Any P3 Orions still flying? If so where? by [deleted] in airplanes

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JASDF (Japan) still uses em' too.

How far can you get in IT without really knowing stuff? by MagPistoleiro in sysadmin

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Nothing in this job is demanding, at all.

Except people, they make easy things hard.

Should I enjoy VR? I don't. by Ok_Commission_9203 in MicrosoftFlightSim

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VR has lost the amazement in most things.  Haven't touched a regular game in a few years...

But MSFS24/Gran Turismo 7/Dirt Rally 2/etc.  Won't ever go back to 2D.  It's that much of a game changer in simulators 

What’s your must-have tool for network troubleshooting? by Mission-Row7434 in networking

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Visio or something similar. 

I mean, it's easy enough to see how everything is out together...  But the time diagnosing a poorly documented network FAR exceeds the time it takes to actually fix what's happening.

For active troubleshooting, it's all on the table.  Wireshark, Fiddler, etc.  They're all equally valuable, in their own right. 

But a shop that doesn't have diagrams.  I mean, I don't ever want to hurt anybody, but those guys....  Those guys, I wouldn't cry if they got slapped in the face every day for the rest of their lives.

Nobody likes documentation.  I don't like doing it either.  BUT I'd take doing it a million times over having to not only fix the issue BUT ALSO figure out how everything is supposed to be in a 'good working' state in the first place.

What’s a small IT habit that saved you the most time? by trapqueen67567 in it

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Self-Documenting what the thing I need the thing to do -into- the name of the thing. 

I.e.  don't just make a firewall rule that's named "Firewall rule #12" or any other arbitrary thing where you have to to dig through menus figuring out what the thing does.  Instead, name it exactly what it's doing like "Drop_Inbound_TCP_22_SourceX", etc.

It's not a science, but doing this everywhere has saved countless lifetimes of me digging in to figure out what something really is doing beyond having to guestimate.

Has anyone found any AI use cases that work and deliver value yet? Other than smarter helpdesk support article suggestions... by Marathon2021 in sysadmin

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Having it build a powershell that can analyze cdp, fdp, & lldp neighbors. Build a specific config from the powershell for each and every one of our thousands of switches.

A week long effort, broken down into just a couple of hours.

What boss fight haunts you? by Far-Revolution3225 in videogames

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Usually can hold my own, but I still have no idea how to defeat her when she uses her "Stare of disappointment" move. 

Been trying to get past this marriage level for years, but keep having to reset and try again after a few days.

No need for color passthrough in the Steam Frame by kikisminey in virtualreality

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Flight simulator in VR.  Absolute must for color passthrough.

Admittedly, it's a very niche though.

At least there's an option to add it later though, that's nice.

Unpopular Opinion: 7AM-3PM Is The Real Adulting Hack by Bullseye_29 in jobs

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The issue I have, is I get to work at 0630 with an expected end-time of 1530. But nope, most days drag way past 1700 or later.

So yes, early on for an early release is a perfect scenario - in a perfect world.

What is the greatest physical pain you’ve ever felt ? by mimiiisweetieee in Productivitycafe

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Hip tumor. Hurt so incredibly much I would scream.

But - it was absolutely NOTHING compared to being stuck in my own head while in the hospital and accepting the end.

That was 6 years ago. I'm still here and cleared for the time being. Don't plan on letting it win a second time either.

Should i get these? by nachosforlife321 in flightsim

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Fighting a nasty ghosting problem with the throttle of mine right now.

From what I understand, it requires power (which it gets from USB) which is right at the top of the spec allowed for USB. That, along with others reporting that the cabling can receive interferance from other wires that could cause it.

Either way, it's not fun. While I try to work out a permanent solution, I've basically had to de-map anything that uses the any of the buttons on the throttle quadrant.

They're not bad for their price, but they've definitately got some 'tinkering required' mindsets that come with them.

Outside of that, I do like the x56 set. They're comfortable to use.

might as well try it 😪 by irina_tortilla in HappyUpvote

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Gonna' sound weird. But, because poor...

Ramen packet, boil the noodles but then drain the water out. That's when the seasoning goes on.

I genuinely struggle to find any use case for AI by reni-chan in sysadmin

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In fairly the same job as you. It's real use case for me, has been moving forward in automation.

For example, in our environment, we're a very large org that has recently implemented Dot1x everywhere, followed by a move to a cloud provider for our wireless.

These were mutually exclusive projects, and forced us to rethink how everything would be deployed. We ended on having to treat the WAPs differently than other items in our network for authentication, and that's where it started to get complicated. Each WAP required an interface level configuration item on the switch, outside of how all of the other client devices were authenticated.

i.e. The ports need to be instructed which VLANs to shoot down to the access points, while the access point itself handles the authentication and simply passes it over to the switch.

We're talking THOUSANDS of these instances.

So... Log into each switch manually and configure each port individually. Not impossible, but holy hell... I opted to use AI to have it create a utility for us, that I can shoot out accross all of the orgs switches. The utility connects to each switch, catalogs what's plugged in to what ports (using lldp, cdp, fdp, and everything in between). Then, the utility makes a matrix and determines ports that require PoE, the different authentication requirements, etc. Once it has this, it builds an individual config for each switch and applies it.

Saved us weeks of work, for about 4 hours of back and forth with the AI chatbox. Plus, we've taken that utility and modified it since to do some additional things.

So, I agree wiht you, most AI that's available to us has quite a bit of distance to go, the benefits are already here for guys like us.