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OldFartPhil

@ OldFartPhil @lemm.ee

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  • Your first distribution

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  • Ubuntu 9.04, because of WUBI (anyone remember that?). Unstable as hell, but allowed you to run a near bare metal Linux install without the hassle of setting up dual-booting and a separate partition. Liked Ubuntu it so much that I soon replaced Windows completely. Currently running Debian, so I haven't strayed far from the family.

  • Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery

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  • We do have developers on our team. They write Excel macros :). I work in data integration, so it isn't as simple as building a more robust tool. We still need infrastructure support or our tool doesn't do anything.

  • Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery

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  • Another confirmation here. At my previous job, I was they guy who built Access databases and wrote VBA code. While not ideal, it was a very small business (less than 10 employees) and it was fit for purpose.

    When I got a new job at a company with almost 3,000 employees, I was like, "Finally, I'll be working somewhere that has proper IT resources." Ha! I soon find out that my department runs critical business infrastructure with Excel macros. And we have a proper IT department.

    As everyone has already said, if IT resources are in short supply (or the wait is too long, or building projects with IT support is a PITA), then people will build systems with the tools they have at hand. And that's often MS Office.

  • Linux on chromebook

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  • The S330 has an ARM processor, so definitely avoid that one (and any other Chromebook with an ARM processor). To be honest, I would buy a cheap Windows laptop and install Linux on that rather than fiddling with trying to get it to run on a Chromebook.

    Or, as others have said, leave ChromeOS on the machine and run Linux in Crostini. If you have a reasonably speced machine it runs pretty well. Although again, I would avoid ARM as some Debian applications aren't available for ARM Chromebooks.

  • What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?

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  • In my 60's. According to Internet sources, shorthand was taught in schools until the 1990's. It's likely that shorthand use declined as PCs became common in offices.

  • What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?

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  • I'm old enough to remember when shorthand was a required course for women in secretarial schools. I always though it was black magic and very cool.

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    Crossposting etiquette when you're not the OP