tenant though. It doesn’t work when you join meetings from other tenants.

That being said, the tech is there and it’s approaching commodity-levels.

Brkdncr ,

The arms connecting the 2nd rail are being used during testing.

Brkdncr ,

This is a simple case of a malicious actor asking for access, and the victim is handing access over. QuickAssist, ScreenConnect, TeamViewer, Teams, Zoom, etc all have been used for this purpose.

It no sounds like it starts with a vishing phone call. Lots of people will ask Microsoft to fix this somehow, but no one ever seems to blame the phone services or demand they fix it.

Brkdncr ,

Old rave music mixtapes.

I had a tape labeled as “sluggo vs urban: annihilation” that I simply loved to death. The tapes are long gone and I never found the artists/DJs again.

How to work with someone that regularly arrives as the wrong answer?

I work with a person that went presented with a problem, works through it and arrives at the wrong solution. When I have them show me the steps they took, it seems like they interpret things incorrectly. This isn't a language barrier, and it's not like they aren't reading what someone wrote....

Brkdncr OP ,

Vagueness was intentional.

In this case I was an observer, so my writing style didn’t affect the situation I had described. I’m also not the first to recognize this type of problem with the employee.

Brkdncr OP ,

No SOP because no one else has trouble understanding this process. At the level they are at they shouldn’t need written steps for this and every other aspect of their job.

I’ve been suspecting adhd for a while but I’m not sure how to approach that topic.

Brkdncr OP ,

if others were regularly coming to me with questions about my direction I would agree with you. In this case I was an outside observer to how the situation transpired, and the individual seems to run into this problem with me and others.

Brkdncr OP ,

Great example/joke. A rational person would either understand that six eggs were wanted, or that six cartons of milk is an odd request and ask for confirmation that they understood the request correctly.

My problem to solve is how do I fix this? While clear instruction should be given, I can’t be there to translate every request this person receives, nor should I have to approve every action they want to take.

Brkdncr OP ,

I wasn’t directly involved in this example, so if the problem was with how I communicate it didn’t affect this situation.

I agree that the request was worded poorly but you correctly hesitated.

Unfortunately they seem to be the only one that has difficulty in asking questions when the instructions are unclear or outside the norm.

Brkdncr OP ,

Agreed. I didn’t proof what I wrote very well.

This example didn’t involve me though, so my poorly written post and writing style shouldn’t have impacted this situation.

Brkdncr OP ,

I agree, but here is some more info:

Employee seems to misunderstand requests from most people and published documentation at a rate much higher than others.

Employee has had years to figure out how people communicate with them.

In this case I wasn’t the one that worded the request poorly, it was someone else. I have adapted to using lists when making requests, and avoiding vague statements, but I can’t expect everyone to adapt to this person and I can’t be there to translate everything for them.

Brkdncr OP ,

Another example:

The product they were sending is only relevant to remote workers.

The product group they were to send it to consists of remote workers and in-office workers.

They are aware that the product they are sending is only for remote workers.

This isn’t the first time they have had to send something to only remote workers.

They sent it to all of them instead of only the remote workers.

While I concede that the instruction could have been worded better, they should have either known to send the product to the appropriate people or asked questions.

Others have said in this post that I need to improve my comms skills, but this person regularly mis-interprets things from everyone, including documentation and guides, and then executes without hesitation. So how do we fix the individual?

Brkdncr OP ,

Most helpful, thanks.

Brkdncr OP ,

If they are it’s not something that’s been told to me.

I’m very aware that people have different skills and limitations and adjust accordingly. I have done a lot, including helping organize tasks, reviewing issues when they come up, setting goals, positive reinforcement, asking how they want me to change to help them further, suggesting learning opportunities, suggesting social interaction opportunities…

Let’s not assume I came to post this without first trying different techniques, researching topics on how to manage people like this, and reaching out to management peers for possible solutions. I’ve had a few upper management people that knew this person tell me “some people just don’t get it” and “they have possibly hit their peak”

Brkdncr OP ,

I probably should have included that these were all great responses; just that I’ve tried them.

Brkdncr OP ,

Thanks, I will do that. Keep in mind that I presented a single situation. It also applies to things like following documentation steps, and coming up with steps on their own to reach a defined goal.

Brkdncr OP ,

Yeah, it’s vague on purpose. No, not customers.

Brkdncr ,

There is a lot of hip hop that fits this idea of great music with wacky lyrics.

Megan thee stallion, cardi b, and the like sing some raunchy songs.

Bbno$, yung gravy, lil dicky, flynt flossy and the entire turquoise jeep records collection of artists are humor-forward

Then theres czarface which has made many albums all about comic book characters.

Brkdncr ,

It’s still supported under VDI environments which is why the toggle still exists at all.

Not the best rollout of a MS product but I give them credit for realizing that they needed to switch the underlying code base completely to be more efficient, and actually committing to it.

Brkdncr ,

I think they were using electron and moved to webview2? They blogged about it a long while back.

Why does a state like California that has supermajorities in both houses of the legislature not have a livable wage, housing guarantees, universal healthcare, and other very progressive policies?

I keep being told it's because of the Republicans that we can't have nice things. So what gives in California? We should be overflowing with progressive policies.

Brkdncr ,

Orange country.

Brkdncr ,

Sennheiser, jabber. You’ll need to buy into their up-market products though.

Brkdncr ,

I like how it holds the “I” when screening friends. Creepy.

Brkdncr ,

Bing gave me this and I’m ok with it.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b01d1c25-6378-408a-a64e-aa9185a966f8.jpeg

Brkdncr ,

Happy trees.

Brkdncr ,

A Ressikan flute might make the jingle more appealing.

Brkdncr ,

Paywall.

What is the benefit of closing Studios? Why not sell them?

Yes, this is in relation to the closing of Tango Gameworks and Arcane Austin. Is there some immediate monetary benefit behind it that I have no idea about? Is it so they can keep the IPs and not have to deal with the developers? Are the Studios too expensive for anyone to buy? I honestly don't understand how these executives...

Brkdncr ,

There are no buyers for studios that had their IP stripped already.

Brkdncr OP ,

Exchange server runs the business world.

Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 bln in debt ( www.reuters.com )

Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of the summer to address its $9 billion in total liabilities, its attorneys said at a Tuesday court hearing in Houston....

Brkdncr ,

Can you imagine a shareholder having more power than a dr in deciding your healthcare options?

Brkdncr ,

Acceptable.

Brkdncr ,

I love how when this gets recommended the responses turn into trying to find the more exact correct amount to set the line at. Just like normal politics though, they get bogged down so much that what seemed like a simple answer turns into discuss,defer,delay, and the original point was missed.

Brkdncr ,

https://youtu.be/qEJ4hkpQW8E

Brkdncr ,

Back when Reddit was still “new” people posted niche content into a few broad categories until there was enough of that content to start its own category.

I wish people used Lemmy like that.

Brkdncr ,

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Brkdncr ,

Too many variables. Energy usage isn’t constrained to efficiency of the hvac.

What’s the energy consumption of your current unit? compare that equipment to a newer model to get an idea.

Brkdncr ,

Set it loose and let it build a wall wherever it wants

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