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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched

« on: December 24, 2021, 08:25:11 AM »

Is that Morpheus wearing a watermelon suit?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: America's healthcare isn't broken....

« on: December 15, 2021, 06:50:04 PM »

Part of the problem is fat people being fat. You can increase your life expectancy by 10 years if you stop double fisting Big Macs.

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Technology & Information / Re: A tribute to the ingenuity and economic development of the EU

« on: December 13, 2021, 09:55:06 PM »

They're phasing out the 747 too. Probably because giant planes like that are not very cost effective.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Rama Does Acting

« on: December 10, 2021, 07:08:57 PM »

Or Lord of the Cockrings

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Technology & Information / Re: I Hate Linux Distros

« on: December 10, 2021, 07:04:27 PM »

I finally decided to accept a job at an MSSP. Their official requirements were 3 years work experience in IT and a BS in computer science or IT. I don't have any of those yet. Do these companies just put really high requirements and hope someone more qualified will take the bait?

That's really encouraging. I'm going to be leaving my current job in a couple of years and want to make my "red team hobby" into my full time job.

I think certifications are starting to carry as much weight as college degrees. I run a small manufacturing facility and I do all the IT in the building including managing half of the corporate VPN. If I had to hire someone to do the IT part of my job, a person with some Cisco and Microsoft certs would be in a much better position to hit the ground running than a fresh graduate with just a BS in computer science.

When I get into IT full time, I'm assuming that I will be competing with bright, young people who have degrees and certs. But hopefully, I can pitch my certs, my real world experience and almost twenty years of experience managing websites to get something cool. Also, without a bunch of student debt, I can beat them out with a cheaper salary requirement.

Maybe, you just beat out all those candidates that had three years of IT and a degree, fair and square.

It sounds like your experience will be a lot more valuable than a degree. If they can hire someone with a degree who kind of knows what to do, or someone who has been doing it for 20 years who knows exactly what to do, I'm pretty sure they'll go with the latter. Don't have a cheaper salary requirement though. The more people who do that, the more that role will be undervalued across the industry. Get as much as you can from whoever hires you.

Do these companies just put really high requirements and hope someone more qualified will take the bait?

Yes.

Their Tier 2 "IT Engineer" role is just a glorified help desk and that one "requires" 7 years of experience lol.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Rama Does Acting

« on: December 10, 2021, 06:53:35 PM »

You could definitely play Aragorn in a gay porn version of Lord of the Rings.

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Technology & Information / Re: I Hate Linux Distros

« on: December 10, 2021, 05:52:07 AM »

I finally decided to accept a job at an MSSP. Their official requirements were 3 years work experience in IT and a BS in computer science or IT. I don't have any of those yet. Do these companies just put really high requirements and hope someone more qualified will take the bait?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched

« on: December 02, 2021, 02:24:18 AM »

wait how is there a dune character named duncan idaho? are the dune people earth humans? i thought they were aliens or some such shit.

Johnny Utah was already taken.

Whatever point you’re trying to make is broken

If you don't know what the point is, how do you know it's broken? I hoped that my response would carry the same silliness as naming a character Duncan Idaho in a book where everyone else has cool sci-fi names.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched

« on: December 02, 2021, 01:01:09 AM »

wait how is there a dune character named duncan idaho? are the dune people earth humans? i thought they were aliens or some such shit.

Johnny Utah was already taken.

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Technology & Information / Re: Cars

« on: December 01, 2021, 04:01:21 AM »

Imagine wasting money on the virgin kraut-mobile instead of the chad master race nip-mobile.

Maybe Japanese cars become decent at the Avalon or Maxima tiers, but every model below that that I've driven has felt like driving a plastic toy.

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Technology & Information / Re: Cars

« on: November 30, 2021, 08:38:01 PM »

In the time since I posted this I got a used Civic for cost reasons. I just sold it because it was the most boring car I've ever had. All the little interior plastic doohickeys kept breaking off. Next year, I'll most likely be getting one of these before the climate gestapos ban gas cars:


2022 Jetta GLI

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Terrible Political Memes

« on: November 30, 2021, 03:16:31 AM »

Unironically true and hilarious.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched

« on: November 29, 2021, 01:15:52 AM »

Saddam is just training to be a film journalist. Leave him alone

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched

« on: November 27, 2021, 09:08:30 PM »

I just rewatched Dune. 10/10

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Prosecution star witness confirms Rittenhouse self-defense

« on: November 20, 2021, 05:14:45 AM »

MSM in America is rotten to the core.

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Technology & Information / Re: I Hate Linux Distros

« on: November 16, 2021, 06:58:26 AM »

I've turned down 3 IT jobs at this point. I think I just like stacking certs and working at my comfy Socialist government job. But for real, I had a 2nd interview today with a managed security service provider and I think I'll take it.

Why did ya turn them down?

Mostly because the job I have now is really comfy.

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Technology & Information / Re: I Hate Linux Distros

« on: November 16, 2021, 05:46:36 AM »

Yep, I'm doing the Security + exam, probably late December, Early January. Not for anything specific now, just for down the road.

The newest version is a real pain in the ass. The two study guides I used were 150 pages long each, and they were supposed to be the condensed versions of the information.

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Technology & Information / Re: I Hate Linux Distros

« on: November 15, 2021, 11:14:20 PM »

I've turned down 3 IT jobs at this point. I think I just like stacking certs and working at my comfy Socialist government job. But for real, I had a 2nd interview today with a managed security service provider and I think I'll take it.

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Technology & Information / Re: Cameras

« on: November 14, 2021, 07:20:59 PM »

If you want some really cool moon shots you can just get a Nikon P1000 and go nuts.

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Technology & Information / Re: Cameras

« on: November 14, 2021, 08:37:45 AM »

Thanks for the comprehensive info. Especially your hands-on experience with using EF's with the adapter and getting excellent results. That's been my big concern with so much already invested in EF glass. Knowing that I wouldn't have to dump $1100 on the Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L to replace my EF version is outstandingly compelling. I love my 5D. It's such a workhorse and has never let me down. But you've got me itching to try out the R6 - I'm due for an upgrade. And yeah, 45 mp on the 5 versus 20 on the 6 is a whopping difference. But so is the price difference. And 20 mp is plenty. It's not like I need to blow up images to the size of billboards. I think I'm gonna be $2500 lighter soon...

It's definitely a great sensor in the R6. Apparently it's a slightly tweaked version of the one that's in the 1DX Mark III. I've printed up to 13'' x 19'' with it and it still has detail to spare. One other nice thing is it has great high ISO performance and dynamic range. You can shoot up to 3200 ISO without any worries. Images may start getting a little fuzzy at 6400 depending on your scene, but you can still get usable shots. Every other camera I've owned has pretty much maxed out at 1600 ISO or even 800.