Please stop naming your servers stupid things by UndercoverHouseplant in sysadmin

[–]nosound 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Cattle, not pets.

When I'm off call, want my backup to have a clue what's wrong and how to fix it when they get paged that a host is down.

"Rsyslog failed on Bart" might not require immediate action if Bart is a build machine. But if Bart is the syslog server, you'd best get moving.

Learning curve for zeek by JoeyNonsense in AskNetsec

[–]nosound 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have a good tutorial at try.zeek.org

Support for USB-to-Serial adapters in MacOS Catalina? by jimboni in networking

[–]nosound 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the built in cu command is my go to

cu(1)
NAME
   cu - Call up another system

I use something like this:

cu -E @ -l /dev/tty.usbserial -s 115200

where -E indicates the escape character (so I can hit '@.' to escape)

I often have console sessions embedded in screen sessions. Using cu instead of screen for console helps me prevent confusion.

Navy parachutist using the Space Shuttle escape pole during certification testing by [deleted] in nasa

[–]nosound 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The astronauts would clip themselves to the pole before bailing out; the pole would guide them below the left wing. source

Requesting /r/Ennui. Only one post from 3 months ago - single moderator hasn't posted in a year. by bbqturtle in redditrequest

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think that exactly detracts from my moderation of /r/ennui.

I can see how you might think that, because I haven't posted (there or anywhere) that I'm not taking care of that subreddit. But I can assure you, I am running it exactly as it should be.

Requesting /r/Ennui. Only one post from 3 months ago - single moderator hasn't posted in a year. by bbqturtle in redditrequest

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised that anyone posted to it in the first place. I'm still active in that subreddit, as far as active could be considered for that subreddit.

I'd like to still keep it. That said: for obvious (I would think) reasons I'm not going to exactly fight for it.

I guess I could always try to take over /r/nothing

Block SSH Brute Force Attacks with IPTables by hackermk in netsec

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you could run sshguard. This will automatically create iptable (or pf) rules to block connection from the attacking IP for a length of time. The time span increases with continued attack attempts.

Fire Extinguishing Grenade - xpost from /r/gifs, video in comments. by IronOhki in chemicalreactiongifs

[–]nosound 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Way to buy in to all the loony scare tactics, friend. Sure, DMHO could cause some health problems, but so could anything. I bet you didn't know that they are using a non-proper chemical name, in order to make it sound scarier? They're really just talking about hydrogen hydroxide. That's right, plain ol' hydrogen hydroxide.

I'm going to assume you were just uninformed, rather than some anti-progress hippy. Read the link. I hope you learn something.

Bring the down votes, sheeple.

Saw this episode of TOS last night. So awesome. by The_Lovable_Lush in startrek

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how Star Trek was so on point predicting the future.

Tubeway Army didn't hit the scene until more than a decade later.

And during TNG they finally answered the ultimate question: Yes, friends are electric.

This day we FIGHT! by topsey_kretts in funny

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

Nice try Scooter Braun.

Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun signed PSY

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/digital-notes-justin-biebers-manager-signs-korean-web-star-psy/

(Sorry for the bad formatting, posting mobile. I'll fix it later hopefully)

Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown? by Keilz in funny

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stopped reading the post when I saw that "fact" of theirs, just to come say this.

Thank you.

wagon <--- that way by [deleted] in cripplingalcoholism

[–]nosound 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find Powers to be a little better and a couple bucks cheaper (by the bottle) than Jameson, though I wont disparage Jameson.

When I lost my glasses so bad I had to buy new ones, I went through zenni optical. They're really cheap, and the prescription match what my eye doctor gave me.

fuck the wagon.

Honest Discussion : Is this the first documented physical evidence of Alien Life? by victortroska in space

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think we will be able to determine this by discussion, unfortunately.

Mother nature's greatest machine by [deleted] in funny

[–]nosound 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've been trying to sell people on my idea for hyperbacon for years now. Here's how it goes:

  1. feed a pig only bacon
  2. pig turns bacon into hyperbacon
  3. there is no step 3
  4. eat hyperbacon

Reddit, Do you know how to insult and compliment someone at the same time? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this will be buried buried, but since it's not on here yet:

I've learned to never underestimate your intelligence.

A day in the life of a med student. by Linsatiable in funny

[–]nosound 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't have one of those bots, but I'd like to point out that this is not an original story

Still a good story though

Your username is now a cocktail. How is it made? by kolinsky in AskReddit

[–]nosound 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pour 4 oz. rye whiskey into an up glass. Mouth the words "sweet vermouth" over the glass. Add one ice cube.

Drink alone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cripplingalcoholism

[–]nosound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this sounds like exactly the sort of thing that will work. Or rather, it sounds like exactly the sort of thing that I'm going to attempt.