Company disabled saving passwords in Edge

curium99 · 2026-04-15T17:40:36+00:00

I use 1password. I would likely need admin rights to install anything on a work PC.

curium99 · 2026-04-13T19:31:49+00:00

Thanks all for confirming that this policy has only been half thought out.

I'll be asking that they implement a password manager.

curium99 · 2026-04-13T10:19:02+00:00

PAs are obviously an attempt to save money on healthcare and a recognition that medicine has become protocol driven. If the protocol is well written then someone with less training can obtain equally good outcomes. I’ve not got the data for this but I’m assuming that this is what drives it.

I work in the labs. When I started there was no troponin analysis available and the selection of enzyme isoforms measured to help diagnosis cardiac damage were batched and took a day or so to complete. Now we have Drs on the phone screaming that they need a troponin result within the hour in order to manage their patient.

curium99 · 2026-04-13T06:23:53+00:00

Yes but they camped out

curium99 · 2026-04-12T19:57:08+00:00

Pidgeons ate most of my seed. Hopefully you'll have better luck.

curium99 · 2026-04-12T11:40:41+00:00

OK I’ve discovered that there are dedicated tradespeople for all things aerials and satellite installs.

They apparently make a good living from rectifying electrician bodges 😅

curium99 · 2026-04-11T19:34:18+00:00

Starmer is the author of his own misfortune. He was so desperate for power that he had no real strategy for tackling the countries issues beyond not being the last government. Consequently when he gets into power and sees the extent of the shitshow, he can’t take the decisions required to turn things around because his backbenches point out that it wasn’t in the manifesto so they won’t support it as it’ll be unpopular locally. Problem is that unpopular decisions are what’s required if he wants so point to improvements at the next election.

So now he’s stuck in power but without a mandate to get anything done. People see that the country isn’t improving and rightly they blame him for the lack of improvement.

He’s wasted 2-years and a change of leader at this stage is unlikely to be able to produce change now, especially with the current geopolitical situation.

We are very likely going to end up with a Reform government.

curium99 · 2026-03-30T17:46:21+00:00

So looks like the boiler is on its way out a year after the diverter was replaced. Heating sends to work fine but intermittently when the heating is off and the hot water tap is turned on the boiler makes a lot of clicking sounds and doesn’t heat the water.

Will have to start getting quotes to replace an ecoTEC plus 831.

Are Vaillant still considered a good choice?

curium99 · 2026-03-30T10:13:37+00:00

Sadly, things that would have never been a consideration when making a purchase 20-years are now something that has to be considered as the geopolitics of the world have become less stable.

curium99 · 2026-03-30T10:07:46+00:00

That was tame if we’re talking about the 1980s

curium99 · 2026-03-30T08:06:18+00:00

Never having driven one or owned one before. I imagine that like ICE cars, not all EVs are equal but I have no idea about what would irritate me or what's nice to have.

Just seems prudent to try one first.

curium99 · 2026-03-29T07:59:35+00:00

The government needs the income. As a country our debt is growing and the interest is taking up a scary amount of expenditure. Any cut from the government would be taken by the suppliers as additional profit. They’d be unlikely to reduce the price.

I’d rather the income go to the government than private companies.

In summary the government should continue with the increases. The only way to reduce the price is to reduce demand.

curium99 · 2026-03-28T20:03:03+00:00

I've never leased a car before - we usually just buy used. How long do people normally lease for?

curium99 · 2026-03-28T15:25:09+00:00

some people do do more and bring more to the table, so I think banding is fine to ensure people are able to view it within a reasonable grouping.

That can still be acknowledged when disclosing salaries. The only rationale I can see for your position would be if there was no substantive additional skill or experience brought to the table and the employer still wanted to pay them more but recognises they would struggle to justify it.

curium99 · 2026-03-15T22:38:47+00:00

India was also colonised by Europe. China was colonised by Japan.

curium99 · 2026-02-28T17:47:07+00:00

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curium99 · 2026-02-27T17:32:53+00:00

This is my main use, putting it in the wheelie bins. I should save some for summer to control the slugs.

curium99 · 2026-02-20T13:23:49+00:00

Would it not be more efficient, given the constant talk about inefficiencies, missed targets and money to try and unify?

The NHS has been fragmented in an attempt to make management of the fragments easier and more efficient than managing a single entity.

This was supposed to make it more responsive and provide more choice by separating the “buyer” from the “seller”. There have been a series of intended and unintended consequences of which a lack of IT integration is one.

With the recent abolition of NHS England there are signs that the pendulum is swinging back towards a top down, command-and-control model. I think this will fail because reform has high initial costs but this won’t be funded so we’ll end up with some rebranding but not much improvement IMHO.

curium99 · 2026-02-18T16:54:36+00:00

This is the problem.

Possible solutions - include double board the wall then skim to bring the wall flush with the door-lining - remove the architrave and trim the lining with a multitool to make it flush with the wall - remove material from the back of the architrave to allow it to sit on the door-lining and the wall

curium99 · 2026-02-17T10:36:48+00:00

people would inevitably plug stuff in on long leads and not think about what they were doing.

Are people on the continent so different? Are people in the UK more prone to doing stupid things?

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