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Seriously, what's that like maybe 5mins on a bike with not much effort.
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Best budget ebike for small daily commutes
Posted by gyrosleftball@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 8 comments
What's the secret criteria for having your bags checked when using Scan As You Shop apps?
Posted by FreezerCop@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 51 comments
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Are you not white by any chance?
Anyone using AI helpdesk tools in production? What's real vs marketing hype?
Posted by Such_Rhubarb8095@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 37 comments
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We've been seeing good results with NEO agent. It goes through related tickets from the ticketing system and actually makes good troubleshooting suggestions based on past responses as well as suggesting the appropriate engineer and category. Not quite there with trusting things to auto-resolve issues, but it's moving in the right direction.
Password Hash Synchronization heartbeat was skipped in last 120 minutes
Posted by acdcgl@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 13 comments
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I think it was mostly Germany infrastructure, but yeah.
If this is your teenager, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
Posted by ProfessionalBee8281@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 285 comments
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Yeah, my 7yo has better situational awareness than this with their bike on the road.
Parents, are your kids' attention spans shorter than yours were at their age?
Posted by Slink_Wray@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 39 comments
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I've kept my kid off tiktok so far - only 7 - but absolutely will devour shit youtube content to no end. We removed youtube and all is well. Overall, the attention span is pretty flakey - but that's the ADHD coming from both parents I think.
Why so many English tourists have leg problems?
Posted by SuicidalLilBoi@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 533 comments
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I miss that site.
How do your users carry a physical security key when not in use?
Posted by Here4TekSupport@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 237 comments
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You can do passkey and just use the username and password and approve mfa on authenticator still or no?
Behold! Probably the most ghetto local AI server:
Posted by MackThax@reddit | LocalLLaMA | View on Reddit | 301 comments
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Damn, you just went to town with some snips lol
How do your users carry a physical security key when not in use?
Posted by Here4TekSupport@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 237 comments
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Doesn't leaving them plugged in decrease some of the security?
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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I mean, we do have a ticket system, but as we're 'external' IT we have SLAs to tend with so requests don't normally sit. Normally we'd highlight the risks, make suggestions and present that to the listed approver for such things at the client company for a decision.
People who have had piercings - when did you decide to take the jewellery out for good?
Posted by CozJeez85@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 271 comments
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Still got my tongue ring in in my mid 40's, finally a 'normal' length so it's not rubbing my teeth. The ones in my ears and nips have gone (I'm a guy). Miss the nip rings, but don't want to deal with re-piercing scar tissue.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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I've never been one to fully deny devs admin privledges. I totally get why it's needed, just as I need admin access to my own machine at times for tools etc. What I won't do is give them admin under their normal logged in user. They get a separate local admin for privilege escalation if need be. It doesn't give either side 100% what they want, but it's the best compromise I've been able to make. If it was in a bigger org, it might be different but I mostly support smaller orgs that don't have formal approval processes.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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No, but I can see how that might be threatening. I'm saying I can meet many/most of the needs I would have previously gone to a developer for myself now at a much lower cost and quicker turnaround. I'm at a fairly high technical level at this point in my career, just different focus area. It all ties together though in IT, so while my coding knowledge isn't as deep as an experienced dev, I've got the understanding of how that code hits each part of the stack (storage, processing, network etc) so it's been working fairly well and the code that comes out runs good (even if a bit hard to read the way AI does things).
Even if I did have the knowledge to write the code myself, I wouldn't be able to do it as quickly as the agents, so I'd likely be moving towards an agentic development flow anyways if I was a software engineer.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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Both IT and Devlopment have long relied on google and the info from others to get their jobs done (stackoverflow). Now that knowlege just sits in an agent. Software development has gotten a lot worse of the years because of the lowered barrier to entry. Mainstream software (Looking at you microsoft) has been sloppy for some time.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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I've been wearing too many hats. It's funny cause as the sysadmin you're the pathway between different things. Application not working and vendor blaming the network? Network engineer says its not the network? Well I'll capture the traffic and PROVE to you your application is not doing TLS handshake with current protocols. Sysadmin should have pretty decent network knowledge, maybe not write a cisco config from scratch quickly knowledge, but ya gotta know how the data moves around.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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You certainly can use it to help with scripts and such for automation. AI has helped speed that up for me, but also expanded the quickly available options to build more complex automation requiring sustained information and logic flows. Both Sysadmin/Dev jobs will still be needed, just done in a different way. Knowledge of the coding languages isn't going to be the big selling point / barrier to development it once was. The valuable skill set is the knowledge of the development process itself of identifying specifications/expectations a framework and then the application itself.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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Yeah, I've met sysadmins / directors / developers etc with that mindset. It's the person not the role.
Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?
Posted by sccm_sometimes@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 783 comments
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Sysadmins live in all layers. Knowing how everything fits together is a big part of it and developers could use more knowledge there. I'm getting stunning results building apps myself with AI as I know exactly what i want it to do and not do do and what to inclide to make sure meets security requirements.
What do you think about illegal drugs being normalised in society?
Posted by AlucardVTep3s@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 345 comments
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As someone who went to rehab, lack of access is a problem in the UK. And alcohol was by and large a common problem amongst people I met there no matter what other drugs the person was addicted to. Weed not so much, just usually part of it, not that it can't be problematic on its own. Though I feel a lot of street weed here is cut with stuff and having a legit source keeps actual users safer. My brother died when he relapsed and his heroine was cut with too much fentanyl. Decriminalisation and actually facing the problem of addiction itself as a society through better treatment options is the only answer that seems to curb the problem.
Anyone else getting flooded with “AI-built internal app” requests lately?
Posted by Less-Philosophy-1978@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 166 comments
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I mean I'm building an app that does something similar, but also doing so being mindful of dependancies, security, encryption, not exposing things on the 'front end' etc. When someone without understanding of IT practicality and security builds stuff, you're gonna have a bad time.
The RTX 5000 PRO (48GB) arrived and it is better than I expected.
Posted by Valuable-Run2129@reddit | LocalLLaMA | View on Reddit | 212 comments
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Privacy is a big one. But yeah once the token gravy train runs out, it's gonna be mad what the real cost of the cloud services are. Renting the capacity to run even 48GB VRAM is a lot per month, you'd pay for the card in a year or two.
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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Yeah that's 7 words and im seeing people here are thinking 4-5 are good. I'm all for a 20-30 random character password in a manager. I gave up trying to remember them long ago. I agree for most use cases even the lower worded phrases are secure enough as most platforms have rate limits / lockouts.
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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bcrypt yes, NTHash or SHA1 with \~60 bits of entropy you'd get from 5 words off that list you're looking more like 2 months with a GPU cluster and optimised tools.
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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Have a read - [https://blog.syss.com/posts/passphrases/](https://blog.syss.com/posts/passphrases/)
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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Because you can set a brute force program to generate random passwords as words, instead of trying each character randomly.
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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It's just less random (though usually considered good enough if you make it long enough).
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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I work multtinattional and the backslash is my bane between different keyboard layouts.
Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days?
Posted by 4AVcnE@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 105 comments
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I used to, but then saw the brute force / dicitonary attack really brings down the entropy for such things and went against it. My PW manager unlock is like that though.
Dealing with a brainrotted colleague
Posted by OperationIntrudeN313@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 176 comments
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I'm totally stealing this term.
Any married couple who live separately?
Posted by East-Judgment18@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 42 comments
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I was in a somewhat similar situation for about 3 years till I got a visa to move to the UK. NY - London long distance is tough. You gotta want it enough and follow through with plans and make use of tech to keep in touch when you can't visit as much.
Is it normal to be hungry all the time?
Posted by Rosiebunny-4230@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 177 comments
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I've got a fairly high metabolism and need like 2200 calories a day without exercise to not loose weight. I need more like 2600-2800 if I run a 5k that day and/or am otherwise rather active. Walking steps are less but 10k a day isn't nothing either. Gotta eat more, I struggle to at times and when I don't get enough I don't feel often hungry but will get mentally foggy and irritable. Keeping snacks to hand to help pad out meals and then another shake (pump those up to like 4-500 calories) after dinner get me there.
