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Busy Tech Support Worker Wonders Why Laptops Keep Malfunctioning, But Then Discovers The Problem Was Stacked Right In Front Of Him
21+ hour, 19+ min ago (482+ words) No matter how good you are at your job, there are always things that baffle you and maybe even concern you. See why the head scratcher in this story got really frustrating. And then led to a facepalm. I recently…...
What Was The Largest Animal Ever To Walk In North America, And Just How Big Was It?
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (380+ words) Everyone knows that animals come in all shapes and sizes, and millions of years ago, some of those animals were absolutely enormous. Today, if you look across the land of North America, the biggest animal you are going to see…...
Service Desk Technician Tries To Help A New Team Access A Shared Account, But A Supervisor Insists One Login Should Have Multiple Passwords
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (561+ words) Some support calls go wrong because no one knows what's actually needed. So, what would you do if a user called in for help, but couldn't explain the problem, even after getting their manager on the phone? Would you cut…...
Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutan Is Born In Captivity In The UK
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (366+ words) They're striking in color and in genetics too, since the orangutan is one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. And yet, thanks to a range of horrifying factors including deforestation and logging, forest fires and illegal hunting, palm…...
Security Guard Reported That His Camera System Wouldn’t Let Him Log In, So An IT Guy Looked Into It And Found An Easy Fix
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (455+ words) When you work in IT, you often have to try to figure out how to fix problems that you aren't technically responsible for. Fortunately, sometimes they are really easy. What would you do if someone in the physical security area…...
Employee Called The Help Desk To Locate A File, But When The Tech Told Her How To Find It, She Got Upset And Hung Up
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (654+ words) When you work at a technical help desk, you will frequently get calls from people who really don't seem to have any idea about what they are doing. What would you do if a caller reported that she couldn't find…...
Ancient Maya Civilizations Predicted Eclipses With Amazing Accuracy Using A Combo Of Math And Astrological Observations
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (345+ words) You can't deny that there's something quite spectacular about an eclipse. Even a lunar eclipse is cool, but a fully-fledged solar eclipse? There really is nothing like it. And fascinatingly, the ancient Maya civilization agreed " and were so fascinated by…...
The Red Sky Paradox Suggests That Either We Shouldn’t Be Here, Or Lots Of Other Intelligent Life Should Be Out There
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (813+ words) The red sky paradox is a difficult problem for astronomers. On the one hand, we know for certain that life exists here on Earth around a G-type yellow dwarf star. On the other hand, this type of star is not…...
Why Has There Never Been A Nobel Prize For Mathematics?
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (381+ words) The Nobel Prize is perhaps the best known prize in the world. It is given out each year to people in a variety of important fields including physics, chemistry, medicine, and of course, peace. One key area that does not…...
New Study Provides A Comprehensive Look At How Bird Behavior Is Affected By Total Solar Eclipses
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (686+ words) Solar eclipses are pretty cool, and it is pretty easy to see that they have a massive effect on how humans behave. When the 2024 Great American Eclipse passed by, millions of people traveled to the path of totality to see…...