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@EddieJennings said in Anybody interested in doing ML Secret Santa?:

Likewise. I'll participate, but not organize

It's super easy with elfster. I don't mind doing it. I just need a head count and email addresses

I've used a site from elfster.com to do this with my family before. We can all make wishlist items from Amazon and set a modest limit like $20

@marcinozga said in Topics of Systems Administration:

@travisdh1 said in Topics of Systems Administration:

@IRJ said in Topics of Systems Administration:

@scottalanmiller said in Topics of Systems Administration:

As my employer said at the time "You can't bag groceries in Oregon", that was their policy. No job, of any sort, anywhere in the country. Their policy was that they were a "US business" and "all US business" was a competitor. Clearly that doesn't work in court, but the number of people who had won against them were.... very few. Famously, two just did a few months ago. But it's taken that long.

Wow that is totally illegal and would never even stand up in court. Hell you could probably represent yourself in such a scenario and still win.

1. I can almost guarantee they would not go after you if you went to another industry

2. No way that is holding up in court. No way that takes 10 years to win. Maybe 10 weeks?

You do know how slow the courts are to react to anything, right? Also most people could never hope to pay a lawyer that could take on a company of that size no matter how wrong the company is.

If the case was a sure win, you'd have lawyers lining up ready to work on contingency.

yep

@IRJ said in Topics of Systems Administration:

Are non-competes legal?
A non-compete is only allowed and enforceable to the extent it (1) is necessary to protect the
employer’s legitimate interests, (2) does not impose an undue hardship on the employee, (3) does
not harm the public, and (4) is reasonable in time period and geographic scope.

Well it fails (1), (2), and (4)

Yep assuming this was in NY (Wall St). It wouldn't even go to court.

https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/non-competes.pdf

From NY gov :

Are non-competes legal?
A non-compete is only allowed and enforceable to the extent it (1) is necessary to protect the
employer’s legitimate interests, (2) does not impose an undue hardship on the employee, (3) does
not harm the public, and (4) is reasonable in time period and geographic scope. An employer’s
legitimate interest may include protecting an employer’s trade secrets and confidential
information and preventing employees from taking specialized skills they gained on the job to a
competitor. A non-compete’s restrictions must be no greater than necessary to protect the
legitimate interests of the employer.
To determine if a non-compete is enforceable, courts consider an employee’s job duties, the
employer’s business interest, and the language of the agreement. A court will not enforce a non-
compete unless it determines the non-compete meets the criteria in the above paragraph.
A court may require an employee to comply with some parts of a non-compete agreement, even
if other portions of the agreement are unreasonable, such as length of time or geographic scope.
Generally, upon finding portions of a non-compete unreasonable, a court may invalidate the
agreement entirely or may enforce the agreement for a shorter time or in a smaller area.

@travisdh1 said in Topics of Systems Administration:

@IRJ said in Topics of Systems Administration:

@scottalanmiller said in Topics of Systems Administration:

As my employer said at the time "You can't bag groceries in Oregon", that was their policy. No job, of any sort, anywhere in the country. Their policy was that they were a "US business" and "all US business" was a competitor. Clearly that doesn't work in court, but the number of people who had won against them were.... very few. Famously, two just did a few months ago. But it's taken that long.

Wow that is totally illegal and would never even stand up in court. Hell you could probably represent yourself in such a scenario and still win.

1. I can almost guarantee they would not go after you if you went to another industry

2. No way that is holding up in court. No way that takes 10 years to win. Maybe 10 weeks?

You do know how slow the courts are to react to anything, right? Also most people could never hope to pay a lawyer that could take on a company of that size no matter how wrong the company is.

You would have free attorneys lining up by thousands to take this case. Because it's that ludicrous.

@scottalanmiller said in Topics of Systems Administration:

As my employer said at the time "You can't bag groceries in Oregon", that was their policy. No job, of any sort, anywhere in the country. Their policy was that they were a "US business" and "all US business" was a competitor. Clearly that doesn't work in court, but the number of people who had won against them were.... very few. Famously, two just did a few months ago. But it's taken that long.

