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Actually... in their defense, some towns were completely wiped out by floods, it's quite a massive "once in a lifetime" storms we've been getting thanks to climate change. I've a friend in Indiana that works for insurance as a mold specialist, he was out quite a bit last week and had to go to sites in a boat.

That said, you want a real target to shit on? He told me the company isn't honoring almost any claims since most aren't sold on real flood insurance (it's not a place known to flooding). None the less, they're soulless ghouls.

Edit: oh also, this probably goes without saying but the feds are barely doing shit about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Hehe, yes, that and one drive shoved down our throats because they pay for it all. I can't even get them to approve my Linux system to receive school email, have to do browser Outlook.

    I'll still consider these options if I'm ever back in doing academic research and going to conferences, though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Well... I don't really have that option because of slide sharing and whatnot, the system requires pptx format, even for professors. Technically I'm not even supposed to use non-MS software, lol.

    But I think you're right. It's getting to be a headache messing with OnlyOffice w/ master slides. Libre might end up being my only option simply because of its ability to work within my pptx centric work.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

    I like and trust them more than alternatives (and keep their software available on my systems) though I'm using OnlyOffice a little more, at least for my presentations. Technically MS PowerPoint has more features than both, but I don't really need them (and they fuck with compatibility and are resource heavy). Plus, my Linux made presentations load properly on my students' Macs PCs and ipads, as well as in browser on the LMS (Canvas).

    My feelings are, LibreOffice feels more like MS Office circa mid aughts, while OnlyOffice is more like modern MS Office and Google Suite, at least as far as the ribbon menu and default themes are concerned. I'm sure I can get LibreOffice to theme just as well but the default aren't... great.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I've got ten year parts in two machines but I got a weird blessing in disguise when my old DDR4 mobo died a couple years ago and forced me to go full DDR5, new CPU and so on. I was upset then, not so much now.

    You just never know when a bad thing ends up being a good thing.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    The fucked thing is, it's at your coworkers home and clearly sculpted with the utmost care. Was it from photos? Was it from memory? Who knows but you might need to contact HR.

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