Samon

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by Samon 11mo ago
Not GP, but at my previous job we had something very similar. The form did offer options for a handful of variables (on-prem VMware vs EC2, vCPU, RAM, disk, OS/template, administrators, etc), but once submitted, the ticket went to the
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by Samon 3y ago
Isn't this just the food equivalent of software whitelabeling?
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by Samon 3y ago
Receiving is only half of the conversation though - eventually you end up in a situation where you need to reply from the same address. Also, be prepared for the tech support questions, the "I never received an email from X that they s
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by Samon 3y ago
ImprovMX
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by Samon 3y ago
In the newspaper industry, the 'Customer' refers to the advertisers who pay for the ads, advertorials, sponsored content, etc that actually make the publication a viable business model. The individual who buys and reads the newspa
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by Samon 4y ago
One of my university professors advised "multiply your best-case-scenario estimate by Pi". It's still absolutely plucking numbers out of the air, but I've found it to be pretty reasonable over the last decade or so...
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by Samon 4y ago
For me, owning my own email domain is far more about control than privacy. I currently use some MX and SMTP trickery to forward all of my email to Gmail, effectively using Gmail as my 'email client' - but because the domain is min
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by Samon 4y ago
Another very happy (paying) customer of ImprovMX here. I have a dozen or so domains for family and friends configured this way, using ImprovMX for both inbound MX and outbound SMTP (using Gmail as the 'front end' mailbox, but usin
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by Samon 4y ago
As an SAU member for almost 20 years, the site is a shadow of its former self. The technical areas tend to be very much a ghost town, with link-rot setting in pretty hard (broken images that were once hosted on imageshack or Photobucket for
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by Samon 4y ago
Just in case anyone reading this is considering purchasing the Astro Slide... be very wary. I backed the Indiegogo campaign over 2 years ago, still nothing. The wait isn't the issue here (COVOD and the related supply chain issues are r
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by Samon 4y ago
From memory, AliExpress wouldn't accept aliexpress@mydomain.com, but ali_express@mydomain.com was fine.
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by Samon 5y ago
SuperMicro 5019D-FTN4 (or 5019A-FTN4 if a little low power Atom CPU would cover your needs)
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by Samon 5y ago
You can set an organisation policy to disable personal ownership, which forces every password to be saved into an org, unless the user is an org owner or administrator.
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by Samon 5y ago
Just sold my 1994 Nissan R33 Skyline that I've owned for the last 15 years - currently looking at importing a 2020 Nismo Note S.
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by Samon 7y ago
Not exactly 'IRL', but many years ago I wrote a simple bash script to submit many entries into an online competition. Yes, I know... I did scour the competition T's&C's and they didn't have anything in there exp
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by Samon 7y ago
The multi-profile functionality in Chrome is just so much more usable than Firefox. Yes you can hack things together with command line arguments and shortcuts, but its nowhere near as seamless.
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by Samon 7y ago
This. And other Google services like Hangouts. I've tried a handful if times to switch from Chrome to Firefox but my company uses GSuite so having to have Chrome running for Hangouts anyway makes the point moot.
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by Samon 7y ago
I know its not shiny and new, but I still use Puppet to manage all of my physical and virtual servers.
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by Samon 7y ago
Electro-house or hard trance. Something with a solid repetitive beat and minimal to no lyrics (occasionally those lyrics may be in a foreign language).
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by Samon 7y ago
Exactly this. I work for one such large multinational news corporation, and its all about ads and analytics. On the analytics front, we are measuring and reporting on pages and articles at a number of levels, from audience metrics around de
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by Samon 7y ago
Das Keyboard Pro 4 with blue switches. Honestly not that loud and I love the feel. Seriously solid construction (aluminium body and all that). Has a decent WAF (wife acceptance factor) as long as I don't bottom out the keys too hard ca
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by Samon 7y ago
Yep, we have proxy servers with SSL decryption/inspection. Root CA installed on all company devices. There are a number of whitelisted URLs (banks, and services that refuse to work with a MITM'ed cert) but other than the initial h
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by Samon 7y ago
As a nodejs dev, NodeRED appealed to me. I have lights, curtains, irrigation, aquarium, etc all controlled from my phone/tablet via a raspberry pi.
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by Samon 7y ago
SAMBA 4 AD is a valid alternative if your requirements are relatively simple. You still need a third party product (or build one) to provide a web interface if you need that.
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by Samon 7y ago
That looks amazing... will be interesting to see if it actually releases though.
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by Samon 7y ago
This. I really miss my HTC Dream and Desire Z.
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by Samon 7y ago
Thirded. I get about a month between charges with everything turned on (notifications - the main purpose of the device for me, as well as heart rate monitoring, step and sleep tracking). Its no Pebble in terms of functionality or third part
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by Samon 7y ago
A single 40" 4K display is basically 2x2 20" 1080p displays with no bezel space between. That means you would be turning your head quite a bit more with 2x 27" than a single 40" (although with some additional vertical mo
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by Samon 7y ago
I use a 39" 4K monitor and absolutely love it for both dev work and TV. Being a monitor and not just a 'TV with DisplayPort input' means it sleeps/wakes correctly, and I haven't watched free-to-air TV in over a deca
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by Samon 8y ago
A former Tech leader where I work used to say "Never say you can't do something. Just provide options, cost and consequences. The business/management/client will make the decision for you."

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