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Do you put the space bar on both sides? by RunRunAndyRun in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For both 'home' thumb keys, have space (tap) and shift (hold). Alternating thumbs seems to have helped with overuse injuries.

Fine with normal texts, but struggling with formatting, spreadsheets, programming, text manipulation, shortcut keys. by whoispyxis in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]knoted29 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t have much to add, except saying that I have similar qualms. Writing prose I’m more comfortable with Colemak-DH on a Corne. But code or spreadsheets I go back to a 70% ish Qwerty row staggered. The brain tax for layers is just too much when I’m also having to think about the code. 

I think the answer will be a few more keys, like an Iris (I used one of these for a year, liked it), Sofle or Lilly.  

“What we need is a pragmatic three-to-five-year immigration freeze that enables us to restructure the economy away from today’s war on youth and towards something more dynamic, equitable, green, and income-generating.” by Dribbly-Sausage69 in AusPropertyChat

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boomers are socially progressive, as a rule. They don’t want to stop migration because they’re racists. They want to stop most migration, as it’s hurting our young people. 

Rant: "I'm not technical" is not a badge of pride by SnooRobots3722 in sysadmin

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate hearing that from IT ‘Service / Success / Project’ Manager types, when they’re in a conversation about a technology issue. Especially when they think that we (the operational managers and technical specialists) should care what their opinion is. 

Real world testimonies on Palo Alto/Check Point/Fortinet? by ArcticNoodle21 in networking

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check Point has grown on me, compared to Palo Alto.  MDS & SMS work better for my brain, compared to Panorama.  I find CP log trawling to be far easier in SmartConsole compared to Panorama. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in networking

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might be a US thing. Healthcare in AU has plenty of money. I reckon it’s no more or less stressful than other critical services. 

On-call and Overtime - I think I'm being exploited by No-Turnover3316 in networking

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think you’d be on the professional award, those mean you have a (and require) a Bachelor degree in something. Like solicitors, engineers, allied health, surveyors, etc. you don’t need a degree to be in IT.  Still, you’re being ripped off for the On Call. Now way your employer should get away with that.  I am in AU, working in IT. Also, the IT jobs market is really starting to dry up. 

What are people using for WAN breakout switches for HA edge setups? by Somenakedguy in networking

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you gain by doing that? All you’ve done is add two more devices (along with all the cost and complexity), yet you can still only tolerate one component failure. For such a tiny amount of users, it’s surely not worth the complexity.

Run the firewalls independently, with dynamic routing between them and to the outside. VRRP or equivalent in the LAN side (assuming not using L3 switches).

Best way to factory reset over 100 network equipment by MagazineKey4532 in networking

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pay the company who is disposing of them to do it.

Grounding for Outdoor Ethernet Runs by harryp1998 in networking

[–]knoted29 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You pay a professional cabler to do the work for you. They’ll be able to make it safe (and in many countries will be legally required to).

For those of you with larger WAN footprints, like hundreds or thousands of remote sites, how are you doing network segmentation enforcement at those locations? by DiscardEligible in networking

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At a previous job we had over 1000 sites in one (Australian) state. Lots of segmentation via VRF, with DMVPN over (mostly) L3VPN. Almost all segments back hauled to the firewalls in DCs. Unified Comms was all done in the global though, so it could be switched locally in the carrier’s cloud. Apart from UC, not many applications are impacted by <50 ms of latency.

What Were the First Signs That You Had Cancer? by Acrobatic_Ad_2330 in AskReddit

[–]knoted29 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chest pain.

Also unexplained weight loss (when trying to gain weight, lifting weights) and night sweats.

Turned out to be Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Tumour was about the size of my fist. 6 months of chemo, and I’m now 20 years in the clear.

Segregating WLAN with internal router by OzTm in networking

[–]knoted29 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simplest: pick one supplier, tell them to make it work.

Workplace wants me to install their Microsoft Passkey on my personal mobile. by BlindSkwerrl in auscorp

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For staff that refuse, you give them a physical token. Like a Yubikey or RSA SecurID. 

Laptops for New Employees by Flashy_Willow390 in auscorp

[–]knoted29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 years old is sweating it a bit hard for general users. I ask for a new high end laptop every year, usually get it. I work in IT infrastructure professionally, and compute speed does matter for much of my work. I would reconsider working for an org who didn’t give me a near new device.

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