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imo the term "malware" has become very bloated as well as what is defined as such has a disconnect between users. This maybe where that confusion lies. Example for "spyware" defined back in the early 00's would have a meltdown if it saw what we allow now (maybe more on the phone and internet side).

I would love to see the techs notes (geek squads) from what was initially discussed and written down. As the person getting the PC to repair may not be the same person who signed it in, if they failed to note down all the issues that would end up with issues right off the start. The cable unless very hidden is visible and would put the thought "Maybe this should be plugged in somewhere" and lookup what the other end is attached to and they would find some sort of hub. To play devils advocate for geekSquad: some of the issues put onto the pc are difficult to diagnose for t1 tech that in reality your paying $100 for them to find the issue and X amount to solve it. I havnt done work for geeksquad in 10 years but can see how some "agents" would have issues. Normally the standard is reset pc (unless they wanted backup which their contract says software isnt kept) then test. Alot of PC's are not physically opened unless there is a clear reason to (did they drop the pc, did the user say something physical could be wrong, etc). The fan hub not being plugged in is also not the standard they see as most fans are simply connected directly all to the motherboard and would have to trace the fan cables and understand what the hub is doing. Also having changes to the bios is NOT something their front line agents would know anything about. For the most part they are sales agents who like computers. last iw as at Geek squad they would simply run their custom linux and run its scan. Then reset pc and test if they where told "its slow in games" and check fans noise. If software from windows reset didnt work then its simply check cabling and cpu temp. If still performing like crap and ONLY if its a custom pc would someone check Bios and it would be set to default and run again. Also odd that seeing custom prebuilts usually got spacial treatment from the "PC builders" of the agents. Most pc/laptops/phones/etc are usually older or standard OOB machines they sell at BestBuy. I actually remember an example of something similar to this happening where someone brought their $6000 pc in and it was very messed up from malware from kids downloading from free corn and a small drop which rattled the gpu just enough out to where it needed a re-seat and a HDD cable being torn out so the "games" files was missing. Their kids also had some crazy unstable OC on the CPU which I had to save the bios and had to reset but it was not simple as I had the actual tech working on it ask me why it keeps crashing when we loaded the clients fav game when everything appeared ok. By no means does this mean im straight defending charging someone and not fixing the issue. Diagnostic fee aside, their standard for repair should be greatly improved but it would add time and require more knowledge/understanding which they simply do not pay.

Id be ok with most of these apps being removed for children. Screens of autoplaying shortform videos, non monitored or properly curated content should be brought to light. There are parents now simply sitting kids in front of devices to parent them. Or allowing kids to have too much freedom of the internet. It was bad historically allowing millennials on the internet without much control or understanding. There are ALOT of controls in place for people with easier appearance to do so. TikTok employing its users to call people shows what sort of power they could employ and this is the same with so many of these apps. Every app for social media steals information as well as other sources stealing from those social media apps. To me it sounds more who has that data. Where they are ok with NA based companies stealing and using the data for their means but not foreign non disclosed ones.

After the google interview questionnaire they did was the nail in the coffin for me to think that a bunch of old law makers who have all been purchased and paid for will do anything is out the window..

I have had this sort of argument within groups and companies. Where you have an "ai" bot supporting people. They hype up this bot and how its "AI" and it will support people so much faster and whatever. Where I bring up questions like "what if it finds incorrect info or its platform is circumvented?" where nobody wants to answer who is responsible. Is it the bot maker, the company impingement it, the admin in charge of feeding its data. If its the bot created company does their initial agreement or a clause let them off the hook? Since there isnt a fall human to simply re-educated or simply scapegoat companies are going to have that scapegoat go more and more uphill lol.

Lawmakers require more attention to what "AI" is going to be doing in the next few years. With bots getting better as alot of tasks, some companies are looking to offload work to this "AI" to save on costs. More and more will hop on board where we may see a similar event to the industrial revolution where jobs that were prominent are now being replaced by automation. These people need to be moved to other jobs or we will see a drop in economy due to less spending and the companies that replaced humans with bots will then simply get payouts due to them complaining their service isnt needed. The transition period needs to be addressed as we move from jobs we have now to other roles and ways of thinking of work. This is the same with schools that are teaching out of date information and ways of thinking/learning. Depending on what your ultimate outcome of schooling is most people simply need to know how bots work and how to use AI and become creative in thinking to use the bots to supplement their work as this is what we will see in the near future. Where alot of tasks become automated and alot of old jobs get lumped together since a bot and someone utilizing it can do multiple roles very quickly. The other role would be to help design the bots on the backend which can use bots to help with the initial coding but you also require people to understand the baseline underneath coding as well. This is what we should start seeing in universities for Computer science. Most of what I see from grads isnt useful for this sort of aspect. Its very baseline and is usually just a way of saying "This person wants to learn more and is easy to teach". Note this is just an imo and what I see as someone who researches and creates AI solutions. Its coming alot sooner then people think.

I don't mind updating the app and control panel. As long as its not removing aspects to make it "simple". Alot of there redesigns tend to remove features for the sake of "simple" and impact performance of the product.

