overview for BlameThePeacock

I know how to use Teams properly, and I have entire departments (government, universities, etc) that I have trained to use it and they get mad every time their IT departments try to introduce a new product that Teams (and M365) already handle just fine.

Mom and Dad didn't do their fucking research before buying it and didn't bother to read the fucking manual after they did buy it.

Don't tell me the average user is correct when I get called into help offices multiple times a year that are still using Excel sheets to manage their vacation requests, manage their tasks on a blackboard on the wall of the office (even though they're half remote), build their HR forms in Adobe, and have network drives with 90,000 files in 20,000 folders where nobody can find anything all while already owning M365 licenses.

People aren't using Teams' integrated collaboration features properly, and it's not because they're worse than their existing processes and they have some sort of magic ultra-efficient system already, it's because they simply do not know how to use them properly.

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Should inmates be fighting wildfires? Some question the ethics, others say it's better than a cell (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BlameThePeacock to c/[email protected]

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A decent discussion to have.

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Tsunami Warning North California 7.3 Earthquake (tsunami.gov)

submitted 1 month ago by BlameThePeacock to c/[email protected]

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Sizeable earthquake just off the coast.

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B.C. Conservatives plan $11B deficit in first year, higher than NDP or Greens (www.timescolonist.com)

submitted 3 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/britishcolumbia

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The party of fiscal responsibility ya'll

They say it will be caught up to with growth, which they've predicted to be above 5% per year... no way that happens, major banks are predicting sub 2% growth.

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Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/britishcolumbia

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He stands by the party member who made derogatory comments about indigenous and Muslim people.

Please judge him and find him wanting.

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BC Conservatives promise $3K housing rebate (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/britishcolumbia

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The title is a bit misleading and makes it sound like it's a one time payment. It's very different, he's promising to exempt up to $3000 a month towards your housing costs from income taxes. Starting at $1500 a month in 2026 and going up $500 a year for 3 more years. At the max, it would be a $36,000 a year tax deduction which is absolutely massive, that's half of the average family income.

Great idea? It's complicated, but probably not a good idea.

When you make something "cheaper" for everyone like this in a supply constrained market, all that does is drive up the prices of rents and housing sale prices since people can now use that freed up money to pay more for those.

Also, his plan to pay for this multi-billion dollar plan is:

“Obviously, we need to take a look at this reckless spending that David Eby has put in place in terms of how to sort of rein in some of that spending,” said Rustad.

So that's not really "fiscally conservative" at all.

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Video shows B.C. Conservative Rustad saying he regrets getting 'so-called vaccine' (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/britishcolumbia

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This asshole is literally a conspiracy theorist. He says it was about controlling the population, not stopping the spread of the virus.

Which countries (and even provinces) had the fewest covid deaths per capita? Oh.. the ones with the highest vaccination rates.

Everyone with a brain knows vaccines reduce illness, that's why we have the fucking things.

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Uber calls B.C. gig-worker wages, job protections 'unreasonable' (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/britishcolumbia

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Uber's reply to the new laws.

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Courtenay-Comox Conservative candidate drops out after social-media posts surface (www.timescolonist.com)

submitted 8 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/britishcolumbia

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Surprise surprise, a Conservative who's got a past full of hate.

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Drag performance draws a crowd at Chinatown festival that highlighted cultural diversity (www.timescolonist.com)

submitted 8 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/victoria

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This is the true Canada, open to all ideas. Let's keep it this way.

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Police board to invite rights commissioner to hear impact of cancelling school liaison officer program (www.timescolonist.com)

submitted 8 months ago by BlameThePeacock to c/victoria

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Personally, it seems stupid not to have a liaison in high schools. This is where teens establish "bad" patterns, and every single one they manage to save early is one less problem for decades in the future.

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Boy, 11, dies after being struck in neck by puck at hockey practice in Saint-Eustache, Que. (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by BlameThePeacock to c/hockey

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Extremely unfortunate situation.

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Canucks' Hoglander ejected from game vs. Sharks for intent to injure (www.sportsnet.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by BlameThePeacock to c/hockey

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Intent to injure?

Based on that call, any sort of pushing or shoving should be called.