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Comment Re:Many Times (Score 2) 11

by drreid on Friday June 27, 2025 @12:36PM (#65480272) Attached to: Deeper Sleep Stages Boost Problem-Solving Insights, Study Finds

I used to get them in the shower.

Comment Re:Getting stuff that works under Linux is not har (Score 1) 105

by drreid on Monday April 07, 2025 @11:17AM (#65286853) Attached to: Forget 'Snow Sequoia'. Now I'm Cheering for Better Linux Hardware

i"m not saying that this will work for all Macs or people, but when my 2015 Macbook's hardware wouldn't run the latest MasOS I started dual booting MX Linux. MX Linux runs wonderfully and I didn't need to buy a new laptop. My only issue was the webcam didn't work and that was easy to fix.

Comment Re:Get a mac (Score 4, Informative) 220

by drreid on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:08PM (#65250317) Attached to: Microsoft Tells Windows 10 Users To Buy New PCs

My 2015 Macbook Pro runs MXlinux wonderfully. No Apple shenanigans.

Comment Not if you don't have Apple stuff (Score 0) 94

by drreid on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:38AM (#65163495) Attached to: UK Demand For a Back Door To Apple Data Threatens Americans, Lawmakers Say

Subject says it all.

Comment All of business/tech has enshitified (Score 2) 249

by drreid on Thursday February 06, 2025 @01:26PM (#65147241) Attached to: The Enshittification Hall of Shame

I think it was around the 80's when MBA's took over business and tech. Their basic business strategy was to buy a company with a good reputation/product and turn it into cheap crap. This also became the business model for tech companies. Start by offering a useful service/product and after gaining market share, milk that for all it's worth. IBM, Google, Apple, Amazon and many other companies. It's become the standard.

Comment What TF? (Score 1) 106

by drreid on Monday January 13, 2025 @11:18AM (#65085049) Attached to: FBI Chief Warns China Poised To Wreak 'Real-World Harm' on US Infrastructure

If all these intrusions are known why weren't they prevented/currently being mitigated? How does this guy still have his job?

Comment Re:The WOT enshitification of 11 isn't helping. (Score 2) 242

by drreid on Monday January 06, 2025 @12:14PM (#65066605) Attached to: Millions of Windows 10 PCs Face Security Disaster in 2025 When Microsoft Ends Support

2) A modified version of Windows11 that doesn't need an online account and doesn't have recall (and doesn't phone home for AI)

A modified version of Windows 11 is uneccessary. Instructions for installing Win 11 to avoid incompatibilities are available with a simple Google search. I did it yesterday on my sister's laptop using Rufus to avoid using an online account, incompatibilities and disable recall/telemetry with Shutup 10++. I've never used a online account to install Windows on my wife's and sister's laptops.

Comment Re:A place they should avoid (Score 1) 158

by drreid on Thursday September 12, 2019 @09:38AM (#59185170) Attached to: Apple's iPhone 11 Pro Is Triggering 'Fear of Holes' Or Trypophobia In Some

As well as the Sea of Holes.

Getting Beyond the Helldesk 474

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 18, 2009 @12:19AM from the through-the-perly-gates dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I've been working as a helpdesk monkey for over a year in a small-medium sized law firm of around 200 users and I don't know if my patience and sanity can last much longer. I'd like to remain in IT, but in less of a front-line role where I can actually get some work done without being interrupted every five minutes by a jamming printer or frozen instance of Outlook. There isn't really any room for progression at my current employer, and with the weak job market it seems I can only move sideways into another support role. I've been considering a full-time Masters degree in a specialized Computer Science area such as databases or Web development, but I don't know if the financial cost and the loss of a year's income and experience can justify it. Do any Slashdotters who have made it beyond the helpdesk have any knowledge or wisdom to impart? Is formal education a good avenue, or would I better off moving back home, getting a mindless but low-stress job, and teaching myself technologies in my free time?"

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