Root Access

djsmiley2k

07:02

The funny bit is, google have shown they can identify people without any test

so all testing now, is for their benefit (i.e. you're helping their AI identify signs/numbers/cats...)

Nick

@djsmiley2k Is it using ip trails and interent behaviour? I'm curious.

djsmiley2k

@Nick they don't say... (unsupprisingly)

Gypsy Spellweaver

@djsmiley2k That's what the "tests" are for. Helping them.

Nick

@Bob Why aren't we? I think this is fresh territory for us. Worth talking about. How many nudes of the president is @JourneymanGeek hiding in his secret files.

djsmiley2k

You don't even have to click anything @nick

it just goes 'not a bot'

@GypsySpellweaver It's also what the Ingress game was all about.

Journeyman Geek

07:04

@Nick some multiple of the number you have.

Gypsy Spellweaver

@djsmiley2k Think its been that way ever since they made the re-Captacha

@JourneymanGeek When was the digit for zero introduced to our ancestors?

Journeyman Geek

;p

user226528

@JourneymanGeek Question: Is it possible to see who has voted to reopen a certain question? If not, is it possible for me to see whether I did it?

Journeyman Geek

hmm

I can do the latter for you

link?

user226528

1

Q: Is there a reason for preserving icon grid size when changing screen resolution, rather than preserving their on-screen size?

When you change the screen resolution you change the size that objects appear on the screen. This can cause Windows to shift your desktop icons if the new resolution is lesser than your previous one and they wouldn't be visible in their original arrangement under the new resolution. What is bein...

Journeyman Geek

07:16

no, you didn't

user226528

@JourneymanGeek Thanks. So, that beckons another question: Why is it not appearing in my Reopen Votes queue?

Andy K

morning

Gypsy Spellweaver

@JourneymanGeek Some of these image fixes are getting fun.

@AndyK For about 50% of the surface of the planet, it is.

Andy K

is what @GypsySpellweaver?

Gypsy Spellweaver

morning

Andy K

07:24

morning matey

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver No, it isn't. They have daylight, but not morning.

satibel

dammit

Gypsy Spellweaver

@FleetCommand for daylight + morning, it's closer to about 30% of the surface of the planet.

Andy K

ok

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver 12.5% only.

satibel

07:26

when do you stop morning?

user226528

@satibel My apologies. Top of the morning te ya laddy.

Gypsy Spellweaver

I'd figure that it couldn't go below 25%. No matter what the axial tilt.

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver Alright, let's see, from your POV, how many of the 24 hours are considered morning?

Gypsy Spellweaver

12 are morning, midnight to noon.

daylight, on the other hand is variable

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver Then 50% is accurate.

Gypsy Spellweaver

07:30

morning + daylight is from local sunrise to noon. So a rough average of 6 hours globally. Depending on latitude and season as much as 12, as few as zero.

Leggy7

good day, anybody who could give me a hand with schtasks?

Gypsy Spellweaver

Can't pronounce it, let alone help with it :/

@karel Sorry about that on the tag edit. Can I cancel, or does it have to wait for a 2nds reject?

Leggy7

the question is if is there any chance to plan an activity via command line to run once with a second precision. I see that even if I specify a start time in the format HH:MM:SS seconds are set to 00

any clue about this?

satibel

@FleetCommand I meant when does morning end?

user226528

@satibel According to GypsySpellweaver, at 12 PM. According to me, morning ends 3 hours after sunrise.

Gypsy Spellweaver

07:38

@FleetCommand For me it ends whenever I go to bed. Begins when I wake up. (Tends to drive others nuts when I'm saying "good morning" at 1900hrs :D)

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver LOL! Bloody hell, it sure does...

Gypsy Spellweaver

I tend to ignore clocks and calendars. I'll comply with others' schedules when necessary, but otherwise time is irrelevant in my world.

@FleetCommand Is there a way for me to cancel a suggested edit?

user226528

I wish I knew a way. I wanted this feature so much when I didn't have the editing privilege.

Gypsy Spellweaver

I fubarred an edit. Got Fiddler and JS Fiddle crossed.

user226528

Happened to me. Sometimes, I posted an edit request, and while editing, a person with editing privileges made almost the same edit. I ended up with an edit request the made no sense. I knew it would be rejected and permanently put on my record.

