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Cake day: October 23rd, 2023

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  • I had to buy a laptop for my kid to use for some online testing that required windows 11. They install some rootkit like malware that only runs on a baremetal install. So virtual machines were out, Linux was not supported.

    So I plunged into that cesspool. Holy crap what a shitshow just to get an install.

    Its true they force you to use a ms account to complete install. You must have WiFi enabled or might as well return it. Took 2 hours to download whatever it needed to complete the setup. Hadd to create 2 online accounts because the 1st one errored for an unknown reason.

    After it booted I discovered S mode. You must sign in online and enable Hello to get out of S mode to install anything other than ms apps.

    To use local account, you need to click around 4 or 5 different areas in order to remove online, then hello, then the passkey, then remove the ms account. I haven’t even begun cleaning up the diags, spyware, ads,suggestions, etc…

    I feel dirty now.





  • Don’t give up. This invasive testing happens with companies that outsource HR…I have always refused these tests and refused anything that requires take home evaluations.

    Last time I was job hunting, I rigged my resume to pass AI filters and get to a headhunter. Once a resume is in front of a human, things are different.

    Getting through the 1000 resumes and being the one they look at is the key, and crafting a resume that checks all the AI requirements is the key



  • Do not ever ever ever load company stuff on a personal device.

    Keep that veil of separation IP between company and personal.

    If company demand you use a mobile device, let them provide it and carry 2 phones.

    Remember if company info touches a device it can be subpoenaed and siezed if the company is sued.

    Company data and data charges on your phone are not reimbursed.

    Used to be if the company wiped their partition, it wiped the whole phone…this has been corrected, but just proves the point to keep things separate.