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throwaway_391 commented on exFAT in the Linux kernel   cloudblogs.microsoft.com/... · Posted by u/UkiahSmith
riffraff · 7 years ago
I was lucky enough that I never had to apply for a job with such requirements, but how does one learn about stuff like this?
throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
I had a really awesome boss who probably overshared about stuff like this but a lot of it also comes with general distrust in the business world. People are out to make a buck and they'll do it anyway they can. Every time you come across a business, consider how it works and where their profit comes from.

A tactic I've used in the past is buying a burner number (prepaid sim), called recruiters with a fake name, number and resume and asked them to provide details about the job which many of them name completely. The ones that don't generally indicate that other recruiters do exactly what I'm doing to them in order to steal clients.

I don't feel bad about screwing over an industry which has no place in the modern world, particularly when they're opportunistically trying to make a buck from me and/or my future company while adding very, very little value :)

throwaway_391 commented on MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy   ryanbigg.com/2019/08/can-... · Posted by u/ryanbigg
ryanbigg · 7 years ago
I already have a mechanical keyboard for one of the two desks, and in the new year I'll only have _one_ desk, so I'll move that keyboard over to there. I don't mind the trackpad, but I've considered getting one of those vertical mice.
throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
Do you use an external monitor? That's the most important part of the setup, IMO.

I said two monitors but what I mean is one for each location - many people I know seem to prefer two but I think it's an antipattern (move your head, instead of alt+tab or similar)

throwaway_391 commented on exFAT in the Linux kernel   cloudblogs.microsoft.com/... · Posted by u/UkiahSmith
sjwright · 7 years ago
> I didn't hear back from prospective jobs that asked for a word format specifically

This almost always means you're speaking to a recruiter who is going to strip your identity from the resume so they can hold it hostage for an agreed commission. This also puts your submission at a disadvantage because you're automatically 10% more expensive than the next guy.

If you're submitting your job application, double check that you're submitting through the company's preferred channel. Look for the job on their own website. And be suspicious when they request an editable file format.

throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
Thanks for the tip, I learnt this a long time ago, I've also moved into an industry where dealing with recruiters would probably indicate other issues like lack of ability to research prospective employers, etc.

I'm glad it's becoming more common knowledge though. Recruiters have long been redundant compared to job search websites like seek.

throwaway_391 commented on exFAT in the Linux kernel   cloudblogs.microsoft.com/... · Posted by u/UkiahSmith
viraptor · 7 years ago
> I'd also recommend avoiding the MacOS Office build for the same reason

I never understood why they made it a effectively a different product. (Once you go past the trivial interaction) Different features, different behaviours, different problems. Why is excel for Mac not the same engine with a different UI?

throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
Probably likely to do with the toolkit used to build the Windows version and inability or unwillingness to port it to Mac.

They really need to start from scratch and build solid, easily testable product because the current methodology doesn't work.

I especially love the bugs where when in one specific track changes mode typing in the comments section drops keys, or when using 'read aloud' the voice randomly changes gender. Office 365 on a Windows 10 LTSC virtualised host w/ no other software.

throwaway_391 commented on MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy   ryanbigg.com/2019/08/can-... · Posted by u/ryanbigg
throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
> For the most part, it sits on one of two desks that I use or it sits on my lap on the train.

If this is the case, do yourself a favor and go and buy two ergonomic screens, keyboards and mice - one for each location.

It'll save you becoming a hunched over laptop gremlin.

throwaway_391 commented on exFAT in the Linux kernel   cloudblogs.microsoft.com/... · Posted by u/UkiahSmith
pedrocr · 7 years ago
I'll believe Microsoft loves Linux when I can install Microsoft Office in my desktop Linux machine. Everything else is marketing.

Edit: to expand, the corporate world runs on Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook. Microsoft milks them on Windows/Office licensing and is very aggressive against organizations that try to do Linux deployments. They're a convicted monopolist that got away easily when at some point the option on the table was to split OS and Office into two different companies. If they want to continue to use Office to keep Windows dominant that's their strategy. WSL and their other "love Linux" efforts are all about making sure developers stay on Windows. If you want to do all that fine but don't patronize us by then claiming you love Linux.

throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
I would recommend against using Office 365 web ui for word/excel etc, I'd also recommend avoiding the MacOS Office build for the same reason:

They're both buggy as hell, the type of bugs that will make your document render in unintended ways when somebody opens it on the other side. At some point, Word for Mac decided to remove whitespace between words on my resume - I couldn't see them and generally exported to PDF, but I didn't hear back from prospective jobs that asked for a word format specifically.

Office 365 Web and desktop application really need a complete revamp, they have reproducible bugs and horrible UI/UX in edge cases.

I also really hate when Microsoft decides I want to store my sensitive data on their cloud for no apparent reason despite saving to local disk, it really seems like a 'whoops we accidentally did this but you should try it!' kind of move from MS. This is the perfect example of a monolithic application with chronic feature creep.

throwaway_391 commented on YAML: Probably not so great after all   arp242.net/yaml-config.ht... · Posted by u/kylequest
zamadatix · 7 years ago
At first I found it really annoying but then the more I thought about it the more I came to value the "," semantics as proper validation for a "forgot to put the last element in the list" error which would otherwise be silently hidden via the parser.
throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
So your comment is vaild. Having strict and not-strict validation would be a nice compromise though (:
throwaway_391 commented on YAML: Probably not so great after all   arp242.net/yaml-config.ht... · Posted by u/kylequest
thayne · 7 years ago
> I never understood how YAML is more human-readable than JSON

Two things: comments and multi-line strings.

throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
My personal JSON Pet hate is: ``` x = [ "Foo", "Foo2", ] ``` Is not valid, but the following is: ``` x = [ "Foo", "Foo2" ] ``` Makes dealing with packer configs feel like punching yourself in the face.

I still prefer it over YAMLs awkward initial learning curve.

throwaway_391 commented on Kaspersky AV injected unique ID allowing sites to track users in incognito mode   heise.de/-4496138... · Posted by u/r0nny
mirimir · 7 years ago
For sure.

But using Tails in VMs isn't recommended. Better is using Whonix, because it isolates the Tor client and userland in separate VMs. It also has a LiveCD mode. And for added security, you can run it in Qubes.

throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
Funny that you namedrop like three security products but fail to evaluate which hypervisor should be used, which is probably the most important part of a secure environment if unauthorized code execution fits in your threat model.
throwaway_391 commented on Kaspersky AV injected unique ID allowing sites to track users in incognito mode   heise.de/-4496138... · Posted by u/r0nny
throwaway_391 · 7 years ago
I don't fully understand why everyone gets upset over browser leaks when in private mode - most websites interested in tracking private sessions will just associate private and non-private sessions by IP address.

If you're paranoid enough to use a VPN for 'private' traffic, you should probably be running such sessions in a VM using something like the tails live CD.

u/throwaway_391

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