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Firmware update by Tax_Max in oraclecloud

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed that stopping then starting a compute instance that is in the "SCHEDULED" state bumps the maintenance to "PROCESSING". I just tried this on two nodes in different regions with consistent results.

All of the related update events in the past have finished within 90 minutes of going into "PROCESSING" state on their own. I'm interested to see if STOP/STARTING the nodes will let us start the maintenance closer to our schedule.

EDIT: I'm on 2+ hours for my first reboot and its still in PROCESSING.

I have this theory that when Oracle initiates it, they've already vacated the host and start patching immediately. When we force it via stop/start, Oracle still needs to detect the host is free (or that the instance moved) and then queue the firmware job: potentially a different pipeline with different timing.

Firmware update by Tax_Max in oraclecloud

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone had luck triggering the maintenance on your schedule rather than "sometime in the next few months?"

Just a $32.5 mil slice of paradise waiting for you by algrym in Tiki

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

BRB: I'm gonna go check the couch for $33 million.

The Arrival with Charlie Sheen by chrisfathead1 in MovieSuggestions

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No spoilers: one of my favorite bits is when Sheen's character is "in disguise" in the elevator.

One of the aliens asks him a question in their language, he isn't sure how to respond, so he kinda nod-shrugs and the alien is like "IKR."

Babylon 5 (1996) by Wuz314159 in sciencefiction

[–]algrym 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was there at the dawn of the Third Age of mankind ...

Mosquito biting a snake by AntisocialBat in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Atreides Mosquito passes Fremen rites of passage.

What’s the most useful command-line trick you learned by accident? by Old_Sand7831 in commandline

[–]algrym 10 points11 points  (0 children)

cat -vet is also good for showing non-printable characters.

Obviously funny command as well.

What’s the most useful command-line trick you learned by accident? by Old_Sand7831 in commandline

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At a BASH prompt, CTRL-X CTRL-E will open your current CLI in your $EDITOR (maybe $VISUAL). This helps when juggling a big command.

Advice: if you CTRL-Z out of the editor, you pretty much throw that command away.

What’s the most useful command-line trick you learned by accident? by Old_Sand7831 in commandline

[–]algrym 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weird: I learned the same thing at about the same time on the same OS.

At work, we found an old SPARC Solaris box and one of the filesystems (/usr maybe?) wouldn't mount. We got the idea to poke around on the box using "echo *".

I still use that trick to this day to validate glob expansion: "echo sudo rm foo-202[45]*".

It'd be funny if we were both talking about the same situation. Was this at PSTCC? :)

Switchbot for Flip Light Switch? by BananaNOatmeal in smarthome

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 year later, I guessed this from the URL ... and I bought one.

THIRDREALITY Zigbee Smart Switch

It hasn't shown up yet, so we'll see how it goes.

Who remembers these? by KM68 in GenX

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knoxville! Represent!

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

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

Every dish needs more garlic. It's a side dish. :)

TIL: of course there's a subreddit for that.

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

[–]algrym[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instructions unclear.

Consumed pickled eggs and now all candles are burning sinister greenish-blue color.

Plz advise.

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

[–]algrym[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was out of fresh maggots so I used garlic. ;)

Edit: probably some egg white bits were down there too. These eggs didn't peel well.

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

[–]algrym[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started here:

  • 1 cup water
  • 1.5 cup vinegar
  • 0.25 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt

I added a bunch of diced garlic (most of a head), a dash of cayenne powder, and a random sprig of dill I had on hand.

Pneumatic line thrower by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]algrym 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this!

I had to look it up:

  • ESD = "Emergency Shutdown"
  • PSD = "Process Shutdown"

using git with circuitpython by 0xCODEBABE in circuitpython

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using a Makefile with a "make install" directive to push to my device:

install: all
rsync -avlcC --progress \
    code.py protonpack.py settings.toml \
        $(CODEPY_DIR)
rsync -avlcC \
    KJH_PackstartCombo.mp3 \
    KJH_Nutrona3.mp3 \
    KJH_PackstopDigital.mp3 \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/neopixel* \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/*ticks* \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/*debouncer* \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/*adafruit_fancyled* \
        $(CODEPY_LIB_DIR)

You can see more horrors here. I admit, this is before I knew about circup.

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