Gypsy Spellweaver

07:46

Can you reject tag edits?

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver Your edit didn't appear on my dashboard, sorry. My queue is empty. If it had, I would let you down easily.

user226528

@GypsySpellweaver Wait. Tag edit as in editing the tag list on the question?

Gypsy Spellweaver

Nope tag wiki

user226528

Oh, I don't have that editing privilege yet.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Not sure how it got into the image list, but it's the second one I've seen

No point in going to the super user mod room, last post was 2 days ago

@bob @FleetCommand BTW, that reminds me. Relative to the discussion of 21 hours ago. After leaving the room I was @-ed by tereško. I eventually got that message in my global inbox, but it was significantly more than 15 minutes. Had the computer running for an hour after, without it showing up.

user226528

07:52

@GypsySpellweaver "Leave" button is your best friend then.

Gypsy Spellweaver

That was with the leave button.

The benefit of the leave button is that I don't show on the stack to the right. So folks won't, normally, try to @ me when I'm not here.

Leggy7

apparently second precision in task scheduler was lost after win xp..

Gypsy Spellweaver

The good new is that the ping still goes to the inbox, as long as I'm pingable. So I won't actually miss the message, even if it is later.

Welcome @DavidPostill, I got a tag wiki edit I need to have killed. I fubarred it.

Journeyman Geek

yup

that's the idea

Gypsy Spellweaver

@JourneymanGeek reject this edit superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/641276

My foul up there :(

Thanks

Journeyman Geek

08:10

done

karel

08:31

@GypsySpellweaver Don't worry about it, it's been dealt with already. btw thanks for all the hard work you've been doing on the conversion from http images to https images.

Gypsy Spellweaver

@karel I parked here until I got journey to reject it.

I do watch my edits. Try to learn from them

Here's someone with changing plans :/

0

Q: How to merge partitons

I have three operating systems: Windows 7, Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.10. I have a primary partition and three logical partitions to Windows 7 (Localdisk C (primary), D, E and F). And I have one partition for Ubuntu 10.04 and another for Ubuntu 12.10. But now I want to merge all the Windows part...

windows-7 ubuntu partitioning

Rahul2001

@Nick I have done what you are trying to do. Use httrack

Gypsy Spellweaver

Special attention to the barely visible green box around the extended partition C:\ and D:\ can't be merged until the extended partition is dealt with. Yuk.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek so, apparently python debugging is a thing for me now -_-

the b2 tool is kinda broken

Journeyman Geek

09:15

Lol

I'm trying. To upgrade my home Fedora box. It's failing :p

djsmiley2k

superuser.com/review/first-posts/641326

wut

bertieb

retrocomputing ?

djsmiley2k

@bertieb hmmm someone seems to be leaving that answer on all the tmux questions

@bertieb I don't like it as it's got no purpose

bertieb

Answer?

Aye but its on topic (presumably?) at retrocomputing, I've seen a few history-of / what-is-the-reason-for style Qs in the HNQ

djsmiley2k

Oh retrocomputing has it's own stack?

then yeah sure migrate/move/nuke it over there

I thought you just meant add the tag xD

bertieb

09:27

djsmiley2k

+1

Journeyman Geek

It isn't really a good question and migration to betas is discouraged

bertieb

@djsmiley2k Ah naw, most of my chat tag mentions are facetious; like prefixing OT questions with [harware-rec] or [learning-material-rec] :P

djsmiley2k

hehe

I always forget how to do [ tags ] so that's partially why ;P

er

bertieb

Can us mere mortals suggest a beta move anyway?

djsmiley2k

09:29

You can suggest it via comments...

bertieb

I think the only ones we get are meta, SO, SF, webapps and android

Also, why those?

Also, where does the line get drawn between SU and U&L / Ubuntu?

Full of questions, I am

Journeyman Geek

Lol. If it's on topic here, it usually should stay.

Migration is mainly for good off topic questions

bertieb

Aye; I think a check of their tour/help centre would answer whether there's a question on-topic there that is off-topic here (or vice versa? wait)

@djsmiley2k Just saw what you mean about the tmux answer (another came up in review)

M.A.R.

70

Q: How was a user able to post a question with a title identical to an existing?

