I've switched from Google Authenticator to Authy, makes so device changes aren't so much of a pain.

@Minion-Queen said:

Waiting on the website..... yeah yeah I know I need about 20 more hours in every day

Where's an experimental physicist who's built a time machine? Why do I have a feeling we all feel the same way!?

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

The issue is they are charging through a USB cable that plugs into the power cable. There is no good way (that I have found) to secure the power cable to the USB cable.

Sugru! I got a ton of this at SpiceWorld a couple years ago it is awesome!

Never heard of it... Looks quite interesting!

Sugru, for those times you want a 3d printed part and don't have a 3d printer yet, right @thwr?

@scottalanmiller Do you remember what file(s) firewalld uses for it's config off the top of your head yet? I'm drawing a blank.

Cloning iptables rules was/is so easy, just copy the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file to the new host.

Well, I've got a phone interview for something on Monday. All I know for sure is that it's a 3rd party hiring agency, so could be great or could be horrible, have to see.

@Oksana Ugh, Gartner. I love @StarWind_Software products, but Gartner is a known pay to play company. Looks bad to me.

@JaredBusch said in Ultimate Garbage Plate?:

@scottalanmiller said in Ultimate Garbage Plate?:

I was literally talking to Dominica yesterday about frying garbage plates!

This is 'Merica, if it fits, it has been deep fried.

If it doesn't fit, make a bigger fryer.

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said

ALT+PRTSCRN -> ML -> Reply -> CTRL+V

10 seconds, maybe

Holy crap, you can post an image into the post box from the clipboard.

Wow, I wasted a lot of time the past 6 months.

I'll have to try that when I get home... Two screens, 24" 1960x1080 and a 32" 2550x1600... wonder how big that would show up as.

ALT+PRNTSCRN just captures the focused window

Good to know. Learning new keyboard shortcuts always makes me happy.

@hobbit666 said in The Inverted Pyramid of Doom Challenge:

Give us 3-4 months and i'll put you in contact with our MSP as they will be trying to sell us some hardware and SAN with a refresh, even after i've suggested better like Scale

Might be suggesting a 3rd party review of the solution so look out for an E-mail NTG

Do you have a write up of common purchasing mistakes to hand to management before hand?

In my recent experience, headhunters don't give a rats ***about anything other than getting a butt in a chair. The only luck I had was direct hire.

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2017:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2017:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2017:

Has anyone made the drive from Toronto to Rochester? I'm probably flying to Toronto for a couple of days before MC17, and will probably rent a car and drive around the lake (~3 hours).

Ah yes, Toronto, and the almost completely unused highway. It's the only place I know of that put in a toll route, but the tolls only apply to local people. The drive isn't bad, the worst part is the stop at customs/immigration.

I figured the border would be the only sticky wicket, and it looks like a nice, scenic drive.

If you've got the time, stop and see Niagra Falls from the Canadian side, much better view.

@tiagom said in Non-IT News Thread:

hey no ML while driving.

The horse knows the way home, when you've gotten plastered at the local bar all you have to do is unhitch the horse

@KOOLER said in The Inverted Pyramid of Doom Challenge:

@John-Nicholson said in The Inverted Pyramid of Doom Challenge:

One last thought...

IF the reason that Xen has 2% market share is because there is NO LOGICAL REASON for vSphere or paid Hyper-V (with VMM to manage) then that means 98% of IT people are idiots. If 98% are idiots, wouldn't that mean they should be outsourcing their IT as much as possible to their vendors or others? (and therefore not deploy Xen).

Catch-22

Xen has 2% of the market share because it never came out of the niche. Most admins are lazy (it's natural, all people are so deeply inside and lazy = OK) so if you need to perform 1 simple activity with ESXi and it "just works" but you need to run many whistles with Xen... Naturally you'll go ESXi next time! Just because you want to spend these +2 hours drinking Coors and watching Vikings losing another game. Being too professional != being good. IMHO of course.

I'd argue that Xen is the market leader by far, whereas XenServer you're right on track with. Picking at straws I know.

@Carnival-Boy said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:

@scottalanmiller said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:

I've invited many recruiters to this and other forums, and none ever show up or decide to participate, even though the arena is absolutely perfect for them. What better way to find, engage, and validate potential candidates; and how better could you achieve visibility for a job posting?

Why? As far as I can tell, ML has about 20 regular posters, half of whom run their own business, and most live in Texas. The probability of an average recruiter justifying time spent on here seems negligible.

I know I'm near the top 20 around here, and had publicly announced that I was looking for a full time position somewhere for almost 2 years. A lot of others have changed jobs in the same time frame. Lots of opportunity around here.

Recruiters seem to actively despise transparency, vetting, or even good placement. Why?

Because that's not the goal. The goal is butt in chair so the recruiting company makes money.

SAM logic: I think X. Therefore anyone who doesn't agree therefore must be somehow corrupt, stupid, incompetent or evil. :winking_face:

At least @scottalanmiller uses logic! :winking_face:

Thanks @NDC. @DustinB3403 already offered his spare bedroom, so I probably get DD duties (I don't drink much.)

Got an ER-X in today, installing latest firmware now.

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

Running in compatibility mode things get farther...

/init: line 7: can’t open /dev/sr0: No medium found

Now this is what is catching me. It can't find its own live filesystem.

This drives me bat-**** crazy at times. A long time ago, in a drug induced haze, some Debian developer thought it would be a good idea to write a check to make sure that a cdrom is mounted and available in the installation routine. If it doesn't find a cdrom, never shall it move on.

If you're using a usb stick, the "fix" is to have a copy of the iso on the stick and mount the iso to /cdrom.

@mary said in Windows Task Manager - CompTIA A+ 220-1002 Prof Messer:

Do any of you use task manager to troubleshoot what if there is an issue with a PC? I'm trying to get a sense of the steps people go through.

I use it often when people complain about a slow computer. It's one of the things I think Microsoft vastly improved in Windows 10. Makes it quick to see if the computer is running into CPU, RAM, or network performance issues. Then be able to go look at the processes, and sort by CPU or RAM.

This is an almost daily occurrence.

Finished up 2 of my 3 presentations, and have the last one almost ready to go as well! At least I'm not procrastinating as much as normal

@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:

@thwr said in Got a Pi:

@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:

@thwr said in Got a Pi:

@BBigford said in Got a Pi:

The port size on the Zeros is the only thing I couldn't get past. Pi 3 is where my preference is.

Different use-cases

I want to get a few of these for UPS monitoring. Would the Zero be the best choice?

At least a Pi2/3 would be way overpowered. Do you plan to use a screen with the board? In this case, use a Zero with some very lightweight desktop (LXDE/LightDM or something similar) or use a Pi2/3.

Just want to get email notification. All places have wireless, so as long as the unit has that and USB, I should be good.

Might want to go with the Raspberry Pi 3 then, they've got wireless built in and standard USB ports. You could plug into up to 4 UPS systems if they have more than 1 in the same area. A few more dollars, but no hassles with USB ports or wifi adapters.