After over 6 straight years of actual larger-Enterprise (heavy Windows/Linux infrastructure) experience and 3 intense years of practice and self-study, I finally made MCSE: Server Infrastructure (2012 R2).
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My real (relevant) experience hadn't started in a business environment until closer to 2004, but it has been a goal of mine since then.
It just feels good to have finally reached that goal in a good way.
Happy holidays all!
Jupiter
Christmas night, 2022-12-25.
Alt: 38°
Less than ideal seeing conditions and lots of light pollution, but was still able to bring out some detail!
Jupiter was 456,134,146 miles from earth when I took the photo. It took almost 41 minutes for light to travel from Jupiter to my camera. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, has 80 moons, and is large enough to fit about 1,300 Earths inside.
Setup:
5" SCT + 2x Barlow, ASI224MC @ ~2500mm f/20
iOptron mount, tracking: mount-only
FireCapture, shutter 13ms / gain 221 / histogram ~64%
20% best of 4k light frames
AS!3 + RegiStax6
My wife is becoming a U.S. citizen today. As well as everyone else on the bottom floor. People still coming in.
Some entertainment on the stage while everyone waits for the Oath Ceremony to begin.
Mars
Christmas night, 2022-12-25.
Alt: 71°
A better image capture of Mars than last time. It was higher up in the sky, so a little less atmospheric disturbance. I also tried some processing to bring out any detail.
Mars was 56,563,608 miles from Earth when I took the photo. That's about 5 minutes for light to travel from Mars to my camera.
Setup:
5" SCT + 2x Barlow, ASI224MC @ ~2500mm f/20
iOptron mount, tracking: mount-only
FireCapture, shutter 5ms / gain 183 / histogram ~37% (I have more to captures from that night to process that may be better than this, I'm still experimenting)
20% best of 10k light frames
AS!3 + RegiStax6
I posted a guide on my blog about setting up a Fedora 26 KVM / QEMU hypervisor that uses the Kimchi-project for remote virtualization management, which includes a working web-based VM console.
Here's the link: https://www.timothygruber.com/linux/fedora-26-kvm-html5-remote-access-with-web-console-via-kimchi-part-1/
I hope it helps anyone who needs it as much as it would have helped me had I came across it a long time ago.
It's easy to create on my blog because I can copy/paste images into the editor... it's like working inside of MS Word.
I was thinking of recreating it on here for ML, but not sure if it's worth it or not, as well as the chance of hurting SEO.
Should I take the time to do it and just change the wording a bit?
@dustinb3403 said in Recommendations for Cameras:
He wants something "more serious looking" what does that even mean?
I have had great experience with these:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I know y'all are concerned... Snapchat just went down.
Nope, the whole Snapchat company could disband and I'd never even know it (until you post about it).
I got tired of seeing links here and there saying to do this and that, firewall rules open/closed here and there, add account there, etc., etc... all to no avail and only making things worse and opening security holes.
So I decided to post the working procedure that I use (nicely cleaned up, you're welcome), with the info coming straight from the MS Docs site (linked in references)... From there, I converted everything to be done via PowerShell to make everyone's life better.
You'll notice there really isn't that much you have to do to the host, and the stuff you need to do to the management PC is minimal, but a lot of what you see around the net isn't in there. Why? Because it doesn't need to be.
@DustinB3403 Oh is it the boot/os drive of a VM?
@DustinB3403 does it have a TPM2 chip?
Anki and pre-made anki decks are a great method of learning. Making your own anki decks is a great way to learn.
@MrWright4hire said in The Most Effective Meetings:
Isn't it funny how we may disagree about being there for someone until we're the someone that needs the help
Is calling a meeting to take the time of several people or more really the most effective use of resources if one needs help with something? I can't agree to that.
@CCWTech said in How to get Chrome to remember which monitors to open on:
I gotta go back to Ubuntu I suppose... I just wish there were better games for it...
I use Ubuntu as well, and never had an issue playing any and all Windows games on it. Some may not have behaved or performed as well as on Windows, but if you're that bad with Windows it's likely not going to be a show stopper for you.
@CCWTech said in How to get Chrome to remember which monitors to open on:
And just this evening I went to watch TV and I came back... Guess what? Windows decided to reboot for updates while I was gone...
Lol. That's your own fault for ignoring the updates for so long and/or not setting your active hours and other update preferences.
@CCWTech said in How to get Chrome to remember which monitors to open on:
Unless I am missing something, it looks like that won't work. It all opens in ONE Window. So I don't see that it will drag the tabs the way they were...
I use Edge, multiple tabs and windows, along with a platform that uses multiple windows. I use FancyZones to keep it where I want, and it always remembers it. I don't remember if there's a setting in PowerToys to "remember". There might be actually. It even remembers where everything is when I take off a monitor or put it back. (laptop with two monitor extensions from it in that case, another case dual monitors)
Never any issues with it remembering where all my browser and software windows are. I can't imagine it working with Edge but not Google Chrome.
@CCWTech download the MS power toys and use fancy zones.
Cocoon Nebula (IC5146)
2024.10.24 @ 22:00
Alt: 73°
The Cocoon Nebula, also known as IC5146, is a fascinating emission and reflection nebula located about 3,300 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. This nebula is a stellar nursery where new stars are forming, with a bright central star that illuminates the surrounding gas and dust, giving the nebula its soft, cocoon-like appearance. The Cocoon is linked to a dark nebula, a dense, starless region called Barnard 168, which stretches out like a trail behind it, obscuring the background stars.
The Cocoon Nebula sits in one of the Milky Way’s richest star fields, so it's dark trail and glowing cloud stand out even more against a sea of distant stars.
Setup:
C8-XLT + f/6.3 reducer @ 1208mm focal length
iOptron mount, tracking
Ares-C Pro camera
Optolong L-Pro filter
SharpCap Pro & Siril
Total exposure time: 8 hours
Processing: mediocre
Dumbbell Nebula (M27, Apple Core Nebula)
2024.10.19 @ 22:00
Alt: 70°
The Dumbbell Nebula is one of the brightest planetary nebulae in the sky, located around 1,360 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. What you’re seeing is the glowing remnants of a dying star that has shed its outer layers, with the central star still visible at the core. The distinctive "Apple Core" or "Dumbbell" shape comes from the expanding gas.
Interestingly, M27 was the first planetary nebula to ever be discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764.
Setup:
C8-XLT + f/6.3 reducer
iOptron mount, tracking
Ares-C Pro camera
Optolong L-Pro filter
SharpCap Pro & Siril
Total exposure time: 6 hours and 15 minutes
Focal length: 1208mm
Processing: minimal, time & weather constraints
