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  McCall's 129 Ways to Get a Husband
  comedy • • scottalanmiller  

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  I love how after all that desperation, they end with "don't date a man with too many loose buttons". The whole thing is like "don't be picky, take anyone with a pulse" and ends with the pickiest sh1t ever.
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  Sci Fi Movies
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  Sunshine, Existenz, Dark City, Splice, The Thing, Escape from NY, THX 1138, A Clockwork Orange, Brazil, Source Code, District 9, Solaris - the original one, Interstellar, Gravity, 2001 Space Odyssey, Total Recall - original, remake is just bad.
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  Can anyone recommend a great GPS tracker for bicycles?
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  @s-hackleman said in Can anyone recommend a great GPS tracker for bicycles?: I looked into these about a year ago before I got my new bike. At that time there were so many gotcha's. The small ones had bad battery life, the bigger ones were obvious, the cheap ones had horrible signal quality. In the end, it was best for me to invest in a quality lock with theft insurance. That way it is locked, and if it is taken, then I just get a new bike. Sorry I can't offer a better solution. No, that's good advice so long as it's an option available where I'll be, and not one I had thought of.
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  Who are you following on Twitter?
  twitter • • NerdyDad  

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  @JaredBusch said in Who are you following on Twitter?: @Obsolesce said in Who are you following on Twitter?: I just use twitter to stay current... like a better news feed really. I find it useless, because the feed contains retweets of crap I don't care about. Quite the opposite for me... It's actually where I discover some of the most interesting or important news and happenings relevant to the feeds I'm following, where I'll otherwise miss it completely.
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  Weekend at the movies...
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  These new ads....
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  Everytime I see @scottalanmiller's face it surprises me. I know I've scrolled down too far though.
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  My first computer
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  @donahue said in My first computer: @travisdh1 said in My first computer: @scottalanmiller said in My first computer: @travisdh1 said in My first computer: @scottalanmiller said in My first computer: @pete-s said in My first computer: Which reminds me of IBM's PS/2. What a train wreck that thing was. Guess what made up the entire computer lab in my high school... Yep IBM PS/2. They actually network booted. That's crazy. that must be all that IBM ever managed to sell. My theory is that some company bought a whole bunch of them, realized they were terrible, and donated them to the school for a tax write off. They had all apple IIe's at my computer labs growing up. I was always told it was because apple basically gave them to schools for near free, maybe at cost or something, and that it was part of the strategy to get people on one particular platform at an early age. It was always inconvenient because the files were never compatible between our home PC and the ones at the schools. That and the Apple ][ were just awful. I still have the one from my elementary school.
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  Internet in the 2000s
  youtube mentalfloss • • mlnews  

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  @momurda said in Internet in the 2000s: Probably because dank weed doesnt exist in the midwest or northeast. Debatable.
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  Nextcloud- Hyper-v?
  nextcloud hypervisor mobile hyper-v vm • • WrCombs  

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  @wrcombs I do! If you don't want to build it yourself, check out Dan's stuff at https://www.techandme.se/ Specifically: https://shop.hanssonit.se/product/nextcloud-vm-microsoft-hyper-v/ I started with one of his builds, then as I became more familiar and comfortable, I started building them myself on Hyper-V. Now I have a couple on AWS LightSail. I don't use Nextcloud for too much, it's mostly for my pics, notes, and bookmarks. Jason
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  Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?
  star wars episode vii solo episode viii episode ix • • Kelly  

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  IT Kitchen & Grill
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  Roasted butternut squash with brown sugar bacon PREP TIME ​​10 mins COOK TIME ​​40 mins TOTAL TIME ​​50 mins Serves: 6 INGREDIENTS ● 1 large butternut squash (about 4 cups) ● 4-6 slices of bacon (depending on your preference) ● 2 sprigs of rosemary ● 4 sprigs of sage leaves ● 2 tbsp. maple syrup ● 1 heaped tsp. Dijon mustard ● 2 tbsp. brown sugar, divided ● olive oil ● salt & pepper INSTRUCTIONS Preheat your oven to 425 F. 2.Cut the butternut squash into 1½ inch cubes (peeled or un-peeled). Reserve the seeds if you'd like to roast them. 3.Stack the bacon slices on top of each other, and cut into 4 chunks. Set aside. 4.In a small bowl combine the maple syrup, Dijon mustard, and 1 tbsp. of brown sugar. 5.Add the butternut squash to a large roasting pan. Make sure that the squash is spread out evenly, in one single layer. Do not overcrowd the pan. *See note below. 6.Drizzle the squash with olive oil to coat. 7.Pour the maple syrup mixture over the squash, and toss together with your hands. It may seem a bit dry, this is ok. Season with salt and pepper. 8.Add the rosemary and sage sprigs. 9.Separate the bacon slices and drape them over the squash. 10.Sprinkle the remaining 1 tbsp. of brown sugar on top of the bacon. 11.Bake, stirring occasionally, until the squash is tender and begins to caramelize about 30-40 minutes. 12.Heat under the broiler for a couple of seconds to crisp up the bacon. Make sure it doesn't burn! 13.Serve warm.
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  First Time travel for Conference- Best Practices?
  travel • • WrCombs  

