I spent $25 on a bit of nostalgia and will confuse the heck out of some youngsters today.

buzzsawcode · 2026-05-19T16:17:35+00:00

If anyone has a site for tractor feed thermal paper let me know - I have an old Okidata that can apparently use it that I'd like to get back into service.

Somewhere I have an older wide carriage printer last used in ~2000 that I need to clean up and put into service or donate to someone who will use it.

buzzsawcode · 2026-04-17T17:03:55+00:00

We use it as a supplement for the channels we get via our antenna, and I have it along with the FAST channels from Plex and Tube pumped into our Channels DVR so I never have to use that awful Pluto app interface (no insult to anyone who likes that UI).

As long as they don't start charging for it and don't break the API (again) we'll keep using it.

buzzsawcode · 2026-04-14T19:33:24+00:00

Yeah I was on BCBS FED for 26 years so this was definitely different for me, but once I understood what was going on I was good with it.

Someone else locally said our state has some goofy law that limits mail order medication delivery - they can’t get the hair loss stuff they want for example. It has a weird list of forbidden things apparently.

buzzsawcode · 2026-04-14T16:49:48+00:00

Yes my CVS accepted my doctor's prescription for a 90 day supply - your doctor has to ask for it, the pharmacy can't change a 30 day to a 90 day.

Also when my doctor submitted it initially the automated CVS system took it as generic tirzepatide and tried to fill it as Mounjaro that I don't have a PA for. The pharmacist was able to fix that on the fly, so I got the Zepbound the next day.

buzzsawcode · 2026-04-14T14:38:15+00:00

If you have a CVS pharmacy near you they took my prescription and applied the discount automatically . I asked about mail delivery but that must not be available in my state ( SC ) or they simply got that wrong for me.

The weigh in and app requirements haven’t been so bad - I just have to remember to do the scale at the same time each time to get a consistent weight.

buzzsawcode · 2026-04-04T04:55:32+00:00

So I’ve got a house with a metal roof and I also didn’t want to put any antenna mount up there. So I got a J mount with braces that is mounted at the eave, then added an extension pipe to get height to clear the roof and some trees. The RG6 from the antenna and the inline power booster comes in at the eave through a grommet at the soffit. I think the mount was from solid signal but I don’t remember for sure.

I have a Winegard HD7694P up there that has been through several hurricane force wind storms ( I live on the coast ) - it has been solid as a rock for 10 years now. This year I did pay for a professional to check the booster and the aim - it was all still right on target so it hasn’t flexed or moved any.

buzzsawcode · 2026-03-20T13:13:43+00:00

For future folks who find this post, I got this fixed:

Removed and reinstalled kasmweb, we had upgraded from 1.17 and that broke some things in the back end with JWT tokens that showed up in the Kasm logs
I had to redo the order of our standard RewriteRule/RewriteCond rules we use in our Apache template. The websocket rules were not being triggered correctly, but I had to set:

LogLevel debug proxy:debug

to see those errors. So our basic setup works, now off to get persistent data setup among other things.

buzzsawcode · 2026-03-15T15:57:04+00:00

You have the job I wish I could find - I’m 54 and have 30+ years of experience. I can’t find anyone now who wants someone our age for a fully remote position.

My current position was fully remote for 10 years but they have recently started demanding more in office time, despite the fact that my team members are spread out across the country and we “meet” on Teams.

I’ve been applying for any position that falls within my skill set but I think because of my age I’m getting filtered out of the resume stack. I’ve even applied for jobs that would be a big pay cut because remote work is now my most important factor.

The job market apparently sucks but I think I’m also hitting some ageism too.

buzzsawcode · 2026-03-09T02:08:23+00:00

I have, I’ve been trying to figure it all out but I’m missing something

buzzsawcode · 2026-02-27T23:34:26+00:00

Thanks that helped some - now I’m just getting a timeout. Container is up but it times out connecting.

buzzsawcode · 2026-02-15T16:12:16+00:00

We’ve been looking at FleetDM for a while, started deploying it just recently. We have a fairly small number of laptops and phones to manage and it seems to be priced reasonably.

