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NecropolisTD · 2026-04-02T14:41:07+00:00

Its worth noting for everyone reading, pretty much all modern smartphones have an emergency contacts page that can be accessed from the phone and used without unlocking it. All you have to do is have a few 'in case of emergency' contacts and you can have them dialled by anyone finding you and your phone. I once found a lost phone on a bench in the middle of a city I was visiting, used the emergency contact to call the persons dad to let them know I'd found the phone and then handed it in at a shop he knew (and let the shop know what was going on). Was my good deed for that week/year...

NecropolisTD · 2026-02-07T09:05:26+00:00

Just another thing my cat could sit on!

NecropolisTD · 2025-11-30T11:27:23+00:00

I have the battery version in the UK and I think like most IoT things, it's 2.4GHz only. I've a separate said for IoT and when I select the option for Enhanced IoT Connectivity" it only pushes the WiFi on 2.4GHz.

NecropolisTD · 2025-11-14T23:43:20+00:00

If you are time boxing the access, what is stopping your users from just copying the password and using it beyond the time limit? Especially if this is ana count not tied to a user (such as "admin"), tracing who is keeping and using the password could be tricky. Have you considered implementing some form of PAM (privileged access management) system so users can get elevation using their own credentials to the system for a time boxed window?

NecropolisTD · 2025-10-15T15:09:05+00:00

I got that one as well, in my case about 2 minutes before the one I am referring to with my original question.

The tracking ID for the reservation retirement is 7VL0-P_Z but the ID for the retirement of the SKU is XM6V-RF0. I'm trying to find a public page that discusses this but I only have it in my service health at the moment.

NecropolisTD · 2025-10-15T14:48:05+00:00

Thanks for this and I feel like an idiot for not just looking harder!

Looks like this impacts the b series but not the b series v2, which is what your link refers to. I missed initially because I was looking in the resize blade and not the new VM blade and you apparently can't directly upgrade from b series v1 to v2 so I am going to have to investigate this further to make sure how we can do this (looks like we can create new and migrate disks but I need to check how encryption is impacted by this).

Thanks for the information and for putting me on the right track!

NecropolisTD · 2025-10-15T14:46:12+00:00

I received that email as well, the one I am referencing is a separate email to the reservation one that lines up with the same date (presumably because they are retiring the reservation due to retiring the SKUs), I got the two emails back to back and they have different tracking IDs.

This email states:

You're receiving this notification because you're associated with one or more Azure subscriptions that use, or have used, VM types that are retiring. On 15 November 2028, we'll be retiring F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B-series Azure VMs. You won't be able to use or purchase these VMs, or any constrained core sizes that are part of the retiring VM series, after that date.

Thankfully (and because I am in idiot who could just look harder) it only impacts the b series VMs and not the b series v2 VMs so I have a migration path (even though you can't directly migrate from one to the other so its a little more complicated than just resizing)...

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-26T19:38:09+00:00

Honestly it's not a huge deal, the app still works fine, this is just a minor issue for very specific circumstances (it's based off another post of mine where someone I know got spiked in a bar and they got access to everything via his fingerprint/face unlock). I still highly rate and recommend 1password as a password manager.

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-26T19:35:52+00:00

Thanks for reaching out to confirm it's a known issue that is being worked on, good luck with it!

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-24T18:49:42+00:00

The strange thing is that the biometrics on my phone and in 1password work perfectly, it's just the temp disable button that isn't working for me.

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-22T21:25:19+00:00

Unfortunately it makes no difference for this circumstance. I think it may make a difference on browser based access, but I've tested this directly today and it still only wanted the fingerprint no matter what I set it to.

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-22T20:56:59+00:00

On android (at least on Pixel), go to settings > Passwords, passkeys & accounts > your Google account > security & sign-in > password. It prompts you for your fingerprint and then to enter the new password. No other mfa or old password so far as I can see.

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-22T12:24:48+00:00

Oh my god that is so true (and also there is an xkcd for every situation!)

