I really hope that Googles Linux replacement for UEFI will change the rules in this perverted game. Free and public reviewed firmware will hopefully stop this and similar insanities some day.
No more "sorry, we can't give you updates because your 3yr old hardware is out if support" or "oh, you want iSCSI boot for whatever reason? Sure, just pay for it!".
@JaredBusch said in Seriously, thank you.:
@thwr said in Seriously, thank you.:
@JaredBusch said in Seriously, thank you.:
@BBigford said in Seriously, thank you.:
The threads here seem to start with a focus, and when the issue is resolved, it often spins off into another direction of good conversation. Not always a bad thing since the conversation can continue and the OP can just stop watching if need. Where other sites discourage that, which doesn't make sense cause you really don't need to start a new topic for every conversation shift. But I digress.
It is better that things get forked than continue in the original thread if they diverge too far. Otherwise, it makes it impossible to tag and find later.
One thing that makes ML special compared to other communities is exactly that. Problem solved, but the discussion may go on often talking about other aspects that are somehow related to the OPs question. @JaredBusch is right, this is a problem due to (additional) content not being tagged and therefore hard to find in the future. On the other hand, I think that this is what drives the community.
The kind people of the @Mods group started to fork threads lately when there is an interesting discussion that may be good to keep around, correctly tagged.
Right, additional organic conversation is great. Just once it diverges enough it is better forked just for the tagging and searchability.
If NodeBB would add tagging for individual posts in a thread that would be great.
A "vote-for-fork" feature could also be a good idea.
No issue, no problem
That's what I tell people as a developer when they "report" bugs... usually in any imaginable way except an issue tracker. Can be easily translated to:
No ticket, no problem.
@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Free games on Origin (BF4 maps) and EA (The Crew) - google for links
The Crew is Ubisoft
@thwr said in Solution for wireless audio / video to beamer:
Just ordered an Actiontec ScreenBeam 960a. Basically a Intel WiDi and Miracast-receiver. Got some pretty good reviews. Will post what I found while testing the device.
Order canceled for the moment, currently playing with AirServer
@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@thwr said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Free games on Origin (BF4 maps) and EA (The Crew) - google for linksThe Crew is Ubisoft
Right, sorry - thanks for the correction and the link!
you are welcome
here's the other link: https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house
pfSense is basically a BFG9000 full auto 12-gauge high explosive gatling railgun solution, capable of everything. pfSense is great because it features a solid base and has some great plugins. Used if for decades and will use it in the future. But it requires quite some experience when you want to get into details.
Personally, I think about UTMs the same way I do when I have to think about those compact stereo systems. They do what they are supposed to, mostly, but suck big time at some detail. And you can't replace that single bad thing. Better get specialized devices, so a good firewall / router (and maybe VPN) and a good IDS/IPS/AV system.
@nerdydad said in Passwords Last Changed:
So here is something that I just whipped up real quick one liner.
get-aduser -Filter * -Properties * | Select CN,PasswordLastSet,EmailAddress | sort PasswordLastSet | export-csv \\your_desired_location\passwords_unchanged.csvFirst part grabs all of your users in your AD and all of their properties. Its piped over and only pulls out the users name, their email address, and the last time they changed their password. The next pipe sorts the list based from oldest to newest of the passwords. With that list sorted, it is then piped to a csv spreadsheet to be done with what you will.
Part of the NerdyDad's PowerShell Script series
Take care with this one. I had a problem once because the PasswordLastSet attribute is one of the few attributes that isn't replicated between DCs by default.
Wrote a powershell script a bit ago (hell, I need more time for my blog...) that querys all DCs: https://www.windrath.com/2016/07/powershell-total-badpwdcount-adusers/ - you could adapt it to get the newest PasswordLastSet value
@donaldlandru said in Camera for travel:
@JaredBusch said in Camera for travel:
@Ambarishrh said in Camera for travel:
We are planning to travel every year to new destinations other than our home countries we normally do. Starting this year with Georgia.
I have a Samsung S7 and my wife an iPhone 6. Curious to know what are the recommendations, do i go with a point n shoot camera, or just continue use the phone? Drone is still under consideration but i am worried that this might not be allowed in some places and a very good one is super expensive now.
Honestly, I would never recommend anyone to buy a point and shoot today if they have a good phone like those.
A modern smart phone is a point and shoot equivalent.
