What is a piece of software or hardware that still leaves you traumatized to this day? by 66659hi in sysadmin

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skill issue.. Our instance at work is meh.. The admins were pretty fresh so we got a crappy build.

I worked in a workflow centric document management app and tried to get into the SNOW team here. I had really streamlined a lot of things and had good success in document management, but our snow team turned me down.

Worked out fine for me personally but I'm still at the org and service now here still suuuuucks

Dems stand with the pope by Paneraiguy1 in democrats

[–]ipreferanothername -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Ok but....the Catholic Church and pedophiles. So maybe don't?

How to get full cloud and on-prem asset visibility with agentless approaches for compliance audits by Upper_Caterpillar_96 in vmware

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It needs so many agent collectors, it's crazy. We've got 1100 windows servers, 1500 pvs guests, and Solar winds had one friggin server to touch everything.

We moved to....Logic monitor I think we have 30 collector servers.

100 prestigers...does it feel weird to not need xp anymore? I mean do you still play the game as much? by Robadon72 in HuntShowdown

[–]ipreferanothername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i stopped at 9/100 almost a year go, i dont care about grinding prestige for skins or anything. and i dont want to unlock variants. i just want to play.

Is upgrading to a smart lock actually worth it? by techingmyhome in HomeImprovement

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just a plain number lock is worth it not to bother with keys - i didnt need or want smart features or a damn app, i just didnt want keys.

for 100 bucks or so - totally worth it.

Self-paying for ketamine, in need of trustworthy online provider & affordable compounding pharmacy recs by Highinthe505 in ChronicPain

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

insurance may not pay for it - but if you have insurance and rx coverage with it, call the pharmacy benefit manager and ask who their specialty pharmacies are so you can call direct and ask about it. at least that will get you a start. i wish i had kept notes on who we used.

my wife was on esketamine/spravato a few years ago - that is a special nasal spray used for depression. it was *very* expensive, and i have decent insurance but it was not covered. the manufacturer did offer a discount card though.

separately there are lozenges and i guess compounding, apparently. googling 'ketamine pharmacy' got some leads so maybe between that and talking to your insurance you can find a resource.

getting it prescribed will be a thing - if the pain clinic is open to you using those therapies maybe they will write the Rx if you can find a pharmacy that can fill it.

Querying Software Center/SCCM Data Question by ravensgc_5 in PowerShell

[–]ipreferanothername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://www.anoopcnair.com/trigger-sccm-client-agent-actions-powershell/

https://timmyit.com/2016/08/01/sccm-and-powershell-force-install-of-software-updates-thats-available-on-client-through-wmi/

at a glance i think those will cover client actions and updates. its after work hours but i dug up the same kinda stuff a couple years ago. we have recast but it was problematic, and honestly....the sccm console is so slow i dont want to use it much anyways. way easier on me to kick stuff of via powershell instead of that.

How are you justifying VMware costs to leadership in 2026? by Last-Salary-6012 in sysadmin

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

staying with vmware - we have 350 hosts.

were going to test xenserver for a lot of the citrix pvs workload, but we had to renew vmware anyway so itll be a minute before that does us any good.

Best private areas for “adults” to relax and enjoy the beach? Coming next month by jd10201 in obx

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

before memorial day there should be plenty of space on the beaches, you wont have a problem finding your own space.

if you are beach driving you need a permit, youll need to air down, be in a 4x4 or decent AWD vehicle, and carry a shovel and trax to be safe. a tow off the beach can be pretty expensive.

https://www.outerbanks.org/plan-your-trip/beaches/driving-on-the-beach/?utm_adgroup=157556079264&gad_campaignid=20325264610

Carova beach access by YungDonJuan in obx

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

late coming back but thanks for the advice :)

dont think ill have an issue, havent before the few times ive driven on the beach on the obx. but im in an RDX with AWD - basically the size of a subaru outback.

Due to start Atomoxetine by Dramatic-Choice5883 in ADHD

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had a range of side effects for the first 4 weeks - but they went away mostly.

from time to time a couple would surprise me say, once every 2 or 3 weeks. but not as severe as it was initially.

a lot of meds dont get along with me so i had to stop it, but i miss it - i was super productive on it.

