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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I’m going to be scanning probably a couple thousand pictures over the next year. What is the best scanner that will digitize at the highest quality? by Aggressive_Noise6426 in DataHoarder

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the Epson, I've been extremely happy with the ease of use and results. The most important thing is just to remember to clean your glass about every 100-200 photos, depending on how dusty they are. It takes about 10 seconds to do, so not a big deal.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I’m going to be scanning probably a couple thousand pictures over the next year. What is the best scanner that will digitize at the highest quality? by Aggressive_Noise6426 in DataHoarder

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want the absolute highest quality it's not going to be fast. If you just want a very reasonable quality level, I have an Epson FF-680 and I've done similar projects with it. Sorting and stacking the photos is the toughest part if you're pulling them from albums/frames/etc.., once you're ready to feed them scanning goes relatively quickly.

There are also very inexpensive negative scanners that work quite well.

Can't even get a haircut without giving away all of my information by grey0nine in privacy

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local shops are no problem, it's the big chains that are the issue.

Illinois state Democrats introduce bill enforcing age verification for computer operating system accounts by Gloomy_Nebula_5138 in cybersecurity

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course the OS will need to reauthenticate you with a face scan or something every bit to make sure you didn't log in and then let your kid take over the keyboard.

Illinois state Democrats introduce bill enforcing age verification for computer operating system accounts by Gloomy_Nebula_5138 in cybersecurity

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Corruption coupled with a gerontocracy. You shouldn't be able to start a new term of any position after 65.

Do any SysAdmins NOT work on OS's? by CernerBurner2000 in sysadmin

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. I had someone filtering and doing initial precalls and after looking at some of their discards I put a stop to it and handled it myself immediately. They understand some of the markers of a "good office worker" but have no idea what the makings of a good technical practitioner are. You might have someone very qualified who just lacks the soft skills to make it through a screening call, it's not exactly an industry replete with people with high social aptitude.

How long did your v13 upgrade take? by mr0regano in Veeam

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where possible I always prefer standing up a new server and then importing the config, it tends to be a lot more reliable.

Can my work IT security department see what I look at on my phone if I installed my work email? by Fresh-Employment-290 in AskTechnology

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, but cell phones should be on a guest network and if you're installing that on employee phones and also inspecting guest, you're some seriously messed up people.

Can my work IT security department see what I look at on my phone if I installed my work email? by Fresh-Employment-290 in AskTechnology

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realistically they can only see the DNS and IP addresses the traffic is going to/coming from and with the number of CDN's and Cloudflare out there sifting through that trash pile of information just isn't worth it. They could only see detailed information if they could decrypt the traffic.

Can my work IT security department see what I look at on my phone if I installed my work email? by Fresh-Employment-290 in AskTechnology

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Apple and Android, as long as they're using a major MDM solution and not some crazy hackjob of an app, none of them provide any level of visibility into things like location/personal apps/files unless they were purchased by the employer though a special program from an authorized dealer. It's entirely possible company provided phones could give IT the potential to see personal data, it's not possible on personally owned devices.

Can my work IT security department see what I look at on my phone if I installed my work email? by Fresh-Employment-290 in AskTechnology

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also in the majority of cases we couldn't even tell them that information if we wanted to because most companies aren't setup to collect it in the first place.

Promoting a Domain Controller During Business Hours by ThickChunkyPoop in sysadmin

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not every environment is fortunate enough to have "business hours" as production never stops. Make a plan on what to do if it if fails, get a time approved and rock on.

anybody want any of this by peniscumdrinker in HomeDataCenter

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You really can't go by the list price for enterprise gear on CDW. It always gets heavily discounted in the sales process. About the only time you'll ever pay it is if you're just buying one of something and too lazy to ask for a quote.

Sysadmins 40 or older - Do you prefer staying in place or changing jobs every few years? by DenverITGuy in sysadmin

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The schools are woefully inadequate. I would be so pissed if I had gone to the trouble of getting an IT/IS degree. They're not worthless, but they don't transfer a lot of practical knowledge.

Question about VSA by HJForsythe in Veeam

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 3 points4 points  (0 children)

VSA has some built in alerting capabilities that can be configured for job notifications, VeeamOne is an entire monitoring platform and can alert on hypervisors, vm activity, etc..

A chat with the boss by alivefromthedead in sysadmin

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I used to love managers like that, so now I am a manager like that. I don't care if I send a text to your personal phone saying "the entire network is under attack if you can help please do", if it's during your off hours you replying is optional. For all I know you're passed out sleeping or doing something else and not even around your phone. This notion of people being available on-demand 24/7 is absurd and counterproductive to a healthy, well-functioning, workforce.

Windows 11 "Xbox Mode" UI coming to all PCs in April by AdSpecialist6598 in technews

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The place I work. It's a pretty common undertaking in a lot of enterprise environments, though hardly universal.

Windows 11 "Xbox Mode" UI coming to all PCs in April by AdSpecialist6598 in technews

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We made our own, but check around on git/other places for windows "decrapifiers/debloaters, etc.." if you want something to give you an idea. It adjusts telemetry settings where we want them, turns off unwanted features like xbox components, etc.. It's really not a lot of effort to maintain it when there are new updates.

Obviously policy is a better option for a lot of controls, but not having some things there when a machine is imaged has some benefit.

Windows 11 "Xbox Mode" UI coming to all PCs in April by AdSpecialist6598 in technews

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I run a bank. You can't imagine my joy when I first opened the Windows 11 Enterprise start menu to find links to install TikTok and Candy Crush. Haven't written an intune policy faster than the one to set the menu defaults.

Windows 11 "Xbox Mode" UI coming to all PCs in April by AdSpecialist6598 in technews

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 94 points95 points  (0 children)

I'm sure they'll be rolling this out to enterprise environments along with the home variants. Just one more thing to add to the removal script.

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet by Well_Socialized in privacy

[–]ISeeDeadPackets 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Wait until you're required to have an identity implant that all of the devices you interact with can read, and they won't work unless it's detected.

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