@jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:
@pete-s said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:
There is no general answer to your question.
There is. Just because you cannot see it doesn't mean it does not exist.
Each person's answer of a language is a general answer. Their reason for the recommendation allows me to see if it fits my need and skill and desire.
It might be an excuse to give Golang a whirl.
@dashrender said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
@obsolesce said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
@dave247 said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
@jaredbusch said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
@dave247 said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
Where is everyone searching for quality IT job postings these days?
Word of mouth. I've never gotten a good job from a random posting.
I suppose the correct answer to myself is a wide net of every combination, including word of mouth, job posting sites like Indeed, Monster, etc, direct job postings on the website of the company, LinkedIn, etc.
I managed to get my first IT job using my state's job network website. I got a call-back from HR and had some awesome back and forth and landed a great gig. My friend and past co-worker got an amazing job from a head-hunter on LinkedIn. Another friend got a job from a company website post...
The last several good jobs I was either offered or have started were directly from LinkedIn, and some of them are $300K to $500K jobs.
How much of that salary is cause of location?
It depends on scale. You won't see that outside the US, not even close. With-in the US, fully remote, and depending on the company, an extremely small percentage if any.
@dave247 said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
@jaredbusch said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
@dave247 said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
Where is everyone searching for quality IT job postings these days?
Word of mouth. I've never gotten a good job from a random posting.
I suppose the correct answer to myself is a wide net of every combination, including word of mouth, job posting sites like Indeed, Monster, etc, direct job postings on the website of the company, LinkedIn, etc.
I managed to get my first IT job using my state's job network website. I got a call-back from HR and had some awesome back and forth and landed a great gig. My friend and past co-worker got an amazing job from a head-hunter on LinkedIn. Another friend got a job from a company website post...
The last several good jobs I was either offered or have started were directly from LinkedIn, and some of them are $300K to $500K jobs.
@irj said in Staying at your shitty employer is your fault:
Update in 2022... The job market is still as hot as it was last year, and it's still your fault for being with a shitty employer.
I see more fully remote jobs available now than ever.
@dashrender said in Windows 11 auto upgrade?:
@voip_n00b said in Windows 11 auto upgrade?:
@dashrender said in Windows 11 auto upgrade?:
Plus I'm really trying to get away from local AD.
What's that have to do with MDT?
Perhaps nothing, though I've never heard of anyone using MDT outside of AD
It's used all the time without AD.
@wrcombs said in Windows 11 auto upgrade?:
Has anyone noticed an uptick in Windows10 auto upgrading to Windows11 due to windows updates?
Seeing this with many Back office PC's where they "leave at the end of the night and it's windows10 and the come back and it's windows 11"Just curious if were the only one's seeing this
Windows 10 will never automatically upgrade to Windows 11 without user action and consent by default.
@gjacobse said in Dreaded Windows Recovery:
Just over a week ago I let my older laptop install updates - and now - the dreaded Windows Recovery screen is all I see.
I've backed out Quality and Features with no success. There are no System Restore Points and even trying to Reset all fail.
While I am able to recover my data - before I go and kill it, I wanted to ensure that I hadn't missed anything on trying to recover what I have...
BIOS is up to date, same version as was installed, and no new hardware has been installed.
Is this a lost cause - and best to just duck my head and re-install, or just migrate this poor soul to Ubuntu.
You should also check the health of the drive in the system. For example, if it's a Samsung SSD, run Samsung Magician to verify the drive is still in good health. A drive going bad can corrupt a Windows install and updates or something similar can be disk intensive enough to make it noticeable.
Installing Linux on an otherwise failed or failing drive can be brewing storm. So I'd still check the drive first before doing that.
On Linux (Raspberry Pi OS), is it possible to reset a USB connection as if you unplugged it and plugged it back in? Is there an easy command to do it for a given USB device?
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
We just had a 6.2 earthquake happen right on top of us. Like RIGHT under the building. We were the epicenter. It was crazy. I've been in a LOT of quakes, but this was the biggest and closest every. It was nuts. We had to pull everyone from the water and there is minor building damage, as expected.
Oh no, I hope everything works out!
