Posts made by krzykat

@syko24 Why would you stay with a carrier that so badly created an infrastructure that was so easily compromised? I'd think you want to stay with someone that has thought about these measures ahead of time and stays in front of the curve and not be reactionary to it after the fact. I, like Jared have spoken to the president of Skyetel and I have to tell you - they've built theirs from the ground up with these concerns and considerations in mind. They are very confident that their infrastructure is solid on this and based on the confidential talks I've had with them, I'm pretty confident as well.

@scottalanmiller Have you seen some other videos these guys have done? I saw one they built an entire house with digging, and clay, and it had an underground pool I think. Was absolutely incredible.

FWIW - Hate SonicWall (I think most people don't know how to configure them properly) - and Hate SIP ALG - most routers don't implement it properly and it does nothing but fuck things up.

@eddiejennings I am going to be an odd person on this one, but I like the decision. There are often times I want an additional snapshot and can't because mine are maxed out. Now I can pay for an extra one and grab it. If I use more, than its my issue and I pay the cost. Completely get it.

@jaredbusch Vultr reached out to me in an Email:

"I’ll keep this short and sweet. First, I just want to thank you for being a Vultr customer. We really appreciate your business.

My name is , and I am a Solution Architect at Vultr. We know that, like many of our customers, you are probably using both Vultr and another cloud (or multiple clouds). We recently launched a competitive discount program for our current clients and I’d love to offer you further incentives to bring more of your cloud workloads over to Vultr (and hopefully save you more money).

Whether your workloads are growing exponentially or you’re looking to lower your overall cloud expenses, I’d love to learn about your current architecture and provide some expert guidance."

Just assumed you do a lot of biz with them too and that they probalby reached out to you as well and was wondering if it was a BS sales call or worth the chat.

@jaredbusch Did they offer you a "cloud consultation" - if so, was it worthwhile?

@jaredbusch What do you mean by "setup right" ?

@jaredbusch What if they get some new IP's to route their web stuff through those? Obviously they could get attacked as well, but perhaps it would take whoever is attacking some time or they'd lose some interest.

@dashrender Look at your generational wealthy families. Doesn't matter if they made their money bootlegging, oil, etc ... the generational money is from real-estate. Between interest rates being so low and the tax code made for the wealthy (which I hate), you get to depreciate your rental property. It's almost free money if you can get it. I'm a very fiscally conservative person and own my rentals free and clear, but I am thinking to get notes on them so I can multiply my investments. My formula has been to get single family homes or townhomes on the cheap - foreclosure or tax deed auctions. Then I fix them up so they're nice. Then I get to charge a higher dollar, be pickier on who my tenants are, and have fewer issues with maintenance. I don't like to do the grunt work, I'm too busy running my VoIP company, so the best thing you can have is a good rolodex. Have a couple good Plumbers, Handymen, Electricians, and A/C guy. My next goal with these ridiculously high housing prices is to refi my home, and then get a HELOC. That gives you access to cash anytime you need, so you can shop the auctions, buy a propery, fix it up, rent it out, then 6 months later get a mortgage on it and then pay back the HELOC.

My favorite property - I bought my first townhouse in 2014 for $55K - probably put 5K into it and now rent is all the way up to $1700 / month.

@obsolesce I've been investing a bit in rental real-estate. I call it my triple play:

1. Hedge against inflation
2. Life insurance policy
3. Retirement plan

@brandon220 That is absolutely outrageous. That is my main business - we do hosted VoIP solutions and handle everything from the phone lines to to the management at a set monthly rate. Guaranteed we're about 90% cheaper than that - probably 95%, anyhow not trying to push our service but its an option if you want to set and forget it. Meanwhile ... For sure that sounds like a no brainer operation for a hosted solution with FreePBX. Different locations, doesn't matter, routing phone numbers wherever you want, works great. Want to add softphones with groundwire - that works too. I've heard AT&T wants to get out of some of that, and just WOW. I laugh my ass off when they charge $100 / line, but this brings it to a whole new level.

@notverypunny
I'm curious on this as well. We have used MC successfully and now want to add TacticalRMM ... what is the advantages of having them seperate versus being on the same box? Don't like the idea of redoing all the existing MC clients, but if it makes things better, fine.

@nashbrydges If they're done with it ... wish they'd release their NVR as open source and let others use and update it.

@dafyre I've been thinking of this one and love the sounds of that device. Did you pickup a foldable bluetooth keyboard or the like to make it even more functional? To not have to carry a computer with me everywhere I go would certainly be nice.

@brandon220 The algo 8028 not only allows you to communicate but to also remotely trigger the mag lock from the phone connection.

@brandon220 Algo 8028 ... Work great - have installed several of them - great units.

@ccwtech I had a similar issue on a Unifi Switch once ... It took me forever to track the issue down and in the end, it was such a simple thing that pissed me off. Apparently someone had installed some IP cameras on the network and assigned a static IP address that was conflicting with the network switch. A new device would cure you because with a new mac, a new IP. Just something to check out.

@scottalanmiller
I've never heard of TacticalRMM - but I love our MC. Is everyone digging it? I see that its a very active development and think I need to give it a try.

@dustinb3403 My son started Kindergarten this year and there were a couple of times he peed his pants in school. When we questioned him about what was going on, he informed us that he was afraid to be in the bathroom by himself replying "but what if there is a code red or fire drill? I'm afraid people will leave me". Sad state of affairs when the kids do code red and fire drills like once every week or two. He literally asks the teacher each day - are there going to be any fire or code red drills today? And the teachers had to assure him that they will not leave him behind.

Sucks

Exactly, here in Florida they're right 50% of the time, which is why South America has it figured out. Nobody there cares if its right or wrong, but watching the weather wo-"man" is just very entertaining to watch.