If you want to go beyond a smart phone, then step up to a low end DSLR.
I agree with @JaredBusch with one exception, if you are worried about loss/damage of your phone. Then I would recommend a point and shoot. I personally recommend Canon Powershot line to my family members that have not entered the smartphone age. IMO they are super simple to use.The caveat of course is instant upload backup is a little more difficult with these devices.
There are more caveats:
On the other hand, once you know what you are doing, you'll get pictures that can't be compared with a "cam" in a smartphone. Especially DoF (depth of field) is something most smartphone cams just can't get because they are physically unable to.
My vote: An entry to midlevel DSLR with an all-round "superzoom" lens. I'm using an Olympus Zuiko Digital EZ-1818 18-180 mm f3.5-6.3 while on the road for example. You can get a used one at eBay or Amazon for roughly 350 EUR. Something similar should be available for Canon and Nikon too.
@emad-r said in Disk imaging tools:
my thoughts for this is I have researched alot but I never really worked on enterprise big enough to justify this.
Especially in this day age Windows installer can be created to USB drives, and if you select fast USB drive the installer will take 10 mins + you can do this on 10 laptops easily , and cost of 8GB USB drive is peanuts.
Thanks for your exhaustive post. I do have a very strong Unix / Linux / BSD background, so I'm probably more aware of most of your points than the average Windows admin. Heck, I build scripts on top of losetup and mount -o offset to alter an sdcard image just for fun 
Like I said, a fresh installation at this point is not an option. It's not even worth discussing this. Just took the job over from someone who retired more than a year ago. My major goal is to stabilize the current situation, fight the largest fires and to implement a whole new system at the same time. The old system just needs to run until I've implemented that new system and all data and services have been migrated / reimplemented.
Just started BL2 from scratch once again... and an Infinity dropped on the very first try
@jaredbusch said in IS BASIC programming still in vogue?:
@scottalanmiller said in IS BASIC programming still in vogue?:
That's exactly why I prefer the more modern VSC and why Atom and Sublime are seen as more "serious" than VS most of the time - full time developers tend to prefer lighter, more flexible coding environments than the big, monolithic, bloated systems like VS or Eclipse. That VS is so focused on one single run time makes it that much worse, very few full time devs can or want to work on a single runtime all the time. Coding is just much more broad than that.
Scripts and structured languages like HTML, yes. I am in VSC all the time myself.
But compiled code requires a development environment that you can do things like debugging in.
^ this
You just don't want to have a simple editor with a little "project management" when you have tens of thousands of codelines in hundreds of files.
That is not bloat. I need to be able to step the the executing application line by line at times to find that weird bug.
For Windows, this is VS. I have no idea what it would be for the Linux ecosystem more than
maketo compile.
There are many toolchains available, most of them wrap around make, gcc and your editor and debugger of choice. Eclipse, because it's cross platform, is a popular IDE here. Besides of being cross platform, it's something I try to avoid.
Total collapse of traffic here. Trying to get out of Hamburg-Finkenwerder (my office is very close to AIRBUS. The runway is just a few hundred feeds away).
My home is to the south, trying the north-east route right now.
@scottalanmiller said in AntiVirus on Servers?:
@thwr said in AntiVirus on Servers?:
@scottalanmiller said in AntiVirus on Servers?:
@thwr said in AntiVirus on Servers?:
@scottalanmiller said in AntiVirus on Servers?:
Depends, if it is a Windows file server, I would generally like to have it. Other than that, I normally don't. We rarely run Windows on servers, so that generally solves the problem right there.
And in case of a Linux fileserver? I did that, not a big problem.
ClamAV if you feel the need
Yeah, I know, but would you do it?
Not normally, the end points do it already.
But wouldn't that mean that you actually trust your endpoints?
/me takes cover
Potatoe-cream-soup with baked bacon, bread and sausages.
I would try to get a cheap refurbished LSI / Broadcom SAS controller. Always good to have one, just in case
@art_of_shred said in Recipe: Smoked Eggs:
I tagged it. What more help could you possibly need?
Could you add the following tags pls?
What @JaredBusch said
Just curious: About what amount of recurring costs are we talking about? Just a rough estimate if you don't mind
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@MattSpeller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@Minion-Queen said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
Just decided that we are going out for these tonight!
Please consult your doctor or pharmacist about any risks and / or side effects.
