Ah, good point, not thought of that. Thanks

I agree that Linux phones would be an alternative, they're not going to get there by the September deadline.

Open Android development will need to continue for another (vague handwaving) 5 years yet

Ah, you've probably not tried enough yet.

3 months...

My knee popped around Christmas time (alcohol induced injury)... thought it was getting better... went to a friend's birthday party last weekend... had alcohol... it's hurting again.

Ought to go I 'spose.

Mind you... I still have a weird patch of skin that changed colour when I had Covid, maybe they need to see that first...

No Radicale?

AFAIK it's French?

I bet you it's a hardware issue.

Run Memtest+ to check the RAM first...

Might be a PSU / heat issue....

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Best advice I had, was to rewrite the job advert as your CV... so each application will be different.

Obviously don't lie about your experience, but if they're wanting a "dynamic self-starting highly motivated..." then, well, that's what you are.

Now, whether that forms a CV or an online form, it doesn't really matter as you'll be just copy & pasting their advert anyway.

Yeah, after reading the other comments in here, you should be able to re-read that page and see it's not the best advice.

Top Tip: if you're testing things, you'd modify PATH in the current session first, check that fixes the problem and only then modify any environmental files like .bashrc, etc. so if something got borked you could just logout and in again...

That page reminds me of Windows self-help pages that ask readers to defrag the harddrive in order to get a printer working.

They're just using that symbol / rune instead of "th"... you'll get the hang of it after a couple of reads

As others have said - check your contract, but, also ask them for a copy of your contract... (and from reading other comments, maybe keep this for the 2nd meeting to delay until a 3rd?)

I was quite surprised when I changed roles a few years ago that the (large, global) company had only a single piece of paper with my NI details on. Nothing else.

If their copy is different, of course check the dates - I'm not a lawyer - but you might be able to pick the "better" version...

If you have things like overtime, then maybe you'll be able to take advantage of that to claim more income whilst you close out actions... or... dunno... get an eye test and claim it back...?

~/Stuff(1) as well?

Really good points there.

After seeing one of my team burnout (and I'm feeling it too), the indicators mentioned are real.

Treat them well (and pay them, regularly).

Not really sure what you're asking here

Is Windows + UAC + no password secure?

No.

What is Linux protecting us from by using passwords?

Bad humans & mistakes. But Linux doesn't need passwords.

Linux & Windows came from a command-line history, so things like UAC are just a GUI version of sudo (and there is (was?) a Linux equivalent if you wanted it)

So, consider these as options on either OS. If you want it, it's there, if you don't, don't - other options exist depending on your uae case (ie SSH keys, biometrics, etc..)

To the point; not using a password is a choice on convenience over protection.

So.... is it fair to say that it's like Ansible then?

Ok, Ansible has the config files on a separate control node, but for a multi-device setup, would that be comparable?

Recently started using this myself.

Tried a videocall and worked ok.

Thought I'd knock up a prosidy server at home to make it even more private, but haven't got to that yet

(And, yeah, awkward name...)

I opted out when it was announced - I think someone posted in Lemmy...

Now I see that it's for Microsoft too, then maybe I'll setup another LI account, keep the options enabled , but just not post or read anything with that account... then the AI would realise it's all pointless and go do something better instead

/s

No pricetag, and too far away for me (thankfully)

Maybe National Trust would be interested? They can paint the whole thing NT Grey...

And... you need the correct licenses for any Windows VMs.

So those Windows 2025 servers running on your laptop needs a license too... or use Linux...

Security is the output of removing vulnerabilities and insecure configs

So, the real answer is: what's the minimal software you need and the most regularly updated.

So, my choice is Arch.

Yep, installation takes a little longer and needs more technical skills, but only install the bits you need (also learn a little more this way) and then updates are tiny and can be done as often as you're comfortable with.

Whatever you choose, it will break / die / be deleted or corrupted one day, so always backup your data separately than the OS (separate drive partitions can help) and you're done.