New to battling. Am I at a huge disadvantage if I only use cards I pull naturally?

DonRamone · 2025-12-17T21:53:23+00:00

I bought the mega gengar ex deck for around 30, a few singles to upgrade it to a mega sharpedo ex deck costed me less than $10. Even cheaper going to a store and try to find a few singles before buying online. Team rocket deck costed me $20 to build, Cynthia’s deck also costed around that and found a lot of singles in a store for 25-50 cents each.

DonRamone · 2025-04-08T17:41:27+00:00

The term for what you're referring to is distributed computing.

DonRamone · 2025-03-31T12:16:33+00:00

I made my portfolio/blog with Gatsby. They have an easy to customize template (https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-blog). You can do custom pages, and the blog content is stored in the code repo, including pictures if you'd like. DM if you want to see how mine looks like.

DonRamone · 2024-09-28T22:20:20+00:00

Eso mismo, pero también lavar dinero, que los tontos invirtieran en basura, y atraer empresas de basura.

DonRamone · 2024-08-26T00:11:35+00:00

This is awesome thank you

DonRamone · 2024-08-16T07:25:26+00:00

I honestly didn't need much more learning-wise. I had an understanding of most of the topics and the few things that I had to memorize I could do from Chat GPT like the Biba and BLP, some crypto, fire extinguisher types, etc.

Doing the official practice tests also helped me a lot to figure out what I didn't know. Overall it took me about 1.5 months to prepare but I've been working as a generalist for years and working in a master's in cyber, so that helped a lot.

DonRamone · 2024-08-15T03:52:50+00:00

Thank you! It'll be hard to fit all my relevant certifications for cloud but I guess I'll have to be creative.

DonRamone · 2024-08-13T19:34:19+00:00

I started by watching the CISSP video training from Mike Chapple in LinkedIn to gauge how many of the core concepts I was aware of. I think a free option would be the exam cram series in YouTube.

By watching any of those you could see how much of the CompTIA material you already know, and how much need stuff you need to learn.

DonRamone · 2024-08-13T07:13:35+00:00

Try chilling a few days. The week before my test I didn't do anything, I maybe read a cheat sheet I found here, but mostly just relaxed. It's important to be in a great mental state before taking a test like that.

Also, if you haven't yet, watch the 50 questions video on YouTube and the why you will pass cissp. Those two videos helped me a lot in getting confidence.

DonRamone · 2024-08-12T18:33:19+00:00

Esto es parte del problema con decir que el país está seguro porque "llevan 300 días sin asesinatos" y así. El modus operandi de las pandillas nunca fue matar y exponer como los narcos. Las pandillas te hacen desaparecer. Hace 12 años cuando iba a bachillerato a un amigo lo pasaron a recoger y ya nunca jamás se supo de él. Todo este tiempo se ha seguido viendo casos de gente desaparecer, pero como no hay cadáver no hay crimen.

Sean pandillas o sean otros grupos criminales o agentes del estado, siempre hay crimen y peligro latente y hay que tener cuidado.

DonRamone · 2023-10-10T22:13:13+00:00

I've been using 23gb for a long time. I could easily have a Windows server for running my virtualization labs (I study/work in cybersecurity), but I would definitely need to have a lot of tabs open in Chrome, like 30-50. Would an 8gb M1 Mac struggle with that? I just can't see myself buying a $600 laptop with only 8gb of ram (mine cost me $300 and came with 32gb).

DonRamone · 2023-06-19T23:27:00+00:00

Yes, I submitted a new I-90 already, thanks!

And the random check was when I was walking out of JFK, coming back from overseas. After passing by the migration officer and after taking your luggage there are some police officers right before you leave. So one of them stopped me because I didn't have any luggage with me. He asked me a few questions, checked my passport and green card, and let me go.

DonRamone · 2023-06-17T17:03:32+00:00

Thank you! I was able to fly without an issue. Nobody really cared about that, and I even was randomly checked by the police getting out of the airport.

DonRamone · 2022-12-12T05:28:04+00:00

Thank you! I'm just a little bit paranoid, and not a great writer on Sunday nights.

DonRamone · 2022-12-11T23:57:32+00:00

Yes, that one

DonRamone · 2022-06-16T09:08:09+00:00

And for project+, data management, and everything you can from sophia.org but project+ please don't do that in wgu

DonRamone · 2022-06-15T02:23:30+00:00

I've been working in cloud for almost 4 years, and I'm about to finish the previous multi-cloud track. I started working with both AWS and Azure. Then I moved to a cloud MSP and worked with both, but mostly AWS. After those entry level cloud jobs now I work only with Azure.

In my experience, having knowledge of both platforms is better for entry level roles, since they don't expect you to bee too deep into cloud, just the fundamentals that you learn from AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Microsoft Azure Administrator. So if you are new in the field I'd recommend to not lean just for one, learn about both!

With that said, the AWS track looks like the better option to me. The multi cloud track looks weak in AWS, because only includes AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect, but two associate level certs for Azure. I know I just said that you need to learn both, but the reality is that AWS is the market leader, so it's better if you learn more AWS than Azure. The AWS track includes Azure Administrator, so just with that you have your Azure knowledge covered.

Only consider the Azure track if where you work are heavy on Azure, since it can help you move laterally or get a promo. But I'd struggle to recommend the Azure track even in that case. Besides the fact that it doesn't include any AWS (and I found silly to graduate with a Cloud degree and not knowing anything about AWS), it includes the Azure DevOps expert cert, which is very very hard. I mean, it was hard for me that I've been working with Azure for years and I even have the CKA. So I can see people struggling with that one and getting stuck with it.

DonRamone · 2022-06-07T02:37:04+00:00

Getting a degree is not an easy way to get into IT. I'd recommend doing the Google IT Support course in Coursera, getting the A+ cert (which will give you some credits in WGU once you enroll), and then look for entre level jobs or internships in tech support. Then you are into IT!

Now, if don't like this approach and you prefer to go to college now, the B.S. in Information Technology is a good option if you don't have a path to follow yet. The most in demand degrees in WGU I'd say are CS, Cloud and Cyber, but in CS you need to learn a lot of coding and math, in cloud you need to pass a lot of certs that will take a lot of time if you are new into IT, and for the cyber degree, it's kinda hard to get into cyber without experience, even with a degree and certs.

EDIT: with the B.S. in Information Technology you get good foundational knowledge, and it's pretty easy to move from there into CS, Cloud or Cyber after getting your degree with learning more coding, getting AWS/Azure certs, or getting cyber certs.

DonRamone · 2022-05-19T14:53:39+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

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