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Stonewalled by Citrix’s new AI “Customer Service” model : sysadmin

Stonewalled by Citrix's new AI "Customer Service" model.

This is so common in my industry. I’ve had to do that with HP, VMWare, Citrix, and others.

Me: I’m calling about your SDN product. (Note that I called the correct support line.)

Them: We don’t offer SDN at this time.

Me: Yes, you actually do. I am using it and have five licenses I bought six months ago.

It’s amazing how often that sort of thing happens. The idea that corporations are “efficient” is only something a true libertardian could believe.

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Chill Annoying

AI is a good example of how people can hate something while knowing nothing about it, not having used it, not having any clue how it will both improve and upend their lives, and just concluding it’s worthless based on outdated information built on nearly nothing of substance.

But the future is coming whether you like it or not. You can help shape it or be steamrolled by it. Those are the choices on offer. There really aren’t any others.

Chill Links

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Google Founders Exit California Amid Billionaire Tax Push.

New research shows how shunning ultraprocessed foods helps with aging.

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You could airdrop a thousand Elon Musk clones into modern South Africa, and they'd just get beaten to death with sticks for using fancy words or being white. But look what America can do with only one.

Do the Reading

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I’ve read 5-10 books about nearly everything. What does that make me?

This is correct, though. Most people — and even a lot of “experts” — are woefully uninformed. If you read a couple of quality books about a subject, you know more than nearly everyone, and more than about half of “experts.”