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I had found it weird the wireless headphones were not recharging while I was away from the desk. All month. This morning I saw the dock for them light up when I plugged in the laptop to it's dock. I realized the headphone dock needed to get plugged into the power strip. #n00b

Heute habe ich mit Hilfe eines LLM ein Skript geschrieben, mit dem ich zwischen Grafikkarten wechseln kann. Es funktioniert 🫢

Aber ich begreife noch nicht, wieso das überhaupt nötig ist. Wäre es nicht am sinnvollsten, wenn Grafikkarten nach Bedarf automatisch zugeordnet würden? 🤔

#n00b #linux #scriptkiddie

If you're going to be in the car (locally), what do you normally do? Have your radio scan your fave repeaters? Let it scan all the ham frequencies to see what you can get? Or do you pick a frequency that's where people can "find" you. Even if you're not mobile, do you pick a "favourite" for when you just want to do simplex?

#n00b #hamr #hamradio

Setting up my "station" on my back deck. I don't know that I'll make my first contact today. I still just want to listen to see how people interact. I set it up out here yesterday, but only for a little while. I have heard 0 from the closest repeater, which I think I have line of sight to—except it may be on the other side of a building.

I have my old scanner looping through all of the ham frequencies because it can scan through much faster than my HT, which is only looping through the best repeaters—only from what I know from yesterday.

Going to have to figure out something for when I'm inside because I surely have a lot less reception inside than out here. Also considering I only have a wee 5W HT, I'm not sure how well a long coax will work to get outside. The antenna I am using now is just a little 15" whip antenna on a mount for the car. Not the greatest, but all the budget will allow for now.

#n00b #hamr #hamradio

Sometimes I feel really #n00b ...
A couple of day ago the #touchpad on my #slimbook #kde edition stopped working. I restarted, looked at #dmesg, searched the device in #lsusb, but found no clue... I just used a #mouse waiting to have time for a deeper troubleshooting.
Today, I noticed the trackpad was working perfectly before login 🤔

...it was disabled in the settings 🤦

#linux #newbie #noob #pebkac

@adastra1930 good advice! #hybrid setups provide #fault_tolerance too. If the cloud provider goes down, or trunk connections are cut, or there's a massive public #DNS outage, or even a large-scale power outage - you can still have #authentication services, and some #connectivity with internally hosted sites and services. Plus, managing an on-prem Domain Controller gives we #sysadmins the control on routes and content delivery for our users and devices, and we can pivot quickly to recover services should the Internets take a massive shit. Of course, there are limits to what can be done today without some #cloud services in place, or even #electricity, but that's not the point here.

There are fewer and fewer of us anymore that actually know how to spec and build out a #physical_server for a target environment, let alone how to make it play well with clouds. And don't get me started on #n00b tech people's lack of understanding on how the #Internet actually functions. It's a lost art form anymore lol.

I still believe A+, and Networking Fundamentals (Level 1 & 2) courses should be required learning for anyone in computer science. Part of passing those courses should be building a PC, building a Server, and building a Network, from scratch. Then break/fix/break/fix until you "get it." We also need more #support for #n00bs landing #industry jobs with quality #leaders who actually #mentor them, making them better than they could be. Teaching these now older concepts of "on-prem" setups and the like.

Now, if I could just get my CEO to release the purse strings a bit, I could continue doing my part. But that's a whole other discussion lol.

#HUZZAH #HugASysadmin

Some adventures installing @openwrt@lemdro.id
@openwrt@lemmy.world on a #Google #WiFi "puck" (AC-1304)

If you follow the directions between the links: https://openwrt.org/toh/google/wifi
and the updated details in this thread
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/finally-installed-openwrt-on-my-google-wifi-ac-1304/183541/2
you can get #OpenWRT installed on those #Google #Wifi #pucks (AC-1304).

It is a bit of a challenge, since you are flying blind based on the light colors and blinking of the puck; along with the typical poor documentation of open source projects (as typical, written as someone is well familiar with the topic and process, rather than written in a #KISS for the #n00b).

Once installed, you can configure as #repeaters following this tutorial
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/relay_configuration
and the video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfmx5NjIWLQ.

#openwrt #opensource
#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNotWantNot #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
#retroNetworking #networking #wifi #homeWiFi #homenetworking #AP #accessPoint

Pretty pretty please, can someone start (or help me find learning resources to organize) manpages/docs/forums/feeds/wikis/whatever for a #fediverse #n00b / #newbie re: differing federated services - #mastodon #pixelfed #peertube #loops #lemmy etc? Example: do I need to join multiple instances? Can I cross-populate posts in my other feeds?
Pls where can I #rtfm or facilitate/volunteer for searchable Q&A-sharing forums??? #explaintomelikeiam5 #explaintomelikeim5 #tellmewheretogo #FediverseTips

Well. I did something very stupid. I had an Economy Plus window seat but someone grabbed my middle. So late last night I picked a seat further back in an empty row.

Now I have an occupied middle AND lost my extra legroom. What a dummy! Of course it’s the longest flight of the trip. SMH

#n00b #avgeek #unitedairlines

I've been a computer geek since the early 80s and believe it or not, I've never really used a Commodore 64. Go easy on me. Now, let's see if I can make sense of this stuff and learn what (if anything) I missed out on. What should I do first?

#retrocomputing #commodore #c64 #n00b

Remember, you too can mute #WeezysServer if you don't wanna deal with my bullshit.

We have pi-hole running on our network, combined with ublock origin on the browsers of our personal devices, we're getting page loading speeds we've not had in years.

However, my partner's work laptop (over which we have NO ADMIN CONTROL) keeps kicking him from accessing files or servers he needs.

We put him in his own group with no AdList in the hope it just.. doesn't do anything, like, acts as a tiny speed bump on the road to the internet. However, its still happening. The only hint we have is a message in "pi-hole diagnosis" which says
"warning in dnsmasq core,
Ignoring domain <work domain> for DHCP host name <business device name>"

Which the documents suggest means the device is trying to claim its own name on the DHCP and its not allowed to and frankly...

What the fuck does that even mean?
#PiHole #DHCP #HomeLab #n00b

[11:29] Een n00b: wat is dat eigenlijk in het Fries?

Een noob, ook wel n00b, is een beginneling of een groentje. Het scheldwoord is vooral in zwang onder gamers. Maar wat is een noob eigenlijk in het Fries?

https://www.lc.nl/friesland/Nijbij-29260486.html

#n00b #Fries

This feels like a dumb question, but I've looked through a few "getting started with Mastodon" resources without finding an answer, so...

Does anyone know the syntax construct hyperlinked text in a Mastodon post? I.e. instead of text reading "Bridge Day (https://bridgedayrappel.com/)" I want to just have "Bridge Day" and have that text be hyperlinked to https://bridgedayrappel.com/ ...

#FediQuestion #n00b

I jumped into Backpacking over the weekend. Being a lifelong tent camper, I realized that I already had most of the gear. Borrowed a 60L pack (WAY too big!) from a friend & picked up a ultralight stove from amazon and headed out to Sand Ridge State Forest here in Central IL on the yellow & orange trails. 8.5 miles on Saturday, 12.2 on Sunday. Hiked the entire loop around the perimeter. Sandy-Sandy Trails. https://dnr.illinois.gov/parks/park.sandridge.html Starting to plan the next one! #backpacking #n00b