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not gonna lie this is driving me nuts PXE was working last week at a remote warehouse. then teh network team swapped a switch, and now new Dell laptops show this: They say the network is fine. i say it isnt. Whos right?? ive already redistributed the boot…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my third party wireless controller keeps disconnecting from my Xbox One X when i sit on teh couch. the game pauses and i get this: i put in fresh batteries, i re paired it with teh sync butotn, and i even moved closer to…
im literally losing my mind here deploy night. Everything passed locally on Python 3.11, sooo i pushed and let the cron job pick it up. Two seconds later the logs filled with red: the package is right there in site packages, i can see the folder lmao my…
Were a small SaaS team running client websites. Today its Docker Compose on two VMs, deployed by a script 😂 A new hire is pushing hard for Kubernetes: self healing, rolling updates, industry standard. i worry well spend all our time running teh platform…
we just realized that invoice emails from teh shop has been landing in spam for who knows how long. A customer on Outlook.com mentioned it casually and my stomach dropped. I went into our DNS and there is an SPF record, and I think DKIM was set up when we…
so annoyed rn my second hand Switch used to work fine docked. Now on my new 4K TV: The dock light turns on, teh console charges, but no pictrue. Im using the dock from a friend lol Ive unplugged everything once and plugged it back in. Is there a reset for…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts ive rented servers for a block building sandbox before and it worked fine, but Im tempted to self host on an old gaming PC for a community of 30.. 🔥 is it worth the effort, or will i spend more time fixing things than…
ok weird one im building a startup lnading page and the topic of custom styled dropdowns came up in a planning meeting. were a small team with a limited budget, so priorities really matter. some ppl think its a quick win for accessibility, others think its a…
help!! ive only ever palyed on console, but Im curious about PC. i play big single player games and have a student budget. Is it worth switching, or is the console better for me? Bonus question: does anyone else feel like day one patcehs are a lifestyle?…
long time lurker first post lol meta thread.. 😅 after two weeks here, Ive noticed that how fast people answer is what makes this place special, ive seen other forums lose that as they grew... how do we keep it as more ppl join? :/ ideas, worries and priase…
long time lurker first post lol feedback with a side of frustration: i tried to read teh post editor three times and got this each time. Vivaldi, a low memory Chromebook, no unusual extensions as far as I know. Happy to test whatever you need. I can open the…
so annoyed rn okay, I need a sanity check. Day one game, a big day one patch to download, I set it before bed like a responsible adult. This morning: Nothing moved. Not one byte. The PS5 Digital Edition was definitely in rest mode, the orange light was on.…
my site on a Docker setup keeps randomly falling over with this: A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later. it got noticeably worse after a sudden traffic spike. I'd like to understand whether the database…
hi! I have fifteen years in IT, the last few at a university, ive seen enough failed updates and dead drives for a lifetime, and I still find it interesting... im hoping to answer questions here and maybe pick up new tricks from younger folks who know tools…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts mac Terminal party trick: 1. Open Terminal. 2. Type say "I am your computer". 3. Enjoy. Useful stuff: say v ? lists voices, r changes the speaking rate, and say o out.aiff "some text" saves the speech to an audio file…
ok weird one debate prompt: subscriptions are fairer than one time purchases because software needs constant updates and security fixes. I half believe it, then my note taking app raised its price again and I started looking for open source alternatives...…
every year i have the same debate with myself... this year i have a mid range budget and i play alot of big single player games... friends on PC say its the only way, firends on console say it just works. and i miss when games fit on one disc... whats your…
I raised the limit for the Python data job to 256Mi after the first OOMKill. Then it happened again: I'm afraid to just keep doubling it. My team lead asked 'is it a leak?' and I honestly don't know how to tell. I don't want to just throw more memory at the…
so annoyed rn i'm tearing my hair out. My a survival crafting game server on my old desktop works locally, but my friends' server list shows nothing. i forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on the host when i checekd teh network: Any ideas before i give up…
so annoyed rn im new to server side rendering and this error has me confused: Its a Remix project and teh error points at a logged in as badge. Locally it sometimes hpapens, sometimes not. A colelague says its because of browser extensions, another says its…
My dad told me Excel used to have a flight simulator hidden in it and I thought he was trolling. Nope. Excel 97 had a hidden 3D flight sim easter egg, triggered by a specific key sequence on a blank sheet. You could fly over a landscape with teh names of the…
so annoyed rn i run a local plumber site and every SEO guide i read contradicts the last one. The current debate in my head is about word count targets. Some people treat it as essential, others call it a relic... i dont want to waste hours on something that…
Every year someone says it's finally teh year of teh Linux desktop... i'm wondering if it quietly already happened... i've been thinking about putting Linux Mint on a machine for a gamer. Browsing, email, video calls, maybe some light documents 😅 The one…
guys pls help something is very wrong with my used RTX 3080. Games show colroed checkerboard squares after a driver upadte: the desktop looks fine. it only appears under load. ive already reinstalled the driver. whats the right order of tests before I panic?…
question for the group: how do u handle team password sharing? as a school IT volunteer, i can't justify enterprise prices, but i've been burned by free tools that disappeared or changed their terms. is self hosting worth teh maintenance, or is a small…
