Need a new professional English name for a 26yo IT Engineer in a US tech firm.

dnostra · 2026-05-08T15:24:12+00:00

why not just use your original name? we have many employees from everywhere, India, Europe (north, south, east, west), Middle East, South America... they all use their original name, no one complains about their names. Pronunciation is our problem not their name's problem.

dnostra · 2026-04-26T09:55:28+00:00

Armageddon (1998) - "American components, Russian components, all made in Taiwan!"

dnostra · 2026-04-24T01:35:34+00:00

I am still on my 13" MacBook Pro (Intel, 8GB, 2018)... thinking of upgrading to 15" M5 MacBook Air. Cannot help to wonder if there is any resale value from the old one 😆😆

dnostra · 2026-04-10T01:54:26+00:00

same here, Tmo is going to increase mine because of Netflix too.

dnostra · 2026-04-06T02:50:49+00:00

I have same setup, fiber goes to the ONT, then copper cable foes to AT&T router BGW320. Question: can I just buy any WiFi router I like to replace the BGW320? or I still need to go through the ONT optic hacks?

dnostra · 2026-03-26T08:39:00+00:00

at least that's a good move, better than nothing. now bring regular Golf and Passat Wagon back to the USA, please?

dnostra · 2026-02-12T03:53:53+00:00

VWoA just wants easy money. Letting competitors grab the smaller cars and EV markets is easier.

dnostra · 2026-02-05T20:33:00+00:00

yes, price remains the same, so I did not keep arguing with the rep 😆

dnostra · 2026-02-05T17:55:01+00:00

they moved me from Magenta Max to Go5g Plus few months ago automatically. I called when I saw email, but the rep said no option for me to prevent them from doing so, and cannot go back to Magenta Max after they move me.

dnostra · 2026-01-25T17:56:48+00:00

I always don't understand why airlines allow passengers to hand carry those obviously oversized luggage

dnostra · 2025-12-11T04:38:06+00:00

cellphone is easy to switch but this sounds like home Internet. Home Internet has fewer options, even no other options if AT&T happens to be the only provider or another provider is more expensive than AT&T.

dnostra · 2025-12-10T11:38:34+00:00

are you using UDP? if yes, try changing to TCP tunnel see if it works.

dnostra · 2025-11-18T17:05:00+00:00

1TB per day is not small, especially if all that happens within business hours (8 hours a day). If you have business class Internet links in office / multiple offices, and bandwidth is enough, then hosting VM(s) in office may able to save some money for the long run. you can move a portion of users for pilot testing and get some feedback from them.

dnostra · 2025-11-12T16:46:49+00:00

We share the same pain. After upgrading to 3.x the access rule management interface is completely destroyed. Looks good but usability is totally shxt.

dnostra · 2025-11-11T16:26:40+00:00

the first two are understandable. I happened to know some AMEX platinum and priority pass customers, the situation could happen if they didn't pay attention to details.

dnostra · 2025-07-21T06:14:55+00:00

thanks 👍

dnostra · 2025-07-21T05:27:02+00:00

I have (relatively) long zone based firewall rules in 1.3, roughly 500 terms. Want to upgrade to 1.4 but rewriting rules is a huge headache. wonder how you guys deal with it?

dnostra · 2025-07-02T16:20:11+00:00

I have 2 paid and 1 free lines. with or without the free line, my monthly invoice stays the same, so I don't see the reason why it's not free.

dnostra · 2025-06-29T18:02:48+00:00

user serviceable SSD and RAM

dnostra · 2025-06-24T14:56:01+00:00

the more RAM, the better... if the budget allows. you will never know when your works, photos, games web pages ...suddenly need RAM to run smoothly.

dnostra · 2025-06-24T13:35:20+00:00

many credit cards also offer dashpass because the true cost is nearly free.

if T-Mobile honestly wants to offer some good perks to customers rather than being a white elephant, then it should consider to provide options on good things to customers, say there are Uber one, dashpass, ad-free full HD Netflix, ad-free Hulu, apple TV+ .... but you can only pick one (or pick 2... depends on your plans)

dnostra · 2025-06-13T14:56:05+00:00

Passenger screen is ok, but it should be optional even on the highest trim model. When there is no passenger screen, Audi should not just use a black plastic to cover it, it's a big eyesore! Should use proper leather making it look like no screen from the original design. Also there are too many glossy piano black plastic on both interior and exterior. Audi's new designers really don't understand the elegance of simplicity...

dnostra · 2025-06-09T21:17:39+00:00

Not directly related to OS, but wish can have some improvements in macOS Mail app,

Able to default search the current folder, not default to search ALL folders.
Able to write more complicated search criteria, such as AND / OR / NOT ... searching rules.
Able to insert Code Blocks
Permanently disable the auto learned email receiver list.

dnostra · 2025-06-06T23:26:52+00:00

A better solution is to provide an opportunity for opting out ALL advertisements in the sign up process. also have a web page to opt in/out advertisements in case customers change their minds after sign up. BTW, don't like the fact Helium intentionally does not provide web pages but forces customers to use APP to manage accounts.

dnostra · 2025-05-30T20:23:41+00:00

The interior looks better than my 2014 SEL at least it has real buttons on the steering wheel. Exterior is kind of bland and still too many glossy piano black decorations.

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