January 26, 2026 at 8:56 pm
Our dog is 12 years old and has an orange sized tumor on this back right leg. He is not a candidate for surgery.
He still likes to walk and tries to get pet by everyone who walks by.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:58 pm
They won't amputate the leg? That's the usual treatment.
Both dogs and cats do quite well with 3 legs. That's why vets started putting the vaccines in the rear legs, to make these issues easier to resolve.
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 pm
He might not survive the surgery.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:55 am
Changing the subject... Last week was fun. One of my cats ended up with a large bump suddenly appearing on her leg. As I've been through this before, I had an idea what it was. Took her to pet ER and verified it was an injection-trauma sarcoma, which is technically cancer but may or may not be benign. She had her left rear limb amputated last Thursday and is now sitting in a dog kennel in my office. It's less stressful for her to be here than in the cat room with her brother, who absolutely hates her right now because she doesn't smell right.
Just a note, if your dog or cat suddenly gets a bump out of nowhere, don't ignore it. Sarcomas grow really fast and the sooner it gets dealt with, the better quality of life and length of life your pet can have. Also, this crap is expense. Glad I have pet insurance this time around.
Damn, Brandie, sorry you're going through that. Hope you, and the cat, feel better soon.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:56 am
Our dog is 12 years old and has an orange sized tumor on this back right leg. He is not a candidate for surgery.
He still likes to walk and tries to get pet by everyone who walks by.
So sorry man. Wish I could give him a little love.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:12 pm
He might not survive the surgery.
Yikes. That's rough. You have my sympathies.
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 am
Brandie Tarvin wrote:Neil,
You know what I've heard a lot of recently? CISSP certified security people are in high demand right now.
Granted, it's a hard cert to study for and get. You have to think like a business person, not an IT person. But if you're going to study something, that might not be a bad idea. And having been a SQL DBA, you have the security job experience to get fully adopted instead of just being an associate for 5 years.
Of course, I'm studying for it myself on and off. I need to buckle down and finally committ. My SO is CISSP so I get to hear all about the search for good candidates.
Just sell yourself when you get an interview. That is what I did for the job I now have, admitting upfront both my strengths and weakness, and I landed the job.
My old job was security-adjacent so I'm not unfamiliar with the regulation side of things either. We had to have a reasonably high level of clearance too so that might help. It's something to add to the list.
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 am
Brandie Tarvin wrote:Neil,
You know what I've heard a lot of recently? CISSP certified security people are in high demand right now.
Granted, it's a hard cert to study for and get. You have to think like a business person, not an IT person. But if you're going to study something, that might not be a bad idea. And having been a SQL DBA, you have the security job experience to get fully adopted instead of just being an associate for 5 years.
Of course, I'm studying for it myself on and off. I need to buckle down and finally committ. My SO is CISSP so I get to hear all about the search for good candidates.
Just sell yourself when you get an interview. That is what I did for the job I now have, admitting upfront both my strengths and weakness, and I landed the job.
My old job was security-adjacent so I'm not unfamiliar with the regulation side of things either. We had to have a reasonably high level of clearance too so that might help. It's something to add to the list.
February 24, 2026 at 1:22 am
Saw this, this evening, thought it would be appreciated here. Arguably, it COULD be put in any of the other forum sections, but...
A backup isn't a backup until you have successfully restored from it.
Until then, it is just a very expensive file upload called "Schrodinger's Data."
February 24, 2026 at 4:06 pm
For sure. If you're not testing restores, you don' tknow the backups are really working.
I've seen people have issues, especially if they inherit a system that doesn't use with init. Sometimes the file header gets messed up and can't be restored even though you can write new backups.
February 25, 2026 at 10:43 am
For sure. If you're not testing restores, you don' tknow the backups are really working.
I've seen people have issues, especially if they inherit a system that doesn't use with init. Sometimes the file header gets messed up and can't be restored even though you can write new backups.
We took full backups every day and, every day, we restored them to a utility server to make sure they would restore when we needed them. It was just the sensible thing to do.
Needless to say, the scripts I wrote to do that are stashed away safely in case I need to bring them out at a new place.
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March 13, 2026 at 7:24 am
I've got a job!
I accepted an offer with a small family engineering firm as a SQL Developer. They've got some big plans for the future and there's going to be plenty to get my teeth into.
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March 13, 2026 at 8:20 pm
I've got a job!
I accepted an offer with a small family engineering firm as a SQL Developer. They've got some big plans for the future and there's going to be plenty to get my teeth into.
I've got a job!
I accepted an offer with a small family engineering firm as a SQL Developer. They've got some big plans for the future and there's going to be plenty to get my teeth into.
Congratulations, well done
Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.
March 16, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Congrats!
March 19, 2026 at 1:22 pm
Well, I suppose there is one small advantage to the occasional bought of spam in the forums...
It can "bubble up" an older post that still makes an interesting read (such as the "Hash Social Security Number" from 7 years ago)
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