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  What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech
  reading • • scottalanmiller  

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  @dafyre said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech: Reading "Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes" with my kid, lol. We're now about 3/4 the way through the book. It's a decent book so far. Don't tell my kid, but I'm going to read it again after we finish, lol.
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  HAPPY NATIONAL BURRITO DAY!
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  @black3dynamite Used to have one of those in Waco and it was great.
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  Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary
  google firefox chrome web browser google chrome dictionary • • scottalanmiller  

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  Firefox: remediation
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  I upgraded an old iJuke by Crosley to accept MP3 and FM radio
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  That is awesome! Good job integrating that with some newer technology.
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  Epson Printer Issues - Receipt.
  windows 10 printers pos • • WrCombs  

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  @WrCombs If you're using serial / RS232, I'm guessing that your driver might be outputting in ASCII and might need to be set to ANSI or from 8 bit to 7 bit. Check these against other sites and see what you come up with. The repeated characters are representations of solid lines or simple graphics via the various protocols. At least I've run into this before with a telnet app that we use here.
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  Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019
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  @Obsolesce said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: @pmoncho said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: @Obsolesce said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: @Dashrender said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: @Obsolesce said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: @scottalanmiller said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: @Dashrender said in Top Ten Happiest Places on Earth in 2019: I also think Europeans at least have better diets than we Americans. Not just Europeans. Basically the US and Mexico have the unhealthiest diets in the world. Everyone eats better than we do, on average (of those who have enough food.) Also, some of the bad ingredients are simply illegal to use in food here. Like what? you mean the pre-packaged chemicals for anti-spoilage? I'd be OK with that... though, my wife wouldn't be - she hates the grocery store, frankly I can't believe she has signed up for in home delivery of groceries or order ahead they bring to your car, groceries. One big one off the top of my head is high fructose corn syrup Just did a quick google search and it popped this up from livingstrong website. "Contrary to common opinion, high fructose corn syrup isn't banned in Europe. Referred to as isoglucose or glucose-fructose syrup in this region, use of high fructose corn syrup is restricted because it's under a production quota.'' It would be nice if it was limited in the US. I was referring to Sweden specifically, though. But there are others. 1.3% difference - that really doesn't seem like that much.
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  Tech Support Search choices
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  @pmoncho said in Tech Support Search choices: That is pretty sweet. Always looking for ways to clear up search results. Glad I started this thread. I should mention, that because it's a regular HTML input box on our internal app, appending all those ignores is automated. We dont have to type it.
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  Microsoft Security Essentials - Script?
  windows antivirus windows 7 pro microsoft security essentials • • WrCombs  

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  @Dashrender said in Microsoft Security Essentials - Script?: Do you have a remote access solution for these machines? If not, Mesh Central might be a real life saver - then you could remote in and run these commands. No driving required. What do you meant "Remote access solution"? if the question is "DO i have remote access" ? then the answer is yes .
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  Finding your own questions
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  Has anyone tried Lazy Librarian / Calibre / GoodReads setup?
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  LazyLibrarian will search and initiate downloads of books, and once download completes it will add it to Calibre library. It's not a software to manage you collection of purchased books, its purpose is to find books on usenet and torrent sites and send these to download clients. It's like Sonarr or Radarr, but for ebooks.
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  Would you kindly delete this account?
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  Sorry to see you go Breff.
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  Wyze cam alternative firmware.
  firmware wyze openipc • • travisdh1  

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  @bnrstnr said in Wyze cam alternative firmware.: Is Dafang still the best choice here? Yes, but not for long. Wyze is finally going to be adding things native.
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  Facebook reserves advertising techniques for themselves
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  Buying a New Car
  finance car subaru • • wrx7m  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Buying a New Car: @wrx7m said in Buying a New Car: @scottalanmiller said in Buying a New Car: Also, garage space. The hail in Texas makes car ownership less attractive. That could definitely be an issue. At least there more alternatives to owning these days. Yeah, for me it seems super easy to live without one. Have you tired any of the non-traditional renting app/services yet?
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  Laptop bag recommendations
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  @wrx7m Why yes I do!
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  What was your first live concert?
  music history • • JaredBusch  

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  1988 - Johnny Winter at Center Stage in Atlanta. Then I got to see Steve Vai not long after that. Then hundreds and hundreds more throughout the years.
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  asap X-Connect:
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  I'll say the plating is a bit much.. however the idea behind a magnetic connector is pretty neat. However for the cost,.. it's a Nope in my book.... There are a lot of charge hours on a $10 pack from Amazon...
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  I thought I had a lot of gear at home but WTF?!?
  unifi home lab • • NashBrydges  

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  @scottalanmiller said in I thought I had a lot of gear at home but WTF?!?: @tonyshowoff said in I thought I had a lot of gear at home but WTF?!?: @scottalanmiller said in I thought I had a lot of gear at home but WTF?!?: The thing with this network is that it's focused on the gadgets, not the tech. From a tech side, it's pretty weak and the author doesn't really even know the stuff that he has... I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed, there were a few times were I was like "..that's not what that means/does/is" Definitely someone not very familiar with it. Appears not to have learned to much on that side of things even after having installed and presumably used it. Sounds like I should have read the entire thing instead of just glancing at a few highlights.
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  HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Mini
  desktop hp elitedesk hp elitedesk 800 g1 mini • • scottalanmiller  