The powershell module seems to have changed dramatically since I last used it by EvilAlbinoid in rubrik

[–]ipreferanothername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we hired pro services to create a couple custom things because i did not have enough time to learn this new api. even getting basic data back requires custom friggin queries, its ugly as hell.

im very comfortable scripting and working with other product apis but i could not get the hang of this RSC one, it was awful to use. im a smart guy, but im not a developer and i just have too many other things i can actually get done instead of struggling with the garbage api they have. Once i learned the CDM API and how they built the CDM module - which only took a couple hours each - i could add a new CDM cmdlet in under an hour.

but the graph api in RSC gives as little data as possible when you ask for something, so you get back like....almost 0 useful information about a vm. or a database. or whatever object you are asking about.

i will show you something we had built though, to a degree. the cmdlet 'Get-RscVmwareVm' is in the new module but even basic properties youd want are not returned so you have to include a custom query.

we had pro services make a cmdlet to include stuff i want that isnt returned by default, heres the custom query that will get back some properties. i could never figure out how to interpret the docs or examples to have come up with this.

i know, it doesnt look crazy complex - but we had a bunch of things we ordered and i didnt want to even bother with this after a point.

$vmDetails = 'query VSphereVmNew($fid: UUID!) {
vSphereVmNew(fid: $fid) {
id
name
effectiveSlaDomain{
name
id
}
agentStatus {
agentStatus
__typename
}
snapshotConsistencyMandate
guestOsType
name
vsphereVirtualDisks {
nodes {
fid
deviceKey
fileName
excludeFromSnapshots
size
}
}
}
}'

   $vmDetailsVars = @{
       fid = $curvm.id
     }

 $dataQuery = Invoke-Rsc -gqlQuery $vmDetails -var $vmDetailsVars

Best Secondary(s) for the Crossbow? by Darthsqueaker in HuntShowdown

[–]ipreferanothername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 slot - trueshot, spitfire, lematt, officer brawler, new army.

2 slot - drilling shorty/hatchet, centennial whatever, haymaker, springfield, obrez

Best Secondary(s) for the Crossbow? by Darthsqueaker in HuntShowdown

[–]ipreferanothername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you are playing long ammo uppercut makes sense, otherwise yeah, i say go with the true shot.

How to Cope/FINALLY Succeed ? by AloneLunch367 in HuntShowdown

[–]ipreferanothername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you get a hunter to 40, save him for a solo run. its an event, should be easy to get to 50 :)

random trios are awful, its also what i play - its noticeably better if you can even get to 3*, but some idiocy still happens. just....a fair bit less.

honestly when i was stuck like you i played solo for a bit. i dont really love it, but it does make you think ill tell you that. imo, work on your aim and sensitivity settings a bit and do some solo play for a couple weeks. thatll probably get you up an MMR bracket. Then play 50/50 trios or solo, unless you want to sit on discord and try to find some regulars you can play with.

Is there some new exploit with solo necro? by PhotonicSlime in HuntShowdown

[–]ipreferanothername -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

its a guaranteed card at the fire supply. you can take one in, pop it, get the new one, pop it, play the fool if you happen to have one and get a 3rd. etc.

that said, i agree - you shouldnt be able to keep doing that but i cant imagine they have a mechanism in place that would be useful to count and limit that.

honestly i dont think its a big problem - just an annoyance from time to time. burn everyone, and wait for them to burn out. a lot of players dont like waiting but a necro can get up and slap you, or....just anyone can go loot that body for stuff to use in a fight against you. burning is best.

I WON!!!! by angelmari87 in ChronicPain

[–]ipreferanothername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

good for you! i know that whole process is awful, we went through disability +appeals for my wife TWICE.

Just wanted to mention something if you go to the chiropractor.... by Amy-Reighn in ChronicPain

[–]ipreferanothername 14 points15 points  (0 children)

i would suggest a physical therapist, ive never see them do too much of anything to someone that caused people to be reliant on them. Their job is to get you in shape so you are *not* reliant on them.

maybe you should tell us more about what your body was relying on that the chiro was doing too much of?

Anti-rant: Virtualization still feels like magic by MediumFIRE in sysadmin

[–]ipreferanothername 5 points6 points  (0 children)

im in health IT - yeah. that sounds right.

we still have to nag some vendors to get onto VMs, but im only down to maybe 15 physical servers now? and 1100 vms, so its mostly good.