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Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Thanks Ants posted:

"I want to be able to ensure company data stays secure, but people should also be able to get to all their files and use Outlook on their random home PCs without having to enroll into any sort of device management, also using virtual desktop in that scenario is unacceptable".

Uh...

Somebody got mad at me the other week because the MFA reqs are network-based, not machine-based. Which is how it should be and also I have no say in.

# ? Jan 2, 2020 18:39

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 07:33

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Inspector_666 posted:

Somebody got mad at me the other week because the MFA reqs are network-based, not machine-based. Which is how it should be and also I have no say in.

Depending on the vendor I think machine based conditional policies require a pretty high level of licensing. Unless something has changed Azure sure requires it, which is dumb.

# ? Jan 2, 2020 18:57

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

"Hey here's a storage blob to prove a concept"
/loads 250TB into Azure

Cool, thanks for that.

# ? Jan 2, 2020 20:05

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Thanks Ants posted:

"Hey here's a storage blob to prove a concept"
/loads 250TB into Azure

Cool, thanks for that.

As in they loaded 250t in the cloud on their own or asked you to do it?

# ? Jan 2, 2020 20:06

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Nope they just did it themselves. I guess I'll be putting quotas on stuff if they are just test deployments from now on.

# ? Jan 2, 2020 20:10

freeasinbeer: Mar 26, 2015; by Fluffdaddy

Eh that should still be sub 10k for a month of storage. Blob storage is so cheap.

# ? Jan 2, 2020 20:31

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Thanks Ants posted:

Nope they just did it themselves. I guess I'll be putting quotas on stuff if they are just test deployments from now on.

If they have the rights to make stuff in your subscription/resource groups, then its their right to spend money how they choose. The best part of the public cloud stuff is that you can so easily put their name on that part of the bill.

As for design purposes, they also better be in charge of making those kinds of decisions as well. The infosec side of things better be in the making as well.

# ? Jan 2, 2020 20:34

Attestant: Oct 23, 2012; Don't judge me.

The morons at my office can't even make coffee right. My closest kitchen has a simple filter coffee machine, and I keep finding the filter filled to the brim, instead of measuring the coffee. Which always makes the thing flood the entire kitchen counter.

loving sales department.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 07:36

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

Thanks Ants posted:

what you actually want is a Siemens dishwasher

100% ignore this advise if you live in Australia. Once out of warranty their support is hot garbage. I used to be a manger at a service agency for pretty much every brand under the sun, and supported more that we weren't. We 100% ditched Bosch/Siemens to the kerb due to the absolutely poo poo service, stupid part prices that priced themselves out of repairs (and I would often substitute an LG/Electrolux part if I could match something in our warehouse for a fraction of the price).

I would say get anything in a Westinghouse/Electrolux (gently caress AEG off as its the same company with higher prices for idiots), or an LG or Beko. All these companies are amazing during and after warranty and support their parts for at least a decade in most cases. Samsung is another big no no.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 10:03

SixFigureSandwich: Oct 30, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Thanks Ants posted:

Blade down knives are fine, if the cutlery thing is so brittle that it's getting broken by knives going in point down then the plastics have degraded and it needs replacing. Though what you actually want is a Siemens dishwasher with a cutlery tray rather than a basket.

I have this and it owns, no more awkward cutlery tray taking up space at the bottom.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 11:56

Shut up Meg: Jan 8, 2019; You're safe here.

Humphreys posted:

100% ignore this advise if you live in Australia. Once out of warranty their support is hot garbage. I used to be a manger at a service agency for pretty much every brand under the sun, and supported more that we weren't. We 100% ditched Bosch/Siemens to the kerb due to the absolutely poo poo service, stupid part prices that priced themselves out of repairs (and I would often substitute an LG/Electrolux part if I could match something in our warehouse for a fraction of the price).

I would say get anything in a Westinghouse/Electrolux (gently caress AEG off as its the same company with higher prices for idiots), or an LG or Beko. All these companies are amazing during and after warranty and support their parts for at least a decade in most cases. Samsung is another big no no.

