Windows eleven.
For all intents and purposes of every day users, Windows 11 is identical to Windows 10 except in two ways.
- Minor UI changes, like the taskbar.
- Microsoft will stop officially supporting Windows 10 before they stop supporting Windows 11.
There is really nothing else to say about it.
BUT
A show on Microsoft Windows is a great idea for a Monday.
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I donāt know if Rym or Scott has ready any of this series, but I think Bandette would be a good Wednesday show. A teenage thief in Paris, it has inspiration from 60s French cinema, BTAS and a bit of a Cowboy Beebop feel.
Just thinking about classic books and I donāt think there has been an episode on Frankenstein. Most folks donāt actually know the book well, so might be a fun one.
I read it in school. I think maybe twice.
As both IT professionals and content creators, I think this would make for a good Monday tech showā¦My Channel Was Deleted Last Night - YouTube
First of all. I hate that Linux Tech Tips guy. Heās not a bad person in any way that I am aware of. He just has a very punchable face. He puts that stupid face in all his thumbnails, and his videos are worse. They are just so annoying. I canāt imagine that I could tolerate being in a room with the guy. His voice and mannerisms just make me wish I didnāt have eyes or ears.
What happened to his channel is that him, or someone on his team, downloaded and installed a malware like itās still 200X. The malware was able to do serious damage to their channel because they were not following best practices to protect their channel by using accounts with limited permissions using YouTube Studio Roles.
This makes me feel very justified in my dislike for him and his channel, as it is clear evidence that they are perhaps not qualified to be the ones giving out tips regarding tech.
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Honestly, valid.
ALMOST bang on. One of his team did precisely that. It was disguised as a sponsorship deal as a zipped package(not terribly unusual), and he didnāt check the extension - it was an SRC - before opening what purported to be a PDF. From there, it basically did a session hijacking so they had all their session tokens, and from there, it was all over red rover.
The only part you missed - Limited permissions wouldnāt have helped, because it was a spearfish. They went after the head of business development, whose role at the company necessitates access across all the channels. They intentionally went after someone high enough up and in such a role that theyād have universal access, but also someone less likely to be as knowledgeable in tech so they had a better chance to catch them out - not to mention, said guy has been open over the years that heās more of a business guy than a tech guy, even if he is a step above your average rando off the street.
Though, credit to Linus - he actually took responsibility for it, saying that he had failed his employees on this, since he had clearly not been providing enough or refreshing enough on their training regarding these kinds of attacks, so at the end of the day, itās his fault more than his employeeās.
I dunno man, it sounds like youāre letting your desire to have your gut feeling and vibes confirmed and validated get in the way of your good sense. You know as well as I do that anyone can make mistakes, and even experts can get taken by people actively out to get them. And when youāre talking about organizations, when your number of employees - particularly non-tech employees, like business and ad managers - increases, so does your threat surface.
If my YouTube operation was at the point where I had many employees, Iād be setting up some sort of separate CMS. Nobody would ever actually log into the YouTube channel directly. Instead, they would do everything via the CMS which would integrate with YouTube via the API.
Yes, this guy does bother me to some strangely high degree. Which is why Iām not mentioning him on any podcast, let alone dedicating a podcast to him.
I mean, the dude is throwing around money like crazy lately, so if you want a REALLY lucrative side gig I know who you can pitchā¦
But no, in all seriousness, most of their youtube operation is everything from writers to editors to Lab staff(their new initiative) and engineers. 99% of them donāt have that broad access, like I said, they literally spearfished one of the few people at the company who most likely would have that level of access. At some point, someoneās gotta have the keys to the kingdom.
Of course, thatās not to say itās inevitable, or not their responsibility, that would be dumb. Thereās multiple points of failure that occurred. Just that this wasnāt just your average throwing out a net and seeing what you pull in, this was a targeted, focused attack.
And one of the ways they failed wasnāt just technological, they failed to train and retrain their people appropriately for their positions and access - for all the technological solutions you could come up with(many Iām sure), I also know that were you in that position of running a big youtube media company like that, you wouldnāt slack off on making sure the people who DID need to have the keys to the kingdom were up to date on this shit.
Iām not saying do. Itās your show, Iām not here to dictate content to you, let alone who you should and shouldnāt like - and Iāll be honest, Linus IS fucking annoying, even if Iām more okay with it than you are. Iām just filling you in on the 1% you missed, in the process of getting it 99% right.
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I donāt know if this would be worth a full Monday show, but immutable operating systems have been gaining some interest it seems.
Probably a good idea for extremely limited applications like maybe a supercomputer or national security operation.
The fundamental question is pretty simple. There are security gains to be had from it being nearly, if perhaps not completely, immune to attacks that modify the OS (rootkits). However, what are the security losses if there is a bug or other security hole that can not be patched?
This is a video of Tom Scott playing the royal game of Ur (one-off the oldest known board games). Looks pretty simplistic, but they mention alternate more complicated rules. Maybe also other old board games or history of games. It reminds me of reading tale of Genji, because it was first too.
Fiona and Cake
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
Beyond the Infinite 2 Minutes
Bluey
Skibidi Toilet
Anything new and relevantā¦
Iāll second Bluey, itās a show teaching adults how to parent disguised as a cute kids show.
Episodes to watch:
Magic Xylophone (itās the first ep, it sets a good vibe for the whole show)
Camping
Flatpack
Dance Mode
Maybe just grab a few other eps as well, theyāre like 7 minutes long.
I have a 2 year old now, Iāve seen every episode like 10 times, you spend a lot of time thinking about it all when youāve got not much else to do.
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Bluey makes me cry when I havenāt slept well, and sometimes days I have.
A damn fine show. Not sure if Iād find the initial inclination to watch it without kids.
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Review Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
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Iāve watched the first half! The Utena ties are undeniable.
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You guys need to play and then talk about HellDivers 2!