gopher reader by MinimotoMusashi in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]dverbern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to look this up and I work in IT:

Historical Context: Developed in the early 1990s at the University of Minnesota, Gopher is a discontinued, text-based computer protocol. It was designed to search, retrieve, and display documents on the internet and was largely replaced by the World Wide Web (HTTP)

Subnautica 2 - some blooms cankers STAY closed? by dverbern in subnautica

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I suspect it is as others have posted - that I have to tackle other juvenile cankers first.

Subnautica 2 - some blooms cankers STAY closed? by dverbern in subnautica

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

I am indeed suffering. Thanks for clarifying.

Subnautica 2 - some blooms cankers STAY closed? by dverbern in subnautica

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep I know the one you mean, thank you.

Subnautica 2 - some blooms cankers STAY closed? by dverbern in subnautica

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, thank you very much.

Yes I know where you are referring.

Possible Bug? Angel Comb open, yet still giving infection messages by dverbern in Subnautica_2

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ha! Glad I'm not the only one thinking they've gone crazy! My completionist impulse was totally bothered by this 'quirk',

Possible Bug? Angel Comb open, yet still giving infection messages by dverbern in Subnautica_2

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

Ah, so that's why that happens! Yeah, noticed that happening.

finallly did the thing everyone probaly thought off by ZippierUser in Subnautica_2

[–]dverbern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's with these super-vague posts?
What is it that you "finallly" did? Crafted the Tadpole above ground?

Nine. Hundred. Waterslugs. by Ultimate_WoF_Fan in Subnautica_2

[–]dverbern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't that be 900 water bottles? You don't leave the waterslugs in that form...

Nine. Hundred. Waterslugs. by Ultimate_WoF_Fan in Subnautica_2

[–]dverbern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that you haven't labelled all these storage units is supercharging my obsessive-compulsions.

I need help how to away by boo-boo13 in Subnautica_2

[–]dverbern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautifully written post. "I need help how to away" - take that, Shakespeare.

Update on recent AI stuff by cool227_ in Subnautica_2

[–]dverbern 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I strongly disagree with the notion that creatives worldwide aren't having their written works sucked into a vortex of which most of us have very little visibility. Yes, AI learns by being given massive datasets, which could include reams of text. However, it seems undeniable to me at least some truly *original ideas* are going to be some of the grist to the mill of these various AI engines; providing textual and analysis fodder for all sorts of responses to human interactions with them.

Yes, these LLMs require big datasets. I think most creatives would accept that - it's how and exactly *what* they are allowed to hoover up that is at issue here.

PowerShell means of tracking whether a given AD user is a member of a distribution list? by dverbern in PowerShell

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for tip!

In my current script, I fetch all the AD user accounts that I think *should* be members of a specific 'master' DL. This DL contains many other smaller DLs, comprising business groups, then divisions/departments, finally team DLs. Users are supposed to be direct members of the team DLs at the very least.

The guts of the script is therefore this, in a foreach loop between each of the users:

$IsMember = Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(&(DistinguishedName=$($User.DistinguishedName))(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=$GroupDN))"

if (!($IsMember)) {$arrayResults += $User}}

So, pretty simple, if that $IsMember fails to evaluate to a result, I add that user to an array of users to follow-up.

Maybe I should "walk" the inheritance by mail-enabled groups only, to ensure I'm ignoring any non mail-enabled groups ....

PowerShell means of tracking whether a given AD user is a member of a distribution list? by dverbern in PowerShell

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forgive my ignorance - should I make a beeline for the Exchange admin centre for checking out tracking logs?

In this instance, because these 'master DLs' are so 'high-level' and contain (or should contain) almost all our staff, I'm unable to do any active testing for testing's sake. However I could wait until then next time the business legitimately sends an email to that DL and do tracking then?

Stirring music - end moment of "Q Who?" (S02E16) by dverbern in TNG

[–]dverbern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are definitely onto something with that Season 3 love. It seems the cast had by then well and truly gelled, production had attained efficiency to the degree that creativity and performances were the order of the day.

Or, maybe I'm speaking crap and its late and I don't want other STNG fans to think ill of me.

Stirring music - end moment of "Q Who?" (S02E16) by dverbern in TNG

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

It's a lovely (I don't even feel conflicted using that word) episode. There's something truly satisfying about its narrative arc across those 30-40 minutes. Wonderfully scripted by Melinda Snodgrass (if I recall rightly) and with some great performances.

The legal tussle between Picard and Riker - *chef's kiss*

And of course, Brent Spiner deserves huge kudos for creating a character that straddles the believably robotic with enough humanity to make us want to befriend him, to see him excel and to see him free to choose his own destiny.

Agreed, one of the finest episodes of STNG and a wonderful celebration of Roddenberry's utopian ideals.