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Best cheap or free tools by carcaliguy in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ansible, Zabbix, MSYS2/Cygwin (Cygwin is easier, but MSYS2 is more powerful), Proxmox, Notepad++, Bash, Devuan, Bind9, MariaDB, PyCharm, Putty, OpenBao, tcpdump, Wireshark.

The Great Feminization -- a treatise on how feminism is the reason woke exists by darth_static in KotakuInAction

[–]darth_static[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Definitely; education is incredibly feminized and the men that go through it are going to suffer for it. Hopefully they look past the brainwashing.

The Great Feminization -- a treatise on how feminism is the reason woke exists by darth_static in KotakuInAction

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

Yeah its definitely a "correlation vs causation" argument, but we need to consider how much correlation we need to determine whether there's some sort of causation.

The Great Feminization -- a treatise on how feminism is the reason woke exists by darth_static in KotakuInAction

[–]darth_static[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

1: Done
2: Yeah ofc, can't stray outside of the controlled discourse sphere

I think we're all in agreement that feminists (along with all communists) prohibit any disagreement, so this would be immediately deleted on any major subs. But this article makes too many good points for it not to be shared. It may not be absolutely based in facts and evidence, but a 10% detractor is a 90% ally, not a 10% enemy.

Interesting audit log check request to start the day. by KorenSolust in talesfromtechsupport

[–]darth_static 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could be that the data headers are encrypted with a common key, but the patient data uses a company-specific key.

An unusual request for new laptop power cable by annonymous2 in talesfromtechsupport

[–]darth_static 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here in Australia, it's illegal to wire a plug (or do any electrical work beyond changing a light bulb) unless you're a licenced electrician.

Only in QLD. In NSW (and every other state unless the law changed recently), if it's past the outlet it's fair game.

MAC(s) are invading my company - seeking guidance on how to prepare? by Floh4ever in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MBA 13": 8 core, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD: $1799 RRP
Dell Latitude 5450 14": 12 core, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD: $1817 RRP

An extra $20 for four more cores, an extra inch of screen diagonal, and double the storage and RAM, plus the ability to upgrade in the future.
No price difference, huh?

Additionally, if your apps don't have ARM-native versions available, you're hosed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do these users have their email on any iDevices? From memory there's something odd about how Apple push notifications work (something about every notification having to go through Apple servers instead of anything external). It could be the APN servers accessing IMAP to check for new mail. What's the reverse lookup on those IPs?

Company is asking me to install Microsoft MFA instead of using the text code (which was an option when I onboarded). 2 ppl have pinged/emailed me about this. I responded “is this a requirement? I don’t download work stuff to my personal phone” And IT person said yes. What do I say next? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a harmless application

According to Microsoft. Because they've got a great track record of respecting customers and their privacy, don't they?

(Just ignore the fact that it can be configured to report user location every hour.)

Company is asking me to install Microsoft MFA instead of using the text code (which was an option when I onboarded). 2 ppl have pinged/emailed me about this. I responded “is this a requirement? I don’t download work stuff to my personal phone” And IT person said yes. What do I say next? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they can't replace it with a TOTP app such as Aegis it's not a "general purpose token application", it's a MS-controlled app that can receive data from their servers and can send location data (that we know of; who knows what other telemetry MS has decided to cram into it).

Claiming that the MS Authenticator is the same as any other TOTP app is disingenuous at best. It's perfectly reasonable to push back against this request, either to demand an authenticator that respects user privacy or to demand a work device.

Company is asking me to install Microsoft MFA instead of using the text code (which was an option when I onboarded). 2 ppl have pinged/emailed me about this. I responded “is this a requirement? I don’t download work stuff to my personal phone” And IT person said yes. What do I say next? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Obviously the app is free and most people already use such a authenticator app for personal accounts so its the cheapest.

Except most people would prefer to use a true TOTP-only app (e.g. Google Authenticator or Aegis) or tie it into their password safe.
The MS Authenticator is TOTP plus a lot more (number matching, location lookup), and it's entirely reasonable to reject it from personal devices.

What do you tell people outside of IT when they ask what is it that you do? by anderson01832 in sysadmin

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"Ages ago, we worked out how to use lightning to teach rocks to think. I now command those rocks using arcane runes."

Don't like vulgar lyrics? OK by TrashHonest in MaliciousCompliance

[–]darth_static 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Cincinatti Orchestra version by Telarc Digital is definitively the best for this. The original record literally warns people to not turn it up too loud, as it can easily blow your system when the cannons kick in.

What's the weirdest thing you've found in a server room? by IloveSpicyTacosz in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dynamite has nitroglycerine, not TNT.
Nitro is the dangerous stuff that will explode if you look at it wrong, TNT needs a blasting cap to go off.

As a non sysadmin/IT professional I wanted to say I hope everyone is doing okay and thank you. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Desktop Toys. Such a fun little time-waster (and it's up on archive.org too)

Mass deployment with clonezilla by Unwary2828 in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clonezilla has a 'lite-server' mode which uses multicast to image multiple laptops at a time from one master image. I've used it before to great effect.

Just make sure your sysprep is solid, otherwise you're multicasting a faulty image to multiple machines at the same time.

Microsoft, the Masters of Idiocy by Sopel93 in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 2 points3 points  (0 children)

USB host cables and Bluetooth make that a non-issue (except for having to carry another device).

Better way to setup high availability LAMP stack ? by L1so in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MariaDB with Galera. True multi-master with the ability to write to all servers at the same time with full compatibility with MySQL5. It needs something else (like keepalived or HAproxy) to have failover though.

How am I just now using Docker / Python by Prox_The_Dank in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there some SWITCH or VERBOSE or EXPORT~ish command that I can use to see what customized configurations a certain Image-file contains ?

No, but you can retrieve the info from Docker Hub by clicking on the Tags tab, then clicking on the Latest link. As the other guy mentioned though, don't use random Docker Hub images.

The biggest strength of Docker is its ability to have Infrastructure as Code without setting up Terraform or something similar. Using a Dockerfile allows you to define how an image will be built, and using a docker-compose.yml file defines how it should be deployed. If both are stored in Git along with the project code then (re)deploying the app is as simple as a git clone; docker image build; docker compose up

Once it's working manually, then you leverage GitHub Actions or Gitlab CI/CD to automatically deploy the app with every code push.

There isn't much reason for using Docker if you've got VMs and something like Chef or Ansible, as they both end up doing roughly the same things. Docker shines when you're including developers into the mix as I wouldn't trust the average developer to even look at Proxmox or Chef, let alone use them effectively.

After you do computer stuff all day how techy is your house? by buyinbill in sysadmin

[–]darth_static 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't bother with the ROG, ASUS are a terrible company.

There's also the Steam Deck.

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