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  Bring a bunch of business cards. If you collect them from people, write on the back why you might contact them again. For example if you talk to them and find out they own a MSP as well, you write that on the back, so when you get back you don't contact them thinking they were the VoIP guy you talked to. It's cool to meet colleagues in other parts of the country where you don't want to post stuff publicly, but since you're not competing, you can share numbers with them. It's nice to be able to hand them a card. Set your out of office reply and someone else cover your phones. It sucks to have to talk time out of a conference to take a call or pound out an email. Your time there is so limited, you need to make the most of it. Travel light and make sure you have room for swag on the way back.
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  I'm back!
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  @tonyshowoff OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
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  Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World
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  @scottalanmiller said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @wrcombs said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @scottalanmiller said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @wrcombs said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @scottalanmiller said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @wrcombs said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @dave247 said in Discovering FakeRAID in the Real World: @scottalanmiller What about RAID 1 on the motherboard? Yeah it's "fake", but it's still effectively mirroring the drives. I use that on my home pc and it hasn't failed me. Thats what we use . Is it? I thought you just determined that you didn't have FakeRAID, but had to use Windows RAID instead (which is the recommended choice anyway.) I just know that we mirror Drives, WE use RAID 1 : Using CLTR+Fduring the boot. Is it possible we are using FakeRAID? Completely! like we have all came to the conclusion of: This place is diseased with horrible practices. Why we dont use Windows RAID- but instead use FastTrak? I have no Idea. Oh, if you are doing CTRL-F during boot to configure RAID, pretty likely it is FakeRAID. But the one in your other thread didn't support that. That's a unique one, though? Unique for sure, Because we us FakeRAID: but we could set it up to use Software RAID.. Right, you have options, but chose the weird one, it would seem. And the one that can't be used uniformly. Sadly this falls under : Being Plagued by horrible practices . . .
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  Microsoft Ignite 2018
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  @phlipelder said in Microsoft Ignite 2018: @irj said in Microsoft Ignite 2018: What workshops are you guys attending? If you haven't booked your workshops yet, you better do it now as they are filling up fast! Booked in to all things Windows Server 2019 with a focus on Hyper-Converged and Remote Desktop Services since we build farms. Cool. I am doing two 2019 workshops, security courses, and two blockchain courses.
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  IDE as a RAID?
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  @wrcombs said in IDE as a RAID?: @scottalanmiller said in IDE as a RAID?: @wrcombs see, that was easy, lol. LOl UP to 40% now.. after .. hours... This isn't gonna be done today.. Cheap RAID can be VERY slow.
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  Which skills is more valuable to you? Hard skills or Soft skills?
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  @storageninja said in Which skills is more valuable to you? Hard skills or Soft skills?: @scottalanmiller said in Which skills is more valuable to you? Hard skills or Soft skills?: But in the enterprise, so few people need to talk to anyone but other tech people, the interfaces to the outside world are few and far between. I agree here, but there is a minimum viable product of soft skills where even other tech people don't want to put up with your shit, or your ability to communicate with other tech people is crap and so you don't get good feedback or collaboration. The 10x engineer who belongs in a closet is something that fewer and fewer companies will put up with. Hell Linus recently admitted he needs to stop being an asshole. Netflix has an official policy to not keep them. Lacking soft skills doesn't make you an asshole, though. That's not the alternative. Soft skills is a lot of things. Being nice isn't one of them. Being nice is just being a good person. Seeming to be nice when you are actually an asshole, now that is a soft skill. I worked with a guy like that. Came across great, but openly admitted he was a horrible person that would screw you if he could. Great soft skills, mediocre hard skills, not a nice person.
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  Site Moved a PC=A MESS
  windows networking file server pc connection • • WrCombs  

