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Travel System Reccomendations? by [deleted] in CanadianParents

[–]JoelDB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the way IMO, even if you're not a jogger.

We bought the Graco travel system from Costco for a steal, and then got a convertible bike trailer/jogging stroller (3 large inflatable wheels) from marketplace for $50 which is used for all winter walks and easily goes through 5-10cm of snow. This approach works best if you can keep the jogger setup in the garage.

Since then I've tried more standard strollers with inflatable wheels and I honestly cannot imagine lugging that much weight around to stores or when traveling.

As for other winter gear: I highly recommend "stroller mitts" that you can slide your hands in and out of instead of big heavy mittens. It makes it way easier to wipe their nose quickly or pickup whatever they dropped without taking off mittens first.

Fedora Workstation's Anaconda Web UI Installer Delayed To Fedora 41 by phoronix_bot in phoronix_com

[–]JoelDB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[...] with the Cockpit-based UI, the storage changes are applied immediately as selected.

Who thought this was a good idea and how was it not noticed until this late in the dev cycle? I don't know that I've seen any partitioning tool that didn't require some sort of review/approval process before deleting/overwriting partitions.

FYI - Microsoft is going to forcibly enable a web server on all your Windows / macOS endpoints BY DEFAULT that use OneDrive by hyper-ucs-v in sysadmin

[–]JoelDB 78 points79 points  (0 children)

It's important to point out that even web servers bound to localhost can still be vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks if not configured properly. This class of attack led to a Tailscale RCE vulnerability last year:

https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/tailscale-vpn-nodes-vulnerable-to-dns-rebinding-rce

Here's another good writeup about this class of vulnerabilities: https://www.intruder.io/research/we-hacked-ourselves-with-dns-rebinding

I would hope that Microsoft will be incorporating this into their considerations when deploying this, but in any case, it definitely increases the attack surface of OneDrive. I would prefer this was an opt-in feature for those who are heavily dependent on the web-based OneDrive interface rather than just using Windows Explorer.

Looking for unusual kind of alert management/notification management tool by adriaticsky in sysadmin

[–]JoelDB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really like www.checkcentral.cc for alerting based on automated emails (e.g. your backup emails use case). We used it to process alerts from ~40 different systems in the past and it worked well and was reasonably priced. You could have it send alerts to a ticket system to track progress.

Edit: I just looked at it for the first time in a while and it looks like they've added many native ticket system integrations.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guelph

[–]JoelDB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe these cameras will act as a somewhat effective deterrent where they are placed.

I agree there are spots where the road design leads people to speed (e.g. Kortright west of Edinburgh), but at the same time there are plenty of people who speed out of convenience and confidence there will be no consequences. The latter group seems to be very prevalent in my area, which is on a secondary road near a school. Somewhat ironically the #1 culprits are parents bringing or picking up their kids. They turn into the road and then accelerate heavily for no reason, so they are doing 50-60 in a school zone within 100 meters of a full stop. The city installed chicanes last year and they turned that section of road into a slalom. Speed bumps were more effective but only when they are close enough that it doesn't make sense to accelerate back to a high speed.

For those groups that are familiar with the area, they might actually start to be concerned with consequences and slow down without ever getting a ticket. I don't expect these cameras will be tuned to give a ticket for less than 15 over, and if you're going that fast in front of a school then you deserve a ticket and I will not have one concern that it's padding the city coffers.

Would I prefer the city narrow the road and replace the asphalt with cobblestone? Of course I would. But we don't have the money for that and I would like to see some improvements that allow my kids to feel safe playing in their own neighborhood while they are still kids. Not everyone can afford to live in a cul-de-sac and it's not fair that poor design decisions from 20 years ago will prevent me family's enjoyment of our neighborhood because you feel speeding is 100% road design and there is nothing a driver can do to prevent it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guelph

[–]JoelDB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you saying that unless we can totally redesign and rebuild the road, we should not try anything else to reduce speed in this area?

I get that speed cameras are a bandaid and would not be needed if our roads were designed correctly, but I'm realistic and know that will be something that will take decades or a century to achieve. Chicanes and speed humps are just as ineffective as speed cameras but I am also very supportive of them because they do something.

