Posts by chivo243 6665 publicly visible posts • joined 10 May 2010
Yep, hit the little guys when their down, Direct File, a free service, will be discontinued by the president. Now you gotta pay to file taxes unless you qualify for Free File or use a third party*(data slurper)
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-plan-to-end-free-direct-file-program-and-rely-on-for-profit-tax-preparers-is-a-mistake
There are other free ones*
https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/ways-to-file-taxes-for-free
I did the same thing! We had APC and Eaton in the same Equipment room, I used the serial cable that was left by a previous tech on the APC, and I brought down two racks, the silence of those fans spinning down is deafening! You got that right APC and the cable is a tale for more beers!
yep, I had my ring get caught on a bracket in a rack, and on another occasion, I had my watch hang up in a rack and broke the pin holding the strap, I wear neither a wrist watch or wedding ring any longer. I still have them both, perhaps when retirement comes(sooner than later it appears) I'll get the battery and the strap for the watch replaced? The ring can stay in the box where it lives.
Too long for me, I'm almost on the farthest point from NZ on the planet. My antipode location puts me near Australia. https://mapscaping.com/antipode-finder/
By the time I get there, it will be overcrowded.
Sad face for my kid, what a crappy world we're leaving for them.
from a former colleague: As a young intern at some bigger corp, there was a print shop, and you submitted your print jobs, and you went to the counter picked them up from the printer(a person!).
When I was in high school, there was an industrial arts class "print shop" That class did all the forms for the school, all the forms(!), such as hall passes, tardy slips, and the "admit to class" you had to present for absences! I'm glad to have had friends in that class!
A leaf blower is definitely not an inside tool? Nonsense, I use a leaf blower to blow out he cottonwood fluff our of one window screen, the screen was in place when the window blinds were installed, to remove the screen for normal cleaning requires removing the blinds... BrmmmBrrr!
Dell exploding capacitors! I was there, I got the T-Shirt!
GX260's!! For the Win!! There were a few 270's and 280's in that mix.
I had dozens of these 'fatboys' to "report" for repairs. After about my 6th call, I got the same support tech guy, and they told me to send the remaining Service tag numbers in a spreadsheet, and a chap from Centronic showed up with all the spare mobos to repair all of them in one go! Ditch that hideous script!!
Goodbye POP3, I won't miss idiots POPping their mail on one device,(and not having the box checked, leave copy on server) and never seeing it on another device. Then screaming to IT that something is broke. My heart aches for those who depend on google's free services for important processes /s. I use gmail, and some storage, but nothing would really be lost to me if they closed up shop tomorrow, sure i'd have to register a new address with all my contacts and services that use that address as a login(stupid idea), but that's the trade off against running(or ruining) my own mailserver.
† flavouring the liquor with the buildings accumulated dead rats. Like Chicago's claim to fame.
Malört, a bitter liqueur with deep roots in Chicago, is widely recognized as the city's iconic liquor shot.
Known for its extremely bitter taste, often described as "like swallowing a burnt condom filled with gasoline" or "like baby aspirin wrapped in grapefruit peel tied up with rubber bands," Malört has become a rite of passage for both residents and visitors
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