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Heaven preserve us from every "Next big thing!" I like to think we've avoided some expensive dead ends by waiting for others to bleed on the bleeding edge.

Naw, they'd do this;

Oh dear. One assumes you are familiar with the Brain Specialist sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus? Monty Python - Gumby Brain Specialist - video dailymotion

Shoes that don't automatically lace themselves might end up being post-Millenial security tools, just like standard transmission automobiles. Teens attempt to steal pizza delivery car, can't operate stick shift - YouTube Car Thief Can't Drive Stick - YouTube PD: Potential car thief fails at stick shift - ABC15 Crime -…

Apple & Google working to help control Covid-19 . . . it's surprising, but it's nice to read about their efforts. I wish them the very best of success with this!

Twice this week I have clicked on a hint's link and had problems. In both cases, the issue looked like this: Revisiting the problem page a few times resulted in a successful experience, and a green checked circle indicating a correct answer. wabbott​, I'm not sure if others have experienced this, too, or if it indicates…

I'm not a SQL guru, but I rely on it in many ways. Thank you for sharing that article that explains the order in which things can/must happen in SQL!

That was a good--if scary--story, jgherbert​. The new broom sweeps clean, and if anything is built just for your exact needs, it's NPM. Once you get everything monitored and alerts correctly configured to send to the right people, you've got a big part of the challenge met. Next comes configuration management and…

Interesting. Thanks, DanielleH​. But under 2K? Not 130K (which is also over 1K)?

A call to action: Bacon-eaters, your help is required! America’s Pile of Uneaten Bacon Is the Biggest in 48 Years

The booze-to-go article sort of makes sense--for people who follow the law and who aren't inconvenienced by having to store the alcohol in the car's trunk before leaving the drive-through. I've never quite understood the mentality of drive-through liquor purchases, nor of putting liquor stores in the medians of highways or…

I like to think of it in terms of not crossing boundaries: "Klingons and Tribbles and Kirk, Oh My!" or "Wookies and Jedi and Sith, Oh My!"

I've never been to Easton, Pennsylvania. Maybe it's time to schedule a visit! PICTURES: PA Bacon Fest in Easton - The Morning Call

Thank you for another educational Mission, and the opportunity for some fun swag!

Those were the days!

I remove my own hard drives from equipment before recycling the equipment, and I use a hard drive shredder on them. The same goes for my business. It's an expensive and inconvenient bit of labor and service, but it's the only solution we've found for safeguarding data on disks. Now, disks include SSD's installed within…

That's satisfactorily creepy.

I wonder how the new Apple campus in Austin, TX, will affect SolarWinds staffing, pay rates, competition, housing, commute times, etc.? How do you see that working out, sqlrockstar​? Maybe you'll get a bigger foot in the Network Management environment within Apple!

That sounds like old military half-track gear from WWII or earlier. I bet driving it is quite the experience! I've never had the pleasure, but it sure sounds like it's industrial!

AI's versus Lawyers? I think there are some important assumptions being missed, such as: * How trustworthy are those who program/build the AI's? * Can the AI's be relied on to NOT implement programmed bias by individuals, governments, businesses, or those with immense amounts of money/power/political clout--when that…

Envy building . . .

It's not immediately clear what needs to happen to make NPM compatible with the video conferencing gear. What needs purchasing, what needs configuring, what are the costs--including licensing? What are the considerations or limitations for scaling this across the enterprise? What distance/bandwidth/hardware limitations…

"CRAFT" Bacon? Whoever heard of craft bacon? I've gotta find some of these to try. There are SIX craft bacons at the link (below) for you to discover. Kudo's to anyone who has tried one of these and offers a review! https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/best-bacon/

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Opportunity versus roots--that might make the difference for many folks when considering jumping ship. I have roots tying me to my area, and few employers doing business on the scale I've become accustomed to. Which has resulted in a golden ring through my nose--I could move to a smaller business, for a big change in…

How much inefficiency is created by enabling L2 AND L3 polling of an L2-only device?

Your comment about the politicians made me smile. However, if I think it too deeply, who puts those people in office? That's probably a sector that must bear a portion of the responsibility for the problems. It's a sort of vicious circle. Vote for lower taxes. Get fewer services (poorer roads, schools, less fire police…

I didn't know Outlander was still a thing. I watched the early Sean Connery movie and called it good, but I bet it's awesome for romantic types.

Email workloads: I agree with your concepts. We "save" $6M annually by moving our MS products into the cloud. But e-mail is significantly slower than when we had it in-house, and the reliability is nowhere near what we're used to when we supported this in our own data centers. When it's unavailable or slow, there's no…