Maybe we need to take away those powers and put Congress in control.

Funny what happens when you have a government that actually gives a shit.

It’s really not though. Most of what you can do with Office can be done with other tools, you just have to learn how to use them.

There are several CM tools already available. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt, etc. Just pick one.

You say that like it’s not already focused on. The majority of Internet infrastructure runs on Linux.

I also work for the state and it’s pretty discouraging how MS has us by the balls on everything. Every application we use is written in VB.net or Visual C# which also depend on running on a Windows server. Switching to Linux would be a nightmare and cost millions for no real gain. Maybe we could run SQL Server on Linux but I’m sure that even that has some gotchas that the state would not want to deal with.

I’m civil at work but once I leave the job odds are I will never speak to those people again. Coworkers are not friends, for the most part. There’s maybe a handful of people from previous jobs that I still talk to.

Connect to the VPN and start working. It’s not difficult.

Speak for yourself. It highly depends on what people you are talking to and the quality of those relationships. IDGAF about anybody at work and could go my entire life without speaking to them again.

Bananas. I keep saying I need to quit buying them but for some reason I keep buying and then not eating them.

Maybe I took that advice too far because now I barely talk to anybody.

You are not entitled to anybody else’s time.

The players?

Pretty sure she went to public schools.

Nah, they promote teamwork and physical fitness which are both good things.

Star Wars is about the battle against fascism.

Personal grooming and appearance matter. As much as I hate dress codes there is something about dressing professionally and looking nice that does give you a little boost in confidence.

The idea that two people can be compatible and never change for their entire lives is flawed in the first place.

Very good perspective and this is actually similar to some of the ideas of Buddhism. Everything in this life is temporary, enjoy it while it lasts.

We should have all stayed on Usenet. It’s decentralized and uncensored.