Because each update takes longer than 20 minutes, it's obsolete upon finishing, so more updates—welcome to the update treadmill

Day two of updates on a day filled with twos.

No, seriously. I'm still updating software on Belial, the annoying Mac Laptop [1]. This time the rest of the Microsoft suite of programs. That took an additional half day to finish (party because there was a lot to download, and party because the Microsoft update program would spazz out and stop downloading at random), but in the meantime, I can use the laptop to attend meetings (sigh). On the plus side, one day closer to Satan, the useless Windows Laptop [2] being sent back from whence it came.

I also got the laptop on both the Corporate Overlords' VPN (Virtual Private Network) (the entire reason for the useless Windows laptop) and the Corporate VPN. Of course, you can't be on both at the same time. And of course, the Corporate VPN isn't in the list of default VPNs on the software being used, so I have to type in the server every time I want to use the Corporate VPN, which is daily. It's not like The Corporation is a second class citizen in our Corporate Overlords' eyes or anything. No, not at all.

Sigh.

[1] /boston/2022/02/17.1

[2] /boston/2019/08/22.1

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