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  @JaredBusch said in HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Mini: @Dashrender said in HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Mini: @JaredBusch said in HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Mini: This is what I run at home. Intentionally ordered to match a client spec, because "reasons" Runs Fedora +Cinnamon like a champ This is a SFF or larger. Tower Figured with 11 USB ports.
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  Just a regular day
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  @flaxking said in Just a regular day: @Emad-R said in Just a regular day: @manxam said in Just a regular day: @Emad-R : Soo.. When are you moving to Canada? Come to Canada, we have winter.. hopefully that will change my mood and health. I can't say the winter is good for your mood, SAD is a real thing here I agree. One time, I was on the bus alone, looking at the window and it's snowing. Urgh! I don't even want to talk about it. HAHA
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  Standing Desks
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  A lot of people I know, including myself, use desks where you can stand or sit. I can't stand standing all day and I'd say most people with desks that can do both, spend the larger part of the day sitting.
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  4th Ammendment
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  @StorageNinja said in 4th Ammendment: Doesn't it only work for the purposes though of border enforcement, and only by border patrol? That's the excuse that they used to get a ruling removing the constitution. But as there is no law to create limits, there are no limits.
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  How to Install Desktop Environment to a Fedora Server
  linux fedora kvm fedora 29 kde xfce mate lxqt • • hobbit666  

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  @DustinB3403 said in How to Install Desktop Environment to a Fedora Server: @Pete-S I was the person to mention creating a desktop environment on the system to use as the management domain, and run virt-manager there. And I've repeated it numerous times, across several topics. As for using virsh, that is an option too. Sorry, I didn't follow the other previous thread(s).
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  KVM Desktop Setup Ideas
  linux virtualization fedora kvm hypervisor • • hobbit666  

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  So following on from the Other thread. Looks like i'm heading to the Install KVM, setup a Linux VM and use that to manage the KVM server from that.
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  Does VDI Conquer the Dashrender Challenge?
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  @pmoncho said in Does VDI Conquer the Dashrender Challenge?: @Dashrender said in Does VDI Conquer the Dashrender Challenge?: @scottalanmiller said in Does VDI Conquer the Dashrender Challenge?: @Dashrender said in Does VDI Conquer the Dashrender Challenge?: We constantly see people saying 'never publish RDP to the internet' - but how much of that is just fud, and the real issue is poor passwords and no lockout policy? That's FUD. RDP is a fully secured protocol. It is wrapped in SSL, so already inside a VPN tunnel. It is as secure as anything else. RDP has a tendency to be a high profile target, which is still not a big deal. The biggest issues with RDP are that... Microsoft's implementation of an RDP server lacks common sense security to lock out brute force attacks. Like how fail2ban protects SSH. End users of RDP tend to be "Windows users" and that user group is notoriously incapable of doing things properly so tend to use weak passwords that never change on publicly exposed services. If you treat RDP like you normally treat SSH (smart users, good security) they are equally secure. I've held this belief for many years. I have had so many sudo-Jared FFS's by at least 5 other security individuals about this subject over the last 15 years. I try to state the logic behind RDP with good passwords and lockout (RDP Guard) but get the "No Direct RDP connections" that is so ingrained in the security mantra. It has just become a dead talking point for me. I just tell the doc's, "I have no problem spending more of your money that other "experts" want to rip from your pocket." Yep, exactly.
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  Funny Dilbert Strip Today
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  @Danp said in Funny Dilbert Strip Today: #SeemsLegit
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  Is this inaccurate or just missing details or are they the same
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  @coliver said in Is this inaccurate or just missing details or are they the same: https://techdirect.dell.com/api_docs/apiwarrantyv4.pdf Purchase date works but if you want specific information Dell has an API designed to look up Warranties. Those warranties are only valid if you purchase direct - otherwise they can be months off. You buy a PC from a vendor, where that unit has been sitting on the shelf for 3 months - that's three more months of warranty you typically get. Though in lacking the purchasing invoice, the manufacture date is better than nothing.
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  Couples Nest Security Hacked
  security camera securityawarenesstraining wificameras • • WrCombs  

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  @JaredBusch said in Couples Nest Security Hacked: @scottalanmiller said in Couples Nest Security Hacked: @tonyshowoff said in Couples Nest Security Hacked: Crackers, not hackers bro. Or whatever 1980s, early 90s jargon file stuff people tried to recapture from the media. I am a total green hat, I will be as black or white hat as you pay me to be and I've been paid well to do really mundane shit over the years and sometimes fun stuff. Rainbow hat Stay away from my, almost rainbow, plaid fedora. I'll recruit you yet.
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  Thank you Mangolassi!
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  @scottalanmiller said in Thank you Mangolassi!: @darrel said in Thank you Mangolassi!: @manxam said in Thank you Mangolassi!: @darrel : As I said in the other post (I was the winterpeg naysayer :P), WELCOME TO CANADA! and sorry about the crappy weather. Most of North America is getting some weird weather patterns recently. The good news is that you set a record: You were officially in the COLDEST PLACE ON PLANET EARTH a couple of days ago! P.S. Free healthcare! Thank you buddy! Yeah, free healthcare is a big help, very big help! Helps to deal with the constant frost bite. IKR!
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  Who is Eating Mangoes?
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