Octopus have started doing things like connecting properties in the north to cellular type meters (not supposed to) or using Octopus Mini hubs (connects smart meters using WiFi) as a way of trying to solve the problems
SSO all the way (if you can). Chances are you've got Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 - both allow you to configure SAML based SSO into many SaaS apps either through their respective app galleries or some kind of custom configuration. Otherwise you could look at Okta, but be prepared to fork out serious cash. We use Entra ID (part of Microsoft 365) for SSO in our business, and it generally works well.
There'll be times that employees can't use SSO though. For that I'll add my voice to 1Password - it's well designed such that a breach of the 1PW service itself won't reveal credentials (you'd need peoples vault passwords and secret keys for that). Avoid Lastpass - the UI is awful, and they've been breached in the past.
That's pretty awful on Lastpass's behalf. 1Password does this much better - your account is frozen in such that you can't add new passwords or make changes, but you can still read your data:
Curious to see how this would be deployed in the wild. A sneaky way would be to add this as an extension to existing Lambdas - it could run in parallel any time such a Lambda is invoked, and continue even after an initial response until the timeout for the function is reached.
> Remember this does not only mean team sports, there is more to the world than what school PE exposed us to, there will definitely be something out there that interests you.
My biggest bugbear about school PE is the focus on team sports. I know some schools want to build their sports teams, but if there is one goal of PE class it should be ensuring every child finds at least 1 form of exercise they really enjoy.
I’d encourage you to persist in finding something you can get into and stick with. I’ve really got into obstacle course racing events like Tough Mudder and started with the shortest distance - everyone there is helping everyone else through it. Find what works for you.
The UK also has credit scores, although they’re not the sole factor in acceptance for credit. Experian, Equifax and Transunion all have their own individual scoring systems with different scales - I’m not aware of a standard like Fico here.
As for shutting down accounts affecting scores - most scores factor in credit utilisation %. Maxing out a credit card can indicate that a borrower is having problems making repayments, so keeping utilisation under around 30% is helpful for a good score. Closing old accounts reduces access to credit, so the utilisation % increases.
#2 - However, our business accepted AmEx from the beginning.
#3 - Europeans are also anecdotally much more unlikely to carry Amex than even other cards.
#4 - My generalization comes from directly communicating with our European customers over 10 years. Their concern was not "I would like to pay with $CARD_WE_DONT_SUPPORT" but instead "I do not have access to any credit card."
Octopus have started doing things like connecting properties in the north to cellular type meters (not supposed to) or using Octopus Mini hubs (connects smart meters using WiFi) as a way of trying to solve the problems