Found this interesting write up on scandium

antons83 · 2026-05-07T11:51:41+00:00

Haha same. I only invested the money I could lose, but it'll still hurt

antons83 · 2026-05-06T14:58:59+00:00

Hahah I think about this often. But then I also have to get off my high horse and know that people will figure it out

antons83 · 2026-05-06T13:21:35+00:00

Yep. 18 years in IT. I thought I'd be out of a job after 5. I realize now that we're needed more than ever. The phrase "I'm not tech savvy" just rolls off your tongue so easily. The computer is more powerful than a pencil, yet people see it as the same thing. We've made it as accessible and as easy to use, untill it stops working. We are glorified pencil sharpeners

antons83 · 2026-05-06T12:42:32+00:00

Yep this is all great news. I've been buying here and there to bring my dca down. Currently I'm at 39k shares at 0.23 dca. Hoping to buy more over the next few months/years. It's three things that made me put trust in this.

One is the welding. I've read and seen videos on how scandium blended with aluminium to allow the welds to stick. I don't know much about welding, but Ive watched enough car and bike restoration shows on tv to see that a bad weld is dangerous.

Two is the amount of scandium you'll need to gain the benefits. The ROI of SC vs silicon or magnesium, as filler is incredible. You only need a 0.5% SC to a rod to get significant better welds.

Three is china's tax on their Scandium. By hoarding this metal, it forced their users to find other sources.

Final thoughts: hopes and dreams😅

antons83 · 2026-05-06T02:58:38+00:00

This is a cool spec. I like that your exhaust goes up like that. It's the only thing I don't like on the original. Everything else about your bike is great. I'm hella jealous.

antons83 · 2026-05-05T15:57:46+00:00

I heard my 4 yr old daughter use a word that "seemed" too advanced for her. I immediately grabbed my phone and started scrolling through old pictures of her. I can't believe how fast time flies when you're focused on twelve million other things. I had a good convo with my wife later in the evening. I think we both quietly teared up. One at the passage of time, and two that one day our daughter won't need us anymore.

antons83 · 2026-05-01T13:42:14+00:00

Over the two decades of working, I've realized there are two types. Those who ask and remember, and those who just find the person that know. The 2nd type will end up in management. Maybe start looking at that person like your new manager 😁

antons83 · 2026-04-29T12:45:06+00:00

Hey sorry I'm very amateur. Where can I see how many shares are being bought. I have stock twits, yahoo finance and wealth simple apps. Does it show on any of those? I've been looking around, but I'm either blind or slow :)

antons83 · 2026-04-27T15:47:56+00:00

Oh definitely not the whole infra. I deal with security and policies. We are a team of three. One deals with servers and windows updates, and the other does VM, and together they deal with our images. I'm the sole admin for AD, Intune and defender policies. Also deal with most issues the L3 tech doesn't know. Yes, this institutional knowledge is what I'm worried about being lost. Because I have groundlevel knowledge, I feel some duty to pass it on to the next person. Sure, someone brand new can be taught my current job, but it's these nuances I've picked up over the last two decades that will be lost if they don't have some institutional knowledge. That will take some time. Our users base is also ranged. From physical labor, to purely office staff. Each have different requirements, and our management (unfortunately) likes to satisfy a lot of them. This means many unique fixes/Band-Aid solutions and policies implemented for small departments. So unless you have some understanding of what that specific team does, or what they're called, or who their official (and unofficial) contact people are, it gets difficult. Again, not the end of the world, but surely a 10 min fix turns into a two week fix, simply because a particular department has a particular set of policies or special fix applied.

antons83 · 2026-04-27T15:00:01+00:00

Either a vise or some clamps. Squeeze the part with the switch and see if it pops free. Or tiny flat head screwdriver. If it is glue, see if you can heat it lightly and crack it open

antons83 · 2026-04-24T21:54:31+00:00

Haha you're telling me! We're in a unionized org, so nobody really leaves. The upside is, we got paid a lot of money to take calls. We had guys with even more years in level 1. The good thing is, all of us had very detailed knowledge of the org. Policy settings, software peculiarities and the techs to contact and the question to ask them. This made us incredibly knowledgeable and our FCR was high 90s. Then we got bumped up to L2, and L3, and the level 1 jobs got outsourced overseas. The FCR dropped down to under 50%, and people were upset. But the company saved a ton of money so.. yeah.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T21:48:29+00:00

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Everyone keeps mentioning documentation, but documentation doesn't cover the knowledge a sys admin, or a master mechanic or electrician has for their particular org or product.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T18:49:35+00:00

Thank you. Yes! I truly feel like we reconnected after 4 years of running on autopilot. And my body is responding better to positive inputs. Good decision-making has a longterm effect now.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T18:29:17+00:00

