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Mustache Ride posted:We've been doing a big push from individual laptops to Azure VDI terminal instances. It's so cheap and easy to set up, and as this keeps up and more and more peoples laptops are retired due to age I expect to see a ton more VDI instances. So what are the employees using to access the VDI instances? Just cheaper low end laptops that are only expected to run a terminal session (such as a Chromebook), BYOD, or..? I'm genuinely curious (and dumb) with this stuff.
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Wrar posted:Where did you stop watching? Based on what you've said where you stopped is the tip of the iceberg. I watched a lot of that show because the missus always had it on, but the last thing I remember story-wise was when they get caught by the judge for cheating in the "second chances" part. It felt like I was getting close to the end of the show
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STR posted:So what are the employees using to access the VDI instances? Just cheaper low end laptops that are only expected to run a terminal session (such as a Chromebook), BYOD, or..? That's the rub. Most employees can do the work on a dual core 4/8gb laptop bullshit system, and at that point a VDI instance is more about control than anything else. It's a really weird series of tradeoffs because non-centralized computing power is so comically cheap.
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The end is nigh https://apnews.com/4956d87b72b000a917eed27392d16d8b Honestly a good thing, and I am not sure how much I really care about new ICE that much anyway, and especially with how neutered they will be in 15 years. I am interested in some transition to ICE being a super luxury item and relegated to like off road / track use only. which would be fine with me.
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Most of the time it's just their own personal devices, or whatever poo poo is lying around if they don't have a laptop that can run MS Remote Desktop.
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So let's say an employee that has an old laptop that just lost their laptop (due to it being too old and IT saying "gimme"), and doesn't have anything else around. What then? Most of us have desktops and/or laptops. A lot of the general public doesn't own more than a phone, maybe a tablet. What if they only have a phone? I'm not trying to be a dick, not trying to debate, I'm just curious how this plays out from the corporate side. It seems to be pretty typical of a lot of the WFH movement. Are the employees expected to go out and get a laptop or tablet once the company decides their laptop is too old? I can't even imagine to be totally productive on a touchscreen-only tablet.  I can't type for poo poo on a touchscreen. Gimme a remotely decent full size keyboard (as in full depth keys, not the laptop-depth poo poo that so many companies ship now these days... looking at you Dell and Logitech) and I can bang out over 100 WPM.
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Sep 24, 2020 01:27
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The issue was they didn't want to have Joe Schmoo employees haul desktops home and have their kids install steam and infect the network with porn and other poo poo. So VDI instances vs deploying a full scale VPN connection for all hardware that was taken home by most enterprises forced to implement last ditch WFH. If they didn't have a device at home that could connect (last I heard it was ~20%) they gave them a dwindling stock of loaner laptops with only the rights to connect to VDI. Once they ran out of those, they started buying those lovely all in one things.
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We were moving out of our office to a new complex at the end of the year anyhow, but in the interim we've managed to sub-lease out 5 of our floors to companies who don't care about their employees. We're giving them our crappy furniture and moving all the good stuff to the floors we're keeping through the end of the year. So it's free game on Herman Miller Aeron chairs and 27" 4k monitors and wall mounted TVs (if you happen to be friends with the Facilities team). All those beers I've bought those lads over the years pays off (for the 10,000th time).
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Personally I hate VDI. My organization has hundreds of thin clients on the shop floor and 3 lovely RDP servers that they connect to. A few weeks back, something happened to RDP and every one of them decided it was time to reconnect. It doesn’t work that way, poo poo went down, and my stupid rear end was the only one on the floor who could even answer questions because I understand what happened. I’m not part of IT department so there was nothing I could do. They completely ruin my day at least once a week because I made the mistake a long while back of even attempting to explain how they work and IT doesn’t answer the phone or just shrugs it off when there is a problem. My company refuses to use azure or any other cloud server. Access databases and shared network folders are considered a good solution. Hell, I can’t even convince them to use sharepoint online/teams/onedrive over a network share. Never mind the near unlimited storage, microsoft backing it up, a useful feature called search, more than one person in a file at a time and some form of organization... we need a shared folder with a terabyte of storage split between 1700 people. As far as WFH goes, with office 365 web apps being decent and the ability to install on a personal device, same with zoom, unless someone really needs to get on iSeries I really don’t see the point of taking a device home or worrying about VDI. Thats all 90% of them do. Outlook, excel, zoom. Everything I develop from now on will be a web application.
