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William_Cannon

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  1. I bought a Lexus a couple of months back. When the dealer called to tell me my tags arrived, they mentioned my timing was impeccable - they are now selling their allocations because there is no inventory and they’ve already sold their in-transits. The supply chain is screwed. I’m looking to buy another car and the little supply that exists is overpriced. I’m curious when supply will bounce back.
  2. Any advice on how to keep the neighbor’s weeds on his side of the fence (6 foot privacy)? Weeds have crawled under and spread onto my lawn. I’m going to look at having a brick border installed in the front lawn. Any recs here?
  3. I’ve used ABC fore core aeration and was pleased with the service and price. Their composting service seemed like a rip off. However, I will get a new quote for them.
  4. My lawn needs aeration and top dressing badly.. The soil is compacted and eroded from various flash floods over the years. I used to DIY this kind of stuff myself but now I just need someone to come out and take care of it. This will take a few seasons to refurbish/rebuild to its former glory so I’m looking for someone for the long haul. I know this shit ain’t cheap to farm out. Any recommendations and advice on fair market price? Lawn is small-medium’ish. Don’t have the sq ft handy. Thanks I’m advance, WC
  5. If you’re a PM and want to get into cyber, then program or project manager is a good toehold into the field. IT compliance also shares many soft skills that are required in project management, such as attention to detail. You will get the exposure and in parallel be able work on some certs. If you want to get technical, it will need to be full immersion for you. ...Books, podcasts, setting up a small lab at home to help ramp. Most jobs within cyber are technical and that’s why several transition from programmers, network engineers, systems administrators, etc. It is an extremely steep learning curve without an applicable technical background. It’s always a very broad field too - so usually you have to specialize. If you work for a small company specializing can be a luxury and it’s trial by fire and learn as you go. This field has a 1% unemployment rate, largely due to an extremely high burnout rate, especially in incident response. You’re always under budgeted compared to the adversary, under staffed, under tooled. If there is a breach at your company, it could mean that they clean house of all security personnel regardless of who is at fault. it’s foolish but it does happen. With that said it does have a low unemployment rate, so rebounding should be easier. You have to constantly think like an attacker, and pay attention to all the evil shit attackers are doing. That can be disheartening at times so you have to have grit. You have to have thick skin. You will make enemies with: new policies and capabilities you roll out, measures you take during an incident, etc. You will cause outages with deployments at some point in your career no matter how much you test because shit happens. So you have to have passion for the work. You have to want to do good, make the world a safer place so to speak. If that sounds like you, see my first paragraph for advice. If that does not sound like it’s for you, get your PMP. You can’t go wrong with your PMP. It’s highly valued and transferable from industry to industry.
  6. I agree the field is 100% what you can do. You don’t need a particular degree, certification, etc. however, you have to start somewhere before you’re part of the cream of the crop talent who doesn’t need some sort of cred stack to get hired. The OP won’t fall into that bucket for years, if ever. Think about the entry level and run of the mill, SOC guy, cyber engineer, risk and compliance guy. Where do they get started? OP, what adjacent fields have you worked in? You likely have to start somewhere adjacent and work your way in. One typically does not just get some certs and get hired. Without some sort of background, the education you get from your certs won’t have context so you get as much out of it.
  7. I also recommend a belt driven Chamberlain as well. However, I don’t do any IOT entry into my house so I can’t personally comment on the Q link. I’m paranoid and know too many dumb asses that don’t consider security in their dev work.
  8. I made the transition. It’s not bad. It’s like Italian va Spanish. Once you know one, you figure out the other. It’s a much more secure os which is why I made the jump.
  9. With everyone staying at home, construction is busy beyond belief. I would expand your search beyond patio cover companies. A general contractor should be able to build a patio cover, no problem. Let me put it this way, a firefighter who moonlights as a handy man built mine 15 years ago and it’s still going strong.
  10. That’s even worse right now. Ammo manufacturers also manufacture components for reloading and they prioritize their product lines.
  11. Yes I believe you are correct, a form 1 is faster. Last I heard was 3 to 5 months vs 9 to 14. I was looking at a complete SBR but was advised to buy the lower and then buy the upper separately to form 1 it.
  12. This. I paid $500 on FB MP but it was almost new.
  13. A safe company that uses http?
  14. Congrats! I love the Rugar Mark and am quite envious of the IV owners since they’re not a PITA to field strip.
  15. I have a small Amsec that I love but it only holds pistols and documents. I need to be able to hold 6 to 8 long guns nicely, the stuff in my small Amsec, and firearm accessories like mags. Any recs for a fireproof gun safe? Would something like 30” wide suffice, you think?
  16. I see. Yea it totally depends on the franchise. WW of Austin did a great install for me. My only gripe with WW is that they have a weep hole on the fixed side of a horizontal slider. It lets in a bit of cold air in. I don’t see the point of the weep hole since it’s on the fixed side on the inside of the window. I guess if there was tropical storm sideways rain, we t could help the frame drain. However, that’s not likely for me and there is a weep hole in the slider side as well (under the pane)....so I put a little piece of tape over it.
  17. I don’t recall the name, but there was only one in Austin when I looked at them.
  18. Same thing here. That’s their unethical high pressure sales model.
  19. Why? I know of a dozen installs by Window World of Austin, over a decade, including new ownership of that local franchise. All owners have been happy and so I took their recommendation and just replaced all my Windows and so far so so. Install was flawless, clean, and the crew was quick. The product carries the best warranty, lifetime on everything including the glass. Most companies only warranty the glass up to 15 years which is the MTTF for the glass seal. I replaced all my windows (11 openings), 4 were oversized, for less than $6k. I don’t disagree that Marvin makes a quality Window but the authorized dealer in Austin is an a hole. If I had confidence in them, I would have happily paid more for their product. This brings me to an important point that you have to go with a reputable dealer/contractor. I’m sure there are more options for Marvin in Houston.
  20. Sounds like the OP should be asking about the cost of installing windows.
  21. I’ve put around 800 rds through mine and didn’t have a single issue. However I haven’t shot any crappy ammo with it.
  22. I briefly researched this myself and have some thoughts where others may be able to chime in. 1) is it a good idea? 10/22 can be persnickety if fouled and a can will only contribute. 2) is the carbine barrel thick enough for a smith to thread it and is it going to be cost effective? 3) is it going to be cheaper to replace the barrel if you can DIY? Replacing the barrel looks a bit involved but there are plenty of YouTube’s. It does look like you need a freezer to get it off without stressing the assembly (aluminum). 4) if you have to hire someone to replace the barrel, then look at the cost for another rifle. [emoji3]
  23. I’m going upgrade the stock on a 10/22 carbine. Was looking at one of those fancy finagle Boyd’s laminate stocks. Any advice on selection and installation? Will likely pick a model that floats the barrel, but know jack shit about swapping and bedding a stock.
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