Shit that annoys you

[PB]

RLY
Light blinded people tend to run into things.

42nd law of physics.

[teledad]

Sorry fuckers, if you're not paying for it you can keep your grubby hands off my device, and don't expect to contact me on it after hours. Company email getting uninstalled.

Tell them that SMS based 2FA isn't secure due to the risk of SIM hijacking, and they should support a hardware key based on FIDO U2F for 2FA/MFA. Until they upgrade their apps to modern security standards you're not going to use them.

[Mustonen]

This has come up more than once here. But silly shit like “SMS based 2FA isn’t secure” annoys me. Sure. It’s not as secure as hardware tokens. But it’s more secure than not implementing it. By a fucking mile.

Anyways, bullshit about all that other stuff about them not paying for you to maintain what amounts to the company’s security infrastructure. As you were.

[skuff]

"Bright lights save lives?"

But what if the bright light is what distracts the driver?

I know being seen while riding helps get you home in 1 piece. Maybe just lower the lever on the mirror for the 20 seconds the rider is behind you.

[teledad]

This has come up more than once here. But silly shit like “SMS based 2FA isn’t secure” annoys me. Sure. It’s not as secure as hardware tokens. But it’s more secure than not implementing it. By a fucking mile.

It's certainly better than nothing, and generally fine for most personal accounts if you're not famous and don't have tech savvy enemies, but it's easily circumvented by a directed attack (one where the hacker knows who you are), which is one of the more likely attacks against a company. And giving a $20 U2F token to every employee would be better security and wouldn't require them to link personal phones to the company security infrastructure.

[abraham]

It's certainly better than nothing, and generally fine for most personal accounts if you're not famous and don't have tech savvy enemies, but it's easily circumvented by a directed attack (one where the hacker knows who you are), which is one of the more likely attacks against a company. And giving a $20 U2F token to every employee would be better security and wouldn't require them to link personal phones to the company security infrastructure.

Any advice for managing this as a <10 person business? Some configuration is ok but I'm not trying to do a ridiculous amount of hands on setup. We were working on this a while back but it's been pushed to the side. I know it's important though and I recently started looking into how to implement tokens for everything we need. I want to move away from sms 2fa

[HappyCamper]

It isn't very pleasant, but silver nitrate (tipped) sticks on the canker sore and it's done for.
A few minutes of pain, and then none.

You can thank my dad for the tip. [that's what he'd always do for us.]

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And when the office staff would come in on Monday AM and find the leavings of suture in the garbage, they'd ask him which of the kids got themselves whacked over the weekend. (It was usually me; 3 sets of sutures in my head - I guess I always led with my head.)

Dentist recommended fluocinonide ointment (usp 0.05) years ago - worked great - haven’t had one in years.

[PB]

Dentist recommended fluocinonide ointment (usp 0.05) years ago - worked great - haven’t had one in years.

Will that work on Herpes sores??

[Mustonen]

Wearing a mask at the office means I can’t walk around and casually sip on my coffee. Makes it a lot harder to Lumberg around and tell people they need to come in on Saturday.

[PB]

Neighbors using leaf blowers to clean up wild fire ash fall.

[The AD]

Facebook. Enough said, but specifically I keep getting this message asking me if I want Facebook to remember my password with the options "yes" and "not now." "No" is not an option so I pretty much get this constantly. Resistance is futile.

[zion zig zag]

Wearing a mask at the office means I can’t walk around and casually sip on my coffee. Makes it a lot harder to Lumberg around and tell people they need to come in on Saturday.

But the mask allows me to go days without shaving. Net win.

[gregorys]

Dentist recommended fluocinonide ointment (usp 0.05) years ago - worked great - haven’t had one in years.

A topical steriod on canker?
You apply it when you are starting to get one? Hmmm...

Some quick google searches seem to back this approach up.
I have really reactive skin, and I use a fluticasone solution to treat it. So, it should be easy to try the next time someone in the family gets canker.
I'm the only one who is willing to use silver nitrate, thanks for suggesting another option.

Fluticasone can be easily had, sans script - see aller-flo from Costco. Fluticasone is a less potent steroid than fluocinonide - so hard to know if will work well - though there are citations of using dexamethasone too, which is less potent than fluocinonide. Silver-nitrate is also easily obtained - Amazon has it.

[gregorys]

Will that work on Herpes sores??

Looks promising, at least with an antiviral.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342818/

[HappyCamper]

The tube I got did clearly say for topical use only, but the dentist said it was ok to use for a canker sore (and wrote a script), so an off-label use. Apply when first getting one and it goes away before progressing. After trying lots of other things (had been getting them since a kid), this was the thing that finally worked.

[The AD]

Fluticasone can be easily had, sans script - see aller-flo from Costco. Fluticasone is a less potent steroid than fluocinonide - so hard to know if will work well - though there are citations of using dexamethasone too, which is less potent than fluocinonide. Silver-nitrate is also easily obtained - Amazon has it.

Fluticasone is the active ingredient in Flonase allergy spray. Come to think of it I don't think I've gotten a canker sore since I've been using Flonase. Could be a coincidence, but interesting nonetheless...

[smartyiak]

Someone (who shall remain nameless) invites the 2yo niece over to "watch her" so nameless' sister can do shit like get her hair done. Then someone conveniently has "to take this 1hr call" which or has "a 2pm Zoom meeting" or has "a unit Zoom gathering."

[skaredshtles]

Someone (who shall remain nameless) invites the 2yo niece over to "watch her" so nameless' sister can do shit like get her hair done. Then someone conveniently has "to take this 1hr call" which or has "a 2pm Zoom meeting" or has "a unit Zoom gathering."

Someone was a sucker today!

[smartyiak]

Someone was a sucker today!

EXACTLY...Me being a sucker REALLY annoys me!

[babybear]

The backward threads and not being able to post photos or videos because I don't have x, y amount of posts.

And, like, everything else.

have you tried the novel idea of looking at the settings?

[Meadow Skipper]

have you tried the novel idea of looking at the settings?

^ Things That Amuse Me.

[Rideski]

The elastic in the wrist bands of a good old sweatshirt jacket suddenly died.

[~mikey b]

shipping

two ski companies sent my orders FedEx after I’d specifically requested UPS because FedEx sucks up where I live


both of them sorta said “oops, sorry - let’s just wait and see what happens - if they actually deliver them”

fuck that - cancel those shipments and send them to me properly when they come back - or better yet, send out new skis now while these come back

it shouldn’t take two weeks and 25 phone calls to get a pair of skis, especially from smaller US ski makers



oh, and no matter what the FedEx guy tells you, they can’t deliver to a rural po box

[Timberridge]

What do you need new skis so quickly now for anyway? It's September.

[~mikey b]

I don’t. But I also don’t really want to deal with chasing packages around.