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Jess Pomfret (She/Her) @jpomfret.co.uk · 18/04/2025

I wrote a new post about a specific parameter on Backup-DbaDatabase that I didn't know existed. The @dbatools.io module always amazes me, even though I use it everyday! jesspomfret.com/dbatools-bac...

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dbatools Backup-DbaDatabase -ReplaceInName

Recently I was reading the docs for `Backup-DbaDatabase` and found a parameter I didn't realise existed, but is so useful when you want to automate backups, but keep control of the file names.

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Steve Syfuhs @syfuhs.net · 28/02/2025

We did a thing! DES (not even 3DES) has been a pain in our necks for years, but we couldn't remove it for compat reasons. It required special config to use so it's not dangerous out of the box, but it's still just...ugh, DES. Anyway, we said enough is enough and now the code is getting deleted.

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Removal of DES in Kerberos for Windows Server and Client | Microsoft Community Hub

To enhance security and protect against cyber threats, the Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption algorithm will be intentionally removed from...

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Sam Erde @samerde.day3bits.com · 06/02/2025

I found a domain controller that was moonlighting as a print server this week. Not naming names, but the owner of that one is getting a stern love letter every week until the print server role is moved to a different server and the service is disabled! 🔥🖨️🖤

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Nathan McNulty @nathanmcnulty.com · 05/02/2025

Reminder - Microsoft publishes some really nice communication templates for helping you roll out things like MFA, SSPR, passkeys, Hello for Business, and a lot more Check it out! www.microsoft.com/en...

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Sam Erde @samerde.day3bits.com · 16/01/2025

If you use group policy to manage your domain-joined workstations and want to control the settings for uBlock Origin, @the_aquamarine has you covered. I just found this repo with ADMX templates for the browser extension. github.com/theaquama... #ActiveDirectory #sysadmin #GPO

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GitHub - theaquamarine/uBlock-admx: Group Policy Administrative Templates for uBlock Origin

Group Policy Administrative Templates for uBlock Origin - theaquamarine/uBlock-admx

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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

LLMs : collective unconscious :: studies whose participants are exclusively undergrads : universal culture

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Ron Stonebear Shields @stonebear4747.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Valley of the Goblins. Goblin Valley State Park. I thought this one kind of looks like ET. What do you see? www.mckendrickphotography.com

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

diffraction spikes? you mean telescope astigmatism?

$A spherical collection of stars which fills the whole view. The cluster is dominated by a concentrated group of bright white stars at the center, with several large yellow stars scattered throughout the image. Many of the stars have visible diffraction spikes. The background is black.$

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

In Space: You knew there had to be a ‘Psychedelic Nebula’ out there. Here it is. Simeis 188: Psychedelic Nebula. Starforming region in Sagittarius with IC 1274, IC 4685, NGC 6559 and B 303. Remember, tonight’s a School Night.

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Vicki @vickiboykis.com · 05/01/2025

how i'd learn machine learning in 2025 if i had to start from scratch: 1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg 2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk 3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship

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Richard @rvmrn69.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Goodnight everyone

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Mike Kegil @mikekegil.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

My sentiments

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

cosmic collisions, seen by hubble 🌌

A glowing portion of a galaxy is seen at the left of the image, with a bridge of cosmic material including bright blue stars and dark brown dust extending to the right.

A pair of small, interacting galaxies shine in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The larger of the two galaxies is named NGC 5410. It spans 80,000 light-years across and has a bright white bar of stars at its center. It is also a spiral galaxy with a medium-sized nucleus and spread-out arms. NGC 5410 contains many young, blue star clusters, especially along its arms.

The smaller of the two galaxies is called UGC 8932 or PGC 49896 and has a diameter of 60,000 light-years. It has a bright blue bar of stars at its core, indicating that it contains younger stars. Its shape is irregular, likely due to distortions from NGC 5410’s gravitational pull.

A galaxy laced through with dark brown dust is viewed edge-on, shining against black space dotted with more distant galaxies. The central galaxy has a hazy bridge of faint stars extending down through the bottom of the image.

Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 05028 (the smaller face-on spiral galaxy) and UGC 05029 (the larger face-on spiral). Likely due to its gravitational dance with its larger partner, UGC 05028 has an asymmetric, irregular structure, which is not as visible from ground-based telescopes but is quite distinct here. The bright knot visible to the southeast of the center of UGC 05028 may be the remnant of another small galaxy that is in the process of merging with that galaxy.

UGC 05029 has a pronounced spiral structure and multiple hot, blue giant stars visible on the side facing UGC 05028. Another edge-on spiral galaxy is visible in this image below UGC 05029 but is too faint to be resolved into star-forming regions, while the five objects strung out above it are probably a group of distant background galaxies.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Tomorrow's NASA's Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD): colliding spiral galaxies by JWSTand Hubble. 🔭 🧪

Two spiral galaxies take up almost the entire view and appear to be overlapping. The galaxy at left, IC 2163, is smaller and more compact than the galaxy at right, NGC 2207. The black background of space is dotted with foreground stars and extremely distant galaxies.

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 01/01/2025

"Rather than seeing complexity as a bug, SRE teams at Google are leveraging control theory and methods like STPA and CAST to lead us to more comprehensive and proactive approaches to reliability" www.usenix.org/publications...

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The Evolution of SRE at Google

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