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Speaking of... I had a virtual meeting with a nutritionist the other day (one benefit I get through work.. 3 nutritionist meetings for free per calendar year). It was via Zoom. My first time ever using it, and I didn't bother trying to install it on anything until 2 minutes after the meeting was supposed to start. I couldn't get Zoom to work on my desktop. My webcam is... somewhere behind my desk and probably unplugged. Webcam contains the mic, so nope, nothing. I wound up loading Zoom on my phone and just putting it on the kickstand next to my desk. She didn't have to see me (therefore I left video off, esp since I'd just rolled out of bed), I just needed audio. Used my PC for notes. (sorry, K, for the click-clack in your ear, I tried to mute it anytime I had to type  )I was on with her at 9:05, woke up at 9:02, I haven't been a computer janitor in over 20 years. I think I did pretty good.
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I am beginning to deeply hate trying to find SOMEONE who will transport an engine fromBrisbane to Sydney A) Most wont do residential to residential b) They wont accept engines to start with c) Has to be CRATED. loving hell
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Confirmed case in my building and ON MY SHIFT. They didn't want to put the person on blast but we figured it out in 10 minutes and that idiot keeps going to public events and is now a pariah.
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Thanks for the TV/Movie recommendations. Will definitely check out good life. Was literally not on my radar. In other 1rst world problem news, not what I wanted to see on my prewashed/ready to eat greens as my wife was throwing it together this evening. 
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Touching on housing/landlord chat again. https://www.barfoot.co.nz/property/residential/manukau-city/papatoetoe/796011 This is a 1212sqm property with a 3 bed house and 2 bed minor dwelling, in not a particularly great neighbourhood, 20km from the centre of Auckland. In 2006 it sold for NZ$551,000 At the 2008 election, the National Party won on a campaign that included talking about how bad the housing affordability crisis was. That party stayed in power until 2017 and did absolutely nothing except sell off a bunch of state houses and open the immigration gates. In 2012, the property sold for $632,500 It just sold again for $1.97m. We have no capital gains tax. So, this property earned $162k untaxed a year since 2012. And that's not counting the potential rental income, stated in the real estate as $55k. The median NZ income is $53k People who were lucky enough to own a home before the boom suddenly find themselves with huge capital gains, which a bank will happily lend against for them to buy another property. And another. And another. And another.... One thing that has changed to "help" affordability is huge swathes of Auckland have been rezoned to allow townhouses and low rise apartments, which might help long term, but in the short term, properties like this which are big enough, can be knocked down and replaced with about 5 townhouses. Yeah, long term that might help, but short term people are stuck unable to buy in, and unable to both pay rent and save for a deposit when values are going up that quickly and those lucky enough to already own are locked in and getting wealthier and wealthier. Plus certain major media outlets get a large income from real estate advertising, so constantly push the narrative that all you need to do to own a house is cut down on takeaway coffees, iPhones and avocado toast and just save, and also maybe live rent free with wealthy parents for a while who will also "gift" you $50k to help with the deposit. Also any move the government makes to improve the lot of renters like mandating insulation and heat sources and making it harder to kick tenants out for no reason is tantamount to communism and an attack on hard working mum and dad property investors. tldr rent seeking behaviour is scumbaggery and the sooner landlords meet guillotines the better.
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The house I grew up in my parents bought from their landlord in 95 for $235k In 2007 I think it peaked at $1.2mm estimated value. It’s back over that estimation again after the poo poo my father put it through with foreclosure and being a fuckhead really hurting it’s value. 1100 sqft, technically 2bd1ba but really 3 bedrooms. And a single garage. Also not a lot of land because all the houses in the neighborhood are built up touching each other. TheBacon fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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I know I'm late on FB being bad chat but holy gently caress at STR going to FB jail for that when I've reported the following posts multiple times and get a "This doesn't violate our TOS" message every time.  
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Yeah primary résidences not being subject to capital gains tax feels like a key driver of this bullshit.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I am beginning to deeply hate trying to find SOMEONE who will transport an engine fromBrisbane to Sydney I mean making a crate is like a 1hr project, but that's rather annoying. Can you get it to the dock at work maybe?
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kastein posted:I mean making a crate is like a 1hr project, but that's rather annoying. Can you get it to the dock at work maybe? One issue is simply getting it across the border. If the QLD border was open I'd be on my way tomorrow night but it's closed due to Covid restrictions.
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TheBacon posted:The end is nigh I'll be amazed if California exists as a polity in 15 years, unless it's something like the New California Republic, so that ban doesn't really mean much to me. That said, just like Cash for Clunkers, I expect it to be brutally bad for the lower income half of society who rely on a functioning used car market to have cars at all.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:One issue is simply getting it across the border. If the QLD border was open I'd be on my way tomorrow night but it's closed due to Covid restrictions. You need help with something in QLD? I missed some of the chat
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Liquid Communism posted:I'll be amazed if California exists as a polity in 15 years why?
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Liquid Communism posted:I'll be amazed if California exists as a polity in 15 years, unless it's something like the New California Republic, so that ban doesn't really mean much to me. That said, just like Cash for Clunkers, I expect it to be brutally bad for the lower income half of society who rely on a functioning used car market to have cars at all. It absolutely lacks any of the teeth it needs in the form of massive public infra charging build out along with even more massive public transit build out, so ya. But in all reality the ICE has to come to an end as much as I am an old man yelling at clouds about how much I love old poo poo and hate electric and hybrid and everything not an old analog car experience. The ICE needs to become a luxury item/good/experience and hopefully I’ll be able to afford the $3k or whatever it will cost to rip a Miata around a track for 30 minutes once a year for the only allowed use of them.
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Liquid Communism posted:I'll be amazed if California exists as a polity in 15 years, unless it's something like the New California Republic, so that ban doesn't really mean much to me. That said, just like Cash for Clunkers, I expect it to be brutally bad for the lower income half of society who rely on a functioning used car market to have cars at all. It bans the sale of new ICE powered cars, gasoline cars will still be on the market. EVs are going to be better than ICE cars in every way but noise in 15 years anyway
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knox_harrington posted:Yeah primary résidences not being subject to capital gains tax feels like a key driver of this bullshit. its definitely part of it but even in the US you dont pay cap gains on your primary residence, as long as you lived there for 2 years. are there really no cap gains at all for any property in NZ? seems bad
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kastein posted:I dunno what your budget is, but windows are pretty easy to diy even if you've never done it before. kastein posted:I don't think I paid over 500 for any one rectangular flat window in my house for comparison sake. If you want I can get a list of sizes and prices I paid together. I think most were in the 200-300 range and that was for fairly large windows. Meant to reply to this yesterday, Where does one even buy the windows? Is that a home store/builder supply item? I've honestly never looked. I would need specific remodel windows, since I have a brick facade, so cant use the original style flanged attachment, and of course, out of 10 windows, there's probably 6 different sizes (if not 10...) Being able to do them a few at a time would be nice for the wallet.
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You can buy windows at most big box home improvement stores.
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Darchangel posted:Meant to reply to this yesterday, Over here there are loads of window specialists who are cheaper than the big DIY stores. UPVC double glazed places here will just make them all for you from your measurements. All the windows in my house were different sizes even the ones that look the same at first glance!. In many cases they were even slightly different sizes to the ones in the house next door - which is in theory a mirror image of mine!
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Darchangel posted:Meant to reply to this yesterday, 100% of mine have come from home depot. You go to the millwork desk with detailed dimensions of every rough opening you need a window for (if you're replacing the whole unit, if you're only replacing the old single pane window you can usually get retrofit ones that screw into the old casement, it really depends on your plans and existing setup) and spec out the glass, gas fill, grille configuration if any, screens, safety locking devices, size, nail flange and siding channel options, etc etc. Put the full order together and get a quote, if it's over a certain amount have them submit it to the bidroom (I'm sure Lowe's has an equivalent.). You'll get at least 15% off probably. Ask if they have any big sales coming up, every month or two they'll run a special on windows where you get a decent discount just for buying then instead of when you planned to. If you want to do it on the installment plan, just pull a permit and ask how long it is valid for, I can't remember how long mine are good for but my town has never given me grief over it. Then just buy em as you can afford them and install a few every time they show up (takes a few weeks for custom sizes.) I spread my 14 windows over something like 5 years. If you're careful you can plan your window purchases in small enough chunks to be wallet friendly but big enough to be able to go through the bidroom for a discount. IIRC the cutoff is 1500 bucks an order but I'm not really certain of that. The only thing that might be a hangup is I have no idea how your existing windows are put together - you might be able to retrofit easily or you might not. Take detailed pics open and closed of the jambs and sashes along with measurements and bring them with you, hopefully they can find an easy way. E: yeah it's 1500 minimum. https://www.homedepot.com/c/Pro_VolumePricing E2: oh yeah DO NOT TAKE YOUR OLD WINDOWS OUT TILL YOU GET THE NEW ONES HOME AND READY TO INSTALL, SITTING NEXT TO THE PLACE THEY GO. It's stupid easy to break them loading or unloading if you're clumsy, though I've been lucky, it's been close a few times, like I nearly fell down a ladder with a 40x69 window on top of me in 2018. And very carefully check over your specs before submitting the order, especially regarding grilles if you want any, there's a bug in the software and if you ask for the wrong kind of glass you can't spec grilles at all and they won't show up in the spec list and you might forget you wanted them at all until they show up grille-less. And very carefully check your windows before signing them out at the store because the delivery truckers are dipshits and like to drag them on the nail flanges which sometimes shreds them or snaps them off (probably won't be an issue for you since you can't use nail flange ones) and also gently caress up the screens and screen frames, and once they even managed to break the glass on mine. And once you sign them out, you are SOL because they'll say that was your fault loading them in the parking lot, so... Get out the fine tooth comb. kastein fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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It will be interesting to see how CA handles the road tax if all the new vehicles are EVs. Currently CA has just charged EV owners an extra annual fee (at least that was the case last I checked), but in terms of fairness they'd probably have to start verifying your mileage annually or something like that.