Wow that is totally illegal and would never even stand up in court. Hell you could probably represent yourself in such a scenario and still win.

1. I can almost guarantee they would not go after you if you went to another industry

2. No way that is holding up in court. No way that takes 10 years to win. Maybe 10 weeks?

@scottalanmiller said in Topics of Systems Administration:

It's great stuff to know, but if we are approaching SA as a role, should we really teach all the application specific skills on top? And if so, why these and why not loads of databases, printers, directory servers, web servers, WordPress and so on? How do we pick which applications to teach and which to expect people to learn separately?

Experience is the only teacher here. A book or online training will only teach you a very small portion of your jobs throughout your career.

I agree with @JaredBusch. I've never seen this unicorn SA position you've always talked about. I've worked in a few enterprises, SMB, and for software companies. I have never seen a SA making $400k that never touches anything outside the OS.

@DustinB3403 said in Topics of Systems Administration:

Understanding the role of the LAN - sure it's legacy but still extremely common.

@frodooftheshire said in FIPS encryption (non domain laptops):

@IRJ Wow. So I'm guessing I would need to wipe these machines and put on Windows 10 Enterprise 1809 to go a. get compatibility and b. make sure these devices continue to get security updates? But when I check 1809 EOL is May 11 2021???

I may just have this client work directly with a third party to manage all this as I don't imagine this will come up again, and I'm not sure it's worth the time investment to really get a grasp on everything and what's involved.

Yeah it looks like it. I've not dealt with FIPs 140-2 on Windows before, only Linux.

This document is from May 2020 and shows 1809 still as the latest FIPs 140-2 certification.

https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/security-policies/140sp3092.pdf

Before you get into a rabbit hole here, what's your actual requirement?

FIPs 140-2 has nothing to do with smart cards. It's about forcing validated cryptographic modules. Generally that is older versions of cryptographic modules and require an older kernel.

For example windows 1809 is the latest certified version. You can see the latest certified modules here. You need to have these versions set in order to turn on FIPs mode.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/fips-140-validation

@manxam said in Anyone Know a Good GUI for HAProxy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Anyone Know a Good GUI for HAProxy?:

And all of this can be yours for the low price of $1200 per year (or as much as $9500).

That seems expensive,lol.

https://www.snapt.net/platforms/aria-adc/pricing

You might as well just use AWS at this point. You are looking at $200-500 a year for an Application Load Balancer which is much better than their premium package lmao. You could have 10 ALBs and still come out way ahead.

See pricing examples
https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/

It looks like diversity is there number one selling point. It's the first thing that flashes up on their website.

I followed learn more and see you have option to filter applicants based on race and gender.

Huge redflag to me, and that empowers employers to be racist and sexist.

https://www.seekout.io/diversity-filters-campaign

Are you trying to just use off-site storage or do you want restore in azure/AWS?

@scottalanmiller said in Jared - OBS:

@DustinB3403 said in Jared - OBS:

@IRJ I've used and like openshot video editor

This is what I use currently, but plan to move to KDENLive

How are you liking it?

@black3dynamite said in Jared - OBS:

@IRJ said in Jared - OBS:

@DustinB3403 said in Jared - OBS:

@IRJ said in Jared - OBS:

Can you take already recorded video and slow the framerate down with OBS?

Not with obs, no. You'd do this is a video editing software. Not the capture software.

Anything you recommend?

Some Youtubers that I'm subscribe to uses https://kdenlive.org/en/

Definitely has a learning curve, but I like it

Putting the same vulnerable windows servers on a Linux hypervisor host doesn't do anything to secure them unless you are shutting them off.

There has to be a better way to store just the data if that's all your concerned about. What database are these windows served running? You can run SQL on Linux and do it on one small server if it's just for accessing archives.

@JasGot said in Who do you use for a 1U RackmountPC?:

I need a rackmount PC that will run Windows 10 pro. Must have room for 4 3.5" hard drives.

I guess I'll ask it since nobody else did....

Why?