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Comment on Canada Post strike update: Postal employees back to work in ~life
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Comment on What are your favorite series that are not from the US or UK and also not popular anime? in ~tv
bravemonkey (edited )LinkI really enjoyed Katla, an Icelandic mystery show from 2021 on Netflix. It mixed elements of the supernatural with beautiful but desolate scenery after a volcanic eruption. Felt very much the way...I really enjoyed Katla, an Icelandic mystery show from 2021 on Netflix. It mixed elements of the supernatural with beautiful but desolate scenery after a volcanic eruption. Felt very much the way the current season of True Detective (Night Country) does.
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Comment on ‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google in ~tech
bravemonkey Link ParentDefinitely sign up for the trial. After getting through it I signed up for a paid account immediately. The easy method of blocking sites or lowering or raising their priority in results is very...Definitely sign up for the trial. After getting through it I signed up for a paid account immediately. The easy method of blocking sites or lowering or raising their priority in results is very helpful, I haven’t even gotten into the other features yet.
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Comment on PowersHELL scripting in ~comp
bravemonkey Link ParentYeah, I had to rebuild the new user script for my company, from the previous one using so many poor practices (like instead of defining functions, they just repeated code for several things many...Yeah, I had to rebuild the new user script for my company, from the previous one using so many poor practices (like instead of defining functions, they just repeated code for several things many times over).
The new version has been running solidly for over a year now without any changes.I'm still learning Bash - switched out my personal computer to OpenSUSE to avoid Windows 11. Just figuring out Bash arrays this morning. That's great to hear about text manipulation and math being built in, I haven't seen that yet but it's great!
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Comment on What are you favourite grim, dark, atmospheric films? in ~movies
bravemonkey Link ParentThanks for that - I was inserting my own interpretation into the comment, hah. I had no idea it wasn't actually defined.Thanks for that - I was inserting my own interpretation into the comment, hah. I had no idea it wasn't actually defined.
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Comment on PowersHELL scripting in ~comp
bravemonkey Link ParentPowerShell is very powerful when it comes to managing Windows and anywhere else it has modules (AWS is another one where I use PowerShell frequently instead of the AWS CLI). A lot of that comes...PowerShell is very powerful when it comes to managing Windows and anywhere else it has modules (AWS is another one where I use PowerShell frequently instead of the AWS CLI).
A lot of that comes down to the fact that it's not just text in PowerShell, it uses objects and most things in it are objects which makes item easier to work with and completely removes the need to use things like awk to return a specific column out of returned text (as a simple example). Outside of objects, PowerShell has built in functions to manipulate text and perform math equations without needing to rely on additional tools.
It's also very helpful for managing Active Directory - any AD Admins not using PowerShell to manage it are not really up for the task of managing it - it's easy to update 100s of user, computer or group objects that would take hours to do manually.
OP's frustration with the Graph and MSOnline modules are 100% valid though - Microsoft is not documenting those well enough at all let alone including examples, and along with the Teams module they're frequently being updating without correponding documentation. It's generally a bad idea to update those modules without testing on a non-prod system first.
OP feels PowerShell 'doesn't make sense' compared to Bash since that's what they're more familiar and experienced with; I wish Bash was more like PowerShell when I'm managing Linux systems since I'm more comfortable with it than I am with Bash. (PowerShell can be installed on Linux but I'm certainly not about to install it on production servers).
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Comment on Computer savvy people of Tildes, do you have any advice re setting up a new MS Windows personal computer? in ~tech
bravemonkey Link ParentIf you're against the privacy invasion of Microsoft, why recommend Chrome at all?If you're against the privacy invasion of Microsoft, why recommend Chrome at all?
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Comment on Computer savvy people of Tildes, do you have any advice re setting up a new MS Windows personal computer? in ~tech
bravemonkey Link ParentWhy qView over Irfanview? I'd suggest Signal over Telegram as well for messaging.qView
Why qView over Irfanview? I'd suggest Signal over Telegram as well for messaging.
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Comment on What are you favourite grim, dark, atmospheric films? in ~movies
bravemonkey LinkI'm surprised The Road (based on Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road') hasn't been mentioned yet. It's very desolate - a man and his young son are traveling across the country after nuclear war to find...I'm surprised The Road (based on Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road') hasn't been mentioned yet. It's very desolate - a man and his young son are traveling across the country after nuclear war to find safety on the coast. Deals with all sorts of the darkness in people, and not at all fantastical like the post nuclear apocalypse films. I highly recommend the novel too!
