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PBS posted:Yo Agrikk, Huh. I've dealt with a number of "uploads are very slow" issues from our software that utilizes S3 storage. I need to check for this. It sounds depressingly plausible.
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PBS posted:Yo Agrikk, Can’t say that I have. But AWS land is full of strange, terrible and wondrous things. It’s an interesting phenomenon, but my only takeaway is that I wish they had a TAM who drove the issue forward rather than months of back and forth. Pushing service teams to dive deep lands squarely in the TAM wheelhouse. “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe...”
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Thanks Ants posted:Bring back trackballs for 2020 I use that trackball at work and can wholeheartedly recommend it. At home I use this one: https://www.amazon.com/ELECOM-M-HT1DRBK-Wireless-Trackball-Mouse/dp/B0735584RM I generally prefer this kind, but it definitely feels cheaper and clunkier than Logitech, and one of the buttons is acting up after less than two years. Still a decent purchase.
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Tonight XXXX and I worked on building the 2nd Smart PDU. YYYY had mocked up the 1st and passed along a rough wiring schematic. This is a good hands on project to show XXXX a few things that he probably did not know before. Also XXXX was able to do some soldering on this project which turned out good. *Pending Completion*
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Tonight? Are people staying late to build janky power equipment?
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Thanks Ants posted:Tonight? Are people staying late to build janky power equipment? I suspect there's a non-zero chance that Bob comes in one morning to the smell of cooked bacon and the fried corpses of XXXX and YYYY.
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Bob Morales posted:Tonight XXXX and I worked on building the 2nd Smart PDU. YYYY had mocked up the 1st and passed along a rough wiring schematic. This is a good hands on project to show XXXX a few things that he probably did not know before. Also XXXX was able to do some soldering on this project which turned out good. *Pending Completion* We are a manufacturing operation so we have night shift IT minions. They do great work like rebooting computers, wiring out in the plant (nice to do when less people are here), watch movies on our collab table TV, and manual virus scans: Today XXXX asked YYYY and me to look into Reception computers and the Manager computer to look for suspicious .exe files. After setting restore points, I then used the following forfiles command::: forfiles /P C: /S /D +01/07/2020 /m *.exe /C "cmd /c echo @PATH" ::: I then continued to scan each computer using KVRT (Kapersky Virus Removal Tool). Manager came back with 6 detected threat objects which were either cured or deleted from the machine. The others resulted with no threats.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I suspect there's a non-zero chance that Bob comes in one morning to the smell of cooked bacon and the fried corpses of XXXX and YYYY.
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We need a backup generator. Here is the engine from a used F-150, you have 24 hours.
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I don’t understand how you folks can use those thumb trackball mice things. My thumbs exist to keep things gripped in my hand and, after breaking both of my wrists, are hardly up to the task of performing fine movements.
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Woof Blitzer posted:We need a backup generator. Here is the engine from a used F-150, you have 24 hours.
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Woof Blitzer posted:We need a backup generator. Here is the engine from a used F-150, you have 24 hours. I'd work there, sounds rad. Assuming we use the generator for something cool and urgent and not to put aside until the power goes out a year later.
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Bob Morales posted:Today XXXX asked YYYY and me to look into Reception computers and the Manager computer to look for suspicious .exe files. After setting restore points, I then used the following forfiles command::: forfiles /P C: /S /D +01/07/2020 /m *.exe /C "cmd /c echo @PATH" ::: I then continued to scan each computer using KVRT (Kapersky Virus Removal Tool). Manager came back with 6 detected threat objects which were either cured or deleted from the machine. The others resulted with no threats. Starting to think XXXX is a problem. taqueso fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Jan 14, 2020 |
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Bob, I thought you were resigning yesterday! Post the resignation story!
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Agrikk posted:I don’t understand how you folks can use those thumb trackball mice things. The wife uses one for CAD and Vulcan work. All 3d modelling, etc. Loves it.
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Not pissing me off.. I just told Comcast to GTFO.. One of our locations has had continued problems since last last year.. A Comcast tech told me they have had a internal ticket open for the node we are connected to since August of 2019. They still have not fixed it yet. The node serves approx. 500 customers. And they have all been having problems. Told them we are breaking the contract and will not be paying any ETF fees. The person I spoke with said this won't be a problem due to the repeated problems noted on the account. A little local telecom can finally service the location with fiber, so gently caress off Comcast! I fully expect them to bill us the ETFs. They can gently caress right off on that.
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Steakandchips posted:Bob, I thought you were resigning yesterday! Post the resignation story! Not much to say. He gave me the "I knew you wouldn't stay long, you seem like you're always looking for a new challenge blah blah" Did an exit interview with HR where I basically went over all the dumb poo poo I've seen and suggested they bring the IT side of their accounting consultants in for an independent review of the systems etc. Off to get fingerprinted for the new place!
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Bob Morales posted:Not much to say. He gave me the "I knew you wouldn't stay long, you seem like you're always looking for a new challenge blah blah" Ah, well no drama is a good thing aside from not being as entertaining a story! Best of luck in your new role!
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Siochain posted:The wife uses one for CAD and Vulcan work. All 3d modelling, etc. She had better opposable thumbs than I. 
