Denkel

>but was unable to advise him

Sorry but no, she was "unwilling to advise him" is what fits here, I don't care how many NDA's you have signed, saying to her employee "I have more information than you and I strongly encourage you to take the voluntary severance", takes seconds and can be perfectly done in a "safe" moment (as in, a moment when no one else can hear you).

We need solidarity between workers, we need to stop accepting rules set only to harm us and benefit the companies as something we cannot fight, often they are pretty easy to circumvent, but people like your friend have them so engrained that don't even realize how harmful those rules are and don't even try to fight them.

PS: And this is not me attacking your friend's character, I see her as a victim of brainwashing, not as a malicious actor, she can be a wonderful and caring person, but my post still stands.

Shoko server and shokofin plugin solved the anime issue for me.

I am a very light user, so this is my feeling from reading about other people's experience; I wouldn't say that they plateau'd but up to 4.5/4.8 the gains in the models felt exponential while since then they feel more linear and the big improvements are coming less from the models and more from everything around it (harnesses, agentic development, skills...).

So, while I don't feel like there has not been improvement, it really feels like there is a limit that will be reached sooner than later (and for sure before any AGI).

I see a lot of people recommending removing the DRM, honestly, if you bought the book in Amazon (or Kobo or Barnes & Noble) I don't see an ethical issue with sailing the high seas to get a DRM-free version of it that you can properly backup and read anywhere.

The fact that the USA only helps right wing "rebellions" is pure luck, right? Those regimes weren't "as bad as the previous regime" as unexpected result, those resulta were exactly what the US expected.

This a silly counter-argument to a comment that literally ends with: >People will argue if and when these gaps can be closed. I think they can be in principle, but it’s not going to happen anytime soon.

You are replying to someone that says "currently is not happening" and using someone else saying "it will never happen" as if that was some kind of gotcha.

I dare you to afford a studio appartment and two kids with a single salary today.

It is not appealing to you, because it specifically blocks the installation of browsers, so 50% of what you just stated as your needs would jot be covered (and cannot be done afterward by yourself, again, they BLOCK the installation of browsers).

It specifically mention both Whatsapp and maps as being available, but to me the dealbreaker is blocking browsers. When I am out, I use the browser a lot, need to find if this is a good restaurant, or a good product to buy, what was actor form the 80's tv show?... Like I understand why the would not have one preinstalled, but preventing me from installing it??

No way, and then add the pricetag... I do hope it fails just because I don't want people to think that the solution to today's walled gardens is "differently walled gardens".

Oh God, what a sad day to know how to read. "Why should I favor the people that at some point had struggles like mine and has better chances to understand and empathize with me over the people who cannot understand what the expression 'paycheck to paycheck' really entails?"

Thinking that multi-millionaires/billionaires will "understand their privilege" or that they will be "magnanimous" is beyond naivite and goes straight to stupidity. Have you read any news in the past decade‽‽

Do you really think that someone will willingly go through 9 months of pregnancy to abort "the day before" just because??? If someone is aborting the day before they ate due after dealing with everything for 9 months, you can believe that it was the best decision no matter how you look at it. Most -if not all- late term abortions are carried by people that WANT the baby but learn that is better (for the baby, the life of the mother...) to not carry it to the full end.

Read his take on Spain. If all his guides are the same... Better don't read them. As libertarian (he is the one mentioning it I did not have to look for it), he spends too much text -wrongly- analyzing the politics. His comment about socialized healthcare is an example of someone having "only one appointment per month" as a big failure of the system, that's rich coming from someone from the Country in which people die because they have to ration their insulin. And apparently Spain is more radical because communists get a few seats every election, but somehow America is less radical despite 30% of the population consistely supporting the fascists. He notes the far-right party without realizing that their platform is almost 1 to 1 to American Republicans... And I am going to stop there, but his takes in general are awful.

I still need to see a single breach that ends up being a liability for the company.

Totally, give me Power Metal, or even whatever Rammstein is at any time, if there is no percussion I find it either too relaxing or it will get on my nerves, no middle ground.

As someone else mentioned, I had a "Programming" playlist that has barely changed in 20 years (small additions here and there) and mine tend yo be "uplifting" type of music (if that makes sense).