Working in IT, I see far too many of your passwords, and you suck at passwords.

With that being said, if you use Windows and your hard drive isn’t encrypted, it is ridiculously easy for me to break into your account, access all of your files and take full control of your computer… Provided I can get physical access to it.

Stop using the same passwords for everything. Do you want to get “hacked” because that’s how you get “hacked”. Disclaimer, this isn’t hacking, it’s social engineering attacks with extra steps. The people trying to exploit you and steal your accounts put little to no effort into getting your stuff specifically. You just happened to get caught in their net… Good luck, you’re fucked.

Probably should have had a backup, and used a password manager huh?

Also it’s ridiculously easy to lock yourself out of your own accounts by enabling 2FA/MFA. Most people have zero idea what is even involved in 2FA/MFA and the vast majority do everything in their power to turn it off. They would rather expose their account to the risk of it being taken over by some scammer, than be bothered to enter a six-digit code sometimes.

The reality is, as an admin, I can, with a fair amount of ease, monitor everything you do, when you do it and for how long you do it. The only reasons I don’t is that 1. I’m pretty sure there are laws about it (but you’d have to prove I did it to have those laws enforced… GL, YF.) 2. Morally it’s “wrong” to do so. And last but not least, I wouldn’t give a single shit about what you do with your computer, whether it’s a work machine, or personal system. Just don’t make it my problem and we’ll get along splendidly.

Also, the number of you people who use company laptops and cellphones for your personal correspondence and/or your only computer/phone is kinda ridiculous. Understand this: any company assets, and all the data held within, are wholly, immediately, irrevocably and perpetually, property of the company. So any texts, including sexts, dick pics, nudes, lude messages, personal banking info, emails sent to you personally,… All the data that is sent to, and stored on, the device that work provided to you, is property of the company.

Given that, and what I’ve seen when these devices are ripped from your hands when you inevitably leave the position, whether voluntarily or not, you all should be more ashamed of yourselves.

Y’all need Jesus or something. IDK, I don’t believe in the guy, but you need something to straighten you out. Holy fuck.

Just release them straight into the board meetings.

Fair enough.

This is what I would suggest.

Looking for grants and bursaries for the effort is something that should always happen. You may get lucky, or not, either way it will probably cost less than the same from an American university.

I mean, I haven’t done this, but it seems logical since OP is looking to further their education.

Those that want to leave are probably not the ones you want to avoid.

IMO, anyone who is awake and aware of the situation in any capacity, and can think rationally has, or is, considering leaving, or has left already.

It’s the people who agree and are happy with what is happening that you should probably avoid, and they don’t want to leave.

Sadly true, also the reason that most c-levels are also assholes. They want power and money and being an asshole is damn near a requirement to do so.

This seems pretty on-brand for burr… He’s always kind of rooted for the “little guy” so to speak. He’s also blunt and doesn’t really give a shit if you don’t like what he has to say.

There’s lots of things I don’t understand.

Like the color of thought and the sounds of a rainbow.

It probably did, but bluntly, when were already this far down, getting worse isn’t really noteworthy.

I generally do the same. It doesn’t have to be my work laptop, mind you, just a laptop. Usually my personal laptop.

As long as it’s in a reasonable walking distance from me, I’m good. Eg. If I go out for dinner, I’ll toss my bag in the car and I’ll leave it in the car unless I get a page.

Oh I believe Science when it says stuff like that.

I’m not saying I’ll do what they tell me to, but I believe them.

There’s a difference between engrossing yourself in another culture and being actively hostile to another person or culture.

The kind of people I’m talking about are those that get offended on behalf of a culture they’re not a part of, for someone simply participating in that cultures traditions.

They’re not out there actively mocking, attacking, or otherwise demeaning that culture, it’s traditions, or it’s people.

The difference is malicious intent.

Bullies have malicious intent in spades.

People wearing the garb of a culture they were not born into, do not.

This. The social Justice warriors that are peddling the cultural appropriation line are not representative of the culture or the people of that culture, their opinions, or feelings on the matter.

What we, as a society, need to do, is let cultures be offended when they feel offended, and not assume that they will be offended by something that we think they should be offended by.

Short version is: don’t be offended on behalf of someone else.

You don’t know them. You don’t know their culture. You don’t know what they see as offensive.

Stop assuming you do.

Buy the innovelli switches.

I picked up a bunch of them for my home and it’s been great.

You’ll pay for them up front but at least you won’t be replacing them in 6-12 months like some other vendors.

Edit to add: I’ll note, the ones I have are zwave. If you want, they also have ones with motion sensors built in (they look the same). They’re a bit more costly, but they can be useful for automations as they’re basically motion/presence sensors built into the switch instead of requiring a second device to do it. It would be useful on hallways where the switch is in a good spot to pick up people in the hallway…

IDK. Use your imagination. With innovelli, the blue series is ZigBee, Red series is zwave. There’s also a white series which is kind of neither, and both.

Good luck.

I think the 3310 had the biggest reputation for being impossible to break.

Most of the Nokia phones were pretty durable.

Early Web on the feature phones was generally useless. It took forever to load anything and most of the content wouldn’t render correctly if at all.

It was a wild time

Ooh. Me, me, me… I am.

The government doesn’t work for you. You vote then in, sure, but they work for the lobbyists of large corporate interests.

Any policy you want will only pass if the corporations want it to, or they don’t believe it will make a substantive difference in their ability to exploit your labor for profit, and take from you every dime, nickel, and dollar they can. They’ll only keep you happy enough to not revolt, and beyond that, you’re entirely fucked from all angles.

It’s still a choice.

It’s just not a choice you made.

You can, but often that comes with more drama than it’s worth, and/or, isn’t consistent in terms of being able to have someone to be intimate with.

There are exceptions here, but they’re relatively uncommon.

Not saying that people in relationships can be intimate with their partner whenever they want, but I am saying you have more opportunities to be intimate, as long as both people are willing to do so at the same time.

Yeah, pretty much all of us fit in that range.

I easily fit in more with millennials than my brothers do. My oldest brother acts a lot more like Gen x than the rest of us.

You would still have that with another protocol.