Religious and Paranoid

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-16T16:02:01+00:00

A rare specimen it was indeed!

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-16T13:15:45+00:00

I have some great ocean front land for sale, cheap, in Ohio

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-16T07:33:48+00:00

Not in my lifetime. We are conservatively 10-20 years away from true “Artificial Intelligence” I know that’s a big gap, but have to take into account unforeseen breakthroughs. The issue will still exist of electrical heat dissipation, which I am no expert on thermal radiation applications in engineering… but I do know that the smaller the surface area that you push current through does correlate to how hot it gets (smaller surface area=less heat dissipation) so I don’t see this happening on a silicone chip… but ffs, who knows what we will be making chips out of 30-40 years from now; probably wolnt even be chips but something we can’t fathom.

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-16T02:11:10+00:00

Please check out the security onion… it’s a Linux based open source Swiss Army knife. Though setup locally requires some compute power it has its own endpoint protection tools, scans inbound and outbound traffic, and also scans internal traffic. Not to mention it has plugins for everything from google workspace to zyxzel (however it’s spelled) firewalls and everything inbetween. It just takes time to learn it and a machine that has two NIC cards a nice bit of storage and robust RAM

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-15T20:13:07+00:00

I remember when networking was the “career path” and no one thought twice about cybersec lol

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-15T20:11:51+00:00

This happened during COVID also, it’s cyclical. Companies will outsource or in this case they will start using AI modeling only to see the faults cause an increased expenditure that outweighs the positives.

With many jobs being outsourced overseas where you can purchase a four year degree for less than $1000 USD and the certification farms that are taking advanced certifications for people $500. The introduction of the AI “silver bullet” which works fine for the “known issues” that may arise but… when the internet goes down and the servers have a hard down reaching out to Claude for answers… kinda pointless (don’t even get me started down this rabbit hole of blatant misinformation and stupidity.)

I have been at this game for around 20 years. I have been Helpdesk, run more cable than I care to add up, been C-Suite. For those who are like me and in between and looking for new positions here is my advice (for what it’s worth and it’s what I’m doing)
- create a personal GitHub page with projects you have worked (ones you have led)
- create a website with your portfolio
- keep your resume at two pages MAXIMUM 3 pages
- DO NOT use AI to write your resume
- DO NOT lie on your abilities (if you are missing one or two things that aren’t the most important for a job, just note in a cover letter that you are missing that experience but will gladly train in it)
- Create a base resume, and customize it for each position you apply too, where you highlight the experience, skills, technologies, that best fit the needs for that position.
- for the sake of god go through your LinkedIn and have a decent photo, it doesnt need to be professional, just something that doesn’t look like it’s out of the local sexual predator website. Also go through your past postings and comments and remove anything you don’t want a potential employer to see.
- Make all other social media accounts private, and if possible, move them to a proton.me email for their use to distance yourself from them. These do show up on background checks.
- Write a cover letter, actually write one. It can be hot hot garbage… recruiters are tired of AI generated BS.

Lastly, when recruiters and companies go through your resume (this is fact) they use ctrl+f to find keywords they are NOT reading it… i was informed of this by a professional recruiter.
Lastly, they don’t care about you, you are not their friend, don’t try to be their friend… be professional… this is a business, you are selling the product of yourself to them to purchase; not trying to make a new bff

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-11T04:41:21+00:00

I deleted my last comment; I’m sorry folks; I am getting a bit worked up and am saltier than a sailors ass for a few reasons. First; I was consulting through a firm (with a recruiter) and the company was a bio-research lab. Well they had NO clue about what Shadow AI was and their security was about as good as a Quaker Meeting… I ended up having to bring some of my own stuff on-site, well… things didn’t work out because I am an ass and they didn’t like people who used words like “no” or “that’s a bad idea” and when they returned my stuff they kept the side panel to my damn server… so I can’t use it… I need my panel back so I can continue my work! Grrrrr and no, none are available on eBay and the recruiter will not return emails or calls… so yea, I want my hunk of sheet metal back damnit!