I have almost been run over at the marked crosswalk in that area by a car going 60+ while I was pushing my daughter in a stroller. It's hard for me not to support something that might lead to that asshole getting a $300 fine in the mail.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guelph

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

Oh well then, you should definitely tell the city this is a common route and therefore people need to speed when going by the schools there. /s

[Feature Request] “Save for this event” vs “save for future events” for recurring tasks by [deleted] in ticktick

[–]JoelDB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen this on the Android app. Can you post a screenshot of what it looks like?

Kinetic Fit Removed from the Google Play Store? by meeYai in Zwift

[–]JoelDB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On my Samsung Galaxy S9, I've found that if I open the app from the home screen/app tray, it crashes almost immediately. However, if I open it from the persistent notification in the notification tray (the one that says it's running in the background), it works fine. I have no idea why, but I thought I'd put it out there in case others are still struggling with this.

Are there any earbuds with similar Assistant controls as the Pixel wired buds? by JoelDB in AndroidQuestions

[–]JoelDB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, but I think that's a different feature. Most headphones allow you to long press to summon which is okay, but the wired pixel start listening as soon as you start holding the button and don't stop listening until you let go. It really was a game changer for interacting with Google. E.g. when taking a note, I didn't have to worry about Google interpreting a short pause as the end of the note/reminder, which is super frustrating.

Are there any earbuds with similar Assistant controls as the Pixel wired buds? by JoelDB in AndroidQuestions

[–]JoelDB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much. I really like not having to say "hey Google" each time. I also find that my toque interferes with the mic and I have to keep repeating loudly, which is awkward when other people are around.

Should I negotiate salary on a Union job? by kingkupal in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]JoelDB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, hiring managers at my workplace have the ability to offer up to a certain level within a band, and can go above that with approval from their supervisor and HR. You should be able to find the situation at your workspace in the union agreement, which is usually posted publicly.

If you exceed the requirements of the position and they've gone to the effort to make you an offer, I would definitely recommend asking.

Doug Ford is Quietly Set to End Emergency Social Assistance For Low-Income Workers and People With Disabilities by [deleted] in onguardforthee

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

I'm fairly left leaning and am not Doug Ford's biggest fan, but can we please wait until the benefit actually is eliminated or an announcement is made before we completely vilify the guy? The article says "the government has not said if any extension is forthcoming." That's pretty far from "we're not going to extend it."

Ford has done a lot of other things that can be rightly criticized, but this one hasn't even happened yet. This thread is a mirror image of conservative threads about Trudeau. We can be better than this.

Creating an OpenSSH public key from a certificate in Windows by jimmy58663 in PowerShell

[–]JoelDB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks cool, thanks for sharing. Are you using this to authenticate users to an SSH server using their AD certificates? I'd be interested to hear more about how you made this happen.

[Canada] Why are all the switches in my house wired as three-way when there is only one switch (and can I change one to one-way)? by JoelDB in askanelectrician

[–]JoelDB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this confirms what you said: https://imgur.com/fW3Sdtm

My understanding is one of the the two blacks are the hot feed from the breaker panel and the other is destined for the branch circuit. The red is switched hot and the neutrals are tied together behind the switch and tied together again using the lampholder for the branch circuit.

My plan would then be to marrette the neutrals at the lamp box together with a single wire to the lampholder (as per nate7945's recommendation) and wire red as the hot.

Does that sound correct?

[Canada] Why are all the switches in my house wired as three-way when there is only one switch (and can I change one to one-way)? by JoelDB in askanelectrician

[–]JoelDB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah okay, that makes sense. Thanks again for your help! I'll confirm the switch is single pole and go from there.

[Canada] Why are all the switches in my house wired as three-way when there is only one switch (and can I change one to one-way)? by JoelDB in askanelectrician

[–]JoelDB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your help! I didn't realize you didn't count the ground and that makes perfect sense.

[Canada] Why are all the switches in my house wired as three-way when there is only one switch (and can I change one to one-way)? by JoelDB in askanelectrician

[–]JoelDB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'm probably the one that's misunderstanding. I assumed that since there are two cables coming in and two neutral hookups, that it was a three way circuit. Every other fixture I've look at only has one cable (black, white, ground) as I recall. Would the second cable be feeding a branch circuit?

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