@Pete-S said in Non-IT News Thread: @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: Presidential debate: Trump and Biden trade insults in chaotic debate President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and bitter White House debates in years. Mr Trump frequently interrupted, prompting Mr Biden to tell him to "shut up" as the two fought over the pandemic, healthcare and the economy. The US president was challenged over white supremacist support and refused to condemn a specific far-right group. Opinion polls suggest Mr Biden has a steady single-digit lead over Mr Trump. But with 35 days until election day, surveys from several important states show a closer contest. Polls also suggest one in 10 Americans have yet to make up their mind how to vote. But analysts said Tuesday night's debate - the first of three - probably would not make much difference. Close polling doesn't sound good for the Biden camp. Remember what the polling looked like in 2016? And then remember how that turned out. I can't remember reading that the polling companies have changed the way they do their polling. If they haven't, they're likely going to be wrong. Again. The constant reports of polls led to voter apathy, so the attitude for many was, "I don't need to vote; others will do it for me." Everyone has to vote or else democracy fails.

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News: London Marathon 2020: Athletes to wear social-distancing tech Staff and athletes in Sunday's London Marathon must wear social-distancing technology around their necks. The Bump device, which makes an audible alert when the wearer is too close to others, will be worn by the 100 elite competitors and 500 event coordinators. The race, 19 laps of a closed course in St James's Park, screened from public view, is the first major marathon since the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers say. Non-elite runners can participate in a 24-hour virtual version of the event. Designed by UK company Tharsus, the Bump uses radio-frequency technology, allowing organisers to track when athletes and staff are within a defined distance of one another. And if one tests positive for coronavirus in the subsequent two weeks, those who have been in close proximity will be notified. Shoot, I was hoping for shock collars.

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@hobbit666 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play: @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play: Among Us My daughter Ciana is playing too. My daughter just downloaded that, is it good? It's super simple, but a lot of fun. But only if you have friends to play with. It's not a game to play on your own.

@unquietwiki said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!: @scottalanmiller (waves) Hi everyone! Hope everyone is keeping well with the virus & economy & all that jazz... Glad to have you here.

@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?: Shitty hospital food. Not recommended. You know UberEats exists for just this reason...

@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans: @scotth said in Weekend Plans: EDIT: Bartlett <maybe Don> Bartlett. Isn't that who sponsors or puts on the waterski shows? Yes and it is closed / out of business. Kalahari and Great Wolf are both great indoor water parks. I liked Kalahari better, but both are great. I'll make sure to mention them at the next family meeting. Thanks

@JaredBusch said in I can't even: @scottalanmiller said in I can't even: Customer upset that we allow callers to not record a voice mail when we ask for one. They actually expect us to use technology to force people to leave messages. Did oyu ask them how you are supposed to make the person not hang up? Yeah.... like..... I guess they've never used a phone before? It's more than not hanging up it's ALSO forcing them to talk!

El Salvador down to $34, but getting scarier to travel.

Was listening to some Final Fantasy piano pieces earlier while driving to work.

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@dustinb3403 Sure, let me just get some rainbow unicorn farts sent their way and everything will be good.....

FCC “consumer advisory” panel includes ALEC, big foe of municipal broadband A committee that advises the Federal Communications Commission on consumer-related matters now includes a representative of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies against municipal broadband, net neutrality, and other consumer protection measures.

@Romo That is correct, the red "Agent Tag" is a "meshagent.tag" text file that is in the same folder that the "meshagent.exe". It can contain up to 1k of data sent to the server on each agent start. It's there so if you have some sort of automatic installation of the agent, you can put a serial number of something in that file and it gets sent up to the server. It pre-dates the other blue tagging that is server side only. All this to say, the two tagging systems are completely separate. I can add you a "atag:<agenttag>" filter if you like? Let me know what you need.

Major update to DuoLingo on Android today. New mechanisms and more Spanish content.