The following question was asked 5 days ago: Object Reference not set to an instance of an object How was the author able to post the question when there are already 58 old other questions with the same exact title? I've checked that: The post was not migrated The post was not deleted then un...

bug title

59 identical titles . . .

Journeyman Geek

Oo

@bertieb via flags. I'll be happy to talk about the philosophy of migration after walkies

M.A.R.

09:45

@bertieb Yeah, with mod-flagging

bertieb

Ah, that one at the bottom that says 'be specific and detailed' you say

I forget that exists sometimes

I was thinking more along the lines of "belongs on another site on the StackExchange network"

M.A.R.

@bertieb There are migration stats, and those are called migration paths to different sites. When the stats show the two sites migrate stuff to each other a lot, they set up one

The threshold is arbitrary and decided by SE staff

But it's been getting higher and higher as of late

It's usually because mere mortals do a lot of faulty migrations

bertieb

Seems sensible, on the face of it

Journeyman Geek

Eh. Actually there's a lot of talk of just dropping migration altogether

M.A.R.

@JourneymanGeek Used to be

It quieted down with the introduction of SO-specific projects

IOW, people are busy ranting about Documentation on SO

Bob

09:49

@bertieb b2 seems half-arsed :(

Journeyman Geek

Lol

Bob

half the tools don't work, and the ones that do don't really work for backup

bertieb

@Bob D: sorry

Bob

I'm still not sure if b2 sync preserves permissions or not

bertieb

Can you test on a sample file?

(bit of a PITA, but still)

HackToHell

10:02

@Bob are you able to spin up GPU instances now ?

Bob

@HackToHell on azure?

HackToHell

yeah

I still can't see the NC instances

Bob

@HackToHell Yea, I can get a NC6 over in East US

HackToHell

:O lemme recheck in East US

Bob

@HackToHell Remember, only East US and South Central US right now.

HackToHell

10:06

I checked in South Central US and it didn't show up, it's not limited to windows right

Bob

idk, I tested with win10 on eastus

HackToHell

It does show up on East US, hmm I don't have enough cores now

That's fixable, thanks !

djsmiley2k

@bertieb wonder if that's the one i'd reviewed first, or a 3rd answer...

bertieb

@djsmiley2k It was a duplicate answer to the same Q

Bob

@HackToHell ther's a 6-core one. but yea for the bigger ones you need to request more cores

djsmiley2k

10:13

same user?

bertieb

@djsmiley2k Yeah, it has a little preamble... have lost the tab

djsmiley2k

oh ffs

i told them to explain what it's doing in a comment

sounds like they wrote a new answer... xD

bertieb

Yeah, me too; think they deleted the dupe

User only has one answer; possibly others were deleted?

Welp, my plan to successively free-up-and-add 3TB disks to this raid6 array has fallen at the first hurdle (disk); ≥ 120 I/O errors so far

I'm guessing it's probably not a sensible idea to run badblocks on it to get the blocks marked out, and then add it to the array for a short while so that I can migrate 4 other disks which are currently also radi6'd ?

(seems a waste to have 4 disks of parity over two different arrays for home use)

It's a big game of 'free disk space' freecell (freediskcell?)

Journeyman Geek

10:34

ah. back

@bertieb essentially the current "standard" migration queues are the most common ones

the community can often request they be removed or changed

if you want a non standard migration location, you can flag

DavidPostill

@bertieb I nuked the dupe answer and left the other one for the time being.

bertieb

@DavidPostill Cheers!

Journeyman Geek

typically though, these questions should not be crap (do not migrate crap is literally a rule), be a better fit there than here, preferably off topic here, and the migration target ought not to be a beta site

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek Makes sense cheers

Aye, figures there's a fair chance of low-quality if also posted on wrong site

Does happen of course

Bob

@JourneymanGeek @bertieb rclone with b2 seems to work alright, but I still need to manually sort out permissions

bertieb

10:38

But putting more than minimal effort would result in a "hey, this post about c++ pointers is really programming, not computer help"

(Damn parentheses)

@Bob Seeing the word 'manually' in a sentence about an automated data store makes me wince

Bob

lol

bertieb

Did not know they had these issues

Bob

@bertieb the API seems reasonably solid, if a bit too simple, but the CLI tool is buggy as all hell

djsmiley2k

@bertieb least you found them now

rclone, that based off rsync?

bertieb

@djsmiley2k Could be worse, aye.

