The thing about IT professionals is that we're all kind of bad at our job. That generally comes from overwork, the fact that technology changes as quickly as it does, and a loss of passion for the subject once we start doing it for a living.
The lesson is that mistakes are common and testing is rare when it comes to scripts. If someone gives you that instead of a fully packaged installer, always read through it so you know what it's doing.
Almost certainly no. This is the gateway for "the algorithm" to start recommending pop science and science communicators, and from there, a seed will sprout for people to get interested in "real science"
Bitwarden is FOSS but requires some technical setup and has no redundancy.
Bitwarden offers a cloud-based service in addition to self-hosted options. I choose to pay $10/year to get access to store OTP codes and easy Yubikey enrollment
AI reminder: If the person claiming that AI is going to be a huge boon for the industry stands to gain by using it to replace workers and keep wages low, then their opinions on the tool are not to be trusted.
There really isn't a choice in the corporate space.
Switching to Linux desktops in an enterprise environment is a whole other beast than switching your home PC. To pull that off, you need to be aware of every application and process your company uses and have a way to migrate that or plans to migrate to a suitable alternative. To say nothing of things like Active Directory or Entra ID sync.
I really want to go back to electronics and appliances being both more robust and more repairable. It's just that the vast majority of the population disagrees with that once they learn that it will make things cost more initially.
I think the "black box" nature of electronics is mostly illusory due to how we treat our devices. A friend bought a walking treadmill that wouldn't turn on out of the box. She contacted the company, they told her to trash it and just shipped her a new one.
She gave it to me, I took it apart. One of the headers that connects the power switch to the mainboard was just unplugged. It took literally 10 minutes to "fix" including disassembly and assembly, and all I needed was a screwdriver.
This is a symptom of industry switching to cheap "disposable" electronics, rather than more expensive, robust, and repairable ones.
From the treadmill company's point of view, it's cheaper to just lose one unit and pay shipping one way rather than pay to have the unit returned, spend valuable technician time diagnosing and fixing an issue and then pay to ship the repaired unit back.
About 50 years ago, you could find appliance repair shops that would fix your broken toaster or TV, and parts for stuff like that were easily available. Now, with the advanced automation in building these, combined with the increased difficulty of repair(fine-work soldering, firmware debuging and the like) it makes way more sense to just replace the whole thing.
You're not wrong. I love onions, but I will freely admit that they are a powerful flavor and they are basically in everything.
I will note that if you're in this camp, that if you soak your onions in water for a couple minutes after slicing they are significantly less pungent, and will allow you to taste the other stuff better without sacrificing the texture they add
It does feel that way sometimes, but humans as a species are shockingly resilient. This isn't the first crumbling empire we've had to deal with, nor will it be the last.
It is very reasonable. No one forced Valve to build their business model this way, and they are one of the most profitable companies per employee, ever.
Literally every software company built their business model this way. Go open a support case with any software vendor complaining that their product won't run on Windows 98 and see how many help you out beyond "Buy a computer from this millennium"
It would not be onerous for them to continue supporting a couple of old versions of Windows, they would just have to hire a few more people to do it.
You are failing to understand just how much has changed since Windows 98. It's a completely different environment that requires specialized knowledge to develop for. They can't just dust off some old source code and re-release the client. The entire back-end has changed. It would be a massive undertaking that would appease about 12 people total.
Gabe would still be a billionaire.
Sure, but I would argue that there are a lot of better things that Valve could be doing with those resources than supporting Windows 98
The thing about IT professionals is that we're all kind of bad at our job. That generally comes from overwork, the fact that technology changes as quickly as it does, and a loss of passion for the subject once we start doing it for a living.
The lesson is that mistakes are common and testing is rare when it comes to scripts. If someone gives you that instead of a fully packaged installer, always read through it so you know what it's doing.