@travisdh1 said in Weekend Plans:

I just got a ticket for Ohio Linux Fest. I'll only be able to attend Saturday, but looks like some interesting things happening.

https://olfconference.org/ if anyone else is interested.

Well, after the conference, I think it's time to give tower another look. A lot has changed, and it should be stable now.

@JaredBusch said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

@whitecat said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

small, not-for-profit corporation

Worst type of organizations in the US.....

He and I had talked about the dangers and common behaviour of non-profits. He's not a normal non-profit, for sure.

@WrCombs said in PlayStation Game Drive; wont read on PlayStation or computer:

Checked for Drivers to install and installed 2 tool kits and a seagate driver that matches the model number. still no luck. It's USB only so I can plug it into a different computer as the hard drive to see if it boots up. I'm not sure what else to do.

huh drivers for a drive?

I'm guessing you could have a similar issue to connecting a Tivo drive to a windows machine - Tivo uses a file system that windows can't read.

Booting from Linux Live or attaching to Linux based OS provided additional file system support and instructions on how to access/copy, etc.

@RojoLoco nice, congrats!

I don’t care to print it,… or at least start it. I can monitor and it it fails could stop it… but it’s not exactly a wild print.

If it’s imaged at the size needed I don’t have to scale any,.. guess is just an hour or so to print.

Old fashioned with Japanese whiskey and orange bitters

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@WrCombs said in Blue Stacks:

@stewprojector said in Blue Stacks:

is it good?

No, he's a spammer.

@sectorpublic said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

DuoLingo is not messing around five nights at freddy's

Nope, I'm plagued by email reminders even though I deleted it.

I don't get reminders. Maybe yo ucan't turn them off because you deleted it. LOL Go to the web login to turn them off.

@RojoLoco said in Checking Out Xojo:

@scottalanmiller said in Checking Out Xojo:

Zoho does something similar. And the names are very similar. Potentially pronounced the same!

"Xojo" is how you spell "Zoho" in Spanish.

In Central America, Xojo would be like "Shoho" because the X comes from the local language and is the "sh" sound. Like the city of Xela (sounds like Sheila) and the girl's name Xochitl (sounds like Shocheel.)

@Pete-S said in What does your desk look like?:

@Dashrender said in What does your desk look like?:

Might also consider a ring light.

Actually the white wall that is just behind the laptop is much better than a ring light. Just bounce a light source of it and you'll get a very nice light. Search for "bounce lighting" if you want examples.

I have this setup - I have a LED lap that I pointed a the wall and turned the camera on - much better lighting for video calls and wat not.

Thanks for the idea!

@WrCombs said in Frist time Headset ?:

@Dashrender said in Frist time Headset ?:

@WrCombs said in Frist time Headset ?:

@Dashrender said in Frist time Headset ?:

@WrCombs said in Frist time Headset ?:

Mentioned that I was having issues with my headset to one of my coworkers - I guess we have a standard issue headset offered by the company.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJRMW17/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_3YW5JM7SC9CNTRGQGTVK_0?th=1

It does seem kinda weird that either a) they supply you with one or b) they reimburse you for providing one of your own.

Though perhaps we don't have all the information.

I'm not following

do they
a) pay for a headset OR
b) reimburse you for one you buy yourself?

Using a headset is basically a requirement for a softphone (and since you're now work from home support - I fully expect you'll spend the better part of your day on the phone - so you'll want a headset for that so really that should be a business expense).

ah, they bought it and it'll be here tomorrow.

It looks pretty decent to me. The Evolve2 40 has a more advanced mic though with more suppression of unwanted noise and the Engage 50 is better and much lighter. But it's hard to beat free 🙂

I think you'll be very pleased with it.

I missed the memo on this 😂

@Carnival-Boy said in Is Real Estate Actually a Good Investment on Average?:

Oh, and "water cooler" time is good for generating trust and forming bonds within teams, which is essential.

My experience is that it does the opposite. It creates cliques and promotes the idea of promoting for socialization rather than for results. I think good, skilled workers who want promoted based on merit see it as sowing distrust... a mechanism for those that aren't as capable or as ethical to avoid work while "schmoozing" the bosses.

Yes, if you want bad employees to trust each other, it's good. If you want to have employees you can trust to protect your business, it's bad.

@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:

@Dashrender I was in the army and I never unlearned this lol

it's one thing to use the urinal next to another - it's whole another thing to carry on/strike up a conversation.. lol

This is fitting from the show Kung Fu:

Youtube Video

@IRJ said in Does this speak to you?:

@gjacobse said in Does this speak to you?:

In Dec I was informed I was going Month to Month at the end of the six months..

I think that's you're answer. They feel like they need to revaluate month to month. I would have argued for at least 3-6 month contracts or been looking to leave within a month or two max

I agree, that's your notice that you need to be actively looking. Month to month means that they AND you are supposed to evaluate the relationship every 30 days.

@JasGot said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

@Dashrender said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

@JasGot Aren't you the one who asked how to do this?

I assume you are referring to my post of the script I came up with yesterday AFTER I read your post suggesting a script to do it?

Geeeeesh. The next time I want to share a solution I came up with, as a result of your suggestion, I won't.

LOL - there was no indication that you just created that -but that's awesome that you tossed something together so quickly.

@amarendra said in Looking for an Active NodeBB Community:

But now I get the message that I do not have enough reputation.

I'm not aware of any reputation limit to posting a question. What topic are you trying to post in?

I found an old Midi to USB cable over the weekend. ordered a USB to lightning adapter to try it out on her iPad.