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They rooted my home server. So I hired an AI to take it back.
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2–3 minutesRead More →: They rooted my home server. So I hired an AI to take it back.For weeks, my ancient Mac Mini home server had been sluggish, but personal time was always booked with wife and kids projects so I never had time to look into it. Then, while planning firewall and server upgrades at the…
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Wine Tasting (the Linux kind)
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2–3 minutesRead More →: Wine Tasting (the Linux kind)So here’s a sentence I never thought I’d type: I just spent three days letting a FREE AI watch me crash a piece of proprietary industrial software, over and over, until it figured out how to make the thing run…
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PLC Ambience Box
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1–2 minutesRead More →: PLC Ambience BoxPosted to r/PLC originally with 118 upvotes and 16 comments I noticed you can download the 3D models of PLCs at automationdirect.com so I 3D printed a hollowed version with translucent filament and stuffed this old LED string in it.…
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Movie Idea: Shitnado!
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2–3 minutesRead More →: Movie Idea: Shitnado!The weirdest thing about the current state of AI is being able to take random ADHD thoughts and turn them into something real. Today, coworkers and I had the idea of “a movie about an AI that takes over a…
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A Trail of Manuals
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1–2 minutesRead More →: A Trail of ManualsMy resume has a line saying, “leaves a trail of manuals in his wake”. It’s there to show some personality, but it’s also a unique professional quirk of mine. Throughout my career, I’ve made these ‘Work Bibles’ to help keep…
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Copilot Helping Me IT
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1–2 minutesRead More →: Copilot Helping Me ITI took on a networking project and had to expand my IT knowledge base. I’ve set up and worked on simple networks a lot over the years, but nothing that required five ‘hops’ through managed switches to connect a server…
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Another Repair Success
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1–2 minutesRead More →: Another Repair SuccessWhen they tell you the new one is more than $200, you tell them, “I do it for three-fi’ty!” This was a really fun repair that exercised the skillset for my new job. Awesome way to get my hands into…
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Some Reason for Optimism!
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3–4 minutesRead More →: Some Reason for Optimism!After losing an entire night worrying about my family’s Dwindling reserves (and having a long convo with an old friend with a financial background) I settled on giving things a few weeks, then cashing out my smaller retirement account and…
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Dwindling reserves… Do I sell house or cash out 401k?
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3–5 minutesRead More →: Dwindling reserves… Do I sell house or cash out 401k?[Originally posted on Reddit to ask for help…] I was laid off in the middle of July as part of the tech layoffs. I am the only person able to and do many household chores while my spouse is between…
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Paid to Meme?
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1–2 minutesRead More →: Paid to Meme?Saw a friend post on Facebook: “I need a meme about Zillow’s Zestimate being inaccurate.” Got me thinking about all the random meme’s I’d generated for LiquidWeb over the years (mostly to complain about customer’s). If I could get paid…
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