I intensely hate that a stupid application can modify .bashrc and permanently persist itself.
Sure, in theory, SELinux could prevent this. But seems like an uphill battle if my policies conflict with the distro’s. I’d also have to “absorb” their policies’ mental model first…
I tend to think things like .bashrc or .zshrc are bad ideas anyways. Not that you asked but I think the simpler solution is to have those files be owned by root and not writable by the user. You're probably not modifying them that often anyways.
Not what the OP is referring to, but UWP and successor apps were always sandboxed, from the time of Windows 8 onwards. This was derived from the Windows Mobile model, which in turn was emulating the Android/iOS app model.
Also don’t underestimate the stupidity of inexperienced employees in their mid 20s…
One found someone installed a cracked Adobe Photoshop on a work PC. Probably a stupid one/off task. We were not graphic artists. Not 100% sure who did it but it was in an area only a few people had access.
Curious what parts you think can only be learned by hand? Having read the article I think the auto approach covers all the same ground, just at a much faster pace with no down time.
They are more popular than ever, actually. Pretty much all those fancy cups and bottles (like Stanley, other brands available) sold to keep your coffee hot/drink cold on the go are vaccum ones. It's just updated and more robust design compared to the older thermos flasks.
As much hate as H1Bs get, I’ve worked at two large companies where the publicly posted salary range for H1B applications were consistently higher than my own. In all humility, I was more qualified and more experienced than required by the position.
Maybe there is a dearth of talent, maybe it’s about control, maybe is someone trying to get a friend hired. I don’t think it’s about the money.
> maybe it’s about control, maybe is someone trying to get a friend hired
Control of the employee is a huge one.
When telling a US citizen they have to work 80s, the citizen can tell you to fuck off and leave for the weekend. The H1B debates the risk of their visa not getting renewed/revoked.
The second issue is a huge problem in some large companies. Instead of a branch being a random assortment of people based on merit it becomes a tight knit group based on loyalty to the person that got them hired with few actual interests in the company itself. These can become serious risks for companies as classism and racism very commonly occur. Also with everyone covering for everyone else fraud and other means of overcoming accounting controls is at higher risk of occurring.
I think it is an anecdote about a trading firm. Something about throwing the CVs to their desk from a few feet away. Only the ones who made it to the desk were considered. After all who wants to hire unlucky traders?
Damn file protection not even enough…
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