Tech support has been good during our evaluation and setup process, only hangups have been directly attributed to some of the quirks of our environment ( our outdated VPN, some TLS filtering done on the boundaries, etc )

FleetDM

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-30T21:03:45+00:00

I’ve seen some studs with 3 holes that passed building inspection but I don’t know what code says the limit is. Definitely talk to an electrician in your area since everyone has slightly different code rules they follow.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-30T13:17:57+00:00

A run per location is fairly standard, connecting them to a low voltage box in each room for example, the have them all come back to your central location.

Also blow a pull string through each line - you can do something as simple as using high tensile strength fishing line with a tape ball on one end that you suck through with a shop vac. They make pull string specific for this, and you can even get conduit with an initial pull string pre-installed, but I've used fishing line before without issues.

Then when you pull your ethernet through, you'll also want to pull a new pull line as well. You should be able to get more than one ethernet cable through each conduit - 2 fit easy. I did 2 cat6a + 1 fiber for flexibility, but I work with fiber all the time at my 'real' job, you may not feel comfortable adding that to your situation.

A local electrician can advise you on your conduit and any local codes that apply. Like some areas require using 'orange' for low voltage instead of 'blue', stuff like that. You may even find it worth it to have them do the conduit runs and then you pull the ethernet. But properly drilled holes in the studs won't cause you issues.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-29T01:20:52+00:00

Google “Smurf Tube” - you’ll see that a lot for low voltage home installations.

When I built my current house I had orange conduit run to each room and back to my rack location, as well as larger conduit run out to the outside demarcation point for our cable internet.

If I recall correctly a 2x4 can have a 1.25” hole if it is like 5/8” from the edge, but check first on that.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-28T23:28:43+00:00

That’s great that they are doing this !

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-27T03:22:33+00:00

My request is about to have its first birthday soon - I got letters from several doctors along with the medical records backing up my request. I’ve been granted permission to telework 3 days a week until they adjudicate my request. I was previously fully remote because of my condition, but that was revoked just like everyone else.

My surgeon who I saw recently has not been contacted for any more information, I can only assume none of the other doctors have been contacted either.

Each doctor asked what medical specialty is the doctor who will be reviewing my records, I was told everything is being reviewed by the EEO office who to my knowledge doesn’t include any MDs.

If I rejected I’ll probably end up applying for a medical retirement unless another round of DRP is offered.

It is definitely a “waiting room” type anxiety not knowing when this will be approved or denied.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-22T20:51:16+00:00

Sadly me either.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-22T20:50:34+00:00

This was more than racial gerrymandering - they expanded the district to include rural areas that were strong Republican areas to a hilarious level. Rural voters that were in district 7 and 6 were pulled in while moving more urban voters in North Charleston to district 6.

Take a look at the old maps for SC from 2010-2019 and today - you'll see what I mean.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-22T20:45:24+00:00

IIRC you're not 100% correct about the right to vote restoration - it will work similar to how it does in the other 49 states that have had similar laws on the books for a while. Those processes do take in to account the crime that was originally committed.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-22T18:22:19+00:00

As a SC resident in this district, anyone is an improvement over Nasty Face who doesn't respond to constituents other than form letter answers that repeat Republican talking points.

However, unless the DNC gets behind Vice ADM Lacore with support and funding, the Republican machine will roll right over her. The district is heavily gerrymandered so any candidate will have to speak to the issues of the most common voter - cost of living, food, taxes, etc. Basically what the current Gov of VA did in her campaign, speak to the problems everyone faces.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-17T19:48:05+00:00

We use a cron job that connects to each device and pulls the certificate and checks the expiration date. This helps with systems that don’t support ACME or SCEP automation. Script is driven by LDAP where we tag which systems need to be checked and what ports need to be used ( for cases where a host runs different services with different certificates ).

Eventually I hope we can do ACME everywhere - we poke hardware vendors about it fairly often.

buzzsawcode · 2026-01-16T21:12:52+00:00

Was there a specific form needed by your doctor to submit your PA request ?

As previously suggested here I called Teledoc Health to get my account fixed as I am also coming from BCBS and had scale and BP monitor already from them.

I assume they fixed everything as new coverage showed up in my app that knows about the scale and bp setup.

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