Do you track your weight in KG or stones & pound?
Posted by No_Usual_572@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 814 comments
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It's approx 2.2 pounds to KG. (2.20462 to be exact) - so that's a fairly easy conversion. Fuck stone tho.
I’m an AI dealer
Posted by bigfartspoptarts@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 373 comments
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Walmart does a lot of price fixing with suppliers as well so they get the lowest cost.
Companies ripping customers off at renewal. What should be done?
Posted by downinthearcade@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 39 comments
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You brought in the 5mbps limit at the 'furthest point'. That limit will be the same irrelevent of your internet speed given the same wifi equipment.
Detection logs show user trying to access porn
Posted by Tee-hee64@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 553 comments
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Depends on whether or not they were on the clock at the time.
Companies ripping customers off at renewal. What should be done?
Posted by downinthearcade@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 39 comments
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The furtherst point isn't a percentage of the total connection, the furtherst point has a limit that's totally separate. If it can only do 5Mbps over the wifi, you'll get 5Mbps whether your internet is 50 or 1000 Mbps.
Is there too much choice in the UK, and not enough benefit via choosing?
Posted by Icy_Help_8380@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 128 comments
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I've done this before, some devices were OK, some were not (though better than all of them).
This Can’t Be One Job Responsibilities… Right? Lead Designer or Entire Department?
Posted by AcrobaticMeet4952@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 16 comments
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>Often something is not as urgent as the person who owns it thinks it is.
Truer words have never been spoken.
What do you give at a wedding?
Posted by hereforthelols1999@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 240 comments
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Didn't pay attention to the sub, no replies at the time, trying to be helpful. I clearly was not. Apologies.
What do you give at a wedding?
Posted by hereforthelols1999@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 240 comments
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That's where I'm from, guess different traditions.
What do you give at a wedding?
Posted by hereforthelols1999@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 240 comments
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I've heard the convention is you should try to match the value of the gift to about the cost per person it takes to have the wedding. Obviously you give what you can though and it's not set in stone. It's a gift, not an obligation.
What school incident do you still think about years later?
Posted by nodemus@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 641 comments
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I had already graduated, but definitely the school shooting.
I am quiet quitting
Posted by Character_Branch_660@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 694 comments
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I've seen that at companies my partner worked for in the teams they managed. Literally could only give high ratings to a certian percentage of the team, even when most were putting in 100%+
How do I get rid of fleas?
Posted by CharieRarie@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 153 comments
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I had this once. We tried half measures, but the only thing that worked was - pick a day. That day EVERYTHING goes to the laundromat / cleaners. Duvets, blankets, clothing etc. This day, the cats also go to the vet for cleaning and flea treatment. During this time, you do a super hoover of the house, then set off chemical fogger bombs. The eggs can be in anything remotely fabric, carpets, sofas, beds etc, especially where the animals frequent. Miss one bit, and they come back eventually. We did the same with lice as well at one point.
Will there ever be an economic boom in the UK again? Like a real one, not just "it's not as awful as before"
Posted by innovatedname@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 476 comments
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Not a reduction in debt, just less new debt than the year before (24/25). They still increased the debt by £100 Billion.
Will there ever be an economic boom in the UK again? Like a real one, not just "it's not as awful as before"
Posted by innovatedname@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 476 comments
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And there is quite a large percentage not working already - government is struggling to make ends meet at the moment, and AI is looking to eliminate qutie a few over the coming months/years. Food and housing security are going to decline from what I can tell.
Is my sister usual for her age group nowadays?
Posted by Obvious_Armadillo_16@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 121 comments
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Any troubles at home? Being quiet can be a sign of a response to traumatic events, or feeling like they're not good enough. How is your family towards her?
Cables warning
Posted by quizhead@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 14 comments
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Do you pull cables naked?
How many pints is the optimal amount of pints?
Posted by Doomergeneration@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 238 comments
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Same. Just hit 6 months this week. Best thing I ever did for myself.