Even with some pretty extreme juggling, I don't think I have the capacity to get another drive into this array

scurries off to Amazon

Powershell for Linux

11:15

Hi

Powershell for Linux

11:45

No more bits please, 512k is enough for anybody

djsmiley2k

MOAR

MOAR MOAR MOAR

This is great, we have 1 first liner in

we should have around 30

and they let the cute girl go this morning too :/

Powershell for Linux

> Battery fits with guaranteed safety

Because guaranteed safety is a feature now ._.

djsmiley2k

12:03

1 and a half days of heavy use?

wut

i doubt it

Bob

"heavy" use

Powershell for Linux

@djsmiley2k Well the battery is 50% larger than my Z3C, which already manages 1-2 days of heavy use

djsmiley2k

yah

@PowershellforLinux how do you define heavy?

Powershell for Linux

So's the screen, but eh

djsmiley2k

maybe it's just my s4 sucks these days, I dunno :/

Powershell for Linux

12:07

@djsmiley2k Heavy enough to wear out the screen coating within 4 months?

djsmiley2k

20 minutes of playing facebook games?

because that's what happens to kill my phon

20 minutes of pokemon go?

Powershell for Linux

4 hours of hotspot, 2-3 hours of web browsing, 2-3 hours of music

Alternatively 4 hours of GPS navigation kills the battery on the Xperia .-.

user226528

@PowershellforLinux Hi. I have question. Are you affiliated with the PowerShell for Linux project?

user226528

Wow. That was like Zorro removing his mask to reveal he is Dante from Devil May Cry.

2

user226528

Still. My question remains.

bwDraco

12:17

sigh

The most recent Firefox update lost all my cookies.

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand no, its TOWMN

user226528

@JourneymanGeek Your statement of the obvious is futile.

DavidPostill

(yawn) Yet another name change

2

bwDraco

Well, well. I'm pulling data out of a NANDroid backup dating to February. At least not a whole lot of important data was added since and the most critical data is in the cloud.

bwDraco

12:42

nvm.

user226528

@bwDraco The numeric ID.

bwDraco

Yeah. I think this needs to stop.

@FleetCommand stackexchange.com/users/6275878/noitsbecky

user226528

Oh, hell. Our domain controller just lost a whole lot of computer accounts...

user226528

I am screwed.

2

user226528

I could use some news about the gruesome death of a Microsoft engineer right now! Domain controllers aren't supposed to just forget computer accounts.

DavidPostill

12:53

@bwDraco @FleetCommand Guys, please don't feed the attention seeking ...

bwDraco

...and this risks official moderator sanctions.

Not sure I know what I'm doing at this point.

This is why I didn't run for mod.

Dog

You think it just "forgot" but really it just deleted.

bwDraco

@DavidPostill, did I risk getting kick-muted for this?

DavidPostill

@bwDraco Yes.

Bob

@allquixotic O_O headless FF just got marked as fixed for FF55

Journeyman Geek

13:00

Lol. Guys. I step away from my desk fiiiiiive minutes.

bwDraco

@JourneymanGeek: it was my fault this escalated.

user226528

@DavidPostill Sorry, what's that? I have lost track of what's happening here.

user226528

I have a domain controller to fix right now.

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco and you should know better

Ben N

Oh hey, good morning everyone

M.A.R.

13:02

Ah man

I missed a drama, it seems

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand Apologies. Telling us you were going to "inventory all your user IDs." got mixed up in the non drama.

bwDraco

I'm drawing up an action plan to bring this behavior under control.

user226528

Alright. If anyone knows a faster way of unjoining and rejoining six dozen computers, please let me know.

Ben N

There might be an MDT procedure for this

bwDraco

Mar 8 at 8:36, by bwDraco

...and I kinda think I understand what's going on. The fundamental issue is a failure to think about the human on the other side, their emotions, their motivations.

DavidPostill

13:05

@BenN Morning ben. Welcome to the madhouse :)

@bwDraco Please drop it.

bwDraco

In summary, this incident does show a lack of empathy. It was an unnecessary attempt to draw attention, and it was done with blatant disregard to how others would be disrupted in the event it escalated further. If I had properly exercised empathy, I would have avoided doing this on the understanding that creating drama is disruptive and hurts the chat atmosphere for everyone.