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My boss resigned recently. He was pushing to get me a promotion, but his boss seems to have very different opinions about what would qualify me for the next rung in the ladder. I now effectively have an essentially 0% chance of promotion (in the mid-term anyway), despite a very stellar performance review. Long story short my current compensation is not a reflection of my effort or competency level, advancement within my team is likely somewhat halted, and the future of our leadership is uncertain. This seems kind of like an "it's time to go" moment, but I can't think of much I hate more than interviewing and selling myself to strangers. I tend to be risk adverse, so while I may not be very happy, I have a hard time just moving on. The other part of that is I don't have a lot of experience applying to more senior roles or familiarity with other companies. I started at the bottom rung and have made it a decent way on internal promotions. Not quite rakes to riches, but close. PBS fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Jan 15, 2020 |
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PBS posted:My boss resigned recently. He was pushing to get me a promotion, but his boss seems to have very different opinions about what would qualify me for the next rung in the ladder. I now effectively have an essentially 0% chance of promotion (in the mid-term anyway), despite a very stellar performance review. Nothing wrong with doing the job search at your own pace. Update your resume, then send out as many applications as you're comfortable with. If you do end up getting an interview, you can use it to judge where your skills are, and whether there are gaps in your knowledge that you can study or get certifications for (judging by my own experience going from helpdesk to system administrator at one company, what you learn as you're promoted organically can be uneven). Since you're still employed, you don't have the worst part of a job search: the pressure to find something before your savings run out.
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Simultaneously annoying me, but not pissing me off: I got a raise today, effective 1/1/2020. I asked the HR drone what the effect of the raise was and got told it goes into effect 1/1/2020. That's not what I asked! >:|
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I'm sure there are some stellar HR reps out there. I've yet to meet one.
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I for one would absolutely love to read a HR thread, populated with actual HR people.
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Nucken Futz posted:I for one would absolutely love to read a HR thread, populated with actual HR people. I imagine it being quite similar to the average Youtube comments.
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Sprechensiesexy posted:I imagine it being quite similar to the average Youtube comments. Think Yahoo Answers.
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Nucken Futz posted:I for one would absolutely love to read a HR thread, populated with actual HR people. It’ll be 95% bitching about managers not wanting to do anything with regards to yearly reviews.
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Nucken Futz posted:I for one would absolutely love to read a HR thread, populated with actual HR people. Due to a colleague screwing me over, I got to spend an afternoon with 100 tax accountants at a tax seminar. I thought I might see the wild side of them that the public never sees - when they let their hair down when they think no-one is watching. Nope. Turns out they are as dull in private as they are in public.
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My mother-in-law is head of HR at a small company and she's been going through some poo poo the past week. A colleague suffered a cardiac arrest in the office and she had to perform CPR while the paramedics were en route. Unfortunately he still passed away a day later.  And this after she requested workplace AEDs but not getting approved.I'll give credit to her, she raised hell when her bosses pulled her in for a meeting the next workday about replacing the deceased, and they refused to arrange a small moment for all employees to come together to grieve and process the events.
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I worked for an American company in a UK office and there were AEDs everywhere, this was back in 2007 when I don't think I'd ever seen one before. They still seem to be quite a rare feature.
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My boss asked me to get some quotes to replace our well past EOL switches. We are basically a Cisco shop just because ???. We are also restricted to what we buy based on our government requirements etc. Me: "Ok boss, here are the figures (examples): Cisco: $2m plus we have to use smart licencing even though this is for an offline network so it adds another layer of resource overhead. Juniper: $0.9m From my calculations, we are getting 50% more ports for 50% less price! And since our access layer is just L2 with dot1x, there's no real reason to at least buy a few to trial with (or even try to get some demo models) before we spend the big bucks. The SFPs are cheaper too, and you can any brand instead of being forced to use Cisco ones" Boss: "Ok, Cisco it is!"
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PancakeTransmission posted:My boss asked me to get some quotes to replace our well past EOL switches. We are basically a Cisco shop just because ???. We are also restricted to what we buy based on our government requirements etc. Comedy option - Ubiquiti
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After nearly two months we finally got a failed drive in a RAID array replaced at remote location. Server is still running slow. I would be interested in your thoughts on this. Load average on a backup server is high but there isn't any reason for it to be high. I thought at it was a drive issue and I/O was bottlenecking processes but both drives have been replaced. Rebooting puts the load average at a reasonable level and then it shoots back up after a day or so. You can reboot it if you want. Boss sends me the info, wants me to look at it. Within about 20 minutes I have it fixed, since I can actually look at logs and use my tiny brain instead of just blaming the RAID controller It's an old Sandy Bridge power limiting issue, but we're running RHEL 6.2 from 2011, and the kernel doesn't have that bug patched. Fixable with a boot option for now. I like playing with fucky old linux boxes so I'm going to offer T&M consulting after hours when I leave.  UPDATE YOUR loving SERVERS AND BUY A RHN SUBSCRIPTION
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wolrah posted:Generac actually makes a line of backup generators that use the same Ford Modular engines you'd see in a F-truck. Our small Generac's use natural gas powered LS1 motors. I love hearing them fire up. Our big boys used some giant F off turbo diesels. You can hear them for a couple miles away.
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Speaking of RAID.. Seagate drives... never again.  One of our CCTV systems. After about a year, nearly all the drives started failing. Out of 8, 2 have already been replaced. In the past 2 weeks, 3 more have failed.
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Sushi The Kid posted:Our small Generac's use natural gas powered LS1 motors. I love hearing them fire up. Our big boys used some giant F off turbo diesels. You can hear them for a couple miles away. Our Cummins generator uses a natural gas Ford V10 
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stevewm posted:Speaking of RAID.. I have never had anything but bad luck with Seagate drives in my PC at home and I will never buy another one. My Western Digital Blacks have all lived long enough to get replaced by larger ones.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I have never had anything but bad luck with Seagate drives in my PC at home and I will never buy another one. My Western Digital Blacks have all lived long enough to get replaced by larger ones. They are Seagate SkyHawk drives, which are meant for CCTV/RAID use. I usually use WD Purples, but the Skyhawks where a better deal at the time we bought them. Regretting that choice now.
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