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[kmanmx]

Got my skiing vacation in a bit under 2 weeks. We leave on the 19th Jan. Just going with a good friend.

Can't wait!. Been skiing loads, probably 11 or 12 times in my life. But always with my family. It's nice of course, but going with a friend for the first time is going to be more fun for sure. The next 2 weeks of work are going to suck. The days are really dragging...

 

[iFargle]

I decided to make this a driver updating day. It seems I have been a tad lax in that area, mainly from sheer laziness if the truth be known. It didn't take very long to get everything up to date, though.

I have a "digital spring cleaning" weekend I set aside at least once every year.
I re-image my desktop and laptop. Still sticking with 18.04 on the desktop for now though.

I also go through my NAS and Proxmox infrastructure to clean out old backups, clean up old files, old snapshots that I have open that are still hanging around, etc. If it's in need I re-image my Proxmox servers (takes 2-3 hours to get everything back up).

I also take this time to decommission old VM's.... I've decommed 30 in the last year

 

[Yami]

So, on the 31st I have what is colloquially known as "the op", so been upping my entertainment game for recovery (minimum 4 weeks off work). One of my partners, Naomi, is a film grad and so has given me a huge list of films she wants me to go through, and so I've finally bought a TV:
https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/UE49NU7100KXXU/
Got it for £360 new.

Come the 27th when I get paid, I'm also picking up a Switch with Mario Odyssey and Zelda BOTW.

That all ought to keep me occupied

In regards to digital spring cleaning, as the licenses we get given for our labs at work are semi-trial licenses that last 3 months, I'm essentially rebuilding my entirely lab from scratch every three months. I don't need to - I can just relicense them, but it's excellent practice for the initial configuration and management of Palo Alto, Fortinet etc.
For my team I've written a lot of guides and documentation, and I deliberately use them each time and update anything that's out of date.

 

[iFargle]

^ Get SSB:U!

 

[S0ULphIRE]

"Tell me something I don't know." "Alright then; someone made up dinosaur sounds, without ever hearing them"

I think this one's for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcgyj1F9ms

 

[Yami]

^ Get SSB:U!

I will - we play it most days at work (it replaced Mario Party as our lunchtime game).
I continue to be not very good at Smash, but I'm good enough to participate and enjoy myself

 

[WVelner]

Hahaha, nice, there are some more vids about that's stuff, crazy, but I like it al lot tho.

 

[kmanmx]

This new AMD gpu is... pointless. Nobody is going to choose it over an RTX 2080.

 

[Joe C]

But the RTX 2080 is priced only for lottery winners

 

[kmanmx]

But the RTX 2080 is priced only for lottery winners

That's my point, the new AMD card is the same price. No one would choose AMD over Nvidia at the same pricepoint. Nvidia do most everything better. Drivers, game support etc.