What did you learn today?

[Kaido]

I'm sure he will be joining thefpsreview forums, right @Kaido ?

You mean https://www.reddit.com/r/atot ?

 

[nakedfrog]

Only 55 members, huh?

 

[lxskllr]

At this time of year I'm always grateful that school is over for me. I do not miss that part of life at all. Always dreaded September as a kid. I sometimes miss the non school aspects of childhood, but I wouldn't want to go back.

I always looked forward to getting back to school, and that lasted about a week. Then it's "This shit sucks..." :^D

I think what I really liked was new pens, stationary, and books. After the newness wore off, I was left with the bullshit.

 

[igor_kavinski]

You mean https://www.reddit.com/r/atot ?

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You can ask Schro for the AT refugee tag after you join the forums: https://forums.thefpsreview.com

It's just insurance in case these forums are suddenly gone, like the planet Alderaan.

 

[IronWing]

I learned that I don't know where my install file is for my standalone version of MS Office Pro Plus 2016. I have a new laptop on order and I'd rather not pay for Office again, most annoying.

Edit: I found the install file on an old thumb drive. I suppose this means that I have to verify the install with Microsoft and I'm going to be told to get bent as I purchased the copy of Office for $15 under an employee home purchase program circa 2004 and MS has been providing free updates ever since.

Still works!

 

[IronWing]

I always looked forward to getting back to school, and that lasted about a week. Then it's "This shit sucks..." :^D

I think what I really liked was new pens, stationary, and books. After the newness wore off, I was left with the bullshit.

I liked the school part of school but being poor really started to suck. After leaving grad school, I realized how much effort I was putting into stroking professorial egos. I wouldn't mind taking a class here and there but I have no interest in pursuing another degree.

 

[igor_kavinski]

The state of education angers me to the point where I would consider starting my own academic institution to show everyone how to do it right but I'm pretty sure that the teachers I end up hiring lose their focus and cheerfulness in short order as they face students who pay for tuition but not really interested in learning despite the teachers making their best effort.

But degrees are not the answer. I've seen so many dipshits hacking the exams and assignments to get great marks or GPAs and just be totally useless in real life. They treat the degree as a trophy of some sort instead of an achievement signifying that they actually learnt something and they are capable of applying that knowledge in real life.

You know what irks me the most? People who completed degrees with the syllabus in English yet they can't write a decent English sentence to save their life. This is exactly my complaint about "hacking" their way through. And then it hurts my head to be surrounded by these self important idiots who think they are special because they are degree holders but I don't learn anything from them and actually get dumber with each passing day as I spend more and more time with them, not because I want to but because it's my job and there's no easy way out.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I do think the entire system needs a revamp, should focus more on practical knowledge as well as self sufficiency instead of just preparing you to work for the man and pay bills and just be a rat in the system. But I guess that's what they want.

 

[lxskllr]

This country did kids a diservice by telling them that they'd be minimum wage alcoholics if they didn't go into debt getting magic job papers. Flying a desk isn't for everyone, and some people(me) don't get along well with school. I enjoy learning, but I'm task oriented. I have a problem, and I want to learn how to fix it. The esoteric stuff I like learning just to know, is almost worthless in my real world.

You can make good money learning a trade, and a lot of jobs that want papers to get in, don't really require them to do the job. It's just the cost of entry to do technical work someone with decent intelligence could learn as they go. Pay the right people in the hope you get paid back in the decades to come... If I didn't know better(?), I might think it was a scam to extract money from nothing.

 

[igor_kavinski]

The esoteric stuff I like learning just to know, is almost worthless in my real world.

I have the exact same problem. I get addicted to learning about stuff that has no monetary value whatsoever.

 

[Kaido]

I've converted over to Tailscale:

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Short version:

1. This is essentially private mesh VPN
2. Uses your favorite login (Gmail etc.) as MFA security
3. Easy, ultra-secure RDP for anywhere! Just install Tailscale on both computers & voila! No crazy networking or security issues!

Sample use cases:

1. Access RDP anywhere! You don't need Chrome Remote Desktop, Rust, Teamviewer, etc.
2. Your home IP acts as the VPN host for your phone, laptop, etc. Transfer files, stream PLEX, have complete protection on public networks, access your US IP outside of the country, etc.
3. Use a travel router as a wireless client to create a private wireless network at a hotel (supports captive portals!) or AirBNB for all of your devices





Private RDP: (full stack freebie setup)

1. Tailscale for RDP (use Parsec! for hi-speed remote desktop!)
2. DUO login for OS
3. Cloudflare Zero Trust (web RDP etc.)

Bonus security:

4. Bitlocker & Bitlocker-to-go
5. Malwarebytes
6. Local account sign-in with separate admin account & backup admin account
7. Backup stack (CDP, imaging, offsite, ex. Macrium & Backblaze B2)

So TIL how easy private VPN & secure RDP is these days!!

 

[BoomerD]

I learned that I don't know where my install file is for my standalone version of MS Office Pro Plus 2016. I have a new laptop on order and I'd rather not pay for Office again, most annoying.

Edit: I found the install file on an old thumb drive. I suppose this means that I have to verify the install with Microsoft and I'm going to be told to get bent as I purchased the copy of Office for $15 under an employee home purchase program circa 2004 and MS has been providing free updates ever since.

I’m still using Office 2010…it’s been installed on 3 of my PCs since it was new, one laptop, and my wife’s PC.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I have the exact same problem. I get addicted to learning about stuff that has no monetary value whatsoever.

LOL that's me. Currently studying general relativity because the math is cool and it's such a wild sounding off the wall theory of gravity until you actually learn it. Don't think understanding gravity better is going to do shit for my career but I like physics.

 

[IronWing]

Today I learned that remote controlled demolition hammers exist. Getting people away from the dust, vibration, and noise is such a good idea.

 

[RossMAN]

I learned that Nano Banana is bananas.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Nothing yesterday.

Nothing today.

 

[KMFJD]

i found out a fat man could power a rocket 53 kms with his body fat

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948530089668608167

 

[Kaido]

I learned that Nano Banana is bananas.

bro have you seen Nano Banana PRO yet?

Date-based coordinate historical imagery generation: (thread)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1992624653815222509

Note that these are all imagined recreations:



"Create an image at 43.8570° N, 18.4289° E, June 28, 1914 CE, -10:45 hours"



Same place, by date:







Behind-the-scenes: (thread)







Reverse-engineer photos & videos: (thread)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1992247766387679394

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!!

 

[IronWing]

Was the model correct in its reverse engineering? Plausible doesn’t mean accurate.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Can we not trash yet another thread with tube spam?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Moon landing debunked!

 

[RossMAN]

bro have you seen Nano Banana PRO yet?

bro that's banana pudding pie PRO level.

 

[manly]

I was watching Ken Burns new documentary last night and learned that Boston was originally a tiny peninsula.

Shawmut Peninsula - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[cytg111]

You'd like BreezeShell:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1ivonif/breeze_yet_another_windows_1011_context_menu

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So what have you been reversing lately?

 

[bba-tcg]

That there's some people you just can't reason with.