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Smith6612 t1_j9yyamw wrote

Reply to comment by epic_null in Windows 10 users are being offered a Windows 11 upgrade despite not meeting the requirements by GOR098

Yep you're not wrong. I've had a few of those come through where people ask me to clear the password from a computer they haven't used for months and forgot, only for me to find it's tied to a Microsoft account. I simply tell them they can go to <insert link here> to reset their password. Usually when I say that, it becomes dead air / Deer in headlights look, and they just seem to not want to reset their Microsoft account password. Maybe Microsoft could make it more obvious, or challenge people weekly for the password in order to sign in. I can remove the Microsoft account link, of course. It's just a big pain to do.

And yeah, for data recovery on a drive, have to get into the Microsoft account to retrieve the key. Return to above where the user forgot their credentials. Of course Microsoft doesn't tell people to back up their key before they encrypt the drive automatically so, yep.

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monchota t1_j9yy2yh wrote

Reply to comment by Magthalion in DeepMind created an AI system that writes computer programs at a competitive level by inaLilah

Ofcourse, it is a learning algorithm. Its not unlike most first year coding students. Also combine with a human, it already can do well. We need to look at them as a tool, like a calculator or anything else. What could you get done, if the AI could do the shit work for you and toj just desing the next section?

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Odd-Attention-2127 t1_j9yxux4 wrote

Reply to Windows 10 users are being offered a Windows 11 upgrade despite not meeting the requirements by GOR098

My processor doesn't support Windows 11. I'm not ready to upgrade it though. Microsoft keeps pushing requirements that sometimes it's hard for me to tell when it's about improving their bottom line versus implementing real security measures. People like me don't have it like that to go through a rebuild every few years, at the rate Microsoft keeps coming up with new versions of the OS anyway.

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Smith6612 t1_j9yxneh wrote

Reply to comment by Western-Image7125 in Google asks workers to share desks amid mass layoffs by ravik_reddit_007

Yeah, the return to office part is a bit different from the situation of using a computer. Office space usage has to do more with companies looking at the finances, and asking why they're paying a lot of money for corporate real estate that isn't being used. Companies sometimes are bound by very long leases, legal agreements between a government and a company in exchange for tax breaks, and so on, and they would want to make sure those buildings are being used to the fullest extent possible. They have to maintain the buildings whether or not people use them, so that's a loss center. I'm certainly no expert in corporate real estate, so there may be a lot more tied into that.

At least from an IT perspective, it's easier to support someone in person if they have a hardware problem. Especially with the way modern premium laptops like Macs are built, where simplicity in design clashes with troubleshooting, and where tool requirements reach into the "probably not available at home" set. From an information security perspective, one can be more sure that information isn't being looked at by others when they're working at a secured office versus, say, a coffee shop across town.

Companies have their reasons at least. Some are dumb. Some are valid. Mandating work at an office and not providing a fixed desk to go to, pretty dumb in my opinion.

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