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I probably should have worded myself better.
I agree that "Admin" agrees with the intent behind the policy. What I meant is that they don't seem to agree 100% with the wording of the policy, especially the parts that seem to be problematic for using devices for educational purposes.
Carrier pigeon, not banned under this, however it is probably banned under some please dont bring pets to school provision.
"Admin"s wording for this was weird (at least from the view of this non-American), "No animals allowed", like happens when wild animals walk around? Where I live, nothing much would happen, they'ld exist, they would get commented on depending on what animal it is, and the day would continue. It almost sounds like someone would get punished if a random animal walks within school perimeter.
Who needs phones when we have air fryers…
Also, it feels like "admin" doesn't necessarily agree with the new policy.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClY2Vr39pjX9iERGbO-EbLA
There is more…
While I don't have any statistics, other than just my impression after reading news or talking to people:
There seem to be people unaware that what they are doing is a form of mental torture. There are (at least what it seems) a lot of toxic relationships, and there are instances where neither the victim nor the perpetrator realize how their actions affect themselves or the other part.
I am far from excusing anyone who behaves in a mentally torturous way and agree that they should be punished, but torture might not be as intentional in all situations.
IMO, we should properly categorize the different kinds of torture and the different severity, and perform punishment based on those categorizations. It makes sense, at least to me, to have a stronger punishment for IDF, than for a toxic mother somewhere.
A couple of things I have read as a comment on this post that I would consider torture:
- Rape (this should be classified as torture today)
- Burying people alive
- Throwing someone in a volcano (in a world where dying is an impossibility)
Some that I am more uncertain on:
- Environmental destruction (one could argue that this is indirect torture, as the end result could lead to people being starved, or harmed in other torturous ways)
I am a system admin and have to run a ton of Windows servers
I feel your pain, I am a "Linux System Administrator" and the amount of Windows server crap I have to deal with on a daily basis…
- Why is XBOX Live services running by default on Windows Server???
- Why is co-pilot running by default on Windows Server??!?!?
- And what M$ engineer thought, aah yes the best possible place for a recovery partition is at the end of the main OS partition???!?!?!?!?!
- And lastly, what the actual fuck were they thinking when they put Windows 11s shit UI on Windows Server.
On the less ranty/negative side:
- AD isn't horrible, while I prefer freeIPA, I can't complain too much.
- powershell other than being wordy commands, is kinda nice.
Can confirm, you are not the only one
No, cereals then milk, then bowl
Obviously the once with nothing left, so that those with more than they know how to spend can fill their vaults higher.
I have not any experience with WatchGuard, but it from some quick searching around it seems to not be far from the easiest to set up for linux. dual-booting is probably the easier solution.
I hope you find a solution to what sounds like not the best life situation, and may you have an otherwise have a nice Linux journey.
Then all I can do is welcome you and wish for you to have a nice journey
- There is a workaround for installing win 11 with local account, it's still horseshit
- the fact that they think that just because they still show ads it's ok in any way shape or form to collect any personal information is insane
- don't forget they are also trying to screen record 24/7 and then store it in the cloud (yes they store it "locally" in you appdata, that they then decided to sync with OneDrive)
Upgrade to win11 or change to Linux?
Without prodding too much into what VPN you work uses
Most VPN solutions run on linux just fine, even Microsoft PPTP VPN solution works fine. I would probably check with your IT department what protocol they use and any connection caveats (like machine certificates used for authentication) and look into the different VPN solutions (some examples; WireGuard and OpenVPN are very well supported, IPSec (libreswan or strongswan are options here) depends on setup, PPTP/L2TP should work with most setups (I have to admin I havn't touched those enough), vpnc works with Cisco base IPsec setups and openconnect works with most SSL VPN connection)
Unfortunately this is true for advertisements/sponsorships everywhere. Not sure if there is a true one size fit all solution for fixing these products other than individual channels actually vetting/checking who pays them money.
There are some good channels that unfortunately just take whatever sponsor deal they get. I ended up using sponsorblock for the most part, and then support those channels I care about on patreon/ko-fi
edit: just changed some phrasing to not make my rambling as rambly
They are Canadian based, which is a very important distinction.
It advertises on multiple platforms, so it must be evil?
I don't understand this mentality, just because a youtuber is sponsored by a product, the product must be bad/malicious/acting in bad faith.
There are many channels on youtube that aren't morally corrupt or soulless. If a company sponsors a channel on yt, it just means more people become aware of the product. which is the whole point of the sponsorships.
Spotify is getting worse as well, at least on desktop.
"we are moving the album to a right sidebar, it now only occupies more of your screen"
"we liked the right sidebar so much that we are moving the queue over there as well, we're also removing useful info like album and artist"
I shouldn't have to use spicetify just to get basic features back