Dear Users… (A thread for Sysadmin, Technical Support, and Help Desk people) Part 10

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novaphile said:
I think that's an HDMI plug, and probably the result of someone brute-force removing it, without pressing the release button. (Note the release is visible in the picture)
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I've used a lot of HDMI connectors and I don't think I've ever seen one that required you to press a release button. I think I'd do the same thing if I encountered one of those.
 
The HDMI to DisplayPort adapters I sell all have those locking pins, which require a fair amount of force to release.

If you forget to squeeze it before pulling ...

I don't think it's a great design.
 
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commandlinegamer said:
The HDMI to DisplayPort adapters I sell all have those locking pins, which require a fair amount of force to release.

If you forget to squeeze it before pulling ...

I don't think it's a great design.
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I'm guessing it was designed by people fed up with the earlier generation of SCART connectors which didn't lock and were prone to wiggling slightly loose.
 
alfaniner said:
I've used a lot of HDMI connectors and I don't think I've ever seen one that required you to press a release button. I think I'd do the same thing if I encountered one of those.
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It was an option for automotive uses, never particularly common.
 
At last! We've finally got access to CyberArk, a privileged account management system that lets us run Active Directory elevated without going through two jump servers! And it uses our existing MFA. Oh, this is so good. No more timing out and having to re-enter credentials every fifteen minutes. No more having to switch servers to access dev and preprod domains. It's sooo good.
 
Huh. New mandate: daily meetings with the team. However, not all teams have enough material to discuss with each other to fill a meeting every day. So other mandate: instead of emailing our coworkers about things, save it for the meetings so we have material to cover. All of this makes perfect sense and is not stupid in the least.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Huh. New mandate: daily meetings with the team. However, not all teams have enough material to discuss with each other to fill a meeting every day. So other mandate: instead of emailing our coworkers about things, save it for the meetings so we have material to cover. All of this makes perfect sense and is not stupid in the least.
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If the meetings are scheduled for an hour, and there are only 20 minutes of information to share, the meeting will still go for an hour.
 
alfaniner said:
If the meetings are scheduled for an hour, and there are only 20 minutes of information to share, the meeting will still go for an hour.
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Yep. And we are required to be on camera so there's no sneakily doing other work or goofing off during these meetings, regardless of whether there is any actual content of value or relevance to each attending.

I'm having to resort to what I did back in the beforetimes of in-person meetings: doodling on a clipboard so it looks like I'm taking notes. Before the camera-on requirement I was actually able to get work done instead.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Yep. And we are required to be on camera so there's no sneakily doing other work or goofing off during these meetings, regardless of whether there is any actual content of value or relevance to each attending.

I'm having to resort to what I did back in the beforetimes of in-person meetings: doodling on a clipboard so it looks like I'm taking notes. Before the camera-on requirement I was actually able to get work done instead.
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  1. Take a screen shot of you looking intently at your webcam.
  2. Set it as your online meeting background.
  3. Turn camera off.
  4. Go on mute.
  5. Get work done.
 
Norman Alexander said:
  1. Take a screen shot of you looking intently at your webcam.
  2. Set it as your online meeting background.
  3. Turn camera off.
  4. Go on mute.
  5. Get work done.
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If I was brave enough to go rogue, I'd use the picture of Malcolm McDowell as Alex with his eyelids held open by a machine.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Yep. And we are required to be on camera so there's no sneakily doing other work or goofing off during these meetings, regardless of whether there is any actual content of value or relevance to each attending.

I'm having to resort to what I did back in the beforetimes of in-person meetings: doodling on a clipboard so it looks like I'm taking notes. Before the camera-on requirement I was actually able to get work done instead.
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Finally! A decent application of AI.

All you need is an animatronic-like simulation of yourself nodding and smiling. Who could tell?
 
I think an app that projects an image of a winking cat's anus on to all work video calls will sell like hot cakes. Coming to an app store near you tomorrow at the latest
 
To the HP Laptop designer that changed the power button to be a regular keyboard key.

Please, in no uncertain terms, go %$#@! yourself.
 
Wudang said:
Oh damn. How many "my laptop keeps turning itself off" tickets so far?
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Upper right hand side. Between...

The Print Screen Key: Which the Doctors use all the time to add screenshots to patient charts.

The Delete Key: Which the Doctors use all the time to, ya know, delete things.

On the same line as all the function keys.

Above the backspace key.

The exact same size as the other keys, not recessed or otherwise a special or unique button that stands out in anyway.

And yes it literally turns the computer on/off the moment you touch it.

It is the only power button on the machine so it's not like we can disable it/remap it or something.

We ordered 12 of them for newbie physicians, head nurses, and other "higher midlevel" types for a new site we're standing up.
 
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