As long as you have a head on your shoulders you can be relatively safe. Dont go to sketchy sites and do NOT download anything from emails or click links in emails. Double check the sender for anything you even remotely believe to be a real email from someone you expect https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/how-do-i-check-a-senders-address-without-opening/18750add-c155-47d2-b6d5-98416a4c305e https://support.google.com/mail/thread/9692180/how-to-display-the-email-address-of-the-sender-of-an-email?hl=en That will stop most attack venues. Unless your some crazy rich target or a company most "hackers" simply dont care about you. They want payouts and money. If you download a file you can check it with malwarebytes, windows defender and you can also use https://www.virustotal.com/gui/. Simply downloading the new 3rd avatar movie from some random tor site off grid that contains an exe will cause more issues lol. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keep-your-computer-secure-at-home-c348f24f-a4f0-de5d-9e4a-e0fc156ab221 Its never 100% sadly as you could do everything correctly and still be targeted but its a risk everyone takes. its the same thing you could catch a cold while on a buss in public.

The main issue I have with these sort of questionnaires is that its a bunch of people who have no idea what actual questions to ask and what information to find out. example: These are mostly to help make people feel better. Its simply some cfo/ceo going on stage and answering stupid questions with technically correct answers or circling the truth. No real information is gathered and no correctly worded questions that would actually make them sweat is asked. Simply asking if TikTok sent data over to X country would be easy to say "no we didnt" because TikTok could claim they are a segment of their parent company Bytedance and its Bytedance sending the info to X country and Tiktok can claim they are unaware. Since they didnt ask the proper question its easy enough to sway the answer and thus public opinion. They should get properly educated in the respective field users asking the questions with the other people present. There is so much more wrong with apps like TikTok then what videos simplify.

IT is a big field and covers alot. Comptia A+ is the basic get your foot in the door for t1 contact centre. Unless you have a university degree and multiple certifications before you apply for the job there are 2 basic ways to get into higher up positions. IT is a learn what you enjoy and are good at. There are alot of fields from networking, server, SaaS, CcaaS, etc. So many certs and most will be very narrow in its use case so depending on your each company it may require new ones which alot will simply pay you to take. 1. Put your time in on the service desk and get your foot in the door at a company. Many will promote internally if you show your skills and willingness to learn. Not all will do this sadly. 2. While working get certifications for the positions you want. CCNA/MCSA/etc to get into the portion of IT you want to go into. tldr: have degree and certs for jobs or work t1 and work towards certs for positions you want.

most likely some issue in the video: Reactive (after the video is posted) Video Replace: replacing the video with a new version without re-uploading This relies on YouTube and takes some time. There are fairly strict guidelines around the use of this tool and strong justification must be provided for all changes. This is preferred to a re-upload, but there is likely a soft-limit on how often we can use this resource. Re-upload the video: Set the original, erroneous video to Private and upload a new version. This will have algorithmic effects, but must be done if replacement is not an option Pinned comment: add a comment describing the correction. This will not be received by viewers who do not check the comments (common, especially for those watching on a Smart TV) and should only be used for low-severity errors. I was watching the video and it went away mid video. Though not rly paying attention as more background noise while I work lol.

AI needs some controls or companies will quickly replace as much as possible to make a quick $$ I hate how AI is being pushed when in reality its simply the same chat/audio bots we have had for years. Companies are quickly trying to replace humans with bots to save money to then sell products to the same out of work People...We could be heading to another Industrial revolution, where we need to find work for people while there is a transition where alot of jobs are replaced by automation. To me as someone who actively researches AI and how to maximize its use for IT this is something that is coming sooner then people think and is one of the biggest issues facing the next oncoming years. Before simply replacing positions we need to find new places and new facets for the labour force to work. Bring back physical media Digital ownership is a mess. Every game now isnt yours and is simply a rented extension that you have no control over. Gaming is at a sorry state where big devs are more inclined to milk you for every penny rather then making a fun game. Convenience of not having to go to a store and have a physical medium has made it so people dont own most games they buy currently. I still buy physical media as it feels like collecting now where its not simply a fun thing to won but also an investment as the game/movie/show/etc could be taken off or changed and I would have an original version. Think my old disney VHS's.

I doubt its anything more then notes on paper and ideas trying to be sold to investors. We are still far away from utilizing someone while they are dreaming as we barely even fully utilize people when they are awake. There are entire departments in big contact centres designed to only manage utilization/occupancy/adherence yet some company found out how to make dreams and brain waves physical? We dont have a proper map of the human brain and a full understanding. We have some parts mapped like the brain stem but other then "Right side better for X and left side better for Y" analogies we are YEARS away from anything resembling putting pictures to brain activity let alone being able to work or do anything productive while asleep lol.

I use beeper and its kinda cool. Its missing ALOT of features you get from each messaging app. My main complaint was all the different chat apps and having them in one place which is great with Beeper. Imessage, sms, fbchat, insta, discord, whatsapp, telegram all in one place. So instead of having to open 6 different chat apps where someone sends a link or chats I simply have it all in one place. Havnt used the mini yet.

This analogy can be made about most things. Oil filling can sometimes cost $100+, Replacing a bathroom faucet costs $40 in parts and $100+ in someones time. You are paying for their experience and knowledge to do the job for you. They can charge what they believe their work is worth. Alot jobs are simply doing work that another person doesn't have the full knowledge of doing. Someone in their own house could work on their own electrical, yet they pay companies to come in and do it for them. Its the premium of the knowledge and if there is a warranty attached/other services being used.