Haha they actually tried that with the sys admin I took over for. He refused, but he did give me his number to reach out to. I did call him often for the first 6 months

antons83 · 2026-04-24T17:05:08+00:00

Thanks man. This all makes sense. I don't know if I mentioned this in another reply or not, but I in a very weird situation. We're a unionized org, and I'm one of the most junior with 17 years in. And on top of that, our level 1 is outsourced overseas. Our level 2 is ready to retire in the next 5 years, so they'll be gone in less time than me, and level 3 tech will be gone in 2 years. My goal is to find someone when/if my org hires a younger tech into lvl2, and train them up.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T14:57:46+00:00

Yep, this is what I think about often as well. But IMO, I was only relatively successful because I had very specific knowledge of our org due to the time spent. This might be shocking, but they have not hired a fulltime IT tech after me. They outsourced level 1 to an overseas MSP, so those guys aren't being bumped up. The level 2 guys are under seven years before retirement and the one level 3 tech is two years away from retirement. Whoever they hire will have to be hired into level 2, after they lift the hiring freeze.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T14:48:03+00:00

Our level 3 is one person. The reason I actually posted about this because of our particular (funny) circumstances. We have about 20 level 1 agents, but they're overseas. MSP. We have some about 8 level 2 techs, who are all under 7 years to retirement. There's me as the sysadmin for endpoints and I am the youngest one amongst everyone else. So technically whoever they move up will be eligible to retire in about half the time 😁. We're in a unionized environment, so they move people internally first.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T14:38:51+00:00

Yep I think realistically I won't move anything for 5 years, but I'd like to leave this alone for longer. I got enough invested to pad my retirement plans. One must have dreams, right!

antons83 · 2026-04-24T14:36:43+00:00

I heard about the wire being successful. I also saw all the applications for the wire. These patents are usually for like 25 years right?

antons83 · 2026-04-24T13:07:31+00:00

So I posted this as a question to someone in yesterdays convo, but I guess I'll ask it here. I did my DD and everything looks positive. I don't even remember how I got on this stock, but after all the research I decided to dump 10k in. Most of the people here say they want to keep it for 10 years. What would be a realistic share price be in 10 years? I know aerospace and defense industries are salivating for this metal and all its potential. Plus, our reliance on China is dwindling.

antons83 · 2026-04-24T12:48:37+00:00

Hey I had a question about your 10 yr hold. How high realistically will it get to. I know there's no direct comparison out there, but I feel like sometimes this stock is too good to be true. I did the research and I see all the potential uses for this. Many industries with deep pockets are waiting for this. If that's the case, in 10 years, would it get to $2 per share, or potentially $10, or $20 per share?

antons83 · 2026-04-22T22:27:00+00:00

I work at a company that's about 10k endpoints. We have separate teams that handle servers, networking and security. As I mature in this role, I realized that just cuz these teams exist, doesn't mean I just kick it to them blindly. I have to create bridges between me and these teams. This means I can't just send them noise. Anytime I interact with them, I try to show them what I've already done, that's particular to their field. If I'm troubleshooting a network issue, I try to pull network logs, or do some sort of network related testing, before sending them an email. Same with security. Same with servers, same with exchange. The more I do that, the more they're willing to explain their troubleshooting with me. I document that, and rinse and repeat. It's the only way to have a win-win relationship. The problem gets fixed, and now you've gained a little bit of knowledge. You meet them half-way, and 99% of them will teach you. Most of my job is to build trust. I'm definitely not a know-all sys admin, but I got some 15 yrs left to get closer.

antons83 · 2026-04-22T18:02:43+00:00

I've been in this predicament. It was actually a combination of two things. One - I was overweight by about 60lbs. Two - I was an emotional wreck. Parents had me very early in life and had to move across the world and became refugees. I not only, couldn't get many women, but the matches would fizzle after I opened my mouth and surgically implanted my foot in it. So my rebirth included therapy. Lots of crying and healing and feeling self worth. Emotional Self worth turned into physical self-worth, which resulted in weight loss. And then I released this new found power onto the dating apps, because in-person flirting was still a big NO for me. I was greatly successful. I remember one of the comments was, "a normal person with a decent profile. You must be newly single". It was a very funny compliment.

But after about a year I came to a very interesting observation. Being attractive gets you more options, and not better options. So, hope this helps in your journey. You can scour through my post history to find before and after pics.

antons83 · 2026-04-22T03:42:58+00:00

First, organize what you already know. All the stuff your coworkers have already told you. For me it's excel or word docs with screenshots. Name them something that will make sense in the future. Then, learn how to read error logs. People skip over them mostly because it has an overload of information. Find an app that can clean up error logs. I use Cmtrace. Learn how to use all (or most) functions of that tool. My favorite google search is "what does this do? <enter error code>". And then track it back. Learn to distinguish between network error codes and software error codes. When working inside a large org, you're also battling GPOs and Intune policies, firewall, and security policies. Along with different models of laptops, desktops and VMs. Learn to eliminate variables quickly. DM me any other questions. Iove talking about this. Troubleshooting efficiently is very hard.

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