Posts made by ryanblahnik

Public keys, and encrypted, flexible file sharing with 10 GB of storage. Has anyone played with this at all yet?

https://keybase.io/docs/kbfs

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do any non-letter/number characters in titles mess you up on Twitter, or is there a list to avoid?

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I invited Trevor over here, but is anybody here with experience and a Twitter account just hanging out?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey Twitter, any of you guys know a lot about Ubiquiti routers? I need help with VPNs</p>— Pott,T: Evil Minion (@cakeis_not_alie) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakeis_not_alie/status/738432616710299649">June 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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@scottalanmiller It took me a minute to realize again where you were seeing that haha, I switched that tag out

@scottalanmiller This is only partly related, but adding in Python modules beyond the built-ins can be kind of a pain without using pip to reach out over the network, if they end up having other dependencies when you start dragging folders into /Lib.

Hmm, just having that DC on there would probably be enough to play with. I've got a couple old and mostly functioning Windows laptops here I can tie in for testing. Windows without the GUI might be better than nothing too.

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Perfect, thanks Scott.

The VMs are just virtual machines to play with different distros

I'm working on playing around and setting up some different things on an old box, with just a dual-core Pentium and 8 GB of RAM.

I'm planning to run Xen off a flash drive and set up RAID with a couple other drives. I'm picturing running VMs for different functions included in the tags, like serving files, building a database and a wiki, a web server for a couple little family sites that get very little traffic, and playing in different OSs.

I'd like to get started with logging too, but my understanding is it would require about half my RAM, so I'm expecting to kick that down the road a little for now. I'm also under the impression a lot of these other functions will be all right with 2 GB or less, or maybe as low as 512 MB in some cases.

Are any of these other functions unrealistic to fit on this same box with all the others? It's a little embarassing bringing this basic nature of question here to you all, and I'm open to any other suggestions too, am looking forward to learning across a pretty broad spectrum with this. Would like to max this project out before moving to real server hardware.

I don't have a book that's been that much more amazing than others, but I believe it's not going out of your way to take ICND1 and -2, splitting the CCNA test into two halves and ending up with the CCENT halfway through. If you're on the fence about splitting it up or taking the combined test and getting it all knocked out at once, the tests added up to cost the same through either route.

I may have missed someone already saying this as I skimmed through: believe I saw a headline that the upgrade was moving from the Recommended to the Important category.

If I didn't dream that, everyone who lets it install the important updates automatically would probably get it around the same time.

On some systems, the page address for any thread is constantly changing to reflect what post is on the screen. I've noticed it on desktops.

Doesn't account for a US/UK discrepancy, but could definitely be recorded as a high number of page views.

@scottalanmiller I saw the same here with the site down the other morning, same time as others

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The other practical thing, as you just dive in without worrying about how impossible the ultimate goal is: ok, I collected a shitload of information. Would someone brand new have an apparent path to get started without just getting overloaded?, and Over time, can I reference something if I need to? I would say your organization is covering those types of aspects too.

I think you're already starting with some great methods here. A huge part is just getting the time resources from the right people, in a situation where you can justify working on this, over other stuff that your experience qualifies you for.

Then you also have the scenario where it can be easy for educators to lose the leading edge, with how hard it is to continue diving into everything going on with evolution of best practices, while also finding the time to synthesize and teach what you're exposed to.

You gave a great example of how impossible it is to avoid every last gap. With respect to your experience, the breadth of your experience after contracting in dozens or hundreds of types of projects, and your dedication to learning, how could anyone ever avoid feeling like a "half-assed" pro at least once, even if they didn't have a family, or any other interests in life?

I guess one way to address that is adding more, qualified people to contribute to the cause.

Really though, what you're describing is so ambitious, it's no wonder other business priorities tend to take precedence.

@Lakshmana
You'd want a soldering station that can hold the iron in a set position as you work.

Otherwise, before long you'd probably end up wishing you had a third hand, trying to hold the iron and the pieces you're soldering in place.