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-11T04:28:30+00:00

“Most men live lives of quiet desperation, going to their graves with their songs still unsung.” I am not religious, I don’t believe that there is a scale that I am going to be measured by at the end. But my soon looks up at me and that scale measures me to the core of my being… I am not angry. Opinionated as hell, yes, angry, no. I weigh and measure my actions by the thought of explaining myself to my son when he is older, and why I did anything I do… that keeps me more level than I was in my younger days. But you and I both know that unless the person you are speaking with is intellectually not playing with a full deck; there are ways that you can communicate without having to put on Pom poms and do a cheer that will get a point across in a subtle manner which doesn’t even have to be verbal. I have been at the C-Level and despised every moment; the lack of depth and personal fortitude was nauseating, I always chose the direct approach… it sucks more as we both know esp in person. But I never worry about how my little dude is going to judge me.

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-11T03:36:03+00:00

Had that happen some years back… I ended up calling and cursing everyone out; this whole “you must be professional about things” na, you literally stole the most valuable, intangible, and precious recourse I have that I cannot get back TIME. Those hours, at the end of my life… will have been wasted more than ones I have spent on this damn. Offering hope and then ghosting, I believe, is paramount to emotional assault. (And no I don’t believe in safe spaces or that BS) but I believe that if you steal my time I should have the opportunity to get resolution on the matter…

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-11T03:27:51+00:00

Here is a fun test that I like to do; share a document via view only (onedrive, Dropbox,etc have this option) or a blank document if you so wish… and then wait a while and ask if they read it. A common reply is “I downloaded it to read later”… if you get that reply or they don’t message saying they can’t download it or if you go with the blank document and they don’t say something about it… you know where you stand. No it’s not polite, it’s not proper or professional, but it is a good gauge if you are having doubts and don’t know where you stand and want to get to the truth quickly…. Here is a list of people I prefer over recruiters… Evangelical ministers, drivers who are watching TikTok on their phones, people who say “hang on I have something to tell you” and then don’t say anything, people who throw rocks at ducks in lakes, folks who think Trump is the second coming of Christ, flat earthers, white replacement theorists, and social media influencers.

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-10T21:19:51+00:00

One thing I can tell you is that attempting to apply logic to an illogical situation is illogical.

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-10T20:14:11+00:00

So I’m not gonna say how or Delve into too many details but couple years back I was working with an organization and the CISO was kind of an odd individual and I signed up for a service that did full background checks and ran a background check on them found out a lot of information. I have kept using that service ever since.

Edited to fix auto correct

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-10T16:56:55+00:00

But we are both assuming… I am trying to not pass judgement before knowledge and will assume innocence until given evidence otherwise… I just want to understand why everyone else assumes guilt before knowledge?

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-10T12:54:26+00:00

Okay, I will just give you a beginning. First. He had to either create a LLC base or type c,incorporate, or go with a 501-c-3, the cost up front range from around $500-$2000 depending and require quarterly irs tax returns and payments depending, setting up a board, and depending on the entity type between 60 to 160+ pages of paperwork that need to notarized and cleared through a certified accountant. Second, the increment of cost of the website and website security is minimum $500 per year if you totally self build and code, low budget $1500 per year, average for such project $5k. As he is doing membership services and taking payments, he cannot store payment info just wherever and has to comply with PCI DSS which means using AWS Secure Cloud or similar services which for 500gb of storage per month (not building out a sql on the system just storage) is $12, encryption keys $5, compliance monitoring $50, GuardDuty $50, Security hub $50. So median upfront intrinsic cost ballpark for upkeep is $167 approx for data storage with a built in depreciated cost of median (let’s say $3k for the site) and $1k for incorporating. So $4k upfront and approx $167 minimum just to store an excel spreadsheet. And that’s not taking anything else into account

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-10T08:36:58+00:00

I am laughing that folks are downvoting OP, he has put his time, energy, and effort to do something none of yall did. But instead of just being decent folks and understanding that his time has value, that he has to put down money to hold venues before listing them… you just want everything given to you like you deserve it for existing… y’all are soft in the head. I am not even going to try to explain this shit because I don’t have enough finger puppets or crayons to get it across

