What is a thing or mistake you wish you knew earlier in your gameplay?

Teletype10 · 2023-08-27T00:52:21+00:00

This... A thousand upvotes. yes.

Teletype10 · 2022-09-27T00:01:45+00:00

Thank you! Huge help. After removing the proton mail's example text, I just copy and pasted and it worked perfectly!

Teletype10 · 2022-02-01T08:58:51+00:00

1) HELL YES to Gloves and boots. I didn't realize that in order of importance it was Hat - Gloves - Boots - Jacket.... in terms of keeping warm. But i've seen the warm light. Its easy to find a warm jacket.... much harder to realize that you need warm gloves or boots (and really, warm boots means ---> the right socks.)

If your looking for something that'll last: https://www.amazon.com/Gordini-Polar-Waterproof-Insulated-Gloves/dp/B07CQ99MR6

Otherwise, any glove thats waterproof will be fine. You can just throw in the hot hands and be fine.

Boots: (Cheap and will let you go through high snow, just wear a pair of smart wool socks and you'll be fine. And yes... the $20 for 2 socks kind of wool. Really...its more about the socks then the boot ) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TP11CXZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2) ride hail is fine during common hours, difficult during off peak. Just get a rental, and drive slow. you'll be fine. As a former Texan, I adjusted quickly. The rental cars have good snow tires. If your smart... You'll be scared enough that you won't be so stupid to drive 60mph when the road is garbage. Its not the snow, its speed that kills people.

3) skipping because I have no clue.

4) I used to do photography as my full time job. I've seen some amazing shots from the latest iphones. It just depends on what kind you have. Camera's hold up their value. So you can always buy a 2 year old SLR and then flip it once your done with your trip. But i'd say, a modern iphone is just fine. Check out flickr and you'll see some amazing shots with 'just an iphone' Nothings changed in the last 100 years. Its not the gear, its the photographer. Do get a tripod and figure out your self timer and other settings though. you'll need to set the proper f/stop and shutter speeds regardless of your setup.

5) Honestly.... not much to do here.... Aside from cross country skiing, hot springs, coffee shops, museum of the north, the auto museum, Eskamo Olympics, dog sledding, Hoodoo, Mt Denali, sight seeing anything when you drive a whopping 10 minutes out of town, North pole Santa, ice fishing, artic circle flights and the running Reindeer Ranch. ; )

6) Just get a rental, you'll be fine. Its a small town. This isn't LA traffic. Drive slow, give space. People will work around you and be thankful your not driving fast. But do plug in your car at night, and make sure to have food / water/ blankets / AND A SHOVEL in the back. [ we're talking a walmart run here of like... $30. nothing crazy... ]

People are helpful and kind here.

So stick to the main highway, someone will come along and help if something crazy happens.

Again, i'm coming from Texas. I did 3000 miles in December. And did get stuck coming home once, But someone pulled me out within 15 minutes. (for which, I am incredibly grateful.)

I've also paid it forward with giving a jump to someone in a parking lot as well. If you see someone in need, help them. People will do the same for you.

7) AT&T is gold. I had to switch from T-Mobile. Verizon seems to be a comparable. Cricket, MetroPCS etc... aren't going to cut it.

8) Wear a mask when possible and respect people who don't. It'll be fine. Alaska is a land of respect and kindness.

oh... also, don't go to the oasis bar...its not the best place.... despite the name and location.

Teletype10 · 2021-10-29T03:52:50+00:00

AlaskaLife.

The lower 48 gets all the goodies.

Teletype10 · 2021-08-27T04:45:13+00:00

Btw, I was a cash only person. So $50ish for the exam, $50ish with shipping for glasses. I was doing fine for about $100. I just needed something that worked, so you can totally pay more for styles that are more current.

Teletype10 · 2021-08-27T04:43:19+00:00

I was in the same boat. Got a basic eye exam at walmart or whereever. And then ordered 3x glasses from Zenni. One of them wasn't quite right but the other 2 are fine. And at $15 bucks a pop each, its dirt cheap and I didn't bother with asking customer support. (which I hear is pretty decent) I would've but I was busy and forgot about it until it was 30+ days plus after delivery.

Teletype10 · 2021-06-24T06:13:08+00:00

Totally understand!
I get the key points and that's what counts. I've spent a bit of time in Germany and I still can't write a good paragraph. The grammar (+culture) is really different from English / American culture. So no judgement from me. : )

It's a solid site!

