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I know some of you will love this

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Modern-day IT involves telling Boomer employees near their retirement that no, Janet, your birthday written in full letters is not secure enough, and most of everyone else that the only secure vault is your own fucking mind - provided you don't forget.

Walt wanted us to push KeePassXC as a solution and as an open-source alternative to Google's Password Manager, but I reminded him that the one issue of KeePassXC is... forgetting your vault's password. And of course, the entire idea is defeated if employees write their vault's password down someplace.

Realistically, I think the sanest approach is to try and inculcate basic precautions, while leaving some elbow room for the Post-It Brigade. The best way I've found is to require one login change every month, company-wide, and to ask of our mostly-remote employees that they keep their passwords where they keep their passports.

If you need a reminder and it's not actively in use, stow it. And never, ever do what I've seen some Boomers do, which is fold a widdle sheet of paper into their wallet...

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I wouldn't say that Americans in general have no banter, but I've worked with expat Yanks, in the past. For context, I'm Canadian.

You guys simply don't know the simple joy that comes with a comfortable silence. You're stuck in Performance Mode, afraid as you are that you might come across as rude if you don't plaster on your best grins, lather on your best compliments from your most earnest Selves -

And I'm left thinking "Dude. It's 5:23 PM on a Friday commute. I'm happy that you managed to visit Montreal, I'm glad you saw Old Montreal and landed the usual chestnuts about it "looking like Europe"; but I do not have it in me to be your One-Shot French Canadian Commute Buddy. Can I please go back to listening to German Techno on full-blast in my earphones in what's otherwise companionable silence?"

Americans have literally no banter

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Huh. So there's apparently a community on here that ships the four members of the Beatles together in various configurations, with "Starrison" being the one that caught my eye.

And I'm just thinking "Harrison's dead and Starr's still happily married! WTH?!"

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Heading to work. Smoggy AF. I've never seen haze this bad before.

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It's in French and I apologize for that but - FUCK YEAH!

Apparently, Carney and his team are looking forward with formally recognizing Palestine as a State - here meaning a country.

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Hey horny writer lil heads up for you guys, the “ai” google is forcing into docs to “scan for grammar errors” has been proved to also be scanning for spicy content and multiple ppl have already got notifs saying like “we’re sorry, there was a system error and some of your work was lost” and it was only the horny stuff so uh

Pleeeeease back up your files !!!! Don’t lose your horny to a robot, that’s Doc’s job, not Docs’…

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Definitely.

My one and only regret is we didn't see more diasporas or cultural influences in the juke joint's spirits. I would've loved to see little callbacks to Remmick's own would-be spirits, suggesting that he wouldn't have needed Preacherboy to feel a connection to his roots again.

Music is universal. Everyone's got songs that speak to them, that call to their roots. I figure Remmick could've kept his motive, but also realized too late that if he could recall songs from the Old Country, he was halfway there already.

Wonderful movie, even if I could be pushed into conceding the point that it's basically From Dusk 'Till Dawn with more highbrow messaging attached.

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I know what a Labubu is, much to my chagrin - but what the fuck is a Labubu rave? A Candy Kid-esque rager where young adults below thirty festoon themselves in overpriced felt figurines?

(Not covid but this has been giving me an asthma attack)

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Thank you!

Needle in a Haystack

I'm looking for a GIF that suits my desired response, and Tumblr's Tenor integration returns nothing but K-Pop GIFs.

What the fuck is going on?

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Yeah - "Not owing anyone anything" is usually hyperinflated to mean "Who the fuck cares, bro? You do you!", but the fact of the matter means that not owing anyone anything means you owe it to yourself to prioritize things. Not someone else.

Take me: I have a job. I have payments. I have loved ones. I have Boring Adult Shit to take care of that will not go away no matter how much I click my heels together and wish I were snuggled under my throw blanket, playing Brütal Legend on my Steam Deck to honour Ozzy Osbourne's passing.

I owe myself constancy at work, because I take pride in my work.

I owe my loved one and co-worker a productive and pleasant work environment

I owe my loved one and boss the exact same thing

I owe the employees below me the exact same thing, because I don't want to clock into work while secretly loathing myself. I don't want to be the guy who Makes Shit Toxic.

I owe my loved ones financial consistency because shit, we like having fancy groceries and long-term plans, which means Saving Up.

I owe myself constancy to fund my retirement fund. I want to end my life doing whatever the fuck I want; not to keep claiming a paycheck.

I owe basic self-respect to those around me. Nobody wants to be on-call for a stack of dealerships' IT needs with a stinky shit-goblin. That means frequent showers, basic grooming, etc.

I could go on. Beyond these obvious points, though, being an adult means I'm free to make my own choices, and insofar as my choices don't harm anyone else - I do indeed not owe anyone anything.

Within reason.

"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

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Actually, this is missing Dracula. That point is known as a widow's peak, and the arguably most famous widow's peak wearer is Dracula.

why do they have the same hairline

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Needle in a Haystack

I'm looking for a GIF that suits my desired response, and Tumblr's Tenor integration returns nothing but K-Pop GIFs.

What the fuck is going on?

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Still, it would be kinda cool. One version of me goes to work, the other version of me actually makes progress on Death Stranding 2. No more choosing between responsibility and fun!

that’s not what it means and you know it

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Considering my line of work, I'm one of a few weirdos who actually likes being on-call late into the night. It doesn't happen often, but when something related to one of our dealerships doesn't upload correctly or an off-site server goes kaput at 3 AM, I get to pull up my laptop in bed, get cozy and put in some hours for my weekly quota.

In some cases, this results in me telling my boss - and lover - that I put in 45 hours this week and that I'm not clocking in for three to four days.