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  • Reply To: The harsh reality of charitable IT work

    DustyBin wrote:

    ... it used to amuse me to see the incredulous looks from people when I resorted to consulting the "Help" menu in MS Office applications.

    The true base of...

  • Reply To: The harsh reality of charitable IT work

    True, there are times when those in IT are expected to be broadly knowledgeable far beyond reality.  But I also saw a number of times where some of the folks...

  • Reply To: Human frailty and the custodianship of data

    I don't know for sure if it is 100% effective, but my personal practice is to always dismantle technology devices and destroy any memory and drives with a hammer before...

  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    My third oldest son has earned a 4-year degree but never has done his official internship, so doesn't have the actual official document.  He did work for a period in...

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  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    I think experience is more valuable than education but it is also much harder to get.  Comment for the interviewing process:  "Don't tell me what you know.  Tell me what...

  • Reply To: The Costumed DBA

    Jasona, I remember that on my first job as a developer trainee, all of us in a group of developers at Bendix Corp wore dress shirts and ties.  There were...

  • Reply To: The Costumed DBA

    Hey, good morning to you all.  Sitting here in bed drinking coffee, I'm thinking maybe for my costume I'll dress up like I'm going to work!

  • Reply To: Experiment First

    Geoff,  sorry but I guess I missed the point.  Maybe it's the hot buttered rum I just finished, but that's all right.  I'm retired and sitting at my home office...

  • Reply To: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    Steve and all:

    I've been using an Asus Republic of Gamers 17" laptop for probably 5 years now and love it.  Specs are:

    Intel i7-4700HQ 2.4 GHz processor, 8gb 64-bit x64 running...

  • Reply To: Experiment First

    Rod

    I'm not all that familiar with Stack Overflow as I have only been on it a few times when it comes up in a general web search.  But I agree...

  • Reply To: Experiment First

    Steve, I appreciate your comments and the invitation to share.  My largest retirement pass time is experimenting with storing, cleaning  and manipulating data and crafting ways to move it among...

  • Reply To: Experiment First

    You make good points this morning.  I think I was always the 'find the answer myself' type, mainly because lots of my career was before the days of electronic interaction...

  • Reply To: The Work of the Ancients

    jarick 15608 wrote:

    You've hit on a great case for virtualization but also makes me wonder if code is getting worse over time because hardware has become so inexpensive.

    I believe this is...

  • Reply To: The Work of the Ancients

    "I was reading a post from someone recently where they noted that they didn't worry to much about the architecture of the system since it wouldn't likely last very long."

    This...

  • Reply To: Very Hot Patches

    Well, Steve, as Bill O'Reilly says, I can see you drank the Koolaid too.  I'll give you a current example.  My credit union, two states away and in a different...

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