my screen was full of cats

I see no problem with this

I am a system admin and have to run a ton of Windows servers

I feel your pain, I am a “Linux System Administrator” and the amount of Windows server crap I have to deal with on a daily basis…

1. Why is XBOX Live services running by default on Windows Server???
2. Why is co-pilot running by default on Windows Server??!?!?
3. And what M$ engineer thought, aah yes the best possible place for a recovery partition is at the end of the main OS partition???!?!?!?!?!
4. And lastly, what the actual fuck were they thinking when they put Windows 11s shit UI on Windows Server.

On the less ranty/negative side:

• AD isn’t horrible, while I prefer freeIPA, I can’t complain too much.
• powershell other than being wordy commands, is kinda nice.

I see you point, but I also disagree, but I also somewhat agree.

“AI” as it is today, is a cancer.

However, generative algorithms could have its place as tools for different purposes.

For interactive entertainment. In things like video games, where you get to actually talk with an NPC in a role playing sense (in a speech to text and then get a response in a text to speech fashion).

Or, as a way to generate concepts to help illustrate a point. I draw worse than most kindergarten children, and could not draw a concept of what I’m trying to explain if my life depended on it. And while I could try and explain the same thing over and over until the person gets it, I find a picture generator able to understand me quicker/better and then able to generate a picture for those I’m speaking with.

But there are many problems with “AI” today, one of which is that it’s not actually “Artificial Intelligence”. It uses a ridiculous amount of energy, to do statistical calculations on a massive scale. Just so that in can output something that has a “high” probability of being coherent and that also answers the question/prompt (with higher focus on the former, rather than the latter).

There is also the fact that the data it was “trained” on, in most cases are stolen and in a way that causes/caused disruption to services providing the data they steal (or in Metas case, where the logic is: “We didn’t share the stolen data, so it’s not theft”). And, while I have do have my own not so popular views on copyright, I still see it as stealing.

tl;dr “AI” is a fucking cancer, but the genre of technology might have potential

I have not any experience with WatchGuard, but it from some quick searching around it seems to not be far from the easiest to set up for linux. dual-booting is probably the easier solution.

I hope you find a solution to what sounds like not the best life situation, and may you have an otherwise have a nice Linux journey.

Then all I can do is welcome you and wish for you to have a nice journey

1. There is a workaround for installing win 11 with local account, it’s still horseshit
2. the fact that they think that just because they still show ads it’s ok in any way shape or form to collect any personal information is insane
3. don’t forget they are also trying to screen record 24/7 and then store it in the cloud (yes they store it “locally” in you appdata, that they then decided to sync with OneDrive)

Upgrade to win11 or change to Linux?

Without prodding too much into what VPN you work uses

Most VPN solutions run on linux just fine, even Microsoft PPTP VPN solution works fine. I would probably check with your IT department what protocol they use and any connection caveats (like machine certificates used for authentication) and look into the different VPN solutions (some examples; WireGuard and OpenVPN are very well supported, IPSec (libreswan or strongswan are options here) depends on setup, PPTP/L2TP should work with most setups (I have to admin I havn’t touched those enough), vpnc works with Cisco base IPsec setups and openconnect works with most SSL VPN connection)

way to long just short it down: 3248

clearly the best way to show date

0

is bigger than

1

but my

2

is bigger than yours

Against my better judgement, let me ask you this.

What makes you say they are protected in jail? Because they get to be alive?

Have you seen how people in jail are being treated? (At least in America)

Is it not better for them to be kept alive so they can regret their actions, rather than ending their existence? Giving them opportunity to pay for their actions with something else than their lives?

Also, why should we not attack the underlying problem of why people commit these atrocious actions to begin with? Do you really believe they were born with the intention of committing these crimes?

If you are willing to live with yourself after murdering another human being, you are no different from the rapists who are willing to live with themselves after damaging another human being for life. They might be evil human beings, but they are still human.

That’s what you get for making a joke about his wife

Now come bang his wife like the rest of us.

The stupendium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXQJFPzHx_M

the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/417360/

Found the person who think that only America have rural areas with terrible transit.

ISO8601 is better for programming and scripting

RFC3339 is for when I’m feeling fancy

ISO8601 for the win

2023-12-12

The first thing I thought of was “What Remains of Edith Finch”

The second thing I thought was this must be a great way to plan for the next DnD session as a DM

So that when we bang

the drums, she can dance with beautifully and enjoy here life!

Either way, no more school

The only problem with this plan is that Valve have massive issues when it comes to counting to 3.