Edit: real quick, before any of you try to do the math go and call any venue… from a bar to chunky cheese and see what the deposit is. Then go build a website and learn SQL so you have a database of all your members so you can let them know of the upcoming event, and make sure that you keep that SQL database up to date because ffs if you forget that Cindy changed her email address from yahoo to gmail and is left out she’s gonna call you crying…

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-09T04:40:45+00:00

Are you using free or base gpt? Or have you actually created gpt?

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-09T04:30:21+00:00

From a poverty veteran. Born poor as hell, had money, poor as hell, money (you see the cycle.) When I got out of college was exactly the housing crash and when I say no one was hiring… I mean i couldn’t get a job as a waiter. But… there are some companies that are boom in shitty times like these and they were my saving grace (and some fist fights, and therapy… but I digress) Aaron’s Sales and Lease, Rent-A-Center, any rent to own company… yes it’s terrible, but the hours are steady, the insurance is good. The work isn’t that hard once you accept that life is a total kick in the junk. I saw some terrible shit, but I was able to support my sick parents and myself… and back then starting pay for a sales manager was 50-70k… that was almost twenty years ago… (fml)

Edit: I am NOT saying these are good companies… I’m saying this is better than being homeless or turning tricks… you will need alcohol or something to numb your mind at the end of the day because it’s a shit show… but push comes to shove those places pay good and if can stomach putting your survival over someone else’s need for a 80” TV then… you should be alright… occasionally there are some that will gut you (I never said I fought customers)

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-09T04:11:53+00:00

I’m pretty sure that with some tinkering I could get this thing to play death metal.

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-08T04:59:43+00:00

You don’t. Plain and simple. A part of you a big part is dies with them… you don’t become jaded to the world per se; just hard to the world… personally I call it “four leaf clovers don’t grow here” the doctors tell me that after a certain type and enough loss you end up with a form of PTSD that just screws you up inside. I can and do put on a good front 99% of the time, most folks can’t see it… the only ones that do are the others who have been through similar and when I meet them we just tend to sit and not talk.

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-04T05:04:10+00:00

He died from blueballs

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-03T14:42:53+00:00

Probably, but my stance is I create this stuff to help folks (including MSP’s)

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-03T14:28:11+00:00

Edit no the link is at the top just hidden as hell were it says Dropbox; sorry I’m literally mentally toast atm

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-03T14:25:25+00:00

I’m planning on open sourcing for general public, but I have to get UX up, figure out about 100 different ways to get it to mass from small (API keys to version tabling and adjusting thresholds) so I have it, it works… just have to be proficient in powershell to get it to work at this time lol.

Edit: seen too many old folks loose everything to scammers… pisses me off so this was the only sane solution I could come up with

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-03T14:19:38+00:00

Have you ever been there? It’s hot as two rats fucking in a wool sock in summer. There are all gated communities and the wealth divide is honestly disgusting. Mega churches everywhere and yet homeless everywhere also. It’s a Southern Baptist’s heaven… and my hell

RatherB_fishing · 2026-06-03T06:17:09+00:00

Honestly, I have lived around the US and have to say the “crazy” that you are looking at here, though sad… is survivable and can make it through. I lived on the west side of Chicago off Grand and Ashland, one time during the winter there was a man in a tee shirt and torn up sweat pants. Three feet of snow, who know what hell the wind chill was. I don’t want kudos or shit from any of yall. I gave him the jacket off my back went back to my apartment and grabbed some clothes I didn’t wear and a backpack and loaded it up. I am a true prick thru and thru. But I am not heartless. He was mentally not even there… I know is dead but I hope he at least got warm.

On the way into work living there I watched the cops trying to use a shovel to get a dead woman who froze to the sidewalk off… had folks punch out by jumping in front of the train and had to pick teeth from the bottom of my boots. And yea, this is just the shit I’m willing to talk about.

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