It took me 7 years to get a 2 year degree. I work with one of my best friends who got his masters in that same time. We’re both successful and excell at what we do. It does suck that you have to wait to be done, but one silver lining is you may have a better job market since you won’t be graduating with the vast majority of college students competing for the same spots.

If my personal laptop is stolen, my drive encryption will protect my data. Without that, physical access is enough to pull info unencrypted. A user password will prevent OS access both locally and remote. If someone happens to get my password or bypasses my login somehow, I don’t want them to be able to open my email and read messages, or open a browser, go to a logged in Amazon page, and be able to order items. I personally don’t keep anything logged in and everything logs out when my browser is closed. It’s inconvenient, but to the tune of an extra minute each day to login to everything.

Really, you just have to decide your risk tolerance. Businesses have a lot at stake and therefore it behooves them to force strict auth policies. If you aren’t concerned about your personal stuff, set a login password if you want, and put your creds in browser, but I’d urge to at least use a password keeper over a browser.

That’s the nature of how AD works. The vast majority of businesses operate in that manner. Maybe not so much assigned other than resets and service accounts, but they are managed centrally. My user password is stored on my companies AD. They didn’t know it, but it is managed there. That doesn’t make it a not safe password, but that’s also why other security is recommended instead of just one password.

I’m gonna have to disagree even though it is an annoying process listed above.

In this case there was a drive encryption password to prevent data theft if the device is stolen, OS login for user level access, a password keeper login at the application level, and MFA on a different app. That is 5 different auths (drive, os, pw keeper, email, MFA) for 5 unassociated objects managed by potentially 5 different entities. The only reason this was an issue was the dead phone for MFA, which is a user error. It super sucks that this is best practice because of bad actors, but this is baseline auth.

I am curious how you would do this differently though if you’ve got ideas. In this case, assuming the OS is Windows and email is Outlook, this could have all been handled with SSO, which would have only required the first two passwords, which is my daily work experience. However, I then get into Bitwarden and log into any not SSO apps I need and have MFA configured for all that support. I work remote a lot and my company is looking at an always VPN connection for everything. That would require me to go through another level or two of auth.

I was a carry-out at my local hardware store for a few years in college. I brought carts in from the corrals and helped people load heavy stuff. I’ve seen and been victim to the damage caused when a rogue cart catches the wind and fucks off down the parking lot. People that leave their cart not in a corral or inside disgust me more than more most lazy people.

You’re my hero, dude.

I’m not suicidal and never have been, but I’ve certainly had dark thoughts. If I were ever pushed to that point, the pain I would inflict on those I care about would be the reason I couldn’t do it.

Georgia senator by the looks of the picture.

Are you asking if the stricter EU laws around social media in the EU could affect how something like lemmy.world could exist there vs the US?

The media hasn’t been beaten into submission, it’s owned by MAGA billionaires. There are plenty of independent media news sources reporting facts, but they don’t have the same reach.

I learned on automatic but got a manual about 5 years ago. This past November I went on a trip with friends and we were able to rent a manual car for cheaper because I could drive one and it was the norm in the country we were in. Nice skill to have, but not required. I’d learn manual if you have the option.

You’re never too old to make new friends. I’m mid 30’s and started a new job in a different city last year. Just talk to people casually, say good morning, ask how they are, just simple pleasantries. I haven’t hung out with these people mostly because of living proximity, but I’m chummy with most, we play some games together, and I think we enjoy each other’s company. I have little doubt that if I asked to hang out or grab a drink, people would do so if available. Most of these people are 5-10 years younger, so we do have a gap in life experiences, but I’ve found that the age gap matter less the older I get. I can give wisdom and tell stories of my life and their lives kind of make me feel a little younger again.

As someone that has just been screened for ADHD and waiting for my follow-up, I feel like I can relate to your experience. A lot of what you said resonates with my life other than the coke and Xanax. The weed is real, and unfortunately, the booze for me. I’ve gone through plenty of introspection and have identified places where I know I can be a turd friend. I noticed how I was negative a lot, and have taken conscious steps to not burden my friends. Don’t get me wrong, we’ll piss and moan about things, but I had to make the effort to be better. I’m not good and time estimating no matter how confident I am. If I’m meeting with people setting times, I will for sure over estimate what I think is right so I don’t make people wait. Really, my wife has been extremely invaluable in my adult life, and I’d probably be in a much worse place if not for that support.

I say all of this because as I think that you know, not all all negative actions are intentional or sometimes even recognizable when you’re doing it. I’ve lost sleep over saying the wrong thing or doing something that is a minor inconvenience because I feel so guilty. I feel like from your story, that maybe your friend has issues and isn’t intentionally screwing you. To parrot one of the other posts, I would say talk to your buddy about things that bother you. Don’t come in hot or anything, just ease into it. Anyone that is a real friend will listen to your concerns and at least try to make an effort. Some people are blind to their issues and maybe just needs someone to help them out.

Best of luck my dude. It’s tough out there and I hope you find your way through this one. Don’t be afraid to meet new people.