Just booked travel so I guess I am officially attending! Now to the rest of the process.

AMD released info detailing their new server processors using the Zen architecture today.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/amds-zen-steps-into-the-server-room-with-epyc/

If you are still looking I just made my room reservation and it ended up being a room with 2 queen beds. I could probably be convinced to share.

I referenced material from @pchiodo's talk on IT finance during a meeting today. It made me look good!

Huge thanks to everyone who made the effort to put together material and present at MangoCon this year!

Hi all!

I'm Nate, currently living in Denver and working in IT for an SMB. Done a whole lot of helpdesk/customer service/bench tech stuff in the past, finally getting to flex the admin wings a bit and learning a lot. Looks like ML will be a great place to pick up some more!

Interests outside tech include bicycles, beer nerdery, and martial arts.

@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@NDC said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Waiting for a plane.

Will just any plane do?

I was looking to get on a specific one today, but there are times that a random one seems like a good idea.

Back in NJ for a bit for my brother's wedding.

Sunrise over Lake Erie.

Today's vague attempt at productivity is brought to you by psuedoephedrine, guaifenesin, and ibuprofen.

@scottalanmiller said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@dashrender said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@scottalanmiller said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@jaredbusch said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

Which as I showed earlier in this thread mine is also set to everyone but no one sends me dick pics ....

Yet.

Next Mangocon!

Gives a whole new meaning to sending Jared Fireball shots.

If you've named your junk Fireball you may have a problem that needs checked out.

If you click the counter there's a popup with the breakdown.

There are a handful of brands that typically get a nod for situations like this, Humanscale is another that hasn't been mentioned yet.

If you have a low threshold on cost for your chairs Ikea has or at least had some decent options. Stuff that's not crazy expensive, decent build quality, and at least some adjustment. Looks like their models are different now from what I have experienced but might be worth checking out.

Edit: Major fail here with re: to the fact you have a prescribed supplier. I'd look for adjustable seat height, depth, and lumbar support as a base line. I took a glance at some of the stuff on there and sadly didn't spot anything with all of those options.

@mr-jones said in Net+ Study Help - Subnetting:

@ndc Thanks. I figured with only 256 possible addresses, the addresses spill over into the 3rd octet. If that's what's going on here, what's a good way to calculate this in the future?

1024 ÷ 256 = 4? Being that 8,9,10,11 are the 4 taken up?

That looks to be a decent approach! TBH I cheated and used a subnet calculator to look up the final address quickly. I haven't done that stuff by hand in rather a long time so I don't have any amazing suggestions for alternatives.

@mr-jones

In answer B, Network A starts at 172.30.8.0 and ends at 172.30.11.255. The other three networks suggested are in a space that is already taken by that range.

@dashrender said in I can't even:

@jaredbusch said in I can't even:

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

@jaredbusch said in I can't even:

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

@jaredbusch that doesn't SEEM like it could be real....

It is because autocorrect in Outlook has a setting to capitalize automatically.

Oh man.

It is one of my users. I know it was a real email...

Oh yeah - that could totally be a real email in my environment as well!!!!

That could definitely happen where I work. We have a lot of people who use caps lock for all capitalization purposes, so there is room for that to be busted, and now they are having to hold the shift key down while pushing a letter. Mayhem ensues!

Also a bit hesitant to say I really know it but have experience. Mostly managing Android devices.

I have people hunting for solutions that allow large meetings currently. North of the commonly available 150-300 attendees range that I see on most products.

Anyone have suggestions for that?

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Watching Now:

Carmen on metopera.org. They have started a series of free opera streams. First up is one of my favorites of all time.

I need to get on watching some of those streams. Missed Carmen sadly.

Some people at my company are looking for a new solution to map sales territories and service areas.

So far they are apparently looking at this. Strikes me as a bit amateur hour with mediocre to bad advice and FUD nonsense in the ad copy.

Anyone have suggestions for software to handle this sort of thing?

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@NDC said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

tactical wargame mechanics of DnD 4e (or so I've been told)

Yeah, they pretty much ripped it die roll for die roll from 4e from the people I've talked to.

The combat system was the thing I (and most gamers) hated the most about 4e.

This was quite a bit of fun. I'm not a minis and hexes gamer typically so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I think it made a huge difference with how the mechanics of the various mechs worked out. It is a very tightly designed game. No one felt over powered compared to the rest, we ended up winning both scenarios, but it was by very narrow margins.

I've heard good things about Lancer to be honest. I'd like to try it at some point. I think the mechanics need to fit the setting and they do a much better job in this instance.

Mechanics need to fit intent. I have a hard time believing that the 4e need for pre-configuring grid based battles can be reconciled reasonably with any sort of decent narrative experience.

Curious how they try to handle the core rules being inherently incompatible with one of their stated goals.

It takes some work to wrap your mind around if you're more used to narrative systems. We played a quick encounter that was just mechs on a hex grid so that we could learn the mechanics and figure out how the rules worked. Once we got done we sat back and looked at each other and said "That was great, but I am having trouble wrapping my mind around how this connects with narrative." It took some time to get that sorted in our own heads, but it was doable. I found that once I had fully fleshed out my pilot that I was able to integrate the narrative into the tactical system. I think it just takes the right group of players.

Maybe 4e was the wrong comparison. I haven't played it, so I can't make an accurate comparison.

Eh, when narrative gets dropped in the description of an RPG I have a tendency to go straight into gamist, simulationist, narrativist analysis mode(which is probably considered outdated at this point anyway). They may not mean what I'm thinking when I see that.

Anyway, I had fun playing 4e once I got over it not being what I expected from previous iterations of D&D. I suspect there's some good juice to be wrung from a game using a similar system to run giant robot fights.

@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

tactical wargame mechanics of DnD 4e (or so I've been told)

Yeah, they pretty much ripped it die roll for die roll from 4e from the people I've talked to.

The combat system was the thing I (and most gamers) hated the most about 4e.

This was quite a bit of fun. I'm not a minis and hexes gamer typically so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I think it made a huge difference with how the mechanics of the various mechs worked out. It is a very tightly designed game. No one felt over powered compared to the rest, we ended up winning both scenarios, but it was by very narrow margins.

I've heard good things about Lancer to be honest. I'd like to try it at some point. I think the mechanics need to fit the setting and they do a much better job in this instance.

Mechanics need to fit intent. I have a hard time believing that the 4e need for pre-configuring grid based battles can be reconciled reasonably with any sort of decent narrative experience.

Curious how they try to handle the core rules being inherently incompatible with one of their stated goals.