#Networking Training

[skilliqcourse]

How to Advance Your Career with a Hardware and Networking Course in 2024

In the continuously changing world of information technology, hardware networking remains a critical component for maintaining seamless communication and connectivity across enterprises. As we approach 2024, the demand for competent hardware networking workers is expected to increase due to improvements in cloud computing, IoT, and 5G technologies. Whether you're a computer enthusiast hoping to get started in the area, an IT professional wishing to specialize, or someone seeking a career change, a Hardware and Networking Course can pave the way for a successful and rewarding career.  Here's all you should know about taking a Hardware and Networking Course in 2024.

Understanding Hardware Networking

Hardware networking is the process of establishing connections between various computer systems and devices to effectively share resources and data. It includes a wide range of activities, including hardware configuration, network infrastructure management, network setup and maintenance, and network security assurance. To establish and manage reliable and secure networks, experts in this sector work with routers, switches, firewalls, and other networking hardware.

Why Choose a Hardware Networking Course?

High Demand for Skilled Professionals

The increasing reliance on digital infrastructure has led to a surge in demand for networking experts. Companies need skilled professionals to design, implement, and manage their networks to ensure optimal performance and security.

Diverse Career Opportunities

A hardware networking course can open doors to various career paths, including network administrator, network engineer, systems analyst, and IT manager. Specialized roles in network security, wireless networking, and cloud networking offer even more opportunities.

Competitive Salaries

Due to the specialized skill set required, hardware networking professionals often command competitive salaries. As you gain experience and certifications, your earning potential increases significantly.

Continuous Learning and Growth

The field of hardware networking is constantly evolving with new technologies and methodologies. A career in this field offers continuous learning opportunities, keeping your job exciting and dynamic.

What to Look for in a Hardware Networking Course

Choosing the right course is crucial for building a strong foundation and advancing your career. Here are some key aspects to consider:

Comprehensive Curriculum: 

Ensure the course covers essential topics such as network design, configuration, troubleshooting, and security. A good course will also include modules on emerging technologies like cloud computing and IoT.

Hands-On Experience

Practical experience is vital. Look for courses that offer lab work, real-world projects, or internships to help you gain hands-on experience with networking equipment and scenarios.

Industry-Recognized Certifications

Certifications from recognized bodies like Cisco (CCNA, CCNP), CompTIA (Network+), and Juniper Networks can enhance your employability. Choose a course that prepares you for these certifications.

Experienced Instructors

Learning from experienced professionals can provide valuable insights and industry connections. Research the instructors’ backgrounds and expertise.

Career Services

Many educational institutions offer career services to assist with job placement, resume building, and interview preparation. These services can be incredibly beneficial as you transition into the workforce.

Why choose SkillIQ for hardware and networking course training?

SkillIQ is a top option for hardware and networking course training because of its wide curriculum, knowledgeable professionals, and strong industry connections. The courses at SkillIQ are designed to provide practical, hands-on experience, ensuring that students are well-prepared for real-world networking challenges. With a focus on current and emerging technologies, SkillIQ equips students with the latest skills and knowledge required in the field.

Additionally, SkillIQ offers robust career services, including job placement assistance, resume building, and interview preparation, making it an excellent choice for those looking to advance their careers in hardware networking.

A hardware networking course in 2024 can be a game-changer for your career. Embrace the learning journey, stay curious, and continuously seek growth to thrive in the dynamic field of hardware networking.

[usergrantaire]

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010) dir. Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois

Score composed by John Powell

[network-rail]

[classycookiexo]

This is literally so iconic

[certificationcenter88]

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[10bendog]

Today marks 21 years since the CN City era and exactly 1 year since I started making CN CIty art. So, to celebrate both occasions and to sort of conclude this chapter of my art, I've created my largest piece to date!

Come! It's a party downtown, and you're invited! "This is Cartoon Network."

I want to thank everyone who's seen my art and interacted with it, liked it, shared it, etc. for the past year. It all means a lot to me! 🖤🤍 I might not be posting as much CN City from now on, but I will continue to post general Cartoon Network art indefinitely, some of which will be part of new projects. As always, here's the full renders of all 36 characters in this piece. No points for guessing why I stopped on this particular number, lol.

But wait, there's more!

I decided to make a list of all the CN characters to illustrate just how many of them I've drawn for the past year. This encompasses all the CN City art, the CN City adjacent art, like the Villains Bar, etc., all FusionLore thumbnails I've done so far and the last triple art style challenge piece, because all 3 of its characters didn't appear in any of the other drawings.

This all comes to a grand total of 48 CN cartoons + FusionFall + (not shown) 8 Disney and 10 Nick shows represented, among which there's 213 different characters that made an appearance (counting the Ben 10 variants of characters + Ben's aliens separately).

[witchrealms]

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[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

If someone asks me why I have a shit load of external hard drives that are filled with pirated copies of various movies and TV shows, this is why.

Corporations don’t value art or creativity.

Pirate all your favorite media while you still have the chance.

[cursed-iris]

this is so old but you bet i'm still going to post it because i think it's funny.

