…the surprising thing about this is ICE not having its own firing ranges.
They’re doing the whole Nazi thing by… borrowing the bunkers and gas chambers from a 3rd party?
What the fuck…?
Same boat. It really looked like we were making progress one baby step at a time. Then we threw it in the trash practically overnight.
One step forward, full sprint until total muscle failure back.
I’ll admit this wave of democratic socialists finding success does have me coming out of that shell a bit, but god damnit I should know better…
*sheds a single tear*
…
*gets arrested for crying on public property without a permit, charged with bioterrorism for assaulting an officer with a biohazardous tear*
…idk fellas, ya might want to just leave this one to the Satanists. Stick with the Gregorian chanting and call it a day. Also stop fucking altar boys.
Enlisted are still oath-bound to engage Trump the same way they do any other enemy of the US.
They are also obligated to follow his orders, but only if those orders are legal. While fucking bonkers that the same oath requires them to do both, it isn’t actually a conflict: they can still follow legal orders while taking measures to depose him. Hell, they can even follow those legal orders posthumously. But that doesn’t free them from their duty to defend us against domestic enemies like Trump. Their inaction thus far is a violation of their oath and dereliction of their duty.
Fee*
Common misunderstanding.
Yeah they don’t give a damn if we bring our own devices, so long as we don’t plug it into the computers. I’d guess you’re right about IT’s response to the VM, but I’d kind of intrigued at the same time, so I might dig a bit and ask them anyway. Worse case, they say no - no biggie.
This is definitely not a fly under the radar kind of situation though - getting caught in a HIPAA violation is a guaranteed loss of job and license, probably a gigantic fine, and… possibly prison time? High stakes for an ad blocker lol. Anything techy outside of our normal work responsibilities (like a VM) would need to start with getting approval in writing.
…more realistically, I think my best option is going to be a small bluetooth speaker and one of those thin cable locks to secure it to my work station. I don’t want any wearables since I’d need to take those into patient rooms, which would look unprofessional at best; and become biohazardous at worst. I can have some soft tunes on while I chart, but otherwise forget it’s there when I’m doing more hands-on care.
Bummer. Though not entirely surprising - as pervasive as they sound, if the shape and texture made them a good candidate for lawns, I’m sure it’d have been tried well before my two neurons fired off the idea.
…I do wonder if there’s a similar candidate. I don’t know jack about what herbs and such actually look like before making it into a jar in my kitchen, but if there is something that grows comparably to clover, feels decent to walk on, and smells decent when trimmed, even if it’s not quite as amazing as mint…
I mean, if we’re gonna go through the trouble of growing a crop just to cut it and throw it away, it might as well at least smell nice, right?
Or we could do the smart thing and ditch the lawn for a legit herb garden that we can actually consume… but that kind of logic is a tall order.
…kinda makes me want to plant that stuff all over my yard. It grows kinda patchy like clover, right?
Let that shit take over and suddenly mowing the lawn will smell AMAZING!
Oh, definitely no sneaking. Or connection of personal devices of any kind. The comps in question need to be HIPAA compliant, so I’m limited to the tools that are built into Windows 11, and Edge/Chrome.
Or, using a setup that’s totally separate from it, like a Bluetooth speaker paired with a phone. …but my last speaker wandered away from my workstation, so I’d prefer to just use the hardware that’s already there.
Can’t connect any private devices.
VM… maybe? I’m not familiar with this at all - if there’s any potential for data compromise, it’ll be a no-go. The comps we’re using need to be HIPAA compliant, and I’m guessing this is not, but if there’s potential here, it’s worth exploring.
I’ll do some homework on how these work, and if it looks good to my monkey brain, I’ll bounce it off IT (who works very closely with legal - they DO NOT fuck around with HIPAA). If I get the official green light from them, this might be the winner.
Eh, I never did specify beyond installation, so no biggie. You’re correct though, we’re not allowed to plug any personal devices to hospital computers.
The solution I usually see is people will bring those portable Bluetooth speakers and pair them with their phone… I was one of those people until my speaker was stolen Q_Q
…so, I’m a little hesitant to dive into that again. Maybe I just need a little cable combo lock or something. I’m sure I could find something reasonably secure to run it through on our work stations. Or just try my luck again… I’ve only ever seen the one disappear from our work area, it just happened to be mine, so I’m a bit gun shy now.
…any tricks to block youtube ads on a work computer that absolutely can’t have anything installed on it?
Youtube and music.youtube are a good source of music at work, so far the best I got it to to skip forward then back until ads stop. Works, but requires active input.
This feels like a metaphor…
Also a really nice touch in hot chocolate if you’re wanting to make it fancy.
If there’s a service that can actually distinguish between the different types of metal, please point me to it!
Trying to get a stream of symphonic metal will always do one of two things: “Here, have the entire library of these three bands!” or “Oh you like metal? Here’s the most gutteral death metal we could find! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!”
It’s such a tiny genre… I want more Q_Q
It’s been ages since I’ve set foot in a bbq restaurant because of this.
*equips cane, glasses, and supplemental O2 tank*
Back in my day, an entree in these places wouldn’t break the bank, and would send you home with leftovers every time.
Eh, there’s a line to be sure. if folks want to have a potluck in remembrance of a loved one, I have have zero issue with that. I guess it’s more the industry surrounding it that offends me - the expensive venue, specialty vehicles, the resources dumped into making a fancy box to keep the corpse in, and then just bury, and ofc the insanely wasteful use of land to give basically housing to corpses. It all feels very exploitive, like you ‘owe’ your dead mom the nice polished marble tombstone. …and I’m here to tell you, your dead mom doesn’t give the tiniest shred of fuck what her tombstone’s made out of. Or that she has a tombstone at all.
*sigh* fine, switching to another timeline…