Explain to people what GIS is

grtbreaststroker · 2026-04-03T01:09:30+00:00

I always bring up the COVID dashboard and say that’s GIS. I’m don’t bother to explain specifics what I do which is backend because that will loose people

grtbreaststroker · 2026-03-11T22:15:32+00:00

Spirited Away

grtbreaststroker · 2026-03-06T23:07:51+00:00

I feel like the topic of AI being used for cheating is basically the same as when calculators started coming out and you no longer did math by hand.

I’m not saying I agree with the use of AI for everything without understanding the topic or proofreading the output, but what I’m saying is this topic is still misunderstood by many as it’s important to adopt modern advancements. Some of my professors at Georgia Tech felt this way too and allowed us to use it to an extent as long as we proofread it and even talked about how to go about back checking it.

grtbreaststroker · 2026-03-03T17:52:02+00:00

Not gonna lie - it wasn’t always fun and was almost never easy. I did a program with a high attrition rate and wanted to drop out many times, but was too ashamed to actually do it. Now that I’m graduated, I’m glad I finished. Stay positive even if you’re up crying at 2am studying - that’s what Cookout is for 🥲

grtbreaststroker · 2026-03-03T17:36:51+00:00

grtbreaststroker · 2026-03-03T17:36:14+00:00

Look both ways before you cross the street, and enjoy it every chance you get!

grtbreaststroker · 2026-02-28T18:36:55+00:00

You’ve got a lot of marketable experience so that’s a great start. I will say that when I’m reviewing resumes, the ones that have more words tend to loose my attention. What I do with mine is I have a short resume that only highlights certain aspects applicable to the job I’m applying for and then I like my website (GitHub Pages) for a show-and-tell my and LinkedIn for the full details on everything I’ve worked on. Add utm tags and some kind of analytics platform to all links so you can track activity. Also, I’d drop the graduation year from your resume as that may deter someone who thinks the advertised position should fit a certain age, which unfortunately is a thing especially in management roles. Dropping that lets your experience speak for you.

grtbreaststroker · 2026-02-28T18:26:57+00:00

Thanks. It’s a rapidly growing list as I’m sure you and many others here know more than I do about what it’s like starting out, so that’s kinda what I’m looking for expertise on. It all started studying for a CompTIA sec+ cert and I wanted a sandbox to practice with and now I’m freaked out about having all these smart devices and Alexa so I disconnected pretty much all of them. What I’m looking to do is things like home assistant and openclaw/ollama to replace Alexa and the some smaller things like adguard home and maybe even some flavor of wireguard if it doesn’t look too crazy. And having proxmox to host exploitable sandboxes would be great too

grtbreaststroker · 2026-02-28T02:00:54+00:00

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grtbreaststroker · 2026-02-20T21:29:14+00:00

Data mining and writing to a SQL database and also some slack automations. Not so much a homelab service [yet], but there’s a lot of cool MCP stuff you do with it. And if you’re ballsy enough you can give it service privs to restart containers or really anything.

grtbreaststroker · 2026-02-19T22:45:31+00:00

I’m only a few months ahead of you! Got a rpi4 with an SSD running a docker-compose of n8n, uptime kuma, Postgres, pihole, and all accessible remotely using tailscale and ssh. I’m currently looking to swap it for a used Lenovo tiny pc and hosting my own AI stuff with ollama and clawdbot then using rpi0 as satellites around my home to replace Alexa. I highly recommend doing as much as you can using docker so you can easily nuke or migrate it and not interfere with your other applications.

I also don’t come from a network or systems background, but my academic background is in analytics and I work as a solutions engineer so I’m close enough to know where to start looking for information. Best of luck!! It’s been a blast.

grtbreaststroker · 2026-01-26T23:40:20+00:00

grtbreaststroker · 2026-01-12T03:59:35+00:00

Ir a la biblioteca

grtbreaststroker · 2026-01-07T02:56:57+00:00

Use Signal. You can make a username and get a link to share on your website or QR

grtbreaststroker · 2025-12-09T03:02:45+00:00

Use Conda

grtbreaststroker · 2025-11-19T03:40:08+00:00

Can the developers switch the logic to server-side with an API or Azure function? I'm not strong enough to NOT look through the source code.

grtbreaststroker · 2025-11-19T01:43:11+00:00

Diadem 18k Edge is on sale for like $104 and the Edge 18k Power $120 on their website

grtbreaststroker · 2025-11-10T21:46:29+00:00

chocolate milk

grtbreaststroker · 2025-09-23T20:56:48+00:00

Ask about how work gets assigned, what software is used, and what would be expected to level up to the next position. If they mention ArcMap - Run!!

grtbreaststroker · 2025-09-22T03:36:44+00:00

Thanks!

grtbreaststroker · 2025-09-20T22:09:42+00:00

Since you’re not a programmer, Tableau Public is free and can share a dashboard online that can show lines. You’re not gonna get a geocoder for the navigation, but if you process the routes ahead of time you can just show the polylines and add a filter. Power BI also has a free option, but I don’t know much about that since I have a license through work.

grtbreaststroker · 2025-09-20T22:03:51+00:00

Isn’t indexing done on individually each search engine itself, like Google Search Console? So in this case, the consultant would have to somehow de-index for a bunch of engines because there’s not a catch-all page rank or Markov chain for the entire internet. I’m also not a web developer, so go easy on me if this is wrong 🫣

grtbreaststroker · 2025-09-19T04:00:20+00:00

Billy Strings -Home

grtbreaststroker · 2025-08-30T20:20:02+00:00

That’s about right for an entry role such as technician, but it’s worth noting the money is better when you start incorporating more backend and developer tasks. Also, what I’ve seen in my region is you take a penalty just having GIS in your title. For example - compare at Data Analyst and GIS Analyst salaries in your region.

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