pwshguy (mdowst)
Father, author, blogger, enthusiast of all things PowerShell and automation. http://linktr.ee/mdowst
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What book would you recommend to explain to someone what you do for a living?
3·3 years agoThe book I wrote. When I first talked with the publisher he asked, “what skills would you look for in someone who wants to do your job?” And that’s the premise I stuck with writing it.
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Python@programming.dev•Datalookup: Deep nested data filtering libraryEnglish
4·3 years agoInteresting. As someone who mainly deals in PowerShell, this is very similar to the Where-Object clause and could save me some headaches when I need to work in Python.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•"If you are happy and you know it", and what it does to your Spotify statistics.English
3·3 years agoFrom personal experience, it seems like things outside of your normal listening don’t affect too much. At least in my case, my daughter making me play the Encanto soundtrack 250,000 times hasn’t affected my weekly or daily playlists.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Firewall Alignment ChartEnglish
1·3 years agoThat’s pretty similar with what happened with me and the train. Kept getting random drops from a plant. I went out to investigate and everything tested perfect and the network was staying up. That was until a freight train rolled by. Turns out AT&T had run the line by shoving a piece of PVC through the gravel between two cross-ties, then running the cable through it.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Firewall Alignment ChartEnglish
1·3 years agoI’ve actually had an excavator take out my network. I’ve also had networks taken out by forklift, train, and a semi-truck towing three other semi-trucks.
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Experienced Devs@programming.dev•Advice on dealing with ADHD and remote work?English
1·3 years agoI kind of do both. I have a powerful desktop with 4 monitors. I can’t stand working on a single laptop screen unless I’m traveling. And I also want to keep work separate. So, I have my laptop sitting next to my PC and I just RDP into it. This way all 4 screens are work only stuff when I’m working. Then at the end of the day I can just disconnect the session and have my personal stuff. I also have ADHD, so I try not never leave the work session during work times. I’ve been working from exclusively for about 6 years now and it has been the best system I’ve tried.







Biggest things I’m seeing is CVE-2023-21709 for Exchange requires a PowerShell script to be run after patching. Also, CVE-2023-29328/29330 for Teams affect all devices (Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android).