[fawnisize]

waking up the infinity train fandom with a quick ryan fanart is it possible ?!?!

[aiweirdness]

AI versus a giraffe with no spots

On July 31, 2023, a giraffe with no spots was born at Brights Zoo in Tennessee.

Image recognition algorithms are trained on a variety of images from around the internet, and/or on a few standard image datasets. But there likely haven't been any spotless giraffes in their training data, since the last one to be born was probably in 1972 in Tokyo. How do they do when faced with photos of the spotless giraffe?

Here's Multi-Modal In-Context Learning:

And InstructBLIP, which was more eloquent but also added lots of spurious detail.

More examples at AiWeirdness.com

Are these crummy image recognition models? Not unusually so. As far as I can tell with a brief poke around, MMICL and InstructBLIP are modern models (as of Aug 2023), fairly high up on the leaderboards of models answering questions about images. Their demonstration pages (and InstructBLIP's paper) are full of examples of the models providing complete and sensible-looking answers about images.

Then why are they so bad at Giraffe With No Spots?

I can think of three main factors here:

AI does best on images it's seen before. We know AI is good at memorizing stuff; it might even be that some of the images in the examples and benchmarks are in the training datasets these algorithms used. Giraffe With No Spots may be especially difficult not only because the giraffe is unusual, but because it's new to the internet.

AI tends to sand away the unusual. It's trained to answer with the most likely answer to your question, which is not necessarily the most correct answer.

The papers and demonstration sites are showcasing their best work. Whereas I am zeroing in on their worst work, because it's entertaining and because it's a cautionary tale about putting too much faith in AI image recognition.

[skilliqcourse]

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[interstellar-superdrive]

Everyone listen up! Owen Dennis is deleting the Infinity Train crew blog (infinitytraincrew) because of Tumblr selling people's art to AI datasets.

I want to preserve the art, so I'll be reblogging the posts from that account. REMEMBER TO TURN OFF THIRD-PARTY SHARING IN YOUR BLOG SETTINGS! Also, here's Glaze, which protects your art from AI.

Update: turns out that Glaze does not actually work. please reblog this version instead!

[network-rail]

A very long complaint about the trains in Stardew Valley

So there is this indie farming game called Stardew Valley that you may have heard of (although knowledge of the game is not essential to understand this post), and there is a railroad with the occasional train in it. The point of the train is that it sometimes drops items (not especially rare ones either), but that's not what this is about. You see, I have many problems with the train from a rail enthusiast perspective rather than a gameplay one (although it could use some improvement in that regard as well) so I'm here to complain about those instead.

Anyway, intro over, time to rant about this stupid train.

So, first of all, let's start by taking a look at the railroad (this image is from the wiki, and shows the station):

Looks mostly normal, right? Sure, there might not be any station buildings –just a platform and a shelter– but this is a small rural town, so that's not too surprising. And it is a little odd how the spacing between the sleepers/ties is inconsistent, but maybe it's just old. Not to mention, there isn't any ballast or track bed, but that does sometimes happen on less-used rural lines. However, if we zoom and enhance, we discover several problems that, once spotted, will bother you forever.

Firstly, if we look at the level crossing sign (the actual crossing is just to the left, out of the image, but it's not important right now) we can see that the image is clearly one of an electric train, with a pantograph more or less the only feature visible (other than the window) at this scale. But when we look at the tracks, do we see any overhead wires? No, we don't, and later on we will discover that it gets worse in regards to what sort of traction is used (no, not battery electric, it's not that bad). Of course, while promising us electric trains and then immediately disappointing us through a lack of wires (and a subsequent lack of electric trains) is not a good look, it isn't too bad – after all, some level crossing signs in real life promise steam trains and then fail to deliver as well. But the problems with the Stardew Valley Railroad (or SVRR, if you will) go beyond misleading signage, as we will see.

Second, if we look at the tracks themselves, we notice something unusual going on: the rails appear to have had nails driven through them to attach them to the sleepers/ties, which would make the ride much more bumpy, and if the heads of the nails were worn through by the trains, then the rails could easily be knocked out of alignment. This is why rails are attached at the sides, so that the surface for trains to travel on is smooth and the trains do not wear away the things connecting the rails to the sleepers/ties (and therefore disconnect the rails from the track).

While this might seem bad, it's the sort of thing you would expect from someone who isn't a train enthusiast and has only rudimentary experience sticking things together (perhaps the occasional piece of IKEA furniture). The thing is, once the train shows up, it somehow gets even worse.

Before we get to the epitome of this mess that is the train locomotive, we must first look at the train carriages themselves, of which there are two basic types (by appearance, anyways; there are ): passenger cars and hopper cars.

Now, there are several things wrong in this image, but we'll go over them car by car, so as to not overwhelm the reader.

First, all but one of the cars in this image are hopper cars, of which one is not covered. We'll start with that one: it seems to be filled with cupboards of some sort, which is quite frankly baffling; as furniture would never be transported in aggregate hoppers (The SVRR aren't british rail, though they may be taking inspiration from them). This is a problem with several of the open hopper cars (although none of them are visible in this image), as these hopper cars can drop items for the player, and the contents can be seen from outside. Some of these items, such as coal, stone, iron ore, and copper ore are normal things to put in hopper cars (although the stone drops from hopper cars carrying bricks, which is a whole different can of worms we won't go into), but some items – such as wood – would never be transported in a hopper car (it makes no sense, hopper cars are for loose material, wood goes on a flatcar).