...and that's the last I'll say about this.

Ben N

@FleetCommand Do you have AD backups?

Do you have multiple DCs?

user226528

We have AD backup and multiple DCs.

user226528

But the backup is useless right now.

bwDraco

@FleetCommand How?

user226528

13:09

I was in the middle of deploying WSUS, you see.

Ben N

Do the computer accounts appear if you connect directly to a different DC? Might be worth checking if a USN rollback is in play

user226528

I'd rather rejoin six dozen computers than return to backup.

user226528

@BenN Checked. The answer is no.

Ben N

I'm pretty sure you can restore just specified objects from an AD backup

user226528

@BenN It's a daily sector-by-sector backup.

Ben N

13:13

Oh, you probably shouldn't use those to restore AD; that risks a USN rollback if you wait too long to restore

Bob

AD backups as a whole are finicky business

heck, system restore on any AD connected computer is risky, nevermind the DC

Ben N

I suspect there's a way to mount the AD stuff from that kind of backup and apply it in DSRM, but I haven't done that before

user226528

Alright. I've got the critical servers rejoined. Clients remain. That means I have to step away from this computer. So, see you around guys.

Ben N

Good luck!

bwDraco

13:32

Is there a way for me to gain experience with Windows domains without having to spend thousands on a full domain setup at home or getting a job that requires working with domains (which usually requires preexisting experience, creating a chicken-and-egg problem)?

XKCD

Never give your password or bank account number to anyone who doesn't have a blue check mark next to their name.

Journeyman Geek

microsoft.com/handsonlabs/SelfPacedLabs was suggested along with ~~MSSC~~ MSCP study guides on a chat elsewhere

MSCP?

bwDraco

I just spent close to $500 on a new phone and cannot justify the cost of a Windows Server license or CALs, let alone appropriate hardware.

Journeyman Geek

or just throw a eval install on a server.

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco errrm

get 1st line support role

learn.

@bwDraco Also, why.... at least the server cals would of done you some good.

bwDraco

13:36

12 hours ago, by bwDraco

...and my Nexus 5X has started to bootloop. I may not be able to recover it.

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Most of them require you already have Win Server experience :/

djsmiley2k

@DavidPostill 1st line?

I think we're looking at different jorbs

also, 'I used computers once her derp!' seems to be enough experience

bwDraco

Long story short, my phone has succumbed to a common hardware defect and is inoperative.

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco that sucks

still doesn't explain blowing $500 on one

Journeyman Geek

....

what's @TOWMN's current username?

djsmiley2k

13:37

My car dies, I don't blow £50k on one.

@JourneymanGeek no know, no care.

Journeyman Geek

Wait, OP3s arn't 500 quid

@djsmiley2k I actually need to ping him ;p

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek her?

One of the chat transcripts had a link to profile earlier

Journeyman Geek

them?

djsmiley2k

want me to re-open tabs til i hit it?

Journeyman Geek

lol

Nae

bwDraco

13:38

@djsmiley2k OnePlus 3T is $439, but had to add fast shipping (+$10) and a case (+$12; separately purchased from Amazon). Also, the issuing bank for my debit card charges an international transaction fee for the purchase (OnePlus is based in Hong Kong).

djsmiley2k

chat.stackexchange.com/users/149840/dog

Journeyman Geek

I mean, I have a link to these lovely DIY SD card holders that they might be interested in

but shrug

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco ...

Journeyman Geek

If they insist on changing their name all the time, so I can't remember

Bob

@djsmiley2k uh, $500 on a phone is about typical for a mid-range

Journeyman Geek

13:39

@Dog blog.adafruit.com/2017/04/05/…

there. That was much more work than I should have

djsmiley2k

yeah, but he didn't need that anymore, than he needed a windows server CAL so he could learn AD.

that's all.

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k thanks

Bob

@djsmiley2k depends on priorities, but I'd consider a device I use pretty much all day every day more important than some server licences -_-

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Typical quote from a job ad Internal IT Technical Support / 1st Line / IT Helpdesk "Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and MS Terminal Services/RDS is desired but not essential." If you don't have it there are plenty who do and you won't get the job.

