when Amerika is looking at a job shortage because of all the offshoring.
Ahahaha no there’s not! I work for a national company and we have hundreds of jobs we struggle to fill.
Even if you look at the data for manufacturing, the most infamously offshored sector there’s consistently more job openings than hirings
if you switch providers before paying it of
Usually a financed devicd is financed through the carrier, and therefore a carrier branded device, and therefore locked to the carrier (yes they have the unlock option but compatibility tends to be far more limited than on the manufacturer unlocked version of the model)
The biggest tool in the M365 suite will vary by organization.
Outlook is huge. It integrates well with Microsoft Exchange which can either be self-hosted or you can just pay Microsoft to handle it (generally recommended these days) the calendar integrates with Microsoft Teams where you can create a calendar event, have it create a Teams Meeting, then add your attendees from your Outlook contacts (which will also have all accounts from Active Directory searchable) then after the Teams meeting you can directly email a followup to all meeting attendees within outlook. Outlook will also very nicely handle emailing files as SharePoint links and giving access to the users you’re emailing to (again, integrating with Active Directory for authentication and listing users to set permissions) and when you and another user are both editing a document on SharePoint it allows easy collaboration in Word/Excel/PowerPoint much like how Google Docs work when sharing with edit permissions. These workflows are huge for a hybrid/remote workforce or for inter-office collaboration.
On the server & administration side of things Active Directory (AD) is a juggernaut. It has integrations into many web services (basically anything with a “sign in with Microsoft” button), many programs one might install onto a computer also support using your AD login as authentication, which means fewer passwords for users to remember and fewer passwords for admins to reset and manage for onboarding, offboarding and provide login assistance to. AD also directly integrates with file shares where you can set detailed permissions based on the users and groups in AD. AD also gives you access to Group Policies which allows you to heavily manage and configure your users workstations. This is where admins can restrict access to settings users should never touch, restrict the ability to install software, remove bloatware, restrict access to certain browser functions etc. and of course you manage all of this using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol or Microsoft Powershell which authenticates against AD. Most organizations use AD as a single source of truth on who works in the organization, with the HRMS (Human Resources Management Software) directly integrating with AD and automatically creating and deactivating users, applying groups based on the user’s job title, etc.
For a real world example, I currently manage a SAAS product as one of my primary duties (it’s like Salesforce without being Salesforce) we have extensive permissions setup within this SAAS product which we have to manually apply for every user that joins, leaves or changes positions. I’m currently pushing for AD integration since I spend about 8 hours every week on concerns that would be automated away by integrating the SAAS product I manage with AD, letting AD groups automatically set the users permissions and using single sign-on with AD, and this would also tie into a larger upcoming project of shifting some shared accounts for high-turnover positions into named accounts as it would ideally integrate with an ongoing project that’s ramping up to overhaul our current HRMS workflow and automatically create/deactivate users with appropriate permissions as they join/leave the company. This is the power of AD, it’s a single, industry standard database and authentication server that often runs entire organization’s security and infrastructure because of it’s heavy integration and potential for automation
got caught in a horrible recommendations loop because I’d like family photos of running and gymnastics for my nieces and cousins.
I never reach that point on Facebook. I scroll for about 5 posts to see what my family and friends might be up to and get too frustrated with unmoderated spam and report it as spam and close the tab and move on
The argument I heard is that all of the chatter about adblockers is causing normal people who don’t realize that adblockers exist to realize that they exist and try them out. I don’t know if there’s any evidence that this is actually happening, and I don’t know how much I can believe that argument at this stage
I believe they have like a month to comply.
According to my training when I was handling my workplace’s GDPR request email companies have 30 days to respond. Meaning they could simply have a bot respond to all incoming emails on day 29 and say “we’re reviewing your request” and be in compliance for a while longer
I used to work in support for a phone manufacturer. I spent more hours than I’d like to know helping people navigate Google account recovery because their only computing device was their phone which they just got replaced under warranty and they don’t remember their Google password. The lucky ones had set a recovery phone number and/or email, the unlucky ones were simply at the mercy of the ivory tower that is Google
Any features in the mobile app that don’t exist on the website? I’ve had good luck checking my bank balance and all sorts of other things through Firefox on Android - pre-edit: I missed that it was app only. That sucks.
The VPN really doesn’t do much at all for privacy. It just moves the point of trust from the service provider for the current network to the VPN provider, plus now you have extra hurdles as you’ll show up as a VPN IP rather than a “normal” residential or cellular IP. Realistically set your DNS to be something like Quad9 or Cloudflare and you’ll already be several steps ahead on browsing privacy
Realistically any card is going to be selling your spending habits. Cash and crypto are about the only ways to have private purchases, and plenty of places won’t accept either
Personally I had a long hard think about my privacy practices and how they only isolated me and made me unhappy, and realized that if I’m already blocking all ads so I never get to see the results of the incredibly dystopian advertising hellscape, does it really matter that much if Google knows I spent $200 on random model train shit last month when they already know I watch a few hours of train-related content on Youtube? So I take smaller steps to not fully given in, but I don’t take steps that create extra hassle in participating in modern society and living my life to its fullest.