Now moving on to the covered hoppers, there isn't anything really wrong with these, as they appear to be perfectly normal modern hopper cars. Except for when they have livestock inside. (see here, again) HOWEVER, as we will see in the next paragraph (stop reading ahead, learn some patience) this modern appearance is itself a problem.

We're in the next paragraph now (aren't you glad you waited?) and we're going to talk about the passenger cars. First of all, the passenger cars have open platforms at both ends, and generally resemble earlier North American passenger cars, where passengers would leave through doors at the ends of the carriage and disembark from an open vestibule. However, the passenger cars also have side doors, which is very strange, and don't really fit with the style of the car. Next, we have something to consider: these passenger cars appear to be modeled after earlier North American passenger cars, what with their wooden appearance and open vestibules (side doors notwithstanding); but the freight cars appear to be modern hopper cars. Not only that, but the hopper cars and passenger cars are often found ON THE SAME TRAIN, which is a safety nightmare, especially for wooden carriages. If that train derails, those passenger cars will be turned to splinters (and the passengers into tomato sauce) by heavy hopper cars filled with lumber, gold ore, and cabinets. There do also seem to be venetian blinds over one of the windows, although that's not really much of a problem compared to everything else.

You may have noticed that up to this point, there is one part of the train that we have avoided mentioning (except for a passing reference to it not being electric), and that's the locomotive. In case you hadn't figured it out. Why? Well, I'm saving the best for last, and by best I mean worst.

So, without any more nonsense, here's the absolute travesty that is the SVRR locomotive!

This locomotive – a 4-6-0 steam engine – just keeps getting worse the longer you look at it, especially if you know anything about trains (which I do).

There's a lot to unpack here, so for this we'll be using bullet points to keep things concise:

There's a massive gap between the rear drive wheel and the front ones

The middle drive wheel is not attached to the coupling rod

The coupling rod is only connected to the wheels, not to the piston (how is it moving?!)

The leading wheels are incredibly small (WHY?!)

The leading wheels are stuck to a large metal box that I can only assume is meant to be a bogie (what else could it be?) that has very little clearance with the track

There is no coal tender or attached coal bunker (where is the fuel?!)

There's some sort of pipe sticking out of the cab (what is it for? is it a radio antenna?)

What's that box at the front? Is that where the side rods are meant to connect to the pistons? Because they aren't, so it could be a transformer box or a cabinet for all I know.

It's a steam train pulling modern hopper cars (the passenger cars do fit with steam trains though), and in a setting which has the internet, robots, buses, electricity (very anachronistic, especially since it doesn't seem to be a heritage railroad)

It's a steam train that travels through some rather long tunnels. How long? We don't know, but since the railroad doesn't appear anywhere else on the map they've gotta be long (if you don't know why this is a problem, you try breathing in smoke inside a tunnel for several minutes)

And more! Why don't you try to find something else that's wrong with the locomotive so I don't go insane?

One thing that annoys me specifically is that it's a steam train, rather than electric. This would normally be forgivable since steam trains are very iconic and good-looking, but this rather ugly locomotive looks like someone with a limited knowledge of trains attempting to draw a steam train entirely from memory. I would not advise attempting this even if you do know a thing or two about trains, since steam trains are rather complicated creatures. If you don't have a reference of some sort, you should stick to drawing electrics and diesels; since those have far fewer complicated external mechanisms to be messed up in such a spectacular fashion. Of course, since the internet exists, finding a reference should be easy. Should be.

Indeed, the complete shambles that is the entire Stardew Valley Railroad seems to be summed up by the locomotive: a railroad drawn apparently from memory by someone who isn't familiar enough with trains to pull it off convincingly. Of course, this is from the guy who brought us the famous Grandpa's Bed, so I'm not that surprised.

Anyway, this concludes my rant about the train in Stardew Valley. Fortunately, the train is fairly out of the way, and not that important in gameplay, so you don't regularly encounter it while playing the game. If the train actually looked good and made sense, I'd probably complain about how rarely you get to see it, but in its current state, it's fine that it doesn't show up that often.

[alwaysbewoke]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network 2024 Convention, activists and organizers from Black Alliance for Peace and PSL disrupted the event. They denounced Jeffries and Sharpton as Black Misleaders, boldly proclaiming that the duo doesn’t represent the majority of Black/African people and instead provides a Blackface cover to U.S. imperialism. Jeffries received over $700,000 in Israel lobby funding in the last election cycle alone. Last year, Jeffries led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to the CARICOM Heads of Government Conference where NO HAITIANS were in the room as the the invasion and occupation of the country was planned. The collective liberation of Africa and Africans is not guaranteed without the liberation of Palestine, Haiti, or even the Borough of Brooklyn that Jeffries was elected to represent instead of approving more money to IOF-trained NYPD!