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TopicPeople, the protest stories and stories about Coronavirus are political ploys.
CableZL
06/26/20 12:05:21 PM
#31
Questionmarktarius posted...
I find it curious that neither "side" seems to acknowledge George Floyd's brief porn career.

Why is that an important thing to "acknowledge" in your mind?

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TopicFlorida shatters records with 9k new cases in a single day
CableZL
06/26/20 11:58:17 AM
#30
solosnake posted...
Its from the mind of Donald Trump, what do you expect?
Yeah, but then people parrot it as if it makes sense.

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TopicMichigan candidate gets called out by his daughter, calls her a communist
CableZL
06/26/20 11:57:24 AM
#3
Shes a big believer in that, he continued, while adding, The only place where I really see systemic racism would be the abortion clinic cause they seem to target the African American community.

I dont buy into this whole systemic racism thing at all, he later said

He's pretty much outing himself here

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TopicFlorida shatters records with 9k new cases in a single day
CableZL
06/26/20 11:50:46 AM
#24
This line of thinking that we're seeing increased infections due to increased testing is idiotic.

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TopicAnyone interested in learning network administration / engineering?
CableZL
06/26/20 11:47:58 AM
#4
Questionmarktarius posted...
I need to get some database certs, mostly just to have a paper stating I can do the things I'm already doing.
Yeah, from what I've seen, just having the certifications helps you get in the door for interviews.

You've still gotta prove you can do the job and you'll typically go through a technical interview so they can get an idea of where you skillset actually is, but... Having the certs definitely helps.

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TopicAnyone interested in learning network administration / engineering?
CableZL
06/26/20 11:44:12 AM
#1
This has turned out to be a great career for me. My entire IT career has been pretty recession proof, especially once I started moving into network engineering.

My relevant career path:

February 2007: ISP Tech Support
  • Promoted to Level 1 tier 1, level 1 tier 2, level 1 tier 3, and then level 2 within the 1st year
  • I was in the running to be promoted to level 3, but the company stopped promoting people to level 3 and gave all the level 3 work to level 2s. I was pissed about this.
  • Proceeded to stay at this company for way too long.
May 2011: Remote Desktop Technical Support
  • I took a pay cut to get out of the ISP tech support job. I was miserable and needed to make a change.
  • At this place, I was primarily doing tech support for Geek Squad over the phone through remote desktop.
  • I liked this job a lot better because I could dive into almost any computer problem and fix it if I had the knowledge to do so or the ability to research and figure it out.
  • This job started to go south after about the 1st year. We were contracted to do support for Geek Squad through another company and that company kept restricting what we could "charge" for, which cut revenue.
November 2012: Entry Level Network Operations Center Tech
  • This was the exact job I wanted at the time. Their goal was to train me in the world of networking from the ground up.
  • 6 months into this job, I got serious and started studying for Cisco certs.
  • The company I was hired at was bought by a telecom company, but I continued studying for certs.
  • Got my CCENT in August of 2013
  • Got my CCNA Route/Switch in December of 2013
  • Got my CCNA Security in June of 2014
  • Got a Meraki cert in September of 2014
  • Started going for CCNP Route/switch in January of 2015. I passed CCNP ROUTE.
  • Company was bought out in October of 2015. The new company was a terrible company to work for.
  • I started rushing through to get my CCNP cert. I passed CCNP SWITCH, then CCNP TSHOOT a couple weeks later on the 2nd try.
  • Within 30 days of getting my CCNP Route/Switch cert, I had two job offers to leave.
May 2016: Network Engineer (solo network engineer at a retail company)
  • This job was another perfect move for me at the time. It was my first time being a network engineer by myself. It gave me the chance to apply what I had learned from my studies in the real world and be 100% hands on.
  • The company had 2 buildings at the time and I was responsible for all aspects of network administration and engineering. I was also responsible for random things I call "network-adjacent." If there is a random device that needs network connectivity, I was responsible for managing the device. Loading dock call box connects to the network, so I'm responsible for managing it. Time clocks connect to the network, so I worked with the vendor to get those set up. Multiple people in multiple buildings wanted SONOS music players set up to play music with multiple speakers in certain areas and I was responsible for that.
  • Being on call 24/7 sucks when the company grows at such a rapid pace.
  • This company started to grow extremely quickly in the following couple years and the job became unmanageable without working 60 - 80 hours/week. This was one of my reasons for leaving.
January 2020: Network Engineer (part of a network engineering team at a much larger company)
  • This is where I work now and it's freaking great so far. I'm part of a team of 15 network engineers and my job is way more focused. I only do network engineering/administration now. There is a whole team of people who do on-site work, cabling, rack & stack, physical equipment replacement. There is a whole team of people who manage firewall security rules. There is a whole team of people who manage ISP contracts. There is a whole team of people who manage ISP service installations.
  • I'm now about 6.5 months into this job and I have my quality of life back. I don't work more than ~45 hours per week ever.
  • I'm also only on call one week out of every 4 or 5 weeks. They're also bringing more people onto the network team so the on-call rotation will be even bigger soon.


