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by lrpublic 6y ago
Similar software with different usage models can be extremely useful and support mentoring and staff development. I’ve been using tools like manictime and more recently the open source activitywatch to help junior staff learn how to manage
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by lrpublic 6y ago
- What do you think of breaking changes? I think it is better to apologise and acknowledge for terms that are offensive rather than erase them. While removing offensive 70’s TV comedy shows is probably a good thing to avoid perpetuating unh
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by lrpublic 6y ago
True, but it is also true that slavery predates the colonisation of the Americas. (British cultural reference - What have the Romans ever done for us? Monty Python. - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tvauOJMHo ) But the iss
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by lrpublic 6y ago
>A customer is an external stakeholder. Customers used to have more choice, this made them highly valued stakeholders. Before the era of permanent rolling mandatory updates and new releases customers (And IT managers) had to be convinced
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by lrpublic 6y ago
I’m sure I’m one of many people here searching for the ultimate keyboard. I missed the kick starter for the Keyboardio Atreus. I’m looking forward to the launch so I can order one retail. In short it’s a split layout ortholinear similar to
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Out of band could be as simple as ngrok, or cloudflare Argo - or as you suggest by a separate connection. SSH is two factor - key + password and Argo,ngrok,wireguard to a VPS provide DDoS mitigation and attack surface concealment and reduct
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by lrpublic 6y ago
With regard to Apple or Google recording the applications users install from the store I think there is indeed an opt in. That is the comparison I was making with the new Windows package manager.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
In order to use those you agree to terms in advance, and agreed to data processing. That is an opt-in.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
A bigger showstopper is no support for removing packages yet.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
It's not opt-in, so quite likely a breach of GDPR. The telemetry in question seems to be logging what is installed, not just how the application is used. Regardless of consumers willingness to provide feedback it's not a reasonabl
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by lrpublic 6y ago
I like scoop, and this is a show stopper for me. "This project collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to help improve our products and services. See the privacy statement for more details." from https://github.c
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by lrpublic 6y ago
It’s worth holding them to account - make a constructive complaint here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint
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by lrpublic 6y ago
From NHS advice on vitamin D referenced in my previous comment “Some people will not get enough vitamin D from sunlight because they have very little or no sunshine exposure.” .. “ If you have dark skin – for example you have an African, Af
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Updated NHS advice on vitamin D from [1] “ Coronavirus update Consider taking 10 micrograms of vitamin D a day to keep your bones and muscles healthy. This is because you may not be getting enough vitamin D from sunlight if you’re indoors m
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by lrpublic 6y ago
- cost, as well evidenced in other comments here. The hyperscalers are orders of magnitude more expensive than dedicated hosting or using collocation providers. - lock in, all the hyper scalers want to sell you value add services that make
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by lrpublic 6y ago
A couple that I’ve built - they are not commercially available. I’d consider open sourcing something based on them if there’s sufficient interest. Perhaps as an integration for one of the major players.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Or even a post Maldon. (English sea salt brand)
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Trusting a central control server is the fundamental mistake here. It creates a very high value target that is difficult to secure. I prefer a model where the management commands are signed at a management workstation and those commands are
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Thanks for digging that out, I stand corrected.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
I disagree, we don’t have opposing views. I totally agree with you that the secure by default / sandboxes for application approach is useful for consumers and developers too. My point is that when this is wrapped up with a closed sof
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by lrpublic 6y ago
I thought that was about WordPerfect etc rather than NetWare. Totally agree that Microsoft did some bad stuff, I just don’t remember there being any malign attempts to disrupt NetWare integration. NetWare was the main player in PC networki
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by lrpublic 6y ago
It’s well documented that Microsoft did not behave well in the 90’s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents However in the case of the Windows NT NetWare client I don’t think this happened. I think one of t
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Yes, not unlike Apple and Microsoft but for business users of Google suite, this makes the need to sign up to any Microsoft cloud services less of a necessity. It seems the direction Google, Apple and Microsoft are all heading in is to own
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Perhaps, but if you think about how systems like this work today, for example scanning ID at the entrance to a nightclub or bar. One way something like this is likely to be implemented is by validating a ticket or access card/token wit
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Quotes from the article: “It’s easy to fall into dystopian visions of the future — a world shut down by one virus after another” “It doesn’t have to be that way. ..... Ubiquitous screening is the key.” The approach is interesting and the p
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by lrpublic 6y ago
I think this is exactly the point. Smaller companies (like stripe), that play fast and loose (maybe not stripe) with European customers’ data are a good target for regulators to make a point.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
Facebook and Google have very deep pockets and are taking lots of steps to comply with the letter, but arguably not the full spirit of GDPR. I think it would be unsafe to assume that there is zero risk of significant GDPR fines on the basis
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by lrpublic 6y ago
For the avoidance of doubt, the main point of my comment was the not insignificant risk (a maximum fine of 20 million euro or 4% of turnover if that is greater) if a data controller does not meet the obligations of the GDPR. Consent, as you
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by lrpublic 6y ago
You could send a subject access request to dpo@stripe.com - it would be interesting to see how they respond if you share the unique identifier mentioned in the article.
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by lrpublic 6y ago
I don’t think recital 47 allows carte blanche data collection in the name of fraud detection, and at the very least I would think there is an obligation for disclosure of the data collection, a mechanism to access it (DSAR) and the ability

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