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Comment on Inside the very strange, very expensive race to “de-age” in ~life.men
bravemonkey Link ParentIt doesn’t sound like these guys are eating anything of variety anyway. The article quoted Johnson as saying he was formerly a slave to his desires and passions, but he's just become a slave to...It doesn’t sound like these guys are eating anything of variety anyway. The article quoted Johnson as saying he was formerly a slave to his desires and passions, but he's just become a slave to this desire of longevity instead.
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Comment on GitHub slated to mandate 2FA in ~comp
bravemonkey Link ParentThis is why developers that behave this way and don't care about security at all are not liked by the security and systems teams at companies... whether these are 'rockstar' or 'primmadonna'...This is why developers that behave this way and don't care about security at all are not liked by the security and systems teams at companies... whether these are 'rockstar' or 'primmadonna' developers or not, this doesn't excuse that behaviour and childishness.
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Comment on AWS eIP price change. What's your plan? in ~tech
bravemonkey Link ParentEC2 images are full operating systems, like a customised ISO file - really a vm image for installing the OS. Docker containers run on top of the OS using its components in a sandboxed environmentEC2 images are full operating systems, like a customised ISO file - really a vm image for installing the OS. Docker containers run on top of the OS using its components in a sandboxed environment
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Comment on AWS eIP price change. What's your plan? in ~tech
bravemonkey Link ParentYou make some good points about things like IOPs and mount points not things you want to think about. You're wrong in comparing CloudFormation to Docker though - CloudFormation is for deploying...You make some good points about things like IOPs and mount points not things you want to think about.
You're wrong in comparing CloudFormation to Docker though - CloudFormation is for deploying services in AWS like servers, load balancers, and many other things - like Terraform, where with Docker you still need a server to run the docker files on to begin with.
Render.com looks like it just abstracts the infrastructure layer away from Docker.
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Comment on Good, quality YouTube channels? in ~tech
bravemonkey Link ParentLove me some Sam O'Nella Academy. Just wished it updated more frequently, but the entire backlog is great.Sam
Love me some Sam O'Nella Academy. Just wished it updated more frequently, but the entire backlog is great.
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Comment on Bosses are fed up with remote work for four main reasons. Some of them are undeniable. in ~life
bravemonkey Link ParentNot at all, but collaboration is not an indicator of productivity and it really depends on the type of work being done as well. It can't be generalized that easily.Not at all, but collaboration is not an indicator of productivity and it really depends on the type of work being done as well. It can't be generalized that easily.
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Comment on Bosses are fed up with remote work for four main reasons. Some of them are undeniable. in ~life
bravemonkey Link ParentCollaboration != ProductivityCollaboration != Productivity
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Comment on Lego - what do you do with it afterwards? in ~hobbies
bravemonkey Link ParentI've got it in the box still - I plan to put it on a coffee or in a coffee table if I can (it might be too big to put in the glass coffee table like a lot of the UCS Falcons end up going into), or...I've got it in the box still - I plan to put it on a coffee or in a coffee table if I can (it might be too big to put in the glass coffee table like a lot of the UCS Falcons end up going into), or get one of the display stands that tilt it a bit and put it on a shelf.
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Comment on Lego - what do you do with it afterwards? in ~hobbies
bravemonkey Link ParentThe Probe Droid is the same way - not a UCS set but definitely finicky to build. I love how it looks on display though!All of them except the UCS B-Wing... I swear a piece will off that thing if I look at it wrong.
The Probe Droid is the same way - not a UCS set but definitely finicky to build. I love how it looks on display though!
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Comment on Best of all time book lists can get repetitive, I'm asking for your top five to ten in ~books
bravemonkey LinkI'm a big fan of both sci fi and dystopian futures, so my top two are Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I love Blade Runner (the final cut is...I'm a big fan of both sci fi and dystopian futures, so my top two are Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
I love Blade Runner (the final cut is my preferred release) and The Road movies, but the bleakness in both books at points is just physically palpable.
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Comment on Cozy games in ~games
bravemonkey LinkI'm surprised I haven't seen Cozy Grove mentioned yet! https://cozygrovegame.com/ I haven't played it myself, but my wife (who loves games like Star Dew Valley, Animal Crossing New Horizons,...I'm surprised I haven't seen Cozy Grove mentioned yet!
https://cozygrovegame.com/I haven't played it myself, but my wife (who loves games like Star Dew Valley, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Spirtfarer, etc) really enjoyed this one - you play a guide on an island finding and helping spirit bears discover peace. My explanation is terrible - I recommend checking out the trailer!
Yeah, I 100% supported the strike. This is a shame. I fully expect the conservatives to try to privatize it and everything else they can, screwing over the vast majority of Canadians.