Michal
michal-grecner.bsky.social
Michal
@michal-grecner.bsky.social
Mike of all trades, master of none. But probably better than master of one. IT | Technology
It seems that the same as my current Synology is my last, my Garmin watches follows suit
www.techradar.com/health-fitne...
Garmin quietly confirms our worst fears about Garmin Connect+, says more features will 'likely' be paywalled in the future
"The response has been positive"
www.techradar.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It's time to ditch Duolingo www.theverge.com/news/657594/...
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.
www.theverge.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
sending bunch of license keys in pdf that has copying and printing restricted is a special kind of sadistic
April 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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[🆕] - Quick Tip - Audit vCenter Server Role & Permission Usage williamlam.com/2025/02/quic...
February 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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A helpful summary and writeup!

I do think we need to add a critique of the centralized power that lets Google to set/revoke the terms for e.g. fingerprinting for everyone else (while not themselves being bound to said terms) into our analysis of 'privacy' & whether we've indeed made progress.
December 26, 2024 at 1:37 PM
VMware Cloud Director has a feature where tenants can use their Identity Providers to log in. SAML certs are created with the VDC. They expire after a year, and you get an email about it. That can be a lot of spam. And you’ll start to wonder if you can get rid of it. hiwaga.nexus/posts/disabl...
Disable notification about SAML certificate expiration in Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director has a feature where your tenants can use their Identity Providers to log into your portal. SAML certificates are created with the Virtual Data Center. They expire after a year, a...
hiwaga.nexus
December 12, 2024 at 8:09 PM
They say that to repeat the same thing and expect the same result is an act of insanity. And yet, I tried exactly the same steps and the upgrade unexpectedly worked. IT is kind of magic.
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I often misspell security as securi-try, and that kinda sums up my thoughts about cybersecurity these days #cybersecurity #secops
July 25, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I don't care what security role you hold, but if you enforce a 5-minute lock screen to the entire company, you are a psychopath.
June 6, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Flipper Zero brings nothing new to the table. It's a practical toy and tool to test, but a real threat is elsewhere.
hackaday.com/2024/02/29/a...
March 2, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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After an insanely busy week ... I finally got some time to finish up the documentation for my Automated Aria Suite Lab Deployment Script - Includes Aria Suite LCM, Identity, Operations, Logs & Automation (or any other combo) deployment + configuration 🙌
February 23, 2024 at 9:21 PM
don't complain about the costs of changing a single public IP address to me. complain about the shitty infrastructure design that leads you to this
February 21, 2024 at 12:14 PM
With the end of free ESXi, sysadmins in homelabs will be gaining proficiency with different solutions kb.vmware.com/s/article/21...
February 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Have you ever tried to use Hitachi NAS as a server for transfer export for VMware Cloud Director? Well, I did, so you don't have to.
hiwaga.nexus/posts/cloud-...
VMware Cloud Director transfer server storage and Hitachi NAS
Anyone installing VMware Cloud Director must choose their solution for transfer server storage, and many will choose NFS. Many will try to use existing NFS server solution for this. I tried too. Howev...
hiwaga.nexus
February 10, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Ever had that morning before work when you are pouring milk into your coffee and suddenly you are having a staredown with a bottle of whisky, battling intrusive thoughts?
February 6, 2024 at 9:05 AM
I always knew something is wrong with RegEx and this... honestly makes sense! #regex #cthulhu #eldritchhorror
stackoverflow.com/questions/17...
February 5, 2024 at 10:53 AM
whatever the result of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware will be in the end, the sour taste from how the transition was handled will prevail for years to come. VMworld will be interesting this year (if it even happens)
January 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM