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#11

Forum Lobby / Re: Microsoft Power BI

Last post by icecream-guy - October 18, 2024, 08:04:35 AM

it's a data visulization tool. aggregates data, makes nice visual charts, and easy reports.
 

#12

Forum Lobby / Re: Microsoft Power BI

Last post by deanwebb - October 17, 2024, 09:08:50 AM

I have never heard of that, what is it?

#13

Forum Lobby / Microsoft Power BI

Last post by icecream-guy - October 16, 2024, 06:33:04 AM

Anyone using it ?

we just got introduced to it last Friday. management is trying to make sense out of ServiceNow instance and who is working on what.   seems interesting but feel like I am being micromanaged by AI.

#14

Forum Lobby / Re: CrowdStrike Outage 19 July...

Last post by deanwebb - July 20, 2024, 08:00:37 AM

All investment advice presented here is for entertainment purposes only. Do not consider seriously any investment advice from a source that has a smilie like this -->

I'm all for rapid updates and everything, but maybe just maybe somebody slows the roll by 30 mins and checks to see if the PC we have running in the dev lab survives a reboot after the new code is pushed. And this really is a lesson for *every* firm doing super-agile CI/CD pipeline.

Back in the 90s, we called super-agile CI/CD pipeline "updating production directly". It was a great way to get fired if one did stuff like that.

#15

Forum Lobby / Re: Quiet Vacationing

Last post by deanwebb - July 20, 2024, 07:51:36 AM

When billable, I feel better when I bill in 30-min chunks, just sayin'.

#16

Forum Lobby / Re: Quiet Vacationing

Last post by icecream-guy - July 19, 2024, 04:26:09 PM

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/quiet-vacation-work-remote-jobs-b2580849.html

Like "quiet quitting", but you still like your job. You just don't disclose where you are when remote... 

I am remote every day. Have to account for every minute in my Weekly Activity Report.



Well every 6 Minutes as we bill in the thenths of an hour

#17

Forum Lobby / Re: CrowdStrike Outage 19 July...

Last post by icecream-guy - July 19, 2024, 04:22:15 PM

I always say cloud=bad, giving up security controls to a third party is bad bad bad, especially without an iron clad out. I BET there are going to be alot of law suits.  even today

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - Class A
As of July 19, 2024 • 4:00 PM EDT
NASDAQ: CRWD
304.96 USD
-38.09(11.10%)

Time to buy some PUT options?

#18

Forum Lobby / Re: CrowdStrike Outage 19 July...

Last post by Otanx - July 19, 2024, 09:32:32 AM

Yep, woke up to this. Glad we didn't get hit ourselves. Several of my wife's coworkers are supposed to be traveling today, but can't. The airline told them probably tomorrow... maybe. The only good thing was that for one of her coworkers they still had their hotel room because the hotel couldn't check them out when they left.

-Otanx

#19

Forum Lobby / CrowdStrike Outage 19 July 202...

Last post by deanwebb - July 19, 2024, 07:58:48 AM

A gut-punch of a story. CrowdStrike pushes an update to its agent globally, wrecks tons of systems because it's broken.

Yes, I want security updates fast and furious to keep ahead of the baddies.

BUT

I also want my mission-critical servers in banks, airlines, and health care to not crash because of a security update.

 

#20

Forum Lobby / Quiet Vacationing

Last post by deanwebb - July 17, 2024, 02:27:37 PM

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/quiet-vacation-work-remote-jobs-b2580849.html

Like "quiet quitting", but you still like your job. You just don't disclose where you are when remote...