emotions

Emotions are a valuable and a key trait for humans. Emotions, they are an integral part of the system, a system that helps us capitalize on opportunities and protect ourselves from threats.

How many times do we see emotions as negative? Let us say someone has an emotional outburst? Or someone has a heated discussion. Often these are rants are interpreted as unprofessional, or disrespectful. True?

There is a reason for it. We are powered by emotions and emotional energy. Partners, peers and coworkers that do not have emotions or passion? They do not exist. . . these people simply are people afraid to express themselves in that situation.

One thing to remember. Any heated discussion will often find one side not listening. They decode what you said as a different sentence than what you just said. They misinterpret the words. This can be career changing and make a simple conversation turn ugly.

Example? A heated discussion, where someone is very upset at another. They throw an insult. That someone says “F you” to another. Meaning they just said only that. They did not say fu** you, they just said “f you”. Often that will be remembered as the four letter word, even though you never said a four (4) letter word. In heated discussions, make sure you repeat any sentences that are open for interpretation. If you abbreviate a word, make sure you define what abbreviation. It’s probably a good idea never to say words that are so easily open to different meanings.

If you are going to say something like “f you”, you must define what “f you” means. Especially anything like “F you”. Make sure you repeat and emphasize that you only said “F you”, and that means “f you”, not “fu** you”. And “f you” can mean anything you want it to be! Make sure you tell the other person it means “freak you” for example. Do not let that type of narrative be open for interpretation. You will find yourself regretting that you did not make your self clear in that discussion.

Copyright 2024, Rod Deluhery

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bitcoin spring rally

March 31, 2024 – Bitcoin is now at 70k! Woohoo. I was reading how some South American countries have a good crypto adoption rate. Why? Some of those countries have extreme inflation, like 200%. Imagine getting a good job and at the end of the year your pay is worth only a percentage in buying power that is was when you started the job. I suppose they must constantly change the salaries in some jobs?

We end this week up 20% on bitcoin. Ethereum is up 14% this week. Now that people have other options to invest besides the greedy company, how will this effect things? Could it actually affect the stratospheric wages that CEOs make when the common worker is struggling to survive? One year the Amazon CEO made 210 million dollars. Umm yes that needs to be corrected. Bitcoin and other cryptos are here to correct it.

Ok, so crypto is gambling you say? Then look at this coin, Shiba-inu. up over 100% in the past week?? Now price is .000002 of a dollar. That means you can buy like hundreds of these coins for a penny! And for a dollar, you get like 10,000 Shiba-inu coins!!! and lets go crazy, what if they price went up to 2 dollars a coin? Wait. . .is crypto currency gambling? Now hold that thought. Why can not we join the two? So have a cryptowin coin where the coin will occasionally become more valuable IF the lottery chooses that coin! Combine the best parts of crypto and the lottery!! Buy a cryptowin coin, it will always have some value but it can also become a coin that is worth 10, 100, 1000 coins. There must be a way to do this. Built in to the code is the lottery system where any coin could perhaps be picked and instantly become 100x coins, and you crypto value just went up 100x. Fu** it is a great idea.

Anyway, check out Shiba-inu. If it goes up to a dollar a coin. . .you win! Your one dollar investment would be a working $20,000 investment. So get a Kraken.com crypto account, and buy some Crypto!

https://www.kraken.com/prices/shiba-inu

I miss html writing. Lets see what I can remember. <a href=”www.bigbitcoin.com>Big bitcoin money here!</a>. Ok so I remember the anchor html. How about the img src? Let us try. <img src=”http://dumbpictures.com/bitcoin.gif”&gt;. Use it or lose it. I will keep practicing my html code. In other news, it is March 1st 2024 and bitcoin is down a bit in the last four (4) hours, but the day is not over. I will check again later today.

Feb 29, 2024. Bitcoin and ethereum are still going strong. Ethereum crypto is up 25% in the last week! Let us see how this thursday ends with the bitcoin price

Feb 27, 2024. Bitcoin is moving fast in the last 24 hours. It is 9:37am pst time here in California and bitcoin price continues to rise. 4 percent increase just today! Wait -> coindesk shows more increase at 7% today. Crypto is here to stay! I read some data showing the pull and push of bitcoin on the exchanges. It showed exchanges having a good amount of pull of bitcoin. One trader even mentioned the exchanges would be eventually have very little bitcoin to trade. I find that difficult to believe. Supply and demand will keep bitcoin in the exchanges. The fact that exchanges are even temporarily running out of bitcoin is a sign. . . a positive sign for bitcoin investors.

Coinbase is an crypto exchange.