I've now got some updated study materials for the current Cisco exams that I can share with you if you're interested. Anyone I've already shared the study materials with from the last time I made this topic will already have access to those new videos.

If you decide to get serious and actually do it, feel free to ask me questions along the way. Or if you're unsure and just wanting to check it out, feel free to ask me questions. I'll do my best to answer as quickly as possible.

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TopicGovernor Abbott closes bars again in Texas
CableZL
06/26/20 11:04:36 AM
#37
Also if you take an honest look at how NYC generally functions, New York was obviously going to be the hardest hit early on.

  1. Biggest international travel hub in the country by far
  2. Very high population density with millions of people walking around the city in close proximity to each other
  3. Subways with people often cramming into the train cars to get to their destination


Combine all that with a lack of available PPE, people hoarding PPE to exacerbate the problem so much that even healthcare workers who need it more than anyone being unable to have enough supply.

Texas, by comparison, doesn't really have any environments like that. Houston is a big international travel hub, but it's still nothing like NYC.

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TopicWhite guy getting attacked by several black people in Baltimore
CableZL
06/26/20 10:28:28 AM
#10
IMO, TC's lack of responses in this topic makes it clear he wasn't actually interested in having a discussion on the matter any way.

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TopicGovernor Abbott closes bars again in Texas
CableZL
06/26/20 10:15:56 AM
#7
I knew a second shutdown was going to happen. Anyone taking an honest look at Texas' COVID-19 numbers would understand that the rate of spread in Texas was just slower than other locations and we were not at all out of the woods.

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TopicI've decided to try getting back into playing my alto sax
CableZL
06/26/20 9:55:27 AM
#3
MFBKBass5 posted...
You gonna learn dat Careless Whisper?
That'll probably be one of the songs I try to learn. When I was in band in high school, we got tired of playing those old dry pep band songs. I ended up writing out a bunch of hip hop on sheet music and the band directors actually let us play them.

Some of the songs we played:

Juvenile - Set it Off
Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
Outkast - The Whole World
Archie Eversole ft. Bubba Sparxxx - We Ready
Diddy - Bad Boys for Life
Big Moe - Maan!!
Big Moe - City of Syrup
Big Moe - Purple Stuff
Ludacris - Move Bitch
  • We only got to play this once. The football team hurt 3 people while we were playing it so they never let us play it again.
Ludacris - Ho
  • We played this when other high school bands tried to start that thing where each band plays a certain song, then each band plays the song faster one after another until they mess up. We got so tired of doing that and this was our alternative.



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TopicI've decided to try getting back into playing my alto sax
CableZL
06/26/20 9:48:01 AM
#1
I did really well playing alto sax in high school and I've been wanting to start playing again for a long time now. I have some new reeds coming in today. I wonder how rusty I am, lol

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TopicWhite guy getting attacked by several black people in Baltimore
CableZL
06/26/20 9:41:01 AM
#6
To make this topic more objective:

MARKINGRAM22 posted...
There is a video of a white guy having fireworks throw at him in a car as several black people continually attack him with fire works

A terrible act, and those responsible should be charged.

MARKINGRAM22 posted...
even close to some white lady asking if someone lives somewhere

I think you mean some white lady calling the police on someone who lives there just because they don't know them and/or don't think they deserve to live there

MARKINGRAM22 posted...
no investigation with a dozen fbi agents over a hate crime like with a rope in a garage that had been there for a year

I think you mean a noose, not just "a rope."

Kind of interesting that you call for consistency when you minimize other things for your own convience and/or comfort.

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TopicHoly f*** at this vid. Black family in car terrorized by white crowd.
CableZL
06/26/20 7:45:58 AM
#4
Doesn't take much for us black people to be treated like criminals. It really doesn't take much.

