@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scotth said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Unemployment is a very "soft" concept at the best of times. Even just defining who is and isn't unemployed amongst your friends is hard. Do you count part timers? Retirees? Children? Consultants? Entrepreneurs? The lazy? Students? What about people with jobs created only to make them not appear unemployed? The rich? The poor?

I'm not defending any specific method. I mention it because I've seen apples to apples comparisons mentioned here, defended to the death and thought that I'd point out that there have been more 'corrections' introduced to the definition of unemployed more times that I could possible count and maintain any kind of sanity.

Part of the complexity is that over time the socially accepted concept of unemployment changes. In 1960, an 18 year old that isn't working is unemployed. Today, a 25 year old that isn't working is "just a kid, we can't expect them to start a job yet." Who we feel should and shouldn't be employed has changed dramatically in that time.

And then for a publication to report the condition of something that appears to be very ambiguous without stating the importance of these variances and how to interpret them is not exactly above board, imho. A lot of folks will take that statement as fact without thinking of how evolved the term unemployment actually is.

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Unemployment is a very "soft" concept at the best of times. Even just defining who is and isn't unemployed amongst your friends is hard. Do you count part timers? Retirees? Children? Consultants? Entrepreneurs? The lazy? Students? What about people with jobs created only to make them not appear unemployed? The rich? The poor?

I'm not defending any specific method. I mention it because I've seen apples to apples comparisons mentioned here, defended to the death and thought that I'd point out that there have been more 'corrections' introduced to the definition of unemployed more times that I could possible count and maintain any kind of sanity.

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

US jobless rate at lowest since 1969

The US unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level for more than 49 years in April, according to official figures.

The jobless rate fell from 3.8% to 3.6%, the US Labor Department said, the lowest rate since December 1969.

Does this report count those who are "unemployed" the same way in both time frames?

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Drinking:

Jim Beam Devil's Cut

A small Easter present from the office.

Beam & water on the rocks is my goto with ribs. Just seems to go together for me. I've been meaning to try Devil's Cut since I 1st heard about it. Oddly, I don't drink anymore and haven't for a great many years. I will on occasion have one two just for kicks.

Hmmm, thinking out loud, UPS issue?

@WrCombs said in Windows 10 Reboots:

@scotth said in Windows 10 Reboots:

@notverypunny said in Windows 10 Reboots:

Could it be overheating and then going to various levels of power management / throttling to manage the thermal load?

If this is counter in a restaurant, I'd bet good money that it's covered by bags or napkins or some kind of advertisement. Our POS systems use separate power bricks and the are constantly covered up and they cook nicely.

Lol I've seen this happen as well.
But this is the Server that's having the issues.

You need 'eyes on'

@notverypunny said in Windows 10 Reboots:

Could it be overheating and then going to various levels of power management / throttling to manage the thermal load?

If this is counter in a restaurant, I'd bet good money that it's covered by bags or napkins or some kind of advertisement. Our POS systems use separate power bricks and the are constantly covered up and they cook nicely.

EDIT: This is one thing that actually results in a conversation with the person on site. It's a foolish expense.

@WrCombs said in Windows 10 Reboots:

@scotth said in Windows 10 Reboots:

Also from an administrative cmd prompt, you could run start /w cleanmgr.exe and get rid of stale update files, old installations, ... I usually keep dump and log files. It takes a while for a restart if you remove any update files because it rebuilds your updates database during restart.

that scares me.
LOL this is a live site right now.
This has been happening since the first of the year apparently.
First I heard about it was a week ago.

Nothing like walking into a room full of angry women. Take someone with you to stop the hemorrhaging.

Also from an administrative cmd prompt, you could run start /w cleanmgr.exe and get rid of stale update files, old installations, ... I usually keep dump and log files. It takes a while for a restart if you remove any update files because it rebuilds your updates database during restart.