How long did it last?
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Happy New Year -
Yes, I am interested in your procedure when you get time. Looks like we are using Windows Business - but I don't expect the procedure building being different.I'm also curious how you built the ISO with XML profile.
TIA
Before you sysprep to create the ISO, use the PowerShell module to download your autopilot config, then put it here: C:\Windows\Provisioning\AutoPilot\AutoPilotConfigurationFile.json
I didn't have time yet on the PC to get the procedure I created and likely won't until tomorrow or the next, but here is a MS link for some breadcrumbs in the meantime, regarding creating the Autopilot profile, then downloading the json. Sorry, json, I said xml before I think:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/autopilot/existing-devices
Finally a clear night, but late and cold outside (8c), no prep done. So I'm sitting inside with the telescope pointing out the window, tracking a binary star (Alpheratz) I can see with the Fuji camera attached.
The tracking is a little bit off because I'm very limited to the stars I could use for the auto 2 star alignment. I also can't get great focus going through glass, but when I open the door for a sec, it's good then. No big deal, other than that it's working perfectly in KStars / Ekos on the R-Pi!
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
End of year PTO for me. Rethinking home office layout as 2022 we will be shifting gears and i will need some bench space for working on Autopilot deployment. Our E5 licenses were approved so major security overhaul next year
Autopilot - been trying to sort out a USB option to run the hardware ID… not had any success… not totall happy with the process yet.
Why not use the popular PS module? It'll grab the hash and register it in Autopilot.
Otherwise, I have a script I made somewhere made to be ran from USB that will take the hash, send it to an Azure Storage Table to await processing by an Azure Function that registers it into autopilot if you're looking for a fully automated solution other than running the script itself.
We have this wonderful security policy- we turn off powershell scripting- i have to got through a very manual process…
I found a set up, which I think I linked previous- that didn’t work… but it is possible I missed something on it. I’ll have to see if I can spin up my laptop here at the hotel and read back my comments to verify…
With scripting turned off- and literally Policed by systems being scanned a third party for script, it’s a bit frustrating.
Then the only thing to do is to reimage every device using an ISO or image with the Autopilot profile baked in. Make sure the Autopilot profile is set to register devices in Autopilot. If they want bullshit policies that actually decrease security, then it's going to get inconvenient for everyone.
That’s an interesting option. Might you have details on that?
It looks like that PowerShell module you were looking into not so long ago may work. I did it manually instead of using that, I forget now why I decided to do it that way, maybe it was cleaner I forget. But essentially all you need to do is create an Windows installer ISO of an up to date Win10/11 install with the Autopilot profile xml in a specific Windows folder.
I'd share the ones I made but they are Win10/11 enterprise with activation and autopilot profile baked in. I can share the procedure I created though, but won't get a chance until later today or tomorrow... if that PS module method is of no interest to you.
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
End of year PTO for me. Rethinking home office layout as 2022 we will be shifting gears and i will need some bench space for working on Autopilot deployment. Our E5 licenses were approved so major security overhaul next year
Autopilot - been trying to sort out a USB option to run the hardware ID… not had any success… not totall happy with the process yet.
Why not use the popular PS module? It'll grab the hash and register it in Autopilot.
Otherwise, I have a script I made somewhere made to be ran from USB that will take the hash, send it to an Azure Storage Table to await processing by an Azure Function that registers it into autopilot if you're looking for a fully automated solution other than running the script itself.
We have this wonderful security policy- we turn off powershell scripting- i have to got through a very manual process…
I found a set up, which I think I linked previous- that didn’t work… but it is possible I missed something on it. I’ll have to see if I can spin up my laptop here at the hotel and read back my comments to verify…
With scripting turned off- and literally Policed by systems being scanned a third party for script, it’s a bit frustrating.
Then the only thing to do is to reimage every device using an ISO or image with the Autopilot profile baked in. Make sure the Autopilot profile is set to register devices in Autopilot. If they want bullshit policies that actually decrease security, then it's going to get inconvenient for everyone.