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TopicCop talks tuff on social media. Gets his bluff called.
CableZL
06/26/20 6:56:39 AM
#9
TopicNurse "Kristy Ann Walker" says that George Floyd deserved to die.
CableZL
06/26/20 6:52:01 AM
#23
TopicBREAKING: WH Covid-19 task force to hold press conference tomorrow!
CableZL
06/25/20 11:05:33 PM
#2
Topicthe world ends with you anime coming
CableZL
06/25/20 10:51:54 PM
#2
TopicSo police taze a woman in the stomach, and killed the baby.
CableZL
06/25/20 8:56:39 PM
#9
Yeah, I'm not watching this one. I'm still dealing with emotions from the George Floyd video and I'm not going back down the well.

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TopicDo most of you recharge your phone every night?
CableZL
06/25/20 7:57:31 PM
#7
TopicFlorida reopening now on hold
CableZL
06/25/20 7:44:23 PM
#1
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/floridas-desantis-doesnt-plan-to-further-reopen-state-yet-1

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he doesnt have plans to go to the next phase of re-opening as coronavirus cases surge in the Sunshine State.
Asked Thursday about other states that have paused in loosening restrictions, DeSantis said he never said when Florida would move to the next phase. Speaking from Tampa, he also noted that South Florida, the region with the most cases, is on a delayed re-opening schedule.
We are where we are, DeSantis said. I didnt say were going to go onto the next phase.

Pretty much the same deal in Texas.

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TopicTrump trailing Biden in the presidential erections in Texas & Florida
CableZL
06/25/20 7:28:22 PM
#5
TopicIs the current cancel culture the Trump supporter's fault?
CableZL
06/25/20 6:59:12 PM
#26
Topicdamn people tried to cancel jenna marbles
CableZL
06/25/20 5:34:31 PM
#15
TopicNascar releases a picture of the noose
CableZL
06/25/20 2:33:39 PM
#5
TopicTRASHY whites woman: I will teach my grandchildren to hate blacks
CableZL
06/25/20 1:34:43 PM
#59
"I don't like being called a racist. I just say and do racist things."

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TopicTRASHY whites woman: I will teach my grandchildren to hate blacks
CableZL
06/25/20 1:32:43 PM
#58
Zikten posted...
hightlights from her apologize

was chanting Black Lives Matter but wasn't caught on tape
someone handed her a Confederate flag and she thought it was a symbol of unity
she "blacked out" at the time of the video and has no memory of the encounter in the video
says she thought she was on the pro BLM side of the street when she was hanging out with a bunch of racists

I call bullshit on all of that

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TopicTesla fires workers for not showing up to Covid
CableZL
06/25/20 1:14:45 PM
#5
TopicTexas Governor pauses reopening, bans elective surgeries in 4 counties
CableZL
06/25/20 12:45:50 PM
#1
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/25/texas-elective-surgeries-coronavirus-greg-abbott/

The latest ban on elective procedures only applies to Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis counties, four areas where the number of patients hospitalized with virus is quickly progressing.

Bexas: San Antonio
Harris: Houston
Travis: Austin

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TopicFlorida woman doesnt wear mask the same reason she doesnt wear underwear
CableZL
06/25/20 12:10:09 PM
#2
TopicCharlesBronson is SUSPENDED!
CableZL
06/25/20 10:31:37 AM
#5
TopicSome states are going to have to shut back down
CableZL
06/25/20 10:17:21 AM
#9
Yeah, I figured there was going to be a second shutdown. It's so weird. If you understand anything about the way a virus slowly spreads, you would have understood that Texas was just in a period of slow, but increasing spread for a long time.

Now shit it starting to hit the fan here. It's gonna get a lot worse.

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TopicWhat vehicle you guys driving?
CableZL
06/25/20 10:05:03 AM
#26
-Kush- posted...
Eventually as my kids get older I'll be driving more so gas will cost me like $100 a month I'm guessing. I'd have to see if charging at home is worth it. My town got a charging station, but I'd have work the math out especially when it comes to maintenance. I want to start doing my own oil changes at home eventually which I only do twice a year. So besides other things like brake pads which I can learn to do myself it might be expensive with a Tesla.

