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  • Generally the elastic or usage/volumetric type billing structures are used on SaaS/cloud products, not on-prem.

    Although it’s entirely possible that elasticsearch, and other vendors in the space use that pricing model for their on-prem customers.

    Regardless, that’s even more of a reason why it would be very difficult to give a quote without being first having a presales meeting with a solution architect or knowledgeable rep.


  • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldElasticsearch is open source, again
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    This company may be dogshit, but seat count is the standard licensing structure for most employee facing business software, including on-prem.

    Most business software licensing/CRM tools requires that information to generate a quote, as price will be dependent upon several factors, including volume licensing tiers i.e. volume discounts.

    Sometimes, licensing structures are simple enough that an employee or rep might be able to give you a quick ballpark without that information, but that would be the exception, not the rule.

    And all of that is assuming that pricing is only based on seats, when there could be a whole lot of other variables that would be required even for their system just to generate single quote e.g. core count, support terms, etc.

    To be clear, none of that means anyone should trust, or switch back to, elasticsearch. It’s just a minor peak into the mundane horrors of business software licensing.


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    I mean, Voice of America is explicitly a state funded propaganda organization used to advance American interests abroad.

    I think the confusion most people have is that they incorrectly believe that propaganda means lies , it doesn’t.

    Propaganda is information published and used to influence opinions and actions. Doesn’t matter if it’s accurate, or inaccurate, information.

    So yeah, VOA is a US government run propaganda outlet. While it doesn’t mean that they’re some dystopian disinformation factory, they also aren’t typically breaking news either, so I would recommend using alternative sources without that baggage.


  • Everyone hating on that setup are a bunch of morons.

    There’s a good reason to put your patch panels on a separate rack then all of your switches like that, because eventually you’ll have to roll them around. At which point, you’re going to need some slack in the lines, like when you’re hooking up a tow line to your hitch.

    That’s all I see here: preparedness. Separate racks for switches and patch panels, and a lot of slack for when you got to roll them around, or some shit I don’t know.

    I just know that I see foresight and planning when I look at that picture, not sure why everyone else doesn’t.





  • I’m assuming they meant that they were company phones, and that additionally they were required for any work related MFA requirements.

    If that’s the case, it would be YubiKey in addition to, not instead of.

    As for the time tracking software, those are often part of a much larger accounting, payroll, and/or HR software suite. Having his team spin up Windows vms, or even have separate older windows boxes somewhere, probably makes more financial sense than not. At least, until they can switch to a more modern suite that has a web portal.



  • Might be workable if you settle on combining only 2 to 3 keys (small, medium, large) per hex.

    Or, learn metallurgy and material science to find some new polymer or alloy that would be strong enough.

    But honestly, it sounds like a really expensive endeavor that even if you made it work, isn’t practical enough to justify the cost.

    Maybe something like the universal socket wrench style could influence a design that’s workable as a multi-hex, and be made cheaply enough.



  • Security expenditures are just numbers on an Excel sheet, just like HR, and legal…it’s a business.

    You know what else is a big threat? Executives of cost-center departments not understanding how to articulate their needs in terms of profit, or profit loss.

    HR and legal departments are generally much better at explaining their concerns and needs in terms of profit, and not abstract concepts i.e. security.


  • AliExpress is not even close to Amazon except for the fact that it does a great job at providing a wide selection of Chinese products, but cheaper and with longer lead times.

    What makes Amazon, Amazon, is its customer service. Without that, it’s like eBay. But even eBay has significantly better customer service than AliExpress.

    Speaking as someone who has used AliExpress a lot, it’s pretty good, but only if you understand that all sales are final. Best cast scenario, the seller makes you pay for shipping which generally costs anywhere from 50% to 250% of your original purchase price.

    Their customer service always defers to sellers in my experience, and even if they approve a return, what’s the point if you lose money by shipping it back?


  • It’s not surprising that Germany is lacking these supplies as their military procurement is… incompetent, or rather, it’s a complex web of insane bureaucracy, poor decision-making, and political interference, all under the understandably long shadow of two World Wars and the Third Reich.

    But the Leopard II is a hugely popular export model, so I’m a bit surprised that they can’t source parts for repair from NATO members and other allied countries that operate it. Many of which have their own licensed domestic production lines and supply chains to support them.