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Same - this should be a major SEV

I'm in a tough spot with this new RTO guidelines (similar ones issues by my company). I live ~2-2.5 hours from my assigned office due to two-body problem. I travel to the office once/twice a week, but thats the max I can do - 3 days per week is impossible. I'm more productive WFH, however I utilize my office time to meet as many people in-person I can. However recently that has reduced to mostly VC time in-office as most of my team are from a different coast altogether. To me, going forward Remote works best, but these blanket rules really doesn't work for all edge cases like mine.

With all my recent ML PhD knowledge I cannot even explain how the model is able to do this. Surely the data distribution doesn’t have all possible responses to all possible linux commands? a full python repl? I’m stumped!

A bit of a controversial opinion: to those who are defending CoPilot saying it "boosted my productivity" and would miss it if it is discontinued, maybe you are not a productive developer to begin with. I fail to see how searching the same snippets on Google or saving commonly used macros in your favorite editor would not yield the same amount of productivity. I have used CoPilot for several months and I actively stopped using it, because I was afraid I will be dependent on it, and it would actually reduce my ability to do critical code-building. I'm happy without it - sure it takes some micro seconds more to type out my code instead of autogenerating it, but I feel much more self confident in my own coding skills.

CoPilot is a great research work - it is indeed spectacular to see how pre-training can achieve such impressive code completion results. However, in my honest opinion, it should not be a tool for a serious developer.

Not great, but I think it is an acquired taste. TRAMP makes it _feel_ as if you are working locally, with some caveats. I like the fact that I can use dired to quickly navigate my projects on the cluster, open a vterm session and run my scripts, open my python files and save which automatically syncs them in the remote; magit works seamlessly (with a slight lag). What I wish is for better LSP support (lsp-mode/Eglot) for remote development - its kind of a miss for me. lsp-mode straight up does not work, and Eglot keeps me waiting until it can connect, leading to decreased editing experience. I have kind of given up on LSP for remote, nowadays I just use dumb-jump for quick navigation and local editing for more serious development.

Yes, it is my second year running with Emacs after ditching VSCode. While I miss the remote editing capability of VSCode, working on a shared HPC cluster made me finally use Emacs. Nowadays, I have shifted most of my workflows in Emacs, especially using Org mode, and I believe it should stick for the next several years.

If you are like me who subscribes to Jim Browning’s channel you know this technology would eventually be misused by scammers. Does Mullvad has any plans to counter it?

Because note-taking experience is subjective, and there are no solution which fits everyones taste and purpose.

“FarPlay has been successfully tested with upload speeds as low as 8 mbps.” that doesn’t sound low to me! Anyone tested this in poor 4G connections?

For some people the choice is governed by the educational institution. Sure, I could have applied to UofT but my research led me to McGill (and I’m frankly glad that happened).

While being a student, I can’t. Also, if your intention is to move to Quebec you are technically not eligible for PR in Ontario. However, many folks these days opt of this path though - apply for PR in Ontario from outside Canada using Express Entry, land in Ontario and stay for 6 months and then move to Quebec.

My point was mainly directed at both PR and naturalization aspects of Canada that was mentioned in this post. Even if you are not a student, the road to PR in Quebec is long if you do not have meet the language requirement. Typically you apply for Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) which is a pre-requirement for PR. This pre-requirement also has a pre-requirement nowadays, which is getting an invitation to apply for CSQ through ARRIMA (which has a yearly cap). In total,even if you are not a student, if you do not meet language requirement, it can take 3-4 years just to get the PR, and 3 more for citizenship. Thus, my point was against the classic misconception of “easy path to citizenship” of Canada made by this post (and frankly by a lot of people in general, as they tend to overlook Quebec).

The post glosses over Canada by not mentioning Quebec. If you are in Quebec, chances of your getting a Permanent Residency is close to slim if you do not have French language proficiency. Thus, while living in Quebec for 5 years now, being a grad student, I neither qualify for PR nor citizenship by naturalization.