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Do these tech overlords find it really hard to resist the “pitching in” part even after they’ve already deployed millions and billions in PR? Maybe just the itching thumb? Yeah, maybe.

> AI driving faster scientific progress and increased productivity will be enormous; the future can be vastly better than the present

And then nothing substantial after this proclamatory hot-take. So let’s just choose to believe le ai propheté.

It’s like quick instructions to PR team style written post (and then asking an LLM to inflate it) from the comforts of a warm and cozy Japanese seat.

Definitely not written by Genini at least. Usually does a better job than this. Well, at least like Zuck he eats his own food that he killed.

Will be looking forward to titles like “The Vehement Duality” &c in the near future.

Huh, this reminds me of the Photos app. Apple completely broke iOS Photos in the last update.

I really hope apps like Ente can step up and get better and native, offer desktop backup + sync both as well. But then there's always the chance that Apple will just find a way to shut them down. or reject their updates, just like they did in the past.

Anyway, I guess we'll have to wait and see what else they manage to screw up with this "move."

> don't mind the darkness

This was weirdly exciting and depressing at the same time :)

What are the chances in trying to go for a non-STEM Masters/PhD (or higher studies in general) in Norway (or one of "those" countries) after studying E for UG and then working in E for more than a decade (in the third world) and having no other experience at all? Or anywhere for that matter? Is there a way to go about it? (Now, this might sound entitled, and I apologise if it does, but without having to pay (at least) tuition for that higher education)

I have been unemployed for almost a year now (it started with a full division layoff and then no willingness or motivation to look for work at the time). Seeing the way AI can do most of the native app development (which is what I did) code I wrote I am losing almost any motivation to even try now. But I have been sleeping the best after college (where I slept awesome) and I have been working out, watching lots of theatre and cinema and playing lots of sports (two of them almost daily), reading a lot of literature, lots of podcasts. I guess I will just wait for my savings to run dry and then see what option then I'd have and what I would not if at all. I know the standard thing to do and say is "up-skill", "change with the times" etc and I am sure those have merit but I just feel I am done with the constant catch up, kind of checked out. I don't give a fuck anymore maybe, or I do and I am too demoralised to confront it.

Yup, doing that. Accepted another interview (second) - it's a take home assignment first - "minor" angel round startup. The project is, not 98% or 99.7%, but 100% the exact product they are pitching which is shady. I am still planning to work on it though, but it may not work out because I am pretty sure I wouldn't hand over the source to them just like that. Anyway, let's see. Thank you.

This is something I have been thinking and this sounds great. I will do that. But such jobs are mostly abroad (not in my geography) and it makes things tricky.

Thank you!

Haha. I hope not an arsehole.

What did you change to if I may ask? Did you change while you were still at a company, or took the new job/role in the new tech/domain as the first job after the gap? I recently cleared an interview at a startup (all rounds) for a backend dev role but they offered almost 60% of the last salary I was getting (let alone a raise), citing I have zero experience in backend so they will give me slightly above beginner salary.

You seem to have landed in a great place to work. Congratulations!

Thank you. That indeed sounds like an idea. I am going to work on it. I am also planning to actively try to work on some well-used open source app where there is need for contributors.

Ask HN: How to get to interview prep and return to work after long career gap?

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I just request closure of my Standard Chartered Priority account because they won’t let me proceed to dashboard after login unless I gave in provided them with system notification permission on iOS. Customer support said they talked to the IT team and they were it is for “customer’s safety” and then they also added - by that permission they get “the device” and that is also for safety. They also said no customer had raised this issue before.

If only Apple had made reporting of such problems transparent I would have reported this.

Do not use a provider that doesn’t let you configure your own domain. Never use that one email address @<provider domain> unless they also let you keep it or free (like e.g. Tutanota, Proton do). Just don’t. Imagine it doesn’t exist. No matter how ruthless you are, it will be a friction in moving to a different provider when you want to.

I will list some:

- http://mailbox.org (I use it; this is my main provider and my personal domain is setup with them and that is “personal/public mail”. They are decent and private. Their spam filter is not the best but much better than Gmail’s which isn’t really a compliment. Other services on their suite - like doc, notes, storage are nothing to write home about. Though their new pricing tiers is not much less than non-cheap providers. I am on the old pricing tier and I don’t see myself moving to anything else unless they enforce it. Pathetic support - they simply don’t respond most of the times. Well, I guess you get what you pay for.)

- https://tutanota.com (I use it, not on the domain though - and not really for “public” usage. Please know that you just can’t have IMAP access - either use their app, or the web app, no other client - or at least that is how it was last I checked. They are extremely responsible, really good team, keep releasing new features - both for usability and privacy; much better than Mailbox on many aspects. They are really good!)

- https://fastmail.com/ (It’s the “HN Exclusive Favourite”. Too expansive for my usage and that too their first paid tier, which is very limited in features aawy. People swear by their mail client - I have never used it and I doubt I will. I secretly suspect HN has a shill/fan/etc following of these folks here just like Apple has :-D)

- https://protonmail.com (I might move to them if I ever leave mailbox.org. They are good. Because none of these providers are good if you get into the discussion of 5 eyes, 14 eyes, and 7 ears etc; I am not saying you should not but then you would end up with zero providers or just one like riseup.net or so or maybe not even that. RiseUp is great though, I donate to them and have a “non-public” email with them which I barely use.)

- Zoho (I’d say stay away; I’ve reasons, some of those reasons might be off-topic for hn)

- https://purelymail.com (If it wasn’t a one-person setup, I’d have definitely tried them; a friend uses them and he says it’s excellent; very good/transparent pricing and he is happy with help/support)

- Migadu (has very questionable daily email quota on their base plan. I would not want to deal with that and hoping for an exception or that it is not really enforced)

My use-case is not hiding from state actors, because I can’t. I am not that skilled or motivated. If yours is similar, I highly recommend pick one of mailbox, protonmail, fastmail.

Finalise a domain now (preferably something that lets you keep your whois data private) and never renew for less than 2 years at once. Have different kinds of backup email with your domain registrar e.g. gmail, icloud.com (if you have one) etc; 2FA; your phone number (in my country it’s easier to kidnap someone and torture for few hours to days to get the password than SIM hijacking/sppfing, you mileage might vary),

How do you socure it better? I have mine on Porkbun.

- On one hand - excellent development. This will also push others.

- On the other hand - excellent way to deprive many not-so-old Apple devices from such a critical feature by interlocking it with latest OS versions.

- And yeah, Apple, about time.