I'm assuming the windows machine is a work PC and the Linux is yours right?
Because what you describe doesn't sound like a "windows" issue but rather an IT management issue.
You can put off updates and reboots a very long time. And always be able yo postpone them.
Applying updates on boot daily sounds dumb to me.
But I'm also figuring your IT dept has poor (or no) sense in managing their inventory well. Most updates can be applied silently at a scheduled time.
Also, your machine sounds old and/or poorly maintained the way you describe it. If its more than 5 years old your company is just cheap.
I'm all for griping about Windows but this seems off to me.
The other is something random (it has meaning to me but nobody else would think that). I use that for all my "private" emails, creating aliases that forward to me.
The most important thing is to pick something easy to understand so its easy to convey.
My domain is actually quite long, which normally is a bad thing but its distinct words so people understand it when I give it to them verbally.
Seriously though, Skype is a good example of how MS butchers products. I mean, I never loved Skype but it worked and was the defacto video calling platform of the masses. If they had their shit together, even a little bit, then Zoom would never have taken the market.
I don't really like zoom either, but its better than Skype.
If they only spent this time and money on training the managers to...well, manage their employees.
Stop thinking "time at your desk" is a kpi and start measuring results instead. It cuts the crap employees that are worthless and that in and of itself is a reward to good employees and team morale.
I would rather have a productive employee get results in 4 hours and then leave than a crap employee who needs the full day to get the same job done.
Then the good employee will learn to streamline it so they can get the job done in 3 hours and I win because my efficiency went up. They win because they get another hour of their life back daily...or dare I say, they want more work and I give it to them along with a pay increase.
Personally, I have been known to look at email addresses because I assess everything the resume gives me. No, I don't really care what provider you choose, but it's a tiny bit of information.
So if your email name is "BigBootyQT" then I have a glimpse of your personality and how you may or may not fit in the role. That's a real example BTW.
It also might bear light in other ways, say if you're applying for a job in cybersscurity but you're using a yahoo email. Yeah, that's a negative mark.
Will any of this be THE reason I ditch somebody? No. But it weighs with the rest of it. I would not disqualify somebody for a typo for instance, but it is a negative because that should not have occurred (especially of the role requires attention to detail).
Technically, there was at least 1 free seat since the woman wasn't using it anymore.
But that begs the question, assuming the entire plane was full then the lady was sitting next to at least one other person. They moved her from that seat to be in next to the couple in question. So it seems to me there is no situation where it's not extremely messed up.
Exactly. And that's why people are misunderstanding the sentiment. Its not that AI doesn't have value, its that it doesn't have revenue. They want more return on investment before investing more.
I can criticize Microsoft all day, but that logic in itself isn't bad business. Of course the counter argument is they have the money to float the difference until they turn a profit. But I'm not in the habit of saying how other people should spend their money.
Just a slight positive spin on this.
I mean, I get it. Just like all of you I read this headline and say, no shit.
But its good these articles are out there. Its not for you and me. It's for the average person who doesn't think about this and is blissfully unaware.
Yeah, I can argue they should care and all that, but that's pointless. This is a sign that the average person is becoming more aware, and the status quo can change.
We all have those friends and family that we wish would...just do things differently. Maybe they will now, or soon.
Just think, wouldn't it be great if your "arguments" with your family are over messaging each other over SimpleX instead of Signal?
With that in mind, security and privacy are two completely different things.
For instance, I would say that WhatsApp is fairly secure. It just isn't private at all. Meta can (and does) see and track your meta data.
Why is that important? I liked these 2 examples I read somewhere because they are simple but explain how powerful it is.
Your phone calls are private. Your carrier isn't allowed to listen in on your call to know what you talk about. But they can see that you called a suicide hotline while standing on a bridge.
They can see that your doctor's office called you and then you called an abortion clinic next. The following week your GPS location went to that clinic.
Are these things Person A would willingly tell their phone provider? It's none of their business so I assume not. But they essentially are when they don't care about their privacy.
Another stance I take is that even if they don't care about their privacy, can they at least respect mine? I don't give their phone number out to anybody that asks. But non private apps look at all their contacts so they are doing exactly that to me.
Think of the last spam call they got. If they knew it was because of you wouldn't they be upset?
Me neither. Glad to see it.
Of course they still require it for multiplayer games like Helldiver's, which is what set this whole thing off in the first place.
I have a hard time making the connection that DMS is making.
OnlyOffice is a Russian company, so it naturally has "ties" to Russia.
They have not condemned their government for invading Ukraine, which can be for many reasons. Maybe they approve of it as DMS concludes. But maybe they don't want to get political at all (hell, look at what a single comment from Andy Yen has done to views of Proton). Maybe they don't want their government making life difficult for them. There could be a multitude of reasons they didn't say anything.
The way the statement is written is condemning for lack of evidence. Which is fine as an opinion. But that's all it is.
Don't get me wrong, I followed your link because I wanted to know and appreciate the heads up. If there's shady stuff then I'll avoid them. I have no ties to OnlyOffice for anything.
But being honest with the info doesn't support the DMS claim. I'm happy to be wrong if there's other information out there, but their biased statement makes me distrust DMS more than OnlyOffice.
That's definitely part of it. I remember when 3 was being presold, they were saying if you own 1 and 2 you could play all of them in 3...but then that wasn't totally true because of licensing issues on the Steam platform.
Of course their current naming system with different versions of WOA is still confusing as hell, and they do not make it clear what is or is not included with any of them. That's completely outside of any licensing issues.
Change your password, and hopefully you don't use the same password across multiple accounts.
Since you're asking, I assume you do. (Not shaming, just informing)
It would be best practice to use a different email and password for every account you create, and enable MFA.
Email aliases work great for this, and use unique randomly generated passwords for everything. A password manager will help you create, remember, and fill these fields for you so its not cumbersome. There are many good ones, I personally recommend Bitwarden.
You can get pretty far with their free version, but I recommend paying to get the authenticator built in, so you can auto fill MFA codes.
If you can't afford this, or want to keep the codes separate (not all your eggs in one basket) then download the Aegis authenticator app. Its free and very good.
Oh for sure. Excel is hot garbage when it comes to UI. I really want a replacement so I don't have to rely on Microsoft. I use Libre Office for every other office app, and a more sane experience.
I agree that winrar is better (or at least historically better since I don't routinely test like you do).
However the need to compress files is different than it has been. Storage space is always getting bigger and cheaper so I don't need to store anything compressed.
Compression is best for sharing files, which that has evolved greatly since the creation of rar files. And recently windows has added native 7z support so it's become the convenient choice.
I'm assuming the windows machine is a work PC and the Linux is yours right?
Because what you describe doesn't sound like a "windows" issue but rather an IT management issue.
You can put off updates and reboots a very long time. And always be able yo postpone them.
Applying updates on boot daily sounds dumb to me. But I'm also figuring your IT dept has poor (or no) sense in managing their inventory well. Most updates can be applied silently at a scheduled time.
Also, your machine sounds old and/or poorly maintained the way you describe it. If its more than 5 years old your company is just cheap.
I'm all for griping about Windows but this seems off to me.