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But it won't stand still in the pot long enough for us to just melt it's hooves.

nasa is about to remote into the computer I’ve dealt with slow RDP sessions while fixing servers in the past, but the lag on this connection must really suck.

Also, what idiot decided that only one settings window is allowed open at one time? Microsoft engineers were worried that people missed the joys of MS-DOS and having only one application running at once. Next up, will be the return of base memory versus expanded memory versus extended memory. This ends when they devolve Windows to prove Bill Gates right that 640kB should be enough memory for anyone.

Simple, NoPilot can just erase all your files. Binaries can’t take up memory of they can’t be loaded.

Maybe it's a regional thing, but I don't think it's a common phrase. I've heard "nothing-burger" a lot, and this may be someone playing off that.

Given the roughly similarly sized drop in Win11 users. I chose to believe that the Win10 jump is from people nopeing out of the Win11 slop.

English isn’t a language. It’s three languages dressed up in a trench-coat, pretending to be one.

A what now? I'm just here to read memes and rant about crap no one else cares about. I can't be arsed to dig into all the random profile crap the developers poured hours of blood, sweat and tears implementing.

Sadly, yes a lot of organizations didn’t get the memo. But this really is the current guidance. In NIST 800-63B Section 5.1.1.2: Verifiers SHOULD NOT require memorized secrets to be changed arbitrarily (e.g., periodically). However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence of compromise of the authenticator.

I deal with this sort of thing pretty regularly for the company I work for. We get threat intelligence from several vendors when they see our users show up in “dumps”. Basically, threat actors will package up stolen credentials in a large zip file and make that available (usually via bittorrent) for anyone to download. Security vendors (e.g. Mandiant, which Google bought) download those dumps and search for accounts associated with their customers and send out these warnings when they find one. On the customer side, if the breach was recent we’ll force a password reset and warn the user about the breached password, with a recommendation to change their password on the affected site and also change any passwords which might be similar elsewhere. Why do we force the password reset, even when it wasn’t the account for our business which was breached? There’s a couple reasons for this. First off, people still reuse passwords all the fucking time. Maybe this victim didn’t, but we have no good way validate that. Second, even without direct reuse, folks like to have one main password that they apply slight variations to. They might use “Hunter 42!” at one site and then “Hunter 69*” at another. This isn’t smart, attackers know you do this and they have scripts to check for this. Lastly, if an organization is following the latest NIST guidance, you’re not changing your password on a regular cadence anymore. With that is the expectation that passwords will be rotated when there is a reason to suspect the credentials are compromised. Ya it’s annoying, but that’s part of the trade-off for not having to rotate passwords every six months, we pull the trigger faster on forced rotations now. If you get one of these, consider it a good time to think about how you come up with and store passwords. If you are re-using passwords, please turn off your computer/device and don’t come back to the internet until you have thought about what you have done. If you aren’t already using one, please consider a password vault (BitWarden or KeePassXC make great, free choices). These will both help you create strong passwords and also alleviate the need to memorize them. Just create a strong master passphrase for the vault, let it generate the rest of your passwords as unique, long (12+ character) random junk, and stop trying to memorize them (with the exception of your primary email account, that gets a memorized passphrase).

Go for it. It’s already broke, even if you make the problem worse, it won’t functionally change what you are planning to do with it (throw it away). Do be careful around any capacitors, @Nollij@sopuli.xyz made a very good point about discharging them carefully. I took a hit off a capacitor for the flash in a disposable camera some years ago and was certainly shocking.

This sort of thing is just awesome. I really wish there was more information on repairing these sorts of electronics out there and accessible to non-electricians. I do get that sometimes it really does take someone with a lot of specialized knowledge and training to troubleshoot and fix things like this. But, even basic, “look for X and try Y” type stuff for us plebes to make the attempt. Sure, we’ll fail as often as we succeed, but even that would save a lot of electronics from the scrapheap.

Fixed my monitor rather than tossing more e-waste in the landfill. Replaced a couple blown caps and it’s running like a champ again.

The big ones for me were a frequent, sudden, urgent need to pee and getting up multiple times a night to pee. I also drank a copious amount of water. Like, the whole “eight glasses a day” thing which used to be popular was confusing to me, as I’d drink that much in the first couple hours of the day. I finally went in to the doctor and got a blood test and my A1Cs were well over the “welcome to Diabetes Land” number. With diet, exercise and drugs I’m well controlled now and caught it early enough that I still have good feeling in my feet. Given my family history, and all the shit I ate in my younger days, it’s not really a surprise. I just have to be more careful now, but I have discovered an enjoyment of climbing because of it. Really, if you have any family history of diabetes, start visiting your doctor on an annual basis and getting a blood test. It’s simple, and catching it earlier is good for preventing problems with neuropathy in your feet.

Wait, I’m conscious enough to have questions? So, now what?