Current status: There's a conflict between Google cybersecurity researchers and the @ffmpeg project that doesn't have the resources to fix the vulns Google finds. So I'm busy trying to understand the bug to figure out how to patch it. Google provided enough information to

Of course, I know I am guilty of the same at times. And I look forward to the ways I am misunderstood in this post. :)

Mid-Season Highlights

We all want to prove our point and lose sight of the importance of what we are doing. We need to do better.

We watch the two sides say their opinion, with little apparent attempt to understand the other side's opinion. It reads like they are just planning their next response instead of listening. This is so stereotypical of our industry and IT.

Some days I wonder why we all can't see the other side of the debate. The FFMPEG vs Google is interesting in lots of ways. But the one I am most interested in is how the sides "debate".

Now another two hours into this shit-show and I still don't have service on my daughter's phone. Seriously considering switching. But am afraid I will lose my number.

Anyone know a better way to handle this? Cause I am pretty pissed. :)

they have no way to "recover" the number. So right now, because they have no idea how to fix, my 19 yo daughter doesn't have a phone. And I am waiting an hour for a supervisor to call. (Which is better than the 36-48 hours I was told I needed to wait.)

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So @Google @googlefi messed up my daughter's phone last July. No one noticed because the service still worked. Tonight we had to factory reset her phone. No service. I just spent an hour on the phone with support. They acknowledge that it was their mistake yet are telling me

As someone who changed my last name when I turned 18 and with my upcoming marriage, it has got me thinking. For those of you who had their name changed AFTER they were professionally and publicly established in their career, how did you handle it and what impact did it have?

If I buy a physical case at a store for a video game, it should have the game card in it! And I get that the tiny 8-point type that says game card not included covers your legal liability, you have just irritated a customer.

I will never worry about how slides look. They are actually proudly selling this around the world. I know this not only because I know where they sell, but the entire beginning of the book is ads for other certs by them AND a pompous paragraph about numbers of training centers.

I started an on demand class from a popular training vendor, not naming them yet! My very first question is who the fuck actually edited these slides. The letters in words seem randomly spaced. The first three letters in many words are literally printed on top of each other.

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I think one of my new favorite quotes is "Pardon me for speaking while you interrupt me"

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I wonder if hackers ever ask the Lord to forgive their syns. 🤔

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Signal is an example of the right way to do things.

There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations. Don’t sleep on this opportunity…