NTP66's thread of IT

[Reveutopique]

Yes! Don't know if I like it better or not on my phone but it works fine. Visually I'm not a fan. everything is puke colors of blue and yellow. Blech.

I really dislike the update on the nexus 7 concerning the volume function. Now I have to go into settings to lower or raise the volume of I'm watching youtube or something ridiculous!

I'm usually terrible at math but the stuff I want to do involves computer science and quantitative analysis. I'm trying to learn on YouTube and doing problems from online.

I really hope I'm smart enough. Computers and math and I, we are like the ending to Hamlet.

[tifosi77]

...math and I, we are like the ending to Hamlet.

Stealing. I've always wanted a way to express this thought about myself, but never could find the right combination of sounds to articulate how useless I am at maths.

[Reveutopique]

[dodint]

Yesterday was 'Patch Tuesday' for Windows users. Instead of the usual 2 or 3 updates, my Win 7 Pro on my work laptop installed 29 updates and my Win 7 Home 64 install on my home PC installed 23 updates. This morning, I turned on my work laptop at 9:06 am..... it is now 9:39 and my screen still says 'Preparing to configure Windows. Do not turn off your cmputer.'

W t actual f?

Gah. A big portion of my job is deploying those to my users. And I'm in CO till Monday. Guess I'll be busy.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Our IT department has our lab computers locked down so these updates get pushed out a night. But office PCs, not so much. All day I'm fighting off nag messages to reboot Windows...

[skullman80]

I got it a while back on my LG G2.. and it took a bit to get used to.

[ExPatriatePen]

Source 127.0.0.1
Destination 255.255.255.255

SYN

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

My Nexus 7's internet speed has been horrifically slow the last two days. No idea why. I think it might be Lollipop related though


I cleared the cache partition and then reset to factory default and neither worked. Still takes 15 seconds or so to load a page. Any idea?

[Silentom]

Try booting it in safe mode? See if an app is causing it. (unless factory reset eliminated all apps)

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Try booting it in safe mode? See if an app is causing it. (unless factory reset eliminated all apps)

yeah, all of the apps were removed

[tifosi77]

Why are all the new high-end Android phones eschewing removable batteries and SD cards? If I wanted that, I'd get a stupid iPhone.

[skullman80]

If you could pick a new programming language to learn that would be beneficial job wise what would you learn.

Background: I have a background in computer programming, but am very rusty. Haven't coded in probably 10 years. When I was in college I was pretty good with C++, VB, Cobol(haha) etc. I know things have changed these days, and it seems like Java/Javascript are the two most popular right now. Python looks interesting just for its simplicity, but don't know how much that would help job wise. I do have some experience in SQL from my most recent job.

My ideal job would be sitting in front of a computer with headphones on and coding all day.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

If you could pick a new programming language to learn that would be beneficial job wise what would you learn.

Background: I have a background in computer programming, but am very rusty. Haven't coded in probably 10 years. When I was in college I was pretty good with C++, VB, Cobol(haha) etc. I know things have changed these days, and it seems like Java/Javascript are the two most popular right now. Python looks interesting just for its simplicity, but don't know how much that would help job wise. I do have some experience in SQL from my most recent job.

My ideal job would be sitting in front of a computer with headphones on and coding all day.

as someone that literally just did a bunch of dev job searching, I think the most important languages are: Java, Javascript/HTML, C# and then maybe PHP, Ruby and Python. Since Java and C# are very similar, I would suggest only learning one (I started out as a Java dev but picked up C# very easily).

so I guess to answer your question I would say Java/C# then Javascript/Python. If you already know SQL that's good...


the job I just got hired for is Java, Javascript and SQL (full stack).




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Indeed job trends

[skullman80]

Thanks.. that's what I kind of figured(Java/Javascript). I know a good bit of HTML too, but like the other stuff, am really rusty. Hopefully I can pick stuff up as quick as I did when I was younger.

Oh and congrats on the new job by the way.

[iamjs]

Why are all the new high-end Android phones eschewing removable batteries and SD cards? If I wanted that, I'd get a stupid iPhone.

Good to know. My upgrade becomes available in about a month and I'm starting to shop around.

Anything specific I should avoid?

[tifosi77]

The new Sammy 6 and 6 Edge get pretty rave reviews. Have also read good things about the Moto X and Droid Turbo. But they are all following the no-removable-battery, no-additional-storage path. Sucks. Might want to wait until next year and see if they reverse course, cos I really don't like that.

[skullman80]

I was always afraid of no battery removal till i actually got a phone where I couldn't remove the battery, and it's never caused an issue. I'm looking to upgrade at some point, but my phone is still going strong after a year or so at this point. Those Samsung 6's do look mighty nice though, I'm curious to see what the LG G4 is gonna look like.

[tifosi77]

How do you deal with a phone that's completely frozen if you can't remove the battery? Do you just wait for the charge to drain?

[skullman80]

How do you deal with a phone that's completely frozen if you can't remove the battery? Do you just wait for the charge to drain?

You can reset a phone even if its frozen via button presses/holds. I had to do it before on one of my devices.

[dodint]

I asked a very similar programming question in my old thread. I need to go back and make notes.

[Reveutopique]

My Nexus 7's internet speed has been horrifically slow the last two days. No idea why. I think it might be Lollipop related though


I cleared the cache partition and then reset to factory default and neither worked. Still takes 15 seconds or so to load a page. Any idea?

Hmm. Not sure. I'm linking to an article. Maybe one of theses suggestions will work?

http://www.howtogeek.com/164106/why-is- ... -up-again/

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

ugh finally fixed it


The problem had to do with the Comcast internet I have and how the Nexus interacts with it. Something wit IPv4 vs IPv6

This article references an app that seems to have fixed it for me: http://phandroid.com/2015/05/13/comcast ... lipop-bug/

[columbia]

We have a new multi-factor authentication system for logging in to the employee portal. It involves having to either answer a phone or respond to a text, in order to login from your PC.

I'm just thrilled about it....

[ExPatriatePen]

We have a new multi-factor authentication system for logging in to the employee portal. It involves having to either answer a phone or respond to a text, in order to login from your PC.

I'm just thrilled about it....

Answer a phone? Seriously? That sounds extremely hackable.

Who makes this "two factor" NAC system?

[columbia]

I'm serious about the phone thing...

https://guide.duosecurity.com/prompt