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Rhyno posted:You can buy windows at most big box home improvement stores. Tomarse posted:Over here there are loads of window specialists who are cheaper than the big DIY stores. kastein posted:100% of mine have come from home depot. You go to the millwork desk with detailed dimensions of every rough opening you need a window for (if you're replacing the whole unit, if you're only replacing the old single pane window you can usually get retrofit ones that screw into the old casement, it really depends on your plans and existing setup) and spec out the glass, gas fill, grille configuration if any, screens, safety locking devices, size, nail flange and siding channel options, etc etc. Put the full order together and get a quote, if it's over a certain amount have them submit it to the bidroom (I'm sure Lowe's has an equivalent.). You'll get at least 15% off probably. Ask if they have any big sales coming up, every month or two they'll run a special on windows where you get a decent discount just for buying then instead of when you planned to. Thanks, guys. I'll take a look as soon as my wallet heals.
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BraveUlysses posted:its definitely part of it but even in the US you dont pay cap gains on your primary residence, as long as you lived there for 2 years. are there really no cap gains at all for any property in NZ? seems bad Well, there are cap gain taxes, it just doesn't hit until after the first $250k for a single person and $500k for married couples. So you have to have a massive gain to get taxed. That house would have paid at least a couple hundred thousand in taxes in the US. Lack of taxes really frustrates me. Most problems in most societies could be easily solved if everyone paid a fair share of taxes on everything. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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yeah but then the rich would have to get incrementally richer rather than exponentially richer. what are you, a communist?
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BraveUlysses posted:its definitely part of it but even in the US you dont pay cap gains on your primary residence, as long as you lived there for 2 years. are there really no cap gains at all for any property in NZ? seems bad So technically there IS one, since 2015 when a “bright line” rule was introduced. If you bought and sold within 2 years, extended to 5 years in 2018, if you bought the property with the intention of reselling for a profit. But it’s not really enforced well at all so it basically might as well not exist. IRD has more staff chasing down benefit fraud and student loans than they do chasing up this or any other form of tax avoidance. Even though benefit fraud costs $8m/yr and other avoidance is estimated at $1.5b+. Edit: we do also pay council rates as well, which is a form of tax, but it’s what you pay to the local city for services like waste, libraries, roads etc. For this property is based on the govt valuation of $1.48m and this year the rates are $4552. BuckyDoneGun fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:yeah but then the rich would have to get incrementally richer rather than exponentially richer. what are you, a communist? 
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meatpimp posted:New Subforum Title -- Officially meatpimp Approved. Oh drat, there is supposed to be a max 32 character limit that this name blew by, but they made an exception. Our halloween costume this year is something super spooky, an anime. Everyone talk about wangan midnight, redline and initial D I guess. 
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:One issue is simply getting it across the border. If the QLD border was open I'd be on my way tomorrow night but it's closed due to Covid restrictions. I ship a lot of stuff using a broker called Transdirect. IIRC it doesn’t cost to set up an account with them, might be worth a look. Failing that, try AirTasker?
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Wangan Midnight is a bad show but the details on the cars made me watch it. Redline is the future we deserve.
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