kamaitachi

This is Trump’s legacy in the Gulf:

>The debate about the strait is becoming a wider one about security in the Gulf. Writing in Le Monde, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, the Oman foreign minister, argued that the whole premise of Washington’s Iran policy was flawed.

>“The combination of excessive local defence spending, the expansion of US bases in the Gulf and an over-the-horizon protective presence was developed and maintained at great cost but to very little real purpose.

>“The war has revealed that containment was a myth, a reality acknowledged now even by those who had previously been persuaded that more than 45 years of costly containment was a necessary evil. The gravest threats to the security of the Gulf come not from within the Gulf itself but from decisions and actions taken outside it, above all in Tel Aviv.”

Hi Fredrik

I’m a long time Mullvad customer, likely paid Mullvad upward of 400€ in the past number of years, as well as recommended it to friends and family members.

What you seem to be missing in your comment, is that some of that money I paid, found its way to support an organisation that has extreme racist views.

I’ve reached out to support and requested a refund of my outstanding credit.

I’ll be moving on.

Oh the irony.

A YouTube video.

I think I was lucky enough to start out in the 80’s.

But seriously, didn’t really start making big money until about 25 years ago, and bailed heavily into my pension fund.

The tech industry is constant change, but the change in the last 10 years or so has been fairly shitty to be frank.

Hopefully, this AI bubble bursts and maybe there’s a few years of sanity in the tech industry.

It was being pushed hard by mgmt. Constant pushing, emails with “league tables” of most active users, “why is this taking so long?”.

Hard to not use it

You’re right - it’s me.

I used to code at home - chess engines mostly.

Maybe once the novelty of retirement wears off (and the autumn approaches), I’ll start coding again

Thanks! I’m one of the lucky ones who really loved my career. I was lucky enough to avoid roles or companies that would suck the life out of me:-)

5/5 would recommend :-)

I just retired after 40 years writing code.

The last year or so wasn’t fun - battling with AI, trying to get it do what I wanted.

For a long time, I thought I’d do a lot of hobby or open source coding when I retired.

I haven’t even tried. I’m not burned out, but find I’ve lost the passion for coding I once had.

Is that AI? Or is it me?

Maybe as my retirement progresses, I can rekindle that passion, but as of now, I don’t miss tech.

Sorry, got to go - my garden needs me :-)

It’s more than that.

I lived in Boston for a few years back in the 90’s (legal, green card holder) but moved back to Ireland.

My kids wanted to visit NYC this year, but it was a hard no from me.

What Trump has done to the US really puts me off wanting to spend time or money in that country.

Many Europeans (including myself) have been moving away from US companies for online services (in my case, moving from Apple Music to Spotify, and now seriously looking at a FreePhone as my iPhone 11 Pro starts to age). I don’t think I’ve ever seen this broad level of anti-US sentiment before in Europe.

Trump has shown that the US isn’t a trusted ally of Europe and must be considered in the same vein as China. Which is crazy.

It’s a trust issue and it’ll take years to resolve.

On the upside, finally Europe is starting to stand up and fund its own defence.

Have been using FF since early 2000's. Tried using Pocket but never really got the hang of it. Just never felt that it fixed a problem was having.

Still a FF fanboi, but fully behind shutting anything down that detracts from core FF.

Maybe old school, but would much prefer a focus on a browser focused on privecy.

> In the proposal, the company proposed to ban AI models and equipment produced in China that “endanger user privacy and pose security threats, including the risk of intellectual property (IP) theft,”

Said without even a hint of irony.

Agreed. I’ve tried Ecosia and this was the first thing that hit me. Pity.