Honestly? I was part of another recruiting org that was trying to place me. They sent me to interview because I supposedly had the right technical skills. I did three interviews with different protective employers and I just kind of gave up on the skills org.

I interviewed with them once. I’m so glad I didn’t get the job.

Oh yes! This actually happened to me multiple times. Typically it was something about how unions result in lower pay or would not represent my interests.

Of course that’s all BS! You only have to use your brain a little. For example, even if they’re not perfect representatives, who else then is going to represent you? Yourself? You don’t stand a chance against a large business.

The costs of union fees was a sticking point, and it’s easy to waive that in front of somebody’s face when it’s harder to measure the impact of your union fighting for fair pay and blocking exploitation. The counter argument is that not all benefits are easily quantifiable. Negotiated raises are just part of the total compensation, and the stated pay numbers you’d get without unions in the world are made up because you can claim whatever you want about something that is not the case.

For me, it was that protesting was only ever discussed as peaceful, civil activity, as was a way of communicating demands outside of the voting cycle.

Unionization and workers rights were never discussed. I didn’t learn about unions as a concept until nearly graduation when my first job had so much required training about how dangerous they were, and of course I assumed they were full of it and did my own investigation.

Cargo can be hard to find in the shops these days. I love it for air travel.

It’s an accurate name. The company has explicitly told us that they are a slop-first cloud company.

And now for your local on the 8s.

This is what I call junk open source. They use the open source label, but it’s not really open source in spirit. The license is restrictive and I’d recommend against using any such software in favor of something that’s actually, properly open source. If you’re bothering to self host, I feel like this freedom is important to most users.

Also, I think this is an advertisement and should be removed.

If you’re lucky, you can get away with remembering just one for your password manager. That password hasn’t changed in over 10 years.

“We found that trees colonised by golden oyster have, on average, about half the fungal biodiversity as trees without the golden oyster. And so that was a huge indicator that they’re likely out competing the native fungi that were there,” says Veerabahu.

XDA was not always this sensationalist. With that said, I always welcome performance improvements.

It is not literally true. The author is making the claim that the US is insolvent based on book assets and liabilities, but the finances of a government are very different from other financial entities where this simple view is no longer accurate. The US has unique assets, such as the ability to tax its citizens or manipulate its own currency to satisfy debt. What is the value of infinite money or the power to obtain it on demand? Thus, the government has theoretically unlimited assets that are not directly comparable to any business or individual. It can make assets out of thin air.

Insolvency only becomes relevant for governments when they’re unable to satisfy debts and investors no longer believe that they will be repaid. The short-term bond markets are still strongly of the opinion that US debt is virtually risk free. Until we see a large spike in short-term interest rates, insolvency? Absolutely that’s hyperbole. By that assets-based definition, most governments are insolvent right now.

Perhaps it’s a fallback plan in case the universal Internet ID thing doesn’t work out. Gotta keep the masses stupid and uncoordinated.

Interesting read but title is extreme hyperbole.

Say anything that pops into your mind to keep the hype train going, huh Sam?

It’s great for multitasking. I’ve seen phones boot and already consume 3-4GB of RAM. Alas, that’s how much some of this software uses now, depending on your needs.

What appears to be common sense to you is hardly common sense to the consumer. I choose to be more inclusive thinking of a person who might not necessarily know what 8 GB means. That’s a ton of Apple’s customers.

Just to play devil’s advocate: a smartphone is definitely a computer and has no trouble competing with older laptop CPUs in benchmarks. I see this as a difference without a distinction beyond form factor.

8GB is 💯 barely serviceable. I see this is a product for a casual user only, with excellent build quality. I don’t think it ages well when pushed.

The only potential concern I have is in considering how much casual PC market is left in the industry. I thought these users moved on to mobile, ergo leaving enthusiasts and professionals behind years ago as the remaining users. It might also cannibalize sales of their more powerful laptops because: who are the laptop buyers now? Where are they? Surely Apple did a market study, and they look set to completely dominate whatever’s left.

If I wasn’t going to use Linux, it would be Mac. Quite compelling despite the lower memory because we are in an expensive market.

Agreed. I have a love-hate with it. Love it makes some games possible. Performance can leave much to be desired. Perhaps it eases development.