@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen

US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House.

Go back where? To the state they were born in? They're US CITIZENS.

How stupid is this guy?

Pretty

Biggest understatement of this presidency!

In every sense of the word, ha ha.

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

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Mayors around the country join forces to fight hacker ransoms

Twenty-two cities have been targeted in 2019 alone
Over 225 mayors across the US have backed a resolution to not pay ransoms to hackers, as reported by The New York Times.

Maybe they should instead hire actual IT pros and just not get hacked in the first place. Cart before the horse people.

Yeah, they need to invest in better solutions and people. It's not an if situation, it's a when.

I saw a sign outside of our CIO's office a few days ago. I like it. It says something like this:

CEO: What if we invest in our people and they leave?

CIO: What if we don't invest in them and they stay?

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Got gas early this morning and two of my warning lights came on. Power steering was one. Came very close to getting into another accident. I read online about other 2017 Hyundai Sonata owners having the exact same issue.

Yikes... glad it was an almost accident instead of a real accident!

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Doing harmonic analysis for some (music) coursework.

Grading stuff? or doing homework? lol.

Homework. I'm taking a class (will do another in the fall) to renew my teaching certificate. Even though I've transitioned to IT, I'm holding on to my teacher certification. It's was a PITA to get, so I intend to keep it renewed.

The march I'm arranging is called "Qui Vive!" I have this, an assignment next week, then my final project due :).

That's a catchy tune. What kind of arrangement are you doing?

I don't blame you for keeping your teachers certs up to date! Never know when you'll get tired of kicking computers around.

This week's assignment was making an arrangement for full woodwind and brass sections for the about two-thirds of the piece.

Cool. That sounds like a fun, if not challenging exercise, lol.

It is, but it takes a good bit of time, and I’m tired.

Ha ha. I feel your pain. I helped the youth/music minister do arrangements for Sunday services a few times when I was in highschool. It was fun, but definitely not something i wanted to do every week, lol!

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Doing harmonic analysis for some (music) coursework.

Grading stuff? or doing homework? lol.

Homework. I'm taking a class (will do another in the fall) to renew my teaching certificate. Even though I've transitioned to IT, I'm holding on to my teacher certification. It's was a PITA to get, so I intend to keep it renewed.

The march I'm arranging is called "Qui Vive!" I have this, an assignment next week, then my final project due :).

That's a catchy tune. What kind of arrangement are you doing?

I don't blame you for keeping your teachers certs up to date! Never know when you'll get tired of kicking computers around.

This week's assignment was making an arrangement for full woodwind and brass sections for the about two-thirds of the piece.

Cool. That sounds like a fun, if not challenging exercise, lol.

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Doing harmonic analysis for some (music) coursework.

Grading stuff? or doing homework? lol.

Homework. I'm taking a class (will do another in the fall) to renew my teaching certificate. Even though I've transitioned to IT, I'm holding on to my teacher certification. It's was a PITA to get, so I intend to keep it renewed.

The march I'm arranging is called "Qui Vive!" I have this, an assignment next week, then my final project due :).

That's a catchy tune. What kind of arrangement are you doing?

I don't blame you for keeping your teachers certs up to date! Never know when you'll get tired of kicking computers around.

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Doing harmonic analysis for some (music) coursework.

Grading stuff? or doing homework? lol.

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Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina

https://twitter.com/i/moments/1149685246863896576?lang=en

Holy cow!

OK - cellphone video - uh.. why was the guy videoing it, unless he knew it was going to happen?

It looks like he was recording a monitor from his NVR or something, you can see a timestamp in the top left corner moving around.

EDIT: just saw the end of the video. 100% this lol

Good call. thanks.

"Gas leak."... Translated: "Hey let's try this new recipe I found online. What it makes will blow your mind!

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Microsoft Teams is now officially bigger than Slack

It's the first official milestone for Microsoft's group chat, and it's a big one.
Microsoft Teams may have only been around for two years, but the group-chat platform is already larger than one of its main competitors.

Wow, that's actually really surprising.

My first thought was were they counting active users or just everybody who is subscribed to O365, lol. The article says they claim 13mil daily users.

@wrx7m said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Was this ever true?

Sure. They don't ever say what it is that they are comparing it to.

Does more than the piece of fruit it is named for.
Costs less than putting a man on the moon.
It's that simple.

Ha ha ha.