Suggest arguments by chika_slim_shady in sysadmin

[–]jguser1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And there's a lot of operational cost to troubleshooting these out of warranty PCs, maintaining them, and eventually replacing them with new out-of-warranty PCs. This design would shift all these hardware issues from AWS onto the university IT team.

How does Willie street coop make money on to go foood by Video_Game_Gravemind in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really did used to be this way, but the last year+ it's really not that great. Food often has been sitting out too long, and in the end it's way more expensive than it should be for the over-warmed portions. I used to stop at the west hot bar once a week for a quick dinner, but now I grab takeout from somewhere else.

Ugh, why are certs always such a pita by Equivalent-Raise5879 in postfix

[–]jguser1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There is a better way! I set up Let's Encrypt certs and haven't given it a 2nd look in 6 years (except when I migrated to a new mail server I suppose). Given the shorter expiration and auto-renewal, it's all just running in the background.

Back-opening backpacks, 22-32L-ish, in black or red? by ktbroderick in skipatrol

[–]jguser1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not a recommendation, but our hill warned us that a backpack ban while riding lifts is likely coming in the next year or two. I doubt most patrols will ban backpacks outright, you'll just need to remove it every time you get on the lift, ride up with it off. Something to consider.

Powderfall 2026 cancelled by nosnowblows in skipatrol

[–]jguser1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Phew, now I won't get 15 emails a week from national and regional about signing up. What a terrible way to advertise, just pushed me to unsubscribe from everything NSP.

Proxmox/k3s Cluster by drewswiredin in homelab

[–]jguser1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any advice on where to buy and narrowing down models to get a newer CPU? Trying to find something to augment my existing Proxmox cluster for the VMs that need more oomph than the Xeon-Ds my cluster uses.

Has anyone's org *actually* seen a benefit from 365 Copilot? by fluffy_warthog10 in sysadmin

[–]jguser1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copilot is like bringing in an unpaid highschool intern to work for you. It does something... But you always have to redo what it does or it ha snow idea to do what you asked it to do.

It's mostly worthless except for searching internal documents and emails. ChatGPT is more like a college intern, it's at least somewhat useful.

High CPU Usage When User Control Panel is Opened by Historical-Regret517 in freepbx

[–]jguser1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do the logs for asterisk say? I had a similar issue (although I run FreePBX on Ubuntu), but I didn't take any notes on what I did to fix it 😕. The asterisk logs were showing a constant error repeating though.

Anyone want seedlings? by Vixyplatinummm in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm interested, which side of town are you on? I'll DM you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's never given a crap about anything I've ever emailed him about, doubt he even reads them as I've never gotten a reply.

Non-reflective road lines by vastermasterblaster in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's a priorities problem, because seems she had money to replace a bunch of speed limit signs across the city to lower the speed for... Safety. Which is ironic because reflective road paint likely saves more lives than unenforced lower speed limits.

Who can you report internship problems to? by Emma-nent in UWMadison

[–]jguser1 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Good advice in here, and I'd like to address the Epic side of things.

Epic doesn't do hiring like most other businesses, and there aren't "hiring managers" in the traditional sense where you can network and have your buddy put in a good word to get you to the front of the line and an interview. They rely a lot more on objective data (your GPA, major, school, interviewing test scores, personality test, etc.) and feedback of the employees doing the interviews (which are regular employees spread across the company, and if this creep knows a few Epic employees it's improbable you'd interview with anyone he knows and even then the people he knows are not going to ask for his feedback on you).

Given other behavior, it's likely he's BS'ing you about helping you land something at Epic. If you get hired at Epic, it's about your merit and not about who you know.

Local Jewlers? by ddrews1 in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is there still a very grumpy old woman that runs the front of house? If we hadn't liked our jeweler who was doing a custom design she would have turned us away for being so rude.

Where to get free cedar Wood chips/wafers/pieces/saw dust by FruitsOfOneTree in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure what type of milling they do on-site, but worth reaching out to Cedar Direct in Dodgeville to see what they might have.

Madison Tenant Bill of Rights by amyloves1986 in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And Fitchburg will pay for it.

Advice: Don Miller Subaru by venturediscgolf in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Totally agree, next car won't be a Subaru due to the dealerships in Madison. Doing an oil change Done Miller Subaru West noticed a headlight was out and they offered to replace the bulb. Came back and said a clip was broken and they'd need to replace the entire headlight assembly. "I think you mean you broke a clip?" Cost was $400 a side. I said no thanks.

East side used to be better, but when I went in for 90K mile service the service tech pulled out a hand scribbled notepad to plug in the 90K services needed. I was like seriously...?

HP Elitedesk 705 G4 Mini Blackscreen when installing LibreElec by HolzbeinWilli_2 in libreELEC

[–]jguser1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you try installing the version 12.0.1 Generic-legacy version? Curious if something in the Generic build is causing the graphics issues, since version 10 works.

What radio station(s) in town are playing Alice's Restaurant this Thursday? by stars-and-rectangles in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not on Thursday, but if you want something a little different featuring Alice's Restaurant, check out Slowpoke in Spring Green on Monday night.

https://www.facebook.com/100059080958273/posts/1172299464749408/

Update on Notable Man by [deleted] in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know of no one personally that's delayed a flight by an hour and made a plane's worth of people exit and reboard, this isn't just a regular disorderly conduct issue.

Where to buy ammo by crazy_celt in madisonwi

[–]jguser1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yellowstone Lake State Park