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No one rational makes absolute comments on the internet. Maybe university IT departments are staffed by people. Maybe even at the college board it's just some IT guys trying to kee…

> I suspect few would know much beyond that, and most would not have had much reason to worry about converting between formats. Ok, first of, why should I (as an institution) care …

I'm not overestimating them. I see lots of college admission files, I know how inept most high school graduates are. I would like to see a higher base standard because frankly thes…

else if (!isAllowedExtension) error = { title: 'This file type is not acceptable.', details: 'Please check the requirements, save your file in one of the accepted formats, and resu…

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Out of curiosity which office did you work in between 2007 and 2018 when you started working for stripe? How is your teams WFH experience within stripe?

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Sadly, it's not. I've had lots students who would use the Opera VPN or one of the "free" anti-virus providers VPNs because they got sold (by adds or dumb friends) that it would be …

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Yes, if you want to use a cell phone and/or a computer to complete your tasks you should have some basic knowledge about how it operates. You can shift responsibility for that know…

It's not an explicit category on the test and I never debated that. It might be an implicit requirement though. Just how when you take your drivers test you should actually be able…

>I agree, when It's part of the subject in test. I don't see any reasonable cause for a student to have to know about file types to submit a test, if that test isn't about file typ…

Well, I disagree. I think "media competence" is more important than spelling or grammar and should be something expected of someone entering tertiary education.

You would be surprised how many students use an iphone and a macbook but are unwilling to use safari (or icloud, photos) because of privacy concerns. If you stay in the "regular" a…

> esoteric technical requirements Knowing a file type is an "esoteric technical requirement" ? Yes, this comment is for real. I'm the head of IT for a university and we do online a…

> If I may restate your position: "If a student uploads an image in the wrong format then it is acceptable for their entire test to be invalid and they can retake the entire exam."…

This whole blame game is weird. Could the college board have handled this better or have a better upload mechanism? Sure. Could apple be more clear about the way they are storing a…

The site will always try to trigger the registered protocol handler but couldn't you just block the handler?

Out of curiosity, why did/do you not use the Zoom web version? I haven't tried their linux client but if it sucks there is an alternative. The "it just works" crowd probably uses m…

Just as an FYI 2 weeks later... We decided on not enforcing Zoom accounts for our students for various reasons. So the PRC might have IP address access to a SIP/Zoom server but thi…

As someone who has recently adopted Zoom and who has to justify this decision quite a lot, my question is where are all the exploits? If any of this is easily exploitable there wou…

Zoom claims to be GDPR compliant ( https://zoom.us/de-de/gdpr.html ). Frankly, ensuring a company claims compliance is as far as I can go. I'm still hoping that if a company intent…

Correct, and if a Zoom representative would have lied to me that would factor into my decision. Frankly though, for student lectures and faculty meetings I don't care about their e…

> And just as Niemoeller's verse warns, by then it will be too late. But, this is just wrong. In Germany we did speak out when they came for the communists, the socialists, the uni…

I did find it, it was Eric Raymond and "The Luxury of Ignorance" http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html