Some notes on crypto exchanges. I have only used Coinbase and it is ok. They had some security issues and still appear not to be on the leading edge of security. Their two factor authentication was not as robust as it could have been. Hopefully they have fixed that.

I see coinbase has a $200.00 free crypto offer. . . but the details are a bit hard to find. Free is free and so try coinbase to get some free crypto.

Network simulation for dummies.

Some suggestions for making eve-ng work for you. Eve-ng can run on a virtualized server or PC. I have not done it that way, I use eve-ng without a hypervisor. Eve-ng uses its own virtualization and can run by itself booting up on a server or PC. 

I suggest this. 

1. Get familiar with Ubuntu on a machine. Install it and use it a bit with networking on your computer.. Get it running on your network, make sure you can ping the internet and such. Linux skills might help you in this regard. Note! You must use 20.04 release of Ubuntu Linux, if you want to run Eve-ng. The call it Focal Fossa. Check the version! This is NOT the latest version of Ubuntu!!!! Did you just read this about the version that must be used?

2. Watch some YouTube videos on installing Eve-ng. Are you comfortable now with it? 

3. Get the Eve-ng cookbook. Follow the steps in the Eve-ng cookbook to install Eve-ng on to the Ubunto computer you have working. You are going to wipe out the Ubunto image and follow the exact steps in the cookbook. Go to section in the cookbook:  3.3.2 BM Server Installation Ubuntu Legacy ISO. These steps will install Ubuntu and Eve-ng and make it all boot up and start automagically!

4. See if your Eve-ng is accessible on your home network. Type “ip add” on the console of the machine to find out your IP address. Mine is http://192.168.1.158/legacy/

Login with default username. Once you get logged into Eve-ng, you have the confidence to get to the next step and start working on real virtualized networks!!

5. Go to YouTube and learn some more on how to setup eve-ng labs. There are many videos. Do not waste time trying to learn it all yourself. Let the videos do some of the work. After you are comfortable. . . .search for “eve-ng cisco images” and you will find videos on how to get and install Cisco switches and routers. Brag to your friends that you are a network expert!

More notes on network simulations. I am running eve-ng on bare metal, which the instructions on in the “Community version cookbook for Eve-ng”. I am running on a 16 gigabyte laptop, i7 cpu with 4 cores. I have six (6) routers/switches running and it uses about 12 percent CPU, about 20% ram. I run it off an external USB SSD drive that boots when I want to run Eve-ng. I unplug the external drive when I want to use the laptop as a normal Windows laptop. I use another Mac laptop to access the eve-ng simulator. 

So therefore, my setup is this: Eve-ng (running on dell laptop). <-> connected to home router <->. MacBook connected to my home wifi. My MacBook shows the eve-ng user interface and I edit the labs there. . . .but the labs actually are running on my dell laptop running Ubuntu. I have so far used and connect to the Eve-ng webpage and I do all the labs via the HTML5 interface. I have not yet got native console working on the Mac laptop.

There are multiple ways to install eve-ng but this way uses the hardware/cpu/memory more efficiently than any other method. So you can run more complicated labs and more routers.

I have just recently heard good reviews of a customized eve-ng simulator called Pnetlab. It might be useful for someone, the link is found by searching for “pnetlab”.

Copyright 2023, Rod Deluhery

Retro Cameras

Retro cameras don’t have to be fifty years old. With current technology, you can pack a lot of cutting-edge sensor and processing technology in an old school body. Many retro cameras come with metal dials and textured grips for that vintage feel. Even the inbuilt touchscreens don’t detract from the elegant designs. Perfect for those who love photography with a touch of nostalgia.

Work in 2024 and some tip on working with human resources.

This is about the workplace, the modern place where work is done. You can read about human resources, disabilities, bad bosses, and great bosses. You can also find the file here on Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/document/701656017/HR-story-how-to-do-your-best-work

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How to Find the Right Camera

There are many factors to consider when choosing a camera. For now, let’s forget about all the specifications and features available. Ask yourself the following questions: How will I be using a camera, and how often? What do I want to achieve? Which add-ons and accessories does the manufacturer offer? Budget is another important factor, but with technology getting cheaper every day you’re sure to find something that checks all the boxes.

Perfect Travel Camera

Whether you’re backpacking around South America or sailing the Pacific, a camera is a must if you want to record and share your experiences. But which camera, or cameras, should you take? I admit, I’ve been guilty of both over- and underestimating my photography needs on many trips. Hiking up a mountain trail with a full complement of lenses is not fun! So I decided to write down a list of minimum requirements a travel camera should have, with the goal to balance portability, functionality, shot quality and (for the adventurers out there) robustness.