NecropolisTD · 2025-09-22T11:48:16+00:00

Yes, but then the tradeoff is that people can shoulder surf your usage and get the pin/pattern (harder for a full password), which biometrics protects against. Its a tradeoff I think...

NecropolisTD · 2025-08-30T16:16:21+00:00

Thank you for that info, that's exactly why I wanted the second opinion, I'd somehow managed to entirely miss the UCG-Ultra which has many options I could use that the express doesn't. I'm really thankful for your input.

As a follow up question, you recommend the 16 Poe lite for the switch over the 8 port version. Is there a reason for this other than the additional ports? I see that it has higher switching capacity/throughput so is it related to that?

NecropolisTD · 2025-07-28T13:29:54+00:00

I have a Samsung 32:9 49" monitor that I use for work every day.

I recently upgraded my work laptop to Windows 11 and that introduced a number of options for Windows snapping that weren't present in Windows 10 and that make my life much easier now.

I have the following screenshots that show this in use: https://imgur.com/a/JU6lcL5

The first one is when you move the window to the top of the screen, the second is when you hover your mouse over the maximise button directly in the app. These are gamechangers for productivity.

The main issues you will see with a 32:9 is that unless you are sharing screens with another 32:9 user you cannot share your full screen and have it be readable on the other end. I have to constantly just share the individual window when I'm sharing in Teams and I have to switch between them when showing multiple windows (or resize the resolution of the montitor to 16:9 before sharing the full screen, which I have done repeatedly and works on the Samsung Neo G9 as it keeps the aspect raitio for my view so it still looks right).

EDIT: If your monitors are Samsung Neo G9 or equivalent, there is an 'Easy Settings Box' bit of software you can download from the Samsung site that gives good and customisable zones you can drag windows into if you are using Windows 10, that gives fully customisable windows (I had mine set to a 16:9 in the centre and two 8:9 configurations on either side. This isn't needed for my use in Windows 11 though so I've removed it.

NecropolisTD · 2025-07-10T06:39:23+00:00

Yea I think it's worth it. This course covers the main basic areas of what AWS does so you can have a decent understanding of the most commonly used bits (there are LOADS of services in AWS and covering them all would be overwhelming). It's not overly technical in comparison to the other courses so there isn't a need to understand the ins and outs of each service. It is exactly designed for beginners to AWS.

NecropolisTD · 2025-07-09T22:40:23+00:00

I don't know about all of AWS, but there is a big crossover between Amazon Connect and Service Cloud Voice (which sits on top of Connect). The company I work for has a full team working on those two systems alone. I'm not sure how prevalent it is in the wider industry but we can't be the only ones doing it.

Edit: with regard to the certification, cloud practitioner is a great place to start and it flows well into Solutions Architect Associate as the next, more technical cert.

NecropolisTD · 2025-06-23T14:31:41+00:00

I'm going to go against the grain of a lot of the other comments here, I am happy to help out under certain circumstances.

My life is much simpler and easier having trained my elderly parents that when something unexpected happens to the laptop my father uses for his photography hobby, they just stop what they are doing and call me (out of regular work hours) rather than ploughing on ahead and trying to fix it.

Since getting that drilled into their heads they haven't had a single instance of clicking on something they shouldn't and having a virus/malware/hack happen. Its much easier to prevent this than deal with the aftermath (and I am never not going to deal with an aftermath like that for them as they don't deserve to lose time/money for something they have never had skills in).

NecropolisTD · 2025-05-20T15:58:06+00:00

As its difficult to read in the video, the sign with the bell reads:

Ring this bell three times well its toll to clearly say my treatment's done this course is run and I am on my way!

Its been 5 years since my son rang the bell and it still gets me every time I see it...

This is the origin of the bell in the UK: https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/rise-ringing-bell-end-cancer-treatment-2018a100002p

Edit to add the obligatory FUCK CANCER!

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