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Craig Robbins wrote: However if they are brash, insulting, screaming, pounding, self-righteous, and spraying spittle, then I have better things to do.
Lewis Black? One of the very few comedians I would probably pay to see.
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Never heard of Mr. Black - so I did a bit of the Google thing -- funny guy! 
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Prefering the hit and run approach.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Yes indeed. I'm at that point in life where I realize the foolishness of constant arguing online. I'm not wiser for it. I'm not more productive for it. Quite the opposite actually. If peeps prefer the arguing/angry route, I just would rather not be a part of it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: If peeps prefer the arguing/angry route, I just would rather not be a part of it.
Are you sure about that? 
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Ha.
Let's just say I can be stupid.
Jeremy Falcon
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At least you have a sense of humor!
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I have learned things from arguments. And humility I believe.
Productive? Can't say I ever expected that to improve from an actual argument.
I will note that the messages on these forums are significantly lower than it used to be. So ignoring anything that looks like strife might leave you with nothing except the wordle posts.
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Could you do it with a greasemonkey script or something?
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That’s a smart idea. Might be time to check that bad boy out.
Jeremy Falcon
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My employer switched from a local domain server to one based in Azure. This essentially made my machine new to me. I hand to find/re-install all my programs. Worse than all of that is the insane number of 2FA requests required to use my machine. And it seems like where we used to have username/password, companies are creating their own stuff. Slack assumes your email is secure and only requires a username now, then emails you a temp password. BitBucket was authenticated so long on my machine, I didn't realized I had 2FA, but not text based. I had to dig through my phone to find an app I've used about twice to find the code before I could view source code. Windows thinks the Hello 6 digit pin is more secure than my password.
I think I'm done ranting now. But seriously, just bring back good old fashioned passwords.
Hogan
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passive aggressive : enter a wrong password a couple of times until your machine locks up and wait a few hours until IT deigns resetting it. 
Hopefully, it's a one shot annoyance, once everything is setup, it should not be a big issue.
We had a few people with no cell phones for 2FA.. that pissed IT. 
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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To make it worse, now you're expected to use your personal phone for work, for that reason. Used to be keeping things separate was the way to go.
Jeremy Falcon
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My personal phone has all kind of issues.
First, when asked to use it for work I whip out my trusty Nokia Lumia: what does it mean there is no app for that? Fix it!
Second, my Samsung phone has a custom ROM (not) with all kind of stability issues (not) and loses phone calls, SMS, messages, reboots randomly, sometimes freezes completely. Sorry I didn't receive any call, what do you mean I didn't answer?
Same goes for my personal PC. It never, ever works and often won't even boot.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Yeah, my last boss got hold of my mobile number because we had to meet up under promises that he'd forget it immediately afterwards.
Being the trusting sort I am, I immediately changed the number. A month later he was badgering me for the new number as it "didn't work when he tried it on Sunday". 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Dude. You should write an article about this strategy…. anonymously. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Even Banks lately ASSUMES an Adroid/iOS device to run their "MoneyApp" to do stuff, I rocked up with a MobiCell, they had to go fetch them old card re-encoder from the back room to assist me after I threw my toys all over their support lines.
Back to 2FA: I got to love BitWarden (1Password apparently also) as it include the TOTP (google auth) thus I have less to type/search/etc. and best of all: As I have BitWarden "everywhere" (after my password - long one and only pass I remember ) I don't worry about them phones getting lost/stolen anymore
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I insisted on a hardware token for 2FA - I am not keen on relying on a personal mobile device for any work as I have had a phone malfunction on me before.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Three bosses ago, I had a company phone for about a year. I received one company call and one company text (both from my boss) during that time. During one of the cost-reduction manias that followed, it was decided I no longer needed a company phone (which was a Samsung Galaxy). They also decided to 'economize' on the most current iPhone, but I digress.
Software Zen: delete this;
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And IMO I don't think cost reduction will stop any time soon. Despite what the TV says. Companies are even more brazen with nagging people about sales these days. I get spammed a lot more than I did 5 years ago, and despite the lies from TV there's a reason for that and price increases.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Especially with WFH now, those waters about to get mo' muddy
Yup. I use my personal machine to Remote Desktop to the machine on my desk and work from there. This keeps the corporate IT yabbo's mitts off my box, especially the McAfee malware they insist on using. Somebody was definitely schtupping someone else when that deal went through.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I've told all my bosses that if you want me to use a phone for business then you have to provide the phone. I refuse to put business apps on my personal computers (phones included). My company is really good about this, so they have key fobs for the people without smart phones, and issue decent smartphones with management approval.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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Nope, my cell phone is for MY use. I still had a land line so that was the only phone number the company had for me. Since they didn't have my cell number, any 2fa at work went through the company phone on my desk. The 'important' people at work had company provided cell phones and I was glad not to be considered 'important'. My boss would get work related calls as late as 10pm.
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Company IT plan was to put everything on MS auth. So all of the following
1. Email
2. Computer log in
3. Slack
My question was not answered when I asked how someone who got locked out of their PC due to a pwd change was supposed to request assistance.
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Something similar but with a bigger collateral damage: The Insider News[^]
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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