This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him.

-- During The Show --

00:55 Bad Hardware Day

• Motherboard swap
• PSU modular cables
• Fan controller magic smoke
• Bent CPU pins

06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe

• Advantages of separating OS and Data
• Joe's GitHub
• IX Systems and 45 Drives
• Use JBOD not Raid
• ZFS needs direct access
• HA (High Availability)

15:40 VM Storage Question - Rod

• iSCSI
• ZVols as block devices
• QCow2 file
• Dedicated disks
• 9p driver
• virtio drivers
• Nothing wrong with NFS
• ifnotify

22:53 Printer Questions - Eddie

• Good experience with HP Printer Tools/Jet Direct
• Mostly moved away from LPD/LPR
• IPP is where things are headed
• Immutable distros only support IPP
• For best results go through add printer dialog

28:15 Comments From New IT Person - Joshua

• Start with pain points
• Start with your pain points
• Document existing infrastructure
• Find a way to say yes
• Prepare for the opportunity
• "You are the expert"
• Yes but....
• What is motivating people

41:22 Choosing Platforms

• Locked out from Linkedin
• Emailed code, Linkedin errored out
• Required phone and government ID
• Issues with this approach
• Phone numbers
• Beeper + Linkedin

49:13 Beeper Gives up on iMessage

• One last go
• ARS Technica
• Beeper Blog Post
• [Beeper Bridge](github.com/beeper/imessage)
• The Verge

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