@WrCombs said in Windows 10 Reboots:

@scotth said in Windows 10 Reboots:

DISM and sfc /scannow are your friends. Just make sure that you launch the cmd window as administrator

This is good. In addition to sfc, DISM will restore your local store of Windows files to put back in place in case of corruption / issues with the installation. One other thing to try is a chkdsk /f or /r if you want. These are just insurance moves if the logs don't reveal anything obvious.

DISM and sfc /scannow are your friends. Just make sure that you launch the cmd window as administrator

@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Dealing with a potential Spectrum Business phone outage - some of our lines work and some result in either a busy signal or a "The person you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time" message. Tried chatting with support and am currently number 70 in the queue - looks like we are not alone!

We had to restart phone modems at two of our Comcast sites this morning. Could be related. Dunno

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'm looking at switching to Huawei when I update my current phone. Bixby is pissing me off enough that I'm totally looking to move on from Samsung. But it is still better than my iPhone was, so I just want to "tune" things a little more. Reviews seem to consistently say that the Huawei P30 beats the Galaxy S10 at a much lower price (like 10-18% less). So I'm pretty excited to check that out. The Huawei Watch is like half the cost of the Galaxy watch, too!

Press and hold a blank space on your home page to manage your wallpaper page settings. Scroll left.... Bixby has an on/off switch.

Ah, I see. That was not there before. I didn't have Bixby, then something installed it and it just started being there but I couldn't figure out what was bringing it up. But it looks like if I bump the sabotage button the side that it still tries to launch it. I want it not installed on the phone if possible. How do I fully make sure it has no way to launch?

I have no idea, although I have seen posts on the net to reassign the button to an app of your choice. I've not tried any

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'm looking at switching to Huawei when I update my current phone. Bixby is pissing me off enough that I'm totally looking to move on from Samsung. But it is still better than my iPhone was, so I just want to "tune" things a little more. Reviews seem to consistently say that the Huawei P30 beats the Galaxy S10 at a much lower price (like 10-18% less). So I'm pretty excited to check that out. The Huawei Watch is like half the cost of the Galaxy watch, too!

Press and hold a blank space on your home page to manage your wallpaper page settings. Scroll left.... Bixby has an on/off switch.

I've searched for it in settings and I can't find one.

Maybe I misspoke..... On your home page, find a blank spot. Press and hold. You'll get your home screen settings. While still in the Home Screen settings, swipe left until you get to the Bixby Home screen. Toggle the Bixby home screen on/off.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'm looking at switching to Huawei when I update my current phone. Bixby is pissing me off enough that I'm totally looking to move on from Samsung. But it is still better than my iPhone was, so I just want to "tune" things a little more. Reviews seem to consistently say that the Huawei P30 beats the Galaxy S10 at a much lower price (like 10-18% less). So I'm pretty excited to check that out. The Huawei Watch is like half the cost of the Galaxy watch, too!

Press and hold a blank space on your home page to manage your wallpaper page settings. Scroll left.... Bixby has an on/off switch.

@dafyre said in New equipment and how people lose their minds.:

@scotth said in New equipment and how people lose their minds.:

When we upgraded our phone system (many years ago) and finished the cutover, we could hear the phones ring and one of the girls yelled up the steps "The phones are ringing, what do we do?"
Me "It's a phone. Answer it."
Apparently, don't state the obvious to a room full of angry women. You just might be the devil.

Or you could be sent to meet him.

I swear I heard cloven hooves coming down the hall.

When we upgraded our phone system (many years ago) and finished the cutover, we could hear the phones ring and one of the girls yelled up the steps "The phones are ringing, what do we do?"
Me "It's a phone. Answer it."
Apparently, don't state the obvious to a room full of angry women. You just might be the devil.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Heading for dinner at a local spot. Great lamb -- Syrian style.

Waiting for Pizza to arrive, lol.

It has to be the most popular food anywhere. The community (small) where I live is 2/3 Italian. Great pizza here too.

Heading for dinner at a local spot. Great lamb -- Syrian style.

You could try something like this:

Eltima Serial Port data capture

Honeslty, there used to be lots of freebies that would do this. You could try Sourceforge