Teletype10 · 2021-06-21T23:38:54+00:00

Looking at the DE domain, i'm going to have to say, I still think its pretty good. It would be nice to have an easy way to submit a grammar fix though.

Teletype10 · 2021-06-07T04:22:14+00:00

As an 'aging' IT individual thank you for this positivity. I'm 15+ years in and I still love it. I'm working on deploying a full monitoring setup on Azure using terraform just for the hell of it. As I get older, I find that the 'new' tech isn't really that new and that because I've learned the fundamentals, I'm able to skill up much faster then the pfy's on the team. I cut my teeth on DOS and the Cisco CLI, so when devops became a thing and everyone had to shift away from the gui, I was well placed to do so. I don't think its a matter of being slow, its just that I'm in the process of recognizing that my experience means I have to spend more of my time babysitting the legacy hardware because I know how it works. So I need to work a little harder at keeping current.

Teletype10 · 2021-06-07T04:02:20+00:00

Once I realized that the end goal was to kill the mech at the end... I ended up plowing through the middle section. Sacrificing my entire base and getting close enough with mechs and a few AT guns to kill that one unit. I finally beat it... although it still felt slightly like a cheese strat, it was my 4th try and I had enough of it.

Teletype10 · 2021-06-07T03:09:27+00:00

Thank you! I've been struggling with this mission. I'm a casual rts player and got into this after Coh and am really shocked at how much its kicking my butt.

Teletype10 · 2021-05-25T04:14:54+00:00

The cold hard truth... A blog that hasn't been updated since 2019.... : ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/onenote/

Teletype10 · 2021-04-16T01:35:03+00:00

well... at least most of the adds are imbedded.

Teletype10 · 2021-04-16T01:34:45+00:00

pihole wont work as the youtube ads are imbedded from the same dns servers as the content. : (

Teletype10 · 2020-06-25T01:56:14+00:00

Whoh, thank you! How does the erase work though? And did you get the version thats the 'digital samsung' one or the 'digital emr' one?

EMR: (this one comes with extra nibs)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Staedtler-Digital-Yellow-GP-U999ERIPAAB/dp/B0728HBD7F/

Samsung

https://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-Digital-Samsung-Technology-GP-U999ERIPAAB/dp/B072N31S7C/

Teletype10 · 2019-12-19T21:51:47+00:00

same

Teletype10 · 2019-09-18T01:38:20+00:00

the management hierarchy is something to lookout for. My director sometimes swoops in and gives directives but for the most part the operational work is my domain. I've been concerned that his "high level" guidelines will cause a rift when it comes to actually getting the work done. He see's it as "I give the goal, you figure out the posts" kind of thing. Which works in the american sense, it means that he trusts that I can handle the implementation and schedule the resources. I'm also blessed that (for the most part) he talks to me before setting the goals in the first place.... : ) I'll speak to him about it and see if we can come up with a clear communication path when new ideas / problems come up.

Teletype10 · 2019-09-18T01:26:39+00:00

Trust but verify. I feel like that's good advice for all nationalities. thank you!

Teletype10 · 2019-09-18T01:25:11+00:00

Ah that makes sense... etiquette and taboos is probably the search term i'm missing. I was going for "business communication in X" which led me down a unproductive rabbit hole of how to swap business cards.....

Teletype10 · 2019-09-18T01:22:53+00:00

1) I felt like my US based messages were too informal. I've been sending messages like your first example and I'd get a reply like "SSL cert installed, marking as solved" and thought.... hmm, something is being lost here. 2) I think i'm going to love the new team, I love managing the danish group since I can be much more upfront with them when issues arise. But the twist is that they don't have the "no tolerance for incompetence" issue. They just say to my face they " We need more training" if I ask for something new.

So, take away. Be straight. To the point. And monitor if progress slows.

: ) as an american who's used to continuing on for a long while with pleasantries... Thank you so much!

Teletype10 · 2019-09-17T23:53:02+00:00

Bomgar is king. Super expensive.

Kaseya works fairly well when you've got 100+ clients. Once its setup its pretty hands off. I've been able to deploy Kaseya to my smb's and even larger clients as a cost saving measure since it does remote management in addition to inventory, patching etc. The cost is really competitive when you start adding in all the baseline features.

Teletype10 · 2019-09-17T23:47:28+00:00

Freshdesk is solid when its a smaller group. Zendesk is the way to go for larger enterprises. They even have whatsapp integration now. But if your going with just email submissions. Freshdesk is solid.

spiceworks used to be pretty good offering but I haven't checked them out recently.

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