As a white guy, I'd like to think it's not like that. I'd like to think that we left racism and all this bullshit in the past and any job goes to the best qualified applicant regardless of race, gender, or sexual preferences.
While I would like that to be true, I know that isn't the world we live in.
This is the issue with the current state of 2FA. It's either text driven (SMS) or it's app driven, like the Microsoft authenticator, as an example.
Often "backups" overlap. Like people will use SMS as a backup to the Microsoft authenticator, when the MS authenticator is on the same device as the phone number for SMS verification.
Real, actual, good MFA, only has the problem that people don't keep backup tokens around. If you use a Fido2 keyfob, you really should have a second one that authenticates the same systems the same way, but stored securely away from the one you carry with you.
In that context, backups are actually valid, because if the authenticator is on your keychain and you lose your keys, you have access via a backup on your phone (TOTP or similar).
If you lose your phone, you still have your Fido2 key as primary authentication.
If you lose both, you go and retrieve your backup security key and use that.
It becomes much more difficult to lose access if you're aware of the limitations of the systems you use. For me, I use a password manager, for login I have biometrics from my PC, biometrics from my laptop, two security key fobs, and a backup TOTP code stashed away. I also got recovery codes and sent them securely to a trusted friend.
The only things not using a password from my password manager is my main email, which is used as a backup/recovery email for most services, my password manager itself, and my primary bank. For all of these I use unique, memorized passwords that are not short. Any service that can use MFA has MFA set up, with the only exception being those that only support SMS as MFA. Fuck that. If fido keys are allowed, then I set those up If not, I use TOTP.
The TOTP keys are backed up and stored securely in an online system built for security for this kind of data.
I have contingencies on contingencies for my own access, but many people don't even have one, or even a plan on what to do if things go sideways.
It's a phenomenon I've noticed a lot, it's like Rose colored glasses for getting things set up. People like to see how it works and get everything operational and happy, with absolutely no thoughts towards what happens when it fails? How will it fail and what will we do when it does? How do we recover? How do we continue to operate until everything can be put back together?
They see it's fancy and works for them, and they're super secure because they have MFA, but it's only one kind of MFA, and they only have one of them. But they feel good because they have it.
Then they act shocked when their single MFA method breaks and they lose their accounts because they're stupid.
Yeah, the gifted card I'm using is a 2080 Ti. My friend that gifted it, went from a dual 2080 ti SLI setup to a 4090 IIRC, he kept one for his old system so it's still useful, but gave me one of the two since SLI is dead and he doesn't need the extra card in a system he's not frequently using.
11G of memory is an odd choice, but it was a huge uplift from the 3G I was using before then. I had a super budget GTX 1060 3G (I think it was made by palit?) before.
I still have to play on modest settings for anything modern, but my only real challenge has been feeding it with fresh air. My PC case puts the GPU on a riser with front to back airflow and very little space front-back and top/bottom. The card uses a side intake, which is fairly typical for GPUs, which is basically starved for air if I install the card normally. For now, I've got it on a riser, sitting on top of the system with the cover off, so my GPU is in open air. Not ideal. I need to work on a better solution.... But it works great otherwise.
I don't get how this is easier than just having an explorer window open to a folder with the files where the exposed desktop would be.
But hey, you do you. I'm not about to say that you can't use your PC like this. I'm not your manager, and you can do what you want.
Whether I "get" it or not is irrelevant.
I have a 20 series card, albeit one of the higher tier ones, and I probably won't be upgrading this year. I probably also won't be playing any new AAA titles either.
It's fine to have an older card, but nobody in that position should be expecting to play the latest and greatest games at reasonable framerates, if at all.
It is the way of things.
I am personally rather miffed about the fact that if you want any performance from a GPU, you basically need to spend $800+. Even though some cards are saying they're available for less, they almost never are, either due to scalping or greed (which are kind of the same thing), or something else like idiotic tariffs. I don't have nearly a grand I can burn every year to upgrade my GPU the last GPU I bought was a 1060, and my current card was a gift. I haven't had a budget for a decent GPU in many, many years.
When I upgrade, I'm likely going Intel arc, because the value proposition makes sense to me. I can actually spend less than $600 and get a card that will have some reasonable level of performance.
Earlier than they thought?
How long did they think it would take before RT was a requirement? It was introduced with the GeForce 20 series more than six years ago.
For technology, six years is vintage.
The only people this should affect is people still using GTX 10 and 16 series cards. I dunno what's happening with AMD/Radeon. Since they were purchased by AMD the banking schemes have gotten to be more and more nonsensical, so I always have a hard time knowing WTF generation a card is from by the model number.
In any case. Yeah, people using 5+ year old tech are going to be unable to play the latest AAA games. And?
Has there ever been a time when a 5+ year old system can reasonably play a modern AAA title without it being a slide show?
I would argue that what Canada needs is someone who won't fuck up Canada while the USA is imploding for the next four years.
Story time.
I was helping someone at work the other day....
As part of my usual process, I minimized most of what the person was using, because I dgaf what users are actually doing on their computers. I'm only interested in getting the "problem" that they're complaining about, solved, so I can go home.
When I finished minimizing everything, I shit you not, this person had two full screens of icons on their desktop. I couldn't help but blurt out "that's a lot of icons" they went on to describe how they use their desktop as a dumping ground and they clear the whole thing every few months.
Since I couldn't give a single shit about what they do with their computer, I said something to the effect of "alright", fixed the unrelated "problem" they had and moved on.
OneDrive can be configured to automatically back up your desktop. So the desktop might be OneDrive
I agree, this is simply stating fact.
I am not LGBTQA+. I'm just some boring cis.
I approve of this. As long as anyone is incapable of doing things that others can based on gender or other trivialities like race or skin tone, the fight continues.
Also, but equally as important is bodily autonomy. You want to do, or not do something with your own person? Neat. As long as it doesn't harm anyone else, you go for it.
This is super dumb.
How are these morons so offended about the name of a body of water?
Their fragile ego is so completely shattered because Mexico "has a Gulf" and they "don't"? Little men with too much power.