@BRRABill it's been a full year since hte last follow up on this thread. How about an update after another year of use?

@scottalanmiller said in What does your desk look like?: @gjacobse said in What does your desk look like?: I’m pretty certain with the rPi4, you can used conventional SSD and even M.2 drives over the mSD. SSD yes, M2 no. Rock Pi and Pine64 Pro have the M2 interface as their killer feature. Ah - Thank you for the correction.

I don't know what day he was born, but congrants to @joy on the birth of her son Bjørn! They just came home from the hospital yesterday.

@Spiral said in Home business ideas for transition out of 9-5?: I would say at any age, depending on one's facts and circumstances, you presumably could make the switch. Currently, during this economic environment, there are many opportunities for entrepreneurial pursuits. Because of the inherent risk of starting a business and complicated by current uncertainty, the SBA has many loan programs in the 7a series, which, if applied for before September 27, 2020 qualify for 6 months of tax free principle and interest paid by the SBA. https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/sba-debt-relief For example, if you took out a $500k 7a working capital loan, the SBA would basically give you a $33k tax free gift. Along with the SBA programs, there are also many other grant programs for small businesses out there. Good info. Can be an excellent time to attempt starting a new business, for sure.

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Well... plug-in downloaded source, compiled, installed and activated. In "Setting/Plugins" I can see now the "backup-reports" and "transport-email" plugins. I made some simple test with "Backup Jobs" and all seems ok. Thanks guys.

@Dashrender said in Domain Controller Down (VM): perhaps the discussion of HA should always be left at the door unless the OP specifically says something to the effect of - this was supposed to be an HA solution, why is it not - Perhaps. Often someone says something that leads us to believe that there might have been a reason for HA. But this is a case where just nothing suggests it. Not even the lack of panic or concern once things were down. They really seemed to have no care that things were down - which is fine, their design suggests that. In this case, with @wirestyle22 not having been there, he too would have to decide how the system should be viewed. But he needs the information to take back to management "Oh, you thought that this would be HA? THat's odd as it is designed exactly the opposite of that in every way and all of the policies and procedures go against that as well. How were you expecting HA without HA processes, staffing, technology, design or setup? What led you to believe something so contrary would achieve HA?"

@Obsolesce said in Fitness and Weightloss: @LilAng said in Fitness and Weightloss: @scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss: not gonna lie, when i saw this chart, i literally drove to kk and ate an entire dozen. but only drink water now. water is great. Or even better, no soda, no donuts. But since we are not robots, I'd settle for diet soda and only a couple donuts if needed. Coffee + Donuts!

So as we pack to move I am very carefully unloading books that I don't feel that we should store, ship, and unpack in a foreign country. But it's hard, I own SO many books still, even after going through this process many times, and there are many that are like unread or I want to read with my kids. But HB had a deal on RA Salvatore books this week, so I bought like 20 RAS Drizzt titles and then was happy to put all of those physical books into donation boxes. That freed up a lot of moving box space!

@StuartJordan said in Backup File Server to DAS: Wow what a thread, took me a while to read through it We don't fool around around here!

@Dashrender said in Why Do People Still Text: @Obsolesce said in Why Do People Still Text: @scottalanmiller said in Why Do People Still Text: City texts at 5:30 that there is a tornado emergency and you should shelter in place till 6:45. Message arrives at 6:32. Real useful warning system. We'll it's not like the city has everyone's email address, and if they did, not like everyone would see or be alerted of the email. The best way is via a phone feature all phones have that can alarm and alert, outside of sms. SMS signals are more likely to be assured than a phone call I'm guessing. As far as I know, the cell company keeps trying for at least a while to get SMS messages through until an unknown timer expires or the mobile confirms receipt. I never mentioned phone calls...

@jmoore said in Web Application VS Windows Application: @scottalanmiller Certainly could be. He has over 1,200 posts, one of our top posters over the years.

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