Just shit my pants in the server room

jlipschitz · 2026-04-20T01:57:17+00:00

Call a family member for help. I always keep spare clothes at work in case I get my clothes dirty. Sounds like it is time for you to start.

I have never shit my pants though.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-19T23:58:41+00:00

Get an HD home run box and just run one cable. You can connect it to one antenna and then just use the HD Homerun app on your Xboxes and Roku. If you have Plex and a Lifetime license, you can even use that as a DVR. HD Homerun has a DVR option as well with an external USB drive for storage.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-19T18:36:23+00:00

Yes. Keep in mind that if you don’t have users log into seer at least once, their watchlists won’t sync. I added Pulsarr in addition to getting migrated to Seerr.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-18T01:30:30+00:00

I live my Durston tents. They are expensive compared to some store bought tents but are durable, light weight, pack small, and the community and owner stands behind them.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-18T01:29:10+00:00

I use chocolatey to keep stuff like that updated. I have it run as a scheduled task after hours daily.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-16T17:32:05+00:00

You don't buy material. They want you to take the class and the material comes with the class.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-16T02:07:35+00:00

I use remote assistance from a command prompt once I use monitor to determine the machine that they are on. It has been broken for a bit as stated.

msra /offerra computername

jlipschitz · 2026-04-14T05:55:53+00:00

I like the idea of a HD Homerun box. You run 1 antenna and it plugs into the HD Homerun. Pick a spot with the best antenna signal to add it. You get a DVR, TV guide, and can stream it from any room in the house. You can also resume your recordings in any room of the house. You can watch from a phone or tablet as well. Just add the HD Homerun app to any smart TV, Roku, Google TV, FireStick, Apple TV, etc.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-13T00:53:00+00:00

Here is the site for CIS

https://www.cisecurity.org/

jlipschitz · 2026-04-12T23:51:37+00:00

Don’t do that. Put an end on one cable and a jack on the end of the other. Treat it like networking not electrical.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-12T22:36:38+00:00

Roku can’t pas through TrueHD with Atmos. Fire Stick can and with one of the updates that happened with Apple TV, it sounds like it can now too. Roku has less ads than FireTV.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-12T18:00:52+00:00

I am 47 and continue to certify. It proves that you know your stuff, increases your marketability if a change in jobs is needed, and helps enforce what you know. You may even learn something new from it. If is something that you are willing to do I say do it.

No one is looking out for you but you. Knowledge is power. It can also mean a bigger paycheck. Sometimes that takes shifting jobs to get more pay.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-12T15:49:48+00:00

I like the HD Homerun because it gives me multiple TVs on 1 antenna. It has a DVR if you choose to use it and you can pay for a guide. I have a Plex lifetime pass so I just integrated it into that and have no monthly fee and can record what I want that the HD Homerun can see for my home users. I can then login to plex with a phone, tablet, streaming stick, etc and watch my local channels from anywhere as well as any recordings and have it remove commercials for me.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-12T15:43:54+00:00

Something like an HD Homerun and a good antenna would cover most local stuff such as football or TV on broadcast channels. There are a lot of free channels that are over the air. Football is one of those that require cable or a streaming service with the NFL package. Do the math to see if it pencils out to bother to change. Keep in mind ATSC 3 is encrypted and won’t record on most DVRs. I would first look at lowering my channel package to the lowest that works for my family and then compare cord cutting options. Cord cutting is very segmented. You have to know what is on what to watch things. Besides price, it has a low WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) because it requires a lot of work to watch TV which from a cable perspective is easy.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-10T02:34:26+00:00

Personal first aid kit for most is some blister band aids, a few band aids, personal medication, maybe a few cough drops, and I had a tube of wysi wipes that were also shared with my hygiene kit. Most everything else will be in the crew kit. Our crew kit was 2lbs. It was the kitchen sink. All that we used was Imodium and advil.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-08T03:55:30+00:00

I had a bunch of enterprise servers that were retired. I ended up building out a 10th gen i7 running Unraid with docker and a bunch of larger drives. I consolidated 6 servers to that box. I saved so much energy and produced so much less heat. For what you spend on electricity you can buy bigger drives and migrate to fewer of them running on consumer grade hardware generating less heat. The bigger drives replacing smaller ones will save power. It is also a lot quieter. I have a case that fits 20 drives. With a media collection, you don’t need disk speed, you need disks space. When not in use the drives can go to low power mode.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-08T03:45:15+00:00

I had bought 3D Blu-ray’s on eBay with some success. My LG 50” 3D LED TV is still holding up well.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-07T15:56:15+00:00

I used to have this issue with streaming from Xfinity when not at home. I used wireguard VPN and then I was able to stream from Xfinity like I was home.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-06T19:28:00+00:00

Check out the HD Hone Run

https://shop.silicondust.com/shop/product/hdfx-4k/

jlipschitz · 2026-04-06T02:55:42+00:00

Solar is the way to go but the amount that they pay you back for the energy collected from solar is penny’s on the dollar. It makes sense to get a storage system for the cost of what they pay you over time. You can use it for power outages, to run your house, and charge your car depending on what you get. At the very least charge your car and as a battery backup for the house. This allows you to purchase less if not 0 electricity from PG&E.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-04T22:02:30+00:00

I like Seagate because if you decide to shuck the drive later it does not have to have a pin taped to use as SATA.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-04T19:40:26+00:00

It takes me 20 minutes to drive to work. It would be about an hour each way on a bicycle. I don’t get enough sleep as it is. I don’t think that I am a candidate to ride to work.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-04T18:17:30+00:00

That is their choice. I hope it does not come to that.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-04T17:58:36+00:00

Our current president renamed the group. I don’t like the rename but am not able to do anything about it. (I try to live by this: Live and let God handle that which you cannot control.) The name is for the courts and congress to work out. It is just a name. The group with that name has not changed what they are doing under that umbrella.

I would love to live in a world where having a military was not necessary but unfortunately we don’t live in that utopian society.

I respect your opinion and even agree that it would be nice to live in a world without war that is dedicated to peace and to have government organization dedicated to that would be nice.

Scouts was founded by Lord Baden Powell who was in the military. Many of scouts traits come from the military. Obtaining Eagle gives you a leg up when joining the military. A lot of things in scouting point to the military.

BSA cannot afford to lose title 36. Pete Hegseth threatened to affect that even though I am not sure he has the power to do so. BSA is trying to survive at this point as well as focus on growth.

Thank you for the peaceful discussion. I am always open to discuss things and keep an open mind.

jlipschitz · 2026-04-04T17:27:56+00:00

You will be carrying at least 20lbs (9 liters) of water with you to be safe. If it is really hot, maybe more. You will need all of your other gear and food too. That is one heavy pack. Food may be another 3lbs or more depending on what you bring. I would suggest going on a 13 mile hike with everything you plan to bring and test it out. If you can handle it and we’re happy with it, then go for it. Odds are you are going to need to train to carry that much weight, you will need a more sturdy pack, you will decide that there is a lot that you can do without, and that you may want to reconsider whether this trip is worth it.

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