Oh fuck yeah. Skype used to throw errors when the advertisements scripts didn’t run correctly. I remember getting dozens of pop ups when the ad changed to something new. To my knowledge, they haven’t put ads in Teams, yet. They first need to kill the competition a bit; really set the hook before they reel you in.

The podcast makes it harder to hear the other voices. It’s just science!

The health data could be used against you in court.

Huh… That would solve one of my greatest anxieties with self checkout in a busy store.

Poetry. Pure poetry.

Just want to weigh in on Resolve. I was able to get the free version running on Mint, but the free version can’t do H.264. I then bought Resolve Studio, but activating the license did not work so I ended up on Windows for video editing.

I also had to switch back to Windows for Affinity, as I have been using Photoshop for years and I have yet to find another piece of software (excluding Affinity) I can move at speed in.

Once I get the content creation off Windows, I can probably leave it behind for good.

It’s not actually Go-Gurt, that costs too much. He just bought normal yogurt, but doesn’t want to disappoint her.

Awesome, that game was quite fun in early access. I’ll have to install it again.

I like this system, but only above ground. I had a meeting room that was in 0008 and that just hurts to say verbally.

• Zero-zero-zero-eight
• Triple-zero-eight
• Room 8
• Zero-zero-eight (I hated this one the most.)

On the second floor you would say something like twenty-o-eight.

Jack of many Master of none But better than A master of one

You’ll want to search online for a USB hub and find one in your price range with the features you want. I use Newegg for that sort of thing, and I like the Orico brand for it. I don’t have a specific recommendation because I don’t think there is much benefit from one to another.

I will also say that most wireless peripherals are USB 2.0 speeds, so a 3.0 hub would not provide much benefit to them. That said, having more bus speed available should allow for more devices on the hub without throttling each other.

The thing I find more important is an external power source if you’re connecting many devices. I run my mouse, keyboard, webcam, microphone, Bluetooth adapter, controller dongle, and streamdeck all through a hub mounted under the desk.

I need to know how to say “Who’s a good dog?” in French now…

I use metallic permanent markers. They apply a nice, thick coating so that the light still works but is severely diminished. It also can be done to some devices without opening them if they don’t have the light recessed too far.

But then how will they upcharge you for additional storage or push you to their monthly cloud storage solution?

True, but I do get irrationally mad if someone else wants to show me something and there are several ads before it.

Or you like to fuck with people.

Paprika? Pahp-reh-cah.

Mate, I’ve had users who were sharing an account that only some of them had MFA prompts for. They didn’t bother checking who had initiated the prompt, they just approved it because it was easier. And that was while they were fully awake and thinking…

Ba ba, ba bah ba, ba ba, ba ba, bah bah…

To set a scene, you awake in the middle of the night because your phone is making noise. Blearily you unlock it, glance at a prompt, and then approve a login and fall back asleep. The intruder now has access to your password manager!

They attempt to log into your bank and drain your life savings, but despite having your password it sends another prompt to your phone. This time, you wake up enough to realize something is wrong. This time, you deny the prompt.

The entire second paragraph cannot happen if your MFA is a single factor. Don’t store MFA in your password manager!

Al is fucking magical.