As a Man Who Knows, can you tell me if it is okay to always run my Kenwood on 'Rapid' which doesn't have a drying cycle?

Seems to work for my lifestyle as I run it at night and it's dry by the time I want to use dishes - but that isn't going to cause issues with the machine, is it?
It takes 1/5 time of a normal cycle, so it must be using less electricity.

And to keep this on topic - anyone else used a dishwasher to clean IT hardware? I've cleaned keyboards and it worked extremely well.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 13:53

ookiimarukochan: Apr 4, 2011

Humphreys posted:

I would say get anything in a Westinghouse/Electrolux (gently caress AEG off as its the same company with higher prices for idiots), or an LG or Beko. All these companies are amazing during and after warranty and support their parts for at least a decade in most cases. Samsung is another big no no.

Beko's stuff has an unfortunate tendency to catch fire, their tumbledriers and fridges in particular, so perhaps not them? Whirlpool have been having the same problem in the last couple of years recently in the UK, and - even better - refusing to fix known bad designs that have killed people.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 14:03

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

# ? Jan 3, 2020 15:28

Shut up Meg: Jan 8, 2019; You're safe here.

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

gently caress yeah.

Only bit of good news this year.

You deserve this.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 15:30

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

Told you

# ? Jan 3, 2020 15:34

Wibla: Feb 16, 2011

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

# ? Jan 3, 2020 15:46

Sirotan: Oct 17, 2006; Sirotan is a seal.

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

Hell yeah

# ? Jan 3, 2020 16:17

The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

Hell yeah!

May your old company burn to the ground, and may you give no shits in your exit interview.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 16:23

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

The Iron Rose posted:

Hell yeah!

May your old company burn to the ground, and may you give no shits in your exit interview.

My one ragret will be not being here when Billy's first power strip catches fire.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 16:24

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

gently caress yeah, you avoided certain electrocution and got a better job

# ? Jan 3, 2020 16:26

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Bob Morales posted:

My one ragret will be not being here when Billy's first power strip catches fire.

Isn't this 100% work from home?

One "bad" part about being a leader in a company that has a bad rear end telecommute policy is that EVERYONE you know wants a way into your company.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 16:31

spiny: May 20, 2004; round and round and round

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

high five!

# ? Jan 3, 2020 17:21

ChubbyThePhat: Dec 22, 2006; Who nico nico needs anyone else

Bob Morales posted:

Now just waiting to get on-boarded by HR in the next ~ 30 days

Thank god.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 18:05

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

New Cybertron PC (we're done ordering Dell apparently) came in for the guy who is in charge of shipping.

AMD 3900X
32GB
256GB SSD
3TB HD
RTX 2070

:lol:

$2700 btw

# ? Jan 3, 2020 20:46

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Do you have a contact who's staying behind who can feed us information on how things go to poo poo after you go?

# ? Jan 3, 2020 20:59

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Thanks Ants posted:

Do you have a contact who's staying behind who can feed us information on how things go to poo poo after you go?

Yea I'm buddies with a dude outside of work

Also - they are building four more of those power strips

# ? Jan 3, 2020 21:06

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

There is a problem with the LDAP cache that has been going on for over a month. I finally take a look at it and see that the problem is the LDAP servers are not present in the hosts file. Ok, easy fix then. Except this was originally assigned to the senior systems engineer and he tried to first close the ticket and then refer it to the dev team(???). What the gently caress.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 21:33

taqueso: Mar 8, 2004

Cybertron sales associate doing a bangup job

Bob Morales posted:

Yea I'm buddies with a dude outside of work

Also - they are building four more of those power strips

Did they incorporate any changes into the design?

# ? Jan 3, 2020 21:48

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Woof Blitzer posted:

There is a problem with the LDAP cache that has been going on for over a month. I finally take a look at it and see that the problem is the LDAP servers are not present in the hosts file. Ok, easy fix then. Except this was originally assigned to the senior systems engineer and he tried to first close the ticket and then refer it to the dev team(???). What the gently caress.

...hosts file?

