I’ve been running only Linux for 25 years. Any software you think you need that you only can get on Windows you don’t. Drop windows, say goodbye to your apps, and explore the alternatives. Try to have fun. A growth mindset helps

No idea, but it’s an easy thing to fix, so why not.

ChatGPT.

i recently started my job search, and asked it for a list of top 10 companies with recent funding announcements and remote work that fit my profile.

I expanded on this a few times, reached out to their career pages and recruitment. Landed 2 interviews and I’m in the final round for both. It took about 35 applications.

It also helped me tune my resume and cover letter. Be sure to put things through an AI detector to avoid being filtered out for sounding like AI

Moose

Don’t be afraid to take unskilled jobs to slow the financial bleed while you continue your search.

The key to finding a Job is absolutely networking. Take a look for local SW groups, defcon groups, hacker spaces, start up scenes, etc.

I’ve received my last few jobs through networking. I’ve been fortunate enough to not need to job search in a number of years.

Once your settled in a field, network network network.

But you need to know what field to do it in first.

You should broaden your searches. Both by location and vocation.

By the sounds of it you would be a good fit in any operational, logistical, or managerial role. See what remote opportunities there are Canada wide.

That would also print the colon

Edit: missed the separator token. Sorry guys

Try applying to NOCs and SOCs

Here’s my testing recommendations

Testing methodology

To get consistant results, use a consistent method of test. If you’re downloading a large file, always test by downloading that same file from that same source. If you’re using a speed test service, use the same speed test service with the same server. If you’re using a tool like iperf3, always use the same tool against the same iperf server.

Potential issues

Networks can fail from hardware issues, software issues and infrastructure issues. Since you don’t control 99.9% of the infrastructure if the internet is involved, lets leave that for the last option.

Hardware Issues

The hardware involved you control are mostly your NIC, and your Remote Connection. For wired ethernet at home, this is likely a physical ethernet port on your computer on one end, and another physical ethernet port on a switch/router/ap provided by your ISP.

Testing Wired Hardware Issues

• Using the same switch and cable, run a speed test on another computer. If the issue persists, the problem is not with your computer, if it resolves, its related to your computer.
• Using the same computer and cable, run a speed test on another switch. If the issue persists, its not the switch or cable, its your computer, if it resolves, its not your computer.
• Using the same computer and switch, use a different cable. If the issue persists, it’s not the cable and its either your computer or switch, if it resolves, its the cable.

With these three you can figure out what device is causing the problem.

Testing Wireless Hardware Issues

The hardware involved is the wireless NIC in your computer, the environment your wifi signal is in, and the wifi AP. The steps are much the same as testing for a wired issue

• Using the same AP and physical location, run a speed test on another computer. If the issue persists, the problem is with the AP or location, if it doesn’t it may be your computer
• Using the same computer and physical location, run a speed test on another AP. if the issue persists, the problem is with your computer or location, if it resolves, it may be the AP
• Using the same computer and AP, run a speed test in another physical location. If the issue persists, the problem is with the computer or AP, if it resolves it may be the environment

Software Issues

The issue could be software related. Something like the drivers running on your laptop or connection point.

Testing Computer Drivers

You’ve already done this for your computer by dual booting. This proves the issue is not driver related, since the problem persists with two different sets of drivers.

Testing Connection Point Drivers

• You have less control over the drivers on your switch/router/ap. If the hardware tests resolve when using a different AP, then you can attempt a firmware upgrade/downgrade before replacing the physical device. This isn’t usually worth the hassle since ISPs are quick to replace them with a service call.

Testing Computer Configuration

Your network settings could be misconfigured.

• If you are using DHCP, turn it off, and enforce a speed negotiation, IP address, subnet mask, and DNS server and try again. If the issue persists, then it’s likely not related to your configuration. If it resolves it probably is.
• If you are using a static configuration, turn it off and use DHCP. If the issue persists, it’s likely not related to your configuration, if it resolves, it probably is

Infrastructure Issues

If your home network is more sophisticated then an ISP provded router/switch/ap combo connected to everything over wifi and ethernet, theres more devices to troubleshoot. But if you have something like this, you probably already know what you’re doing a little bit and wouldn’t be making this post. But who knows! Re-run the process isolating each device and replacing it with something known good to identify whats causing the problem.

As for the internet, it’s not a stable and safe place. Speeds vary drastically day to day. Internet weather happens and partial outages occur regularly. Don’t forget that the service your using to speed test could be the issue itself. It’s another component to isolate and test.

Process

Use the above steps to identify what device is causing the problem, and if its a hardware or software issue. Hardware issues are mostly resolved by replacing devices, while software issues are resolved with software updates and configuration changes.

Good luck and god speed!

Nala gang rise up!

On average it takes 18 months to grieve a loss. Divorces are no exception.

I’ve gone through 1 divorce and some long term relationship breakups, pretty close to when loved ones die.

Eventually it’s replaced by new automated defenses and behaviors. Hopefully not too unhealthy.

Productivity is a measure of how much you can get done in a block of time. It doesn’t have anything to do with end goals.

It’s a bit of a silly question like asking what fuel mileage has to do with where you drive to.

Gwar. I hate that kind of music tbh, but saw them at a festival and it was one of the best shows I’ve seen.

It’s a sophisticated scam where they take you for all you have.

1. hire models to talk to guys on tinder
2. convince them to download a fake crypto app you created
3. have them invest a small amount and let them take out more than they put in to gain trust
4. convinced them to invest it all
5. don’t let them take it out when they “win”, tell them they need to pay escrow fees
6. don’t let them take it, say there’s problems with the escrow service, and make them pay more to fix it
7. don’t let them take it out, say the minimum transfer went up, make them invest more to take it out
8. when they call out it’s a scam, have the actress say she’s being held captive until she scams enough money to buy back her life/family/whatever and convince the victim to pay it
9. when they realize that’s still the scam, tell them you’re sorry and they can get in on it to make their money back. Have them wire you money for lessons and access. Don’t deliver

Had a contractor working on my basement who fell for a pig butchering scam. Took him for 50k

Fail2ban is not a static security policy.

It’s a dynamic firewall. It ties logs to time boxed firewall rules.

You could auto ban any source that hits robots.txt on a Web server for 1h for instance. I’ve heard AI data scrapers actually use that to target big data rather than respect web server requests.

The majority of the Internet’s routing and switching architecture is BSD based. Historically it had the most stable and performant network stack of all the OSs.

I used it extensively at one job in a previous life when I was a network appliance developer. It was rock solid and lightning fast. Tried it as a desktop at home and had a terrible experience.

The little differences in the Unix commands used to drive me nuts as well…

I would spend my time the same way. Honing my specialization to increase benefit to society. I love software development!

I use Ranger day to day and just access external volumes from their automatic mount points in /media, or I mount them manually to /mnt.

It works for me!