I use DBeaver at work when I am having problems with psql commands in terminal. It’s prevented me from pulling out my hair a few times.

Unfortunately they are already in the market and making a mess: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/

I hate to say it but company data is most definitely on personal computers.

This is why stuff like adaptive MFA and DLP are a thing. What most people don’t know is if DLP is properly implemented the IT team/department have records of who, when, where, and what device were used to not just access/download data/files.

The problem is a lot of companies don’t properly implement DLP because it’s not a turn key solution. You need to properly classify your data first and that requires essentially a company wide audit with buy-in from all levels of management. After the classifications you can then implement restrictions and compensating controls.

Back in the day you could just block USB/network transfer, but if you have data accessible outside of a corporate network you then need to implement conditional access/adaptive MFA where only registered devices are permitted to access certain systems.

Chief Justice Roberts yelling at Justice Thomas, “Thomas ya really fucked our reputation with all your blatant corruption.”

“Ah fuck em, I think people are only jealous. They can’t be corrupt and get away with it like I can.”, Thomas quips

“You greasy old scumbag! You just gave me the best way we can get the other branches off our ass!” Roberts exclaims.

When they rolled out the beta Microsoft said it wouldn’t be, but they could always change their mind with the general release. Excerpt from a previous Verge article about the beta rollout (https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations):

“This will appear only for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the US and will not apply to commercial devices (devices managed by organizations),” says Microsoft in a blog post.

Unfortunately, this article doesn’t actually quote Microsoft saying it’s rolling out to ALL machines. That bit in the article is from the author.

Google is removing the VPN and free shipping (which was only available on some photo orders) to make way for more “in demand features”?

I could understand if this was coming from a smaller company with more limited resources and staff, but that’s not Google by any means.

They really don’t care about the poor reputation the general public has of them regarding shutting down services on a whim.

What’s worse though is they don’t seem to realize that, with the exception of Android and maybe Google Docs, their services/products are easily replaced by competitor offerings.

In my opinion it’s a good thing if Google gets knocked of their high horse and allow competition to flourish in their place.

I love that Microsoft has Microsoft developed applications on its update/upgrade block list.

It’s a good reminder that companies arent as cohesive as most people think especially when they are as large as Microsoft.

It [Apple] argued that there is no iMessage version for other operating systems and devices because Apple can’t guarantee user security on those devices

What a load, Apple can’t guarantee security on their own devices!

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/

The development cycle is very iterative, and incredibly time consuming, which is why games are now taking six and seven years to build, as they’ve gotten bigger and deeper," said Wilson, “So the first thing for us is how do we make that more efficient?”

I dunno maybe take a page from indie developers and make fun games that are innovative?

I’ll take quality over quantity every time.

Their reputation took a hit after a server breach in 2018.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/21/20925065/nordvpn-server-breach-vpn-traffic-exposed-encryption

This means I no longer have to use my workaround command that loads a new terminal window with admin privileges!

Now, I might not completely loathe using Windows at work.

Let’s give some credit and praise to Codeweavers, the main contributors to WINE, who Valve worked with on Proton.

https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/aeikum/2019/8/20/a-year-since-protons-launch