UID_Zero @ UID_Zero @infosec.pub

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I took a week off and saw emails upon my return that they almost called me about a security issue, but implemented alternative mitigations.

Jokes on them, I would not have answered. It's not my fault that I'm a single point of failure in the org. I don't roll over and take that shit.

I hear your annoyance, and I get it, because the "real" question is "How do I stop this from ever happening again on Windows?"

But the bottom line is, no matter what workaround or registry fix is found, nothing stops MS from making changes and popping this crap up yet again in some other obnoxious and shitty way.

If you run Windows, you have to accept some level of this bullshittery.

I'm thankful that my kids fly well, and always have. We flew with them at ~15 months with no issues.

I've always heard the complaints about screaming infants and whatnot...but I've never seen it. Granted, I don't fly too often (and less so more recently), but I've never had the "classic" kid crying through the entire flight. It just doesn't happen as often as people think. I'm sure when it does happen that it's pretty f'n annoying, though.

Fair point. But even in that case, they should stop before proceeding. Most bikes I see run lights don't bother stopping, and it looks like they barely slow down if they can avoid it.

Wild. I don't live where there are too many bikers, and I see bikes blow through red lights and stop signs frequently. I've had bikes fly past me through intersections while I was stopped at a red light on my bike.

I also haven't gone a day without seeing cars doing dumber shit. Cars are definitely more consistently stupid, but there's plenty to go around for everyone.

Cursory Google searches will give you driver downloads. Dell/HP can give you a pre-bundled package of drivers.

Unless you've got some very unique hardware (or very old), it just isn't that difficult to figure out.

My washer has a delay timer on it. Is that not a common option?

I also have an option to start a small fan and spin the drum every few minutes, so it keeps wet clothes from getting mildewy. I use that every time, so I don't have nasty clothes when I inevitably forget to swap stuff into the dryer.

I'm all for using Linux, and I'm considering moving my desktop over from Win 10, but I've never had any issues with the install of Windows. If it's any level of modern hardware, it should mostly work out of the box.

These kinds of rants really trip my BS detector, because it's just not that complicated. If you can handle Linux but can't manage to even install Windows, I have a lot of questions.

You're not wrong, but why the hell does a washing machine need to be Internet connected in the first place?

And since the first answer is always "So it can tell me when the cycle is done," set a frickin timer if it's that big of a deal.

I have a pair of Sony WH-1000MX4 over the ear headphones, and I just got some Shokz OpenRun bone conduction headphones. They're both great. I put some thicker pads on the Sonys, and they're very comfortable. The Shokz are mainly for when I'm biking or need to take a call while driving (they don't interfere with my helmet, and they leave my ears open). I also can't use earbuds, they just don't stay and they're not comfortable.

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

I agree with pretty much everything here.

My employer is a regional organization, so all our meetings were via Zoom/WebEx/whatever before COVID. Our pivot to remote work was trivial - those that could already had the tools at their disposal (and were likely using them already), those that couldn't were healthcare providers and had a whole different experience anyway.

I do end up going in once in a while, because it's only 10 minutes away from home and I already have to drive kids past the office anyway. But once my younger child is in school this fall, I'm not sure how things will change. I won't have a need to get up early every day, so I might go in less, and possibly work earlier hours.

I'm very surprised that we allowed remote work to continue, but we actually embraced it and made it the standard. We downsized our office space (let the lease expire), and remodeled the space we kept. It's been good, though it has exposed a lot of issues with our onboarding process. But that's nothing we can't work through.