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  @wrcombs said in Site Moved a PC=A MESS: @scottalanmiller said in Site Moved a PC=A MESS: @wrcombs said in Site Moved a PC=A MESS: My boss was pushing the compliance issues, Yes, Because it is his job to make sure compliance is met within every site. You're telling me, If im not mistaken, That following directions coming from the vendor is my boss being Dumb? or Being an Ass? Straight from PCI Data Security Standard: Build and Maintain a Secure Network: 1. Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data. 2. Do no use Vendor- supplied Defaults for system passwords and other security parameters . I guess reading this more thoroughly so I could continue this conversation: no where does it say It has to be a separate or isolated network, Only that It needs to be behind a firewall as far as Networking is concerned. Correct, I'm telling you, straight up, that if your boss claims that those words in ANY WAY suggest you can't use a VLAN, he's either insanely stupid, or a ridiculous liar who thinks you easy to push around. There is NOTHING about a separate network there. Not one thing. I understand that now, at first I was a little confused, but now having seen and looked into everything more based off of what you are telling me , I find that everything you are saying makes perfect sense Not that it means you can do something about it. But knowing that the boss is most likely just trying to blow you off, or just trying to make things complicated for some personal reason at the expense of the company makes it far better to be able to at least learn from the scenario. Your quality take aways here include... Your boss is not to be trusted (why, we don't know, but a reliable source, he is not.) Look for another job (you know this, but it's a reminder.) You now know PCI far better than before (and better than your boss.) You now have more experience in evaluating someone giving excuses rather than actual logic.
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  Mobile Back up?
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  I have Amazon Prime so I get unlimited photo storage through that (including raw image files).
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  Ubuntu Setup For Steam Play and Lutris Gaming with nVidia Graphics
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  Updated the OP.
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  Dark Fiber
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  @scottalanmiller said in Dark Fiber: @obsolesce said in Dark Fiber: @scottalanmiller said in Dark Fiber: @obsolesce said in Dark Fiber: ... and blacklight isn't black! It's invisible (to human eyes). You don't see black light? I do. I think most people do. It's just dim. Blacklight = ultraviolet light = shorter wavelength (10-400 nm) than visible light (400 - 700 nm) Blacklight isn't actually ultraviolet. You can't see UV, but you can see blacklight. At least everyone I know can. It's right on the edge of being UV, hence why it is a deep purple rather than invisible. But it's still visible. They just always call it UV to make it sound cooler than it is. Not that it isn't cool, but I can certainly see it. That's why lots of places light with it, even when not triggering the effect that people want, it's still enough to see by. The violet glow of a black light is not the UV light itself, but visible light that escapes being filtered out by the filter material in the glass envelope. It depends on what you refer to as "black light". If you define a blacklight to be the device itself that emits UV light, then yes, you are seeing the visible light that escapes as mentioned above. And FFS, to finally readdress my original point, the light isn't black.
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  Discussing Basic Income from Forbes Article
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  @penguinwrangler You seem to have a basic misunderstanding of what GBI is. As well as some unfounded bias that Red states contribute more than Blue states. In fact the exact opposite is true. I think if you do some actual research youll find most of your opinions on governance are wrong. Every single "Red state' is dependent on "Blue states" for money. Yes this means places like WV, KY, FLA, all of them depend on places CA WA NY, DE. You can actually look this up. https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/
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  Windows 10 Performance with Guacamole
  windows windows 10 rdp vnc guacamole • • wirestyle22  

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  RDP at home is fine.
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  Time for change?
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  @gjacobse said in Time for change?: @flaxking said in Time for change?: Well, in case you are regretting the change.... https://mangolassi.it/topic/17796/looking-for-senior-it-admins Thanks - that appears to require a relocation - which I am unable to do. Thus far - pretty happy with things,.. as I still get to visit ML, and work with NTG - though not officially on the payroll anymore. I still help @pchiodo, @scottalanmiller and all out when I can / they need. His post says remote is a possibility.
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  Simple Password Rules
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  @pete-s said in Simple Password Rules: Passwords don't need a mix of uppercase and lowercase, numbers or special characters - and they don't need to be changed often. That's outdated recommendations. Not outdated, just wrong. They were never true. And it's always been taught in security circles that that stuff was obviously wrong. It's only that the people pushing agendas publicly have finally made the switch, like the NIST. But outdated is the wrong way to look at it, nothing changed except that finally the "Hollywood" public is starting to accept what IT has known all along.
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  Checking Out Xojo
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  @karlita said in Checking Out Xojo: https://www.xojo.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwwdTbBRAIEiwAYQf_E1PIAP8Vj-IpNn_llM0fO5oahtpcJL4UOMru_5b3GzfBag3FUrT9ZRoCcdoQAvD_BwE Try to post links without the crap. https://www.xojo.com
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  Choice I do not have; Support it I must
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  @dustinb3403 said in Choice I do not have; Support it I must: @gjacobse said in Choice I do not have; Support it I must: Where and what am I working with - Ugh.. before I can say I have to make sure it's acceptable. The DLink switches aren't horrible, but they aren't nice either, a lot of limited functionality. Things you'll miss now that you're supporting Dlink rather than Ubiquiti I remember when DLink went to a SpiceWorld conference and tried to convince people that they made stuff for business, too. No one was fooled, though.
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  Game mastering for the first time
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  @kelly said in Game mastering for the first time: @scottalanmiller said in Game mastering for the first time: I'm just starting a campaign with a 6, 7, 8, & 9 year old. What system? Pathfinder.
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  Weird Things Users Do
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  @bnrstnr It may be easy to do yeah but first time I've ever seen someone do that to a pc