Bob

Anyway, buying CALs is totally the wrong way to go

djsmiley2k

13:40

@JourneymanGeek erm, such bodge o_O

Bob

Go spin up a server VM on Azure or AWS and play around there.

djsmiley2k

@Bob yey. Now we got an answer

Bob

If you pick a smaller size that maxes out at like $70 for a whole month running 24/7.

djsmiley2k

can you just rent a win XXXX server with it repinstalled?

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k such a doge bodge.

Bob

13:41

@djsmiley2k Ya, Azure, AWS and some other providers include the licensing in the hourly/monthly cost.

Journeyman Geek

actually that's a pretty smart idea too

djsmiley2k

There you go @bwDraco

errr

Bob

If you only play on it for like 5 hours a day 3 days a week... that's only maybe $20-$30/month, probably less.

Just remember to fully shut off the VM when you're done. (e.g. Azure only stops charging if you 'deallocate' from the control panel, vs shutting down in-system)

bwDraco

Does the storage persist?

Bob

@bwDraco I forget AWS, but it does on Azure.

bwDraco

13:43

If not, how do I keep the data at minimal cost?

Bob

You still pay for storage as long as the VM and disks exist, but that's negligible.

Maybe $3/month for the typical ~30 GB used.

@bwDraco Azure (because I'm more familiar with it) will charge you for space used by the disks. It will also charge you for compute hours as long as the VM is running but you can deallocate the VM while keeping the disks.

bwDraco

@Bob That makes sense. So it shouldn't be too expensive...

Bob

There's four states for a VM, really: running, stopped, deallocated and deleted

bwDraco

I'm not sure if I have the funds available to do this, though.

Bob

Running is obvious.

Stopped is if you shut down within the OS, which'll still charge you for the compute hours... because it's still 'allocated'

If you click stop from the control panel, it's 'deallocated' but the VM still exists and is trivially started by clicking start.

bwDraco

13:45

Stopped means the VM is off but the system still reserves your resources. Deallocated means the system isn't holding any resources.

Bob

If you delete it ... it's gone. The disks still exist even in this state but you'd have to recreate the VM settings.

bwDraco

That makes sense.

Bob

@bwDraco Pretty much, yea.

@bwDraco I would normally consider Azure expensive (I only use it cause free credits with VS subscription). But if you only use a few hours per month, it's not much.

bwDraco

Blah, $200 starter credit isn't going to last very long.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob unrelatedly, I was looking at watch faces on the ticwatch. They have a broken face.... gee. too soon people too soon

Bob

13:48

@bwDraco ...mine is $50/month

it lasts me fine

Maybe ~15 compute-days with small-ish instances, plus storage for the rest of the month.

@JourneymanGeek lol

bwDraco

It's unlike my current Linux VPS provider, where $200 is at least eight months of server time for me (and likely more if I'm smart about resizing instances).

Journeyman Geek

my old cheapss vps provider's got windows ;p

Dog

@JourneymanGeek Oh that's actually pretty smart

Bob

@bwDraco Different purposes. These proper 'cloud' services always cost more - they're a lot more flexible, but they'll always be more than just getting your own dedi.

Dog

Take some old card trays and solder them

djsmiley2k

13:50

windows is expensive

Dog

Funny enough I have a ton of old SIM/SD card slots for my old phones that replaced them 3 times

bwDraco

Windows licensing isn't cheap.

Journeyman Geek

buyvm.net/windows-vps

djsmiley2k

still, it's not $500 phone expensive :O

£500 would feed me for 3 months :/

Bob

@bwDraco VS Dev Essentials gives you $300/year free credit. And the dev/test plan gives you the Linux VM pricing (i.e. you get the Windows licences 'free').

so that'll at least give you a good half-year or so of playing around.

You can move to something else if you think you need more when the time comes

bwDraco

13:53

Thanks for bringing up all these options, but I'll have to wait until my income is higher.

Bob

... dev essentials is literally completely free

visualstudio.com/dev-essentials

> The Azure credit is in $25/month increments for 12 months.

Oh, portioned more conservatively.

But yea, you can run win servers fine on A1, A2, I personally like D1v2 instances. $25 is good for something like 1.5 compute-weeks

like, whatever else you do/buy later, there's no reason not to use this -_-

e.g. hop onto one of @JourneymanGeek's favourite servers if you need a more long-term one later

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