Another thing with Teslas is that 1-pedal driving is a thing. The car has 3 options for when your foot is off the gas:
  1. Creep - Car creeps forward like an automatic car
  2. Roll - Car will roll according to the incline of the road like a manual car
  3. Hold - Car won't move when your foot is off the gas, regardless of how steep the incline is (to an extent, I'm assuming)
Hold is the best for regenerative braking. The car will bring itself to a full stop without you ever having to touch the brake pedal. So with this setting, you never have to use the brakes unless you're trying to stop for an emergency or you misjudged the deceleration to stop where you want to stop. This will make your brake pads last much longer.

I'm not saying "go out and buy a Tesla" or anything like that. There's a lot that goes into buying a car in general, especially one that's this expensive, but... Just trying to explain stuff.

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TopicWhat vehicle you guys driving?
CableZL
06/25/20 10:02:07 AM
#23
Tired-Insomniac posted...
Can the charger just plug into any outlet or do they need to install some special Tesla charger in your garage?

They give you a Tesla charging cable with adapters to fit different kinds of outlets. I'm just using the normal 5-15P for mine right now.

You can have a 240V outlet installed to charge faster, but I don't think I want to pay to have that done since I'm in an apartment.

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TopicWhat vehicle you guys driving?
CableZL
06/25/20 9:53:36 AM
#18
-Kush- posted...
I'm still hesitant on a Tesla. A new one is 6 figures and based on my minimum driving I'm not sure if there's a huge saving by charging and putting in gas. Maybe in another 10-15 years we'll have cars like that at an affordable price. Right now I drop about $40(CDN) a month on gas and most times my company pays for it.

One thing I quickly realized after I got mine is that a big reason why I didn't drive as much as I would like was because it meant I had to pay more for gas. Fortunately, I got free supercharging with mine, so I never have to pay to charge it if I use a supercharger.

I recently got a garage at my apartment complex, so I'm trying to test out how much my electricity bill is going to go up if I charge my car that way. It's way more convenient to just charge it at home even if it does charge much more slowly that way.

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TopicWhat vehicle you guys driving?
CableZL
06/25/20 9:48:24 AM
#14
treewojima posted...
at least spell the brand name right, it's Porsche

he's not driving the front of his house lol
Porsche kid's afraid to leave his Porsche

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TopicWhat vehicle you guys driving?
CableZL
06/25/20 9:43:40 AM
#10
TopicCrazy how a month ago I was getting hated on for being pro-mask
CableZL
06/25/20 8:33:06 AM
#2
People are still calling it a "fake Democrat virus" and all kinds of bullshit like that.

We're fucked.

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TopicHouston, TX will exceed ICU capacity by tomorrow
CableZL
06/24/20 10:31:20 PM
#4
pogo_rabid posted...
Wasn't it a senator from Texas who said he was ok with having people die so the state could open up?

That was our governor.

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TopicHouston, TX will exceed ICU capacity by tomorrow
CableZL
06/24/20 10:29:47 PM
#1
TopicTRASHY whites woman: I will teach my grandchildren to hate blacks
CableZL
06/24/20 10:14:56 PM
#56
Runeboggle posted...
Update on this, she said she 'blacked-out' before saying those comments, and has apologized, saying that she didn't understand the Confederate Flag was a symbol of hate. Pretty sure it's bullshit.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2020/06/24/branson-woman-apologizes-racist-remarks-blm-protests-kkk-missouri/3252964001/
LMAO

Yeah, she's just saying this because she got fired

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TopicFlorida women are upset that they are asked to wear mask.
CableZL
06/24/20 8:55:48 PM
#2
TopicSo if Trump thinks stopping COVID-19 testing means no more cases
CableZL
06/24/20 7:36:13 PM
#4
Squall28 posted...
He thinks it's no more reported cases meaning he wants to lie.
Yeah, but it we didn't check to see if people were in the county legally any more, we wouldn't have to report illegal immigration numbers either.

Right?

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TopicSo if Trump thinks stopping COVID-19 testing means no more cases
CableZL
06/24/20 7:33:19 PM
#1
Would we have no more illegal immigrants if we stopped asking for people's papers?

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TopicAnyone on CE get COVID?
CableZL
06/24/20 7:30:29 PM
#5
I ding think I've had it, but I know someone who did get it.

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TopicAnyone watched Avatar on Netflix? *show spoilers*
CableZL
06/24/20 6:21:38 PM
#27
Poop2 posted...
So toph invented mental bending in avatar and now there is a whole discipline to metal bending? or is this an offshoot to earth bending?

It's an advanced form of earthbending.

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