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DailyLlama: 1987 Philips introduces Compact Disc Video (CDV) discs I remember this format, especially when people used to sell dodgy copies of new films at the time at car boot sales. There is a specific Southeastern Asian model of the original PlayStation that can play CDVs without any modifications, and for those who don’t own those models, this was the addon that can be used to play them: No, Inspirobot, I think not.

This is now resolved Cloud Help Desk Release Notes: 2 Sepember, 2026: Bug fixes for mobile app reopened notifications and the dashboard Cloud Help Desk Hey everyone! We have released the following updates: Bug Fixes Mobile App Push Notifications: Updated the Reopened notification so that it only triggers when the status is changed to “Open,” not for any custom status mapped to “Open.” This aligns with the closed notification, which only triggers when the status is closed, not for any status mapped to closed. Previously reported here Dashboard: Fixed a bug that prevented the dashboard from loading correctly for managers with limited organizat…

Hey everyone! We have released the following updates: Bug Fixes Mobile App Push Notifications : Updated the Reopened notification so that it only triggers when the status is changed to “Open,” not for any custom status mapped to “Open.” This aligns with the closed notification, which only triggers when the status is closed, not for any status mapped to closed. Previously reported here Dashboard : Fixed a bug that prevented the dashboard from loading correctly for managers with limited organization access. It now loads the accessible organizations’ data on first load, and not all organizations. Let us know if you have any requests for new features by posting here , and make sure to vote for any existing feature requests that you’d like to see implemented! 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic

Great point about practical documentation. Many teams over‑complicate documentation and end up never updating it. In network & structured cabling projects, I always make sure to log cable label mappings, bend‑radius notes, and known hardware quirks. Over‑detailed documents get ignored, but short, actionable notes are gold for the next IT engineer taking over. Nothing is worse than walking into a rack with zero documentation when you need to trace a fiber or copper cable quickly.

Today in History: 1666 Great Fire of London begins at 2am at a baker’s shop in Pudding Lane, destroying 80% of London Back in the 1660s, people were not as aware of the dangers of fire as they are today. Buildings were made of timber – covered in a flammable substance called pitch, roofed with thatch – and tightly packed together with little regard for planning. About 350,000 people lived in London just before the Great Fire, it was one of the largest cities in Europe. Homes arched out over the street below, almost touching in places, and the city was buzzing with people. Lots of animals lived London too – there were no cars, buses or lorries back then – so as well as houses, the city was full of sheds and yards packed high with flammable hay and straw. Following a long, dry summer the city was suffering a drought. Water was scarce and the wooden houses had dried out, making them easier to burn… it was a recipe for disaster. The Great Fire of London started on Sunday, 2 September 1666 in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane belonging to Thomas Farynor (Farriner). Although he claimed to have extinguished the fire, three hours later at 1am, his house was a blazing inferno. At first, few were concerned – fires were such a common occurrence at the time. However, the fire moved quickly down Pudding Lane and carried on down Fish Hill and towards the River Thames. It spread rapidly, helped by a strong wind from the east. When it reached the Thames it hit warehouses stocked with combustibl

J-Nonya: I’m hoping they stop making things that can run us down before we get Terminators…unless they WANT Terminators?? Like Skynet or Earths’ current Internet…Terminators are not a “if” but “when”. Some people actually names a MMA bot T-800 already…

somedude2: spiceuser-18q0d: 230V x 16A AC output That is only 3KvA, you can get nice packaged UPS’s up into the 20KvA range, so noone is going to engineer one, which means you are not going to find floating invertors in this size range easily… spiceuser-18q0d: I am not talking about emission regulations but about the landlord relationship versus adding extra chimneys and physical firewalls to an office building. Those considerations make generators impractical for rented or other commodity office space. Then what are you, OP, talking about anyways ?? Are you just trying to save $50 on a $300 UPS that already comes with batteries or save $2000 on a $7000 UPS that already come with batteries where the battery pack costs $3000 or $4000 ? Coz at some point you are talking about data canters, chimney for Gen sets etc ? spiceuser-18q0d: Hence why I am asking if there is a commercially available similar product that can use ordinary commercially available batteries unconstrained by stupid vendor ideas about how to stack their battery modules. I have said that there are, but you are not in the scale to use them ?

MPH2014: The finger devices are ZKTeco brand. ZKTeco devices are supported by the HR package as per the IT engineer of the software company. Then you need to ask the HR people and engineer what to do ? Brand is meaningless unless they are that small only to have 1 or 2 devices or servers ? MPH2014: only an internet connection is available . Like I asked earlier, are the devices network ready and/or even Internet ready ? In some cases, these finger readers may need a local server or controller, while some others maybe standalone unit that may run on LAN or wireless directly to the cloud. The price difference between the 2 can be like $50-$80 vs $500-$900 per device.

If they are connected to Ethernet, the simplest way would be to set up a peer VPN between the branch office and HQ and route the subnet with the fingerprint readers to the subnet at HQ with the HR server in it. For security reasons, I would restrict access as tightly as possible, only allowing the fingerprint reader traffic to flow, if nothing else in the branch office needs access. You can add firewall rules over time to allow other services as you need them.

Hi @MPH2014 , and more questions for you: Q1: (a) How do the fingerprint reader devices connect - Ethernet or something else? For example, this FR1500-A reader connects via RS485 cabling; it doesn’t use Ethernet directly, so must connect back to an access-control panel of some kind. (b) If this is the case, do you know which model of control panel you have? Q2: Do you plan to have other servers at the branch office, or is the time-attendance system the only thing which might require a server? Q3: (a) Do you have (or plan to have) a firewall at the branch office to help with internet security? (b) Does the main office (where the server is) have a name-brand firewall? Matching brands at the branch office might simplify the setup.