# ? Jan 3, 2020 21:53

Agrikk: Oct 17, 2003; Take care with that! We have not fully ascertained its function, and the ticking is accelerating.

Shut up Meg posted:

And to keep this on topic - anyone else used a dishwasher to clean IT hardware? I've cleaned keyboards and it worked extremely well.

I�m failing at SA today apparently, because I can�t tell if this is a joke or not. My brain says there�s no way this can be a thing, but my heart wants it to be a thing.

# ? Jan 3, 2020 21:56

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Agrikk posted:

I�m failing at SA today apparently, because I can�t tell if this is a joke or not. My brain says there�s no way this can be a thing, but my heart wants it to be a thing.

https://i.imgur.com/KVtYJ9J.gifv

# ? Jan 3, 2020 21:58

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Thanks Ants posted:

...hosts file?

/etc/hosts

# ? Jan 3, 2020 22:19

Shut up Meg: Jan 8, 2019; You're safe here.

Agrikk posted:

I�m failing at SA today apparently, because I can�t tell if this is a joke or not. My brain says there�s no way this can be a thing, but my heart wants it to be a thing.

I've honestly done it and it worked well.

One of them had the M & N keys pop off, but apart from that, all sparkling.

FakeEdit: Oh hey, Linus did a video very recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgnF42ZoRSw

# ? Jan 3, 2020 22:28

deedee megadoodoo: Sep 28, 2000; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one to Flavortown, and that has made all the difference.

Woof Blitzer posted:

/etc/hosts

Pretty sure Thanks Ants was implying that having to set an ldap server in a hosts file means there are bigger issues in that environment.

The problem isn�t that the entry is missing. The issue is why are you doing that in the first place???

# ? Jan 3, 2020 23:38

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

deedee megadoodoo posted:

Pretty sure Thanks Ants was implying that having to set an ldap server in a hosts file means there are bigger issues in that environment.

The problem isn�t that the entry is missing. The issue is why are you doing that in the first place???

I have to run a legacy application infrastructure held up by duct tape. No why.

# ? Jan 4, 2020 00:24

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Woof Blitzer posted:

I have to run a legacy application infrastructure held up by duct tape. No why.

Not having a single dns server in your environment isn't duct tape, you are holding things together with road kill bits.

# ? Jan 4, 2020 00:42

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

Sickening posted:

Not having a single dns server in your environment isn't duct tape, you are holding things together with road kill bits.

Problem can't be DNS if you've got no DNS!

[img]Black dude tapping temple.png[/img]

# ? Jan 4, 2020 01:02

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Sickening posted:

Not having a single dns server in your environment isn't duct tape, you are holding things together with road kill bits.

Oh no there's a DNS server, these servers are in QA and not configured for it. Because!

# ? Jan 4, 2020 01:41

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Woof Blitzer posted:

Oh no there's a DNS server, these servers are in QA and not configured for it. Because!

So this isn�t lack of budget then, this is just stupidity.

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 07:33

mllaneza: Apr 28, 2007; Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1952

taqueso posted:

Cybertron sales associate doing a bangup job

The best sales job I've seen recently was inflicted on our Corporate Communications team. They wanted a PC that could drive 4 monitors in a slideshow to play in building lobbies. IT speced out a USDT machine with a PCI video card with 4 ports (Nvidia something) for under a grand. And that'd be a standard machine we keep parts for.

What I found when I went to fix a bad fan that Reception had called in was very much not that.

Take an HP Z240 workstation, 8GB/1TB. Stick one of those Nvidia cards in it. Run a DisplayPort cable to the Z240 and plug it into a DP-miniDP adapter so it can connect to the ports in the add-in video card, ignoring both of the two actual DP ports and the VGA port.

Now buy three more Z240s because you have three more displays to control ! That's right ! 4 miniDP, 2 DP, and 1 VGA port times four machines, minus 4 miniDP used, is a total of 24 unused video ports in that array !

I'd like to shake that salesperson's hand, but I'd count my fingers afterwards.

# ? Jan 4, 2020 03:10

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