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
End of year PTO for me. Rethinking home office layout as 2022 we will be shifting gears and i will need some bench space for working on Autopilot deployment. Our E5 licenses were approved so major security overhaul next year
Autopilot - been trying to sort out a USB option to run the hardware ID… not had any success… not totall happy with the process yet.
Why not use the popular PS module? It'll grab the hash and register it in Autopilot.
Otherwise, I have a script I made somewhere made to be ran from USB that will take the hash, send it to an Azure Storage Table to await processing by an Azure Function that registers it into autopilot if you're looking for a fully automated solution other than running the script itself.
@skyetel said in Skyetel is Hiring:
insure
I noticed this in the job posting as well:
https://askanydifference.com/difference-between-insure-and-ensure
@breitenberg said in Gaming PC Setup:
it is cheaper to build a gaming PC rather than buying a pre-built gaming PC. ... In most cases, the more expensive a prebuilt PC is, the more the cost of assembly and profit margin of the seller will be. Therefore, it is indeed cheaper to build a PC.
That's not completely true currently. If I want to build a gaming PC with an RTX 3090, that alone will cost me at the very least $3k for an off brand card... Yeah just the card itself. However, I could order a pre-built gaming pc with that card for about the same price or just a little more. Some even less.
I finally got to the store today to pick up a mini-B (mini usb) cable to connect the telescope mount to the Raspberry Pi.
I was able to get it configured and working. That was one of the biggest things I was worried about because I've seen so many people having issues with the Prolific PL2303 drivers and R-Pis in general. The mount's hand controller uses a built-in serial to usb interface. But with Astroberry, it was fairly simple and worked.
I already got the Fuji camera working with the Pi a few months ago while I was waiting for the telescope on backorder.
Now that the biggest hurdles are overcome, I just need to wait a little longer for the t-adapter to arrive. Winter here is the cloudy/rainy season 
The t-ring already came. In the meantime, I'm going to have to wait for some clear nights to be able to align the scope properly and really give this a thorough test with the Pi.
The Barlow and the 8-24mm eye piece should arrive around the same time as the t-adapter. That should be some fun viewing as well.
@hobbit666 said in Gaming PC Setup:
@scottalanmiller hope that's not a SSD that would cost a fortune
Went with install windows on the NVMe drive, then used the other two as the cache for the spinners with AMD StoreMI thingy.
Using only what you have, the SSD cache for the large spinners is the best option. That's cool you have the option to do that.
That said, I'd rather just get a decent Samsung 1TB m.2 SSD and be done with it. Ya if you have 8TBof games, that won't work, but that is more rare. I probably have a few TB of games, but they are steam games and other similar where if I want to play it, I'll install them then. I don't need all 10000 games installed or stored on my HDD at once lol.
I finally was able to see the moon this morning! It's been too cloudy since I got the new telescope. I'm still waiting on the t-adapter, Barlow, and 8-24mm eye piece to arrive, but looks awesome nonetheless. Once I get the t-adapter I can hook up the Fuji and get much better pics.
And from a couple nights ago I was able to see Saturn and Jupiter. Bad shaky cell phone Pic.
@hobbit666 said in Gaming PC Setup:
@obsolesce said in Gaming PC Setup:
@hobbit666 said in Gaming PC Setup:
@obsolesce said in Gaming PC Setup:
Personally, I'd not use HDD in any PC anymore, no matter the size. I'd choose to have a single 128gb SSD over 2 1TB spinners any day, and upgrade the SSDs when needed or even initially.
Not going to install much on 128gb now a day
I know, besides the point. I'd rather do what I can with a 128 vs 2tb spinner. Of course I'd immediately get something bigger than 128,but I was just making a point.
I know what your saying but this is what I'm working with
So would you say maybe just use the 2x 240gb ssd (Raid)
Going to keep one 2tb as she wants to get into youtube/twtich etc so will need some storage for video editing
If it was my setup, I'd use them as individual drives, havi g a 
and D:. If space starts to get low, then I'd install games on the other one. I don't know of any games that do not let you specify the location to install.
If you did raid, then you're stuck with 240gb. If you did raid 0 then your failure chance is double and all is gone. I personally don't mind 2 separate drives.
Its up to you to do how you like.
