I'd much rather have a couple ms slower browsing experience than to feed Google any more info from using their Chrome browser.
Does Brave inherit the Google speediness? If so, you can have an untracked Chrome-like experience.
When there's traffic in the rotary, drivers have to wait. Then there's the aggressive drivers who enter the rotary at a high speed, preventing waiting cars from going. Rotaries are only as good as the users.
And suppose it's the year 2050 and most cars are EV's. Arguably, stop lights make more sense when zero emissions are caused by waiting at a red light.
Facebook, IG, YT, Twit, etc. are like anything else - use them in moderation. Someone spending three hours a day on FB or TikTok or Instagram is putting themselves at risk. Staring at a small, bright object in front of your face for hours can be a very intense and unhealthy experience. We're only beginning to learn all the weird neurological problems these devices can cause.
Having said that, it doesn't make sense to blame Zuckerberg, any more than it makes sense to blame, say, the CEO of Black & Decker because you burned your fingers on your toaster oven. They provide a tool. It's up to us to use it wisely and responsibly and in moderation. Cigarettes are a different story; no one takes one puff of a cigarette then puts it out. You smoke an entire cigarette, likely more than one per day, and that's very likely to lead to health problems. Whereas, social media can be used in very short stretches, e.g. get on FB and check for messages or responses to posts, then close it again.
Speaking for myself, Facebook is no longer a part of my life. I downloaded, then deleted, my entire account. I also deleted Twitter. Life goes on. I'm old enough that I grew up in the pre-Internet age, when books (and comic books) were more a part of childhood than they are now. The Usenet era was extremely useful though a time sink for sure. But social networks... it's crazy addictive and we all need to take a step back and evaluate what it's really adding to our lives versus the cost.
I did join some paying services (Abundance+ for homesteading and DIY projects like raising chickens; Discovery+ and CuriosityStream for educational content; a couple of substack bloggers for political/social commentary). I try to use Rumble instead of Youtube where possible. Rumble still sort of sucks, but it's getting there. Every time Youtube bans a content provider, Rumble benefits.
I recommend everyone try to reduce their online activities and live a bit more in the real world. Go for a walk or a run. Raise chickens. Raise children. Do something that gets you out in the sunlight every day or so. And for God's sake, avoid the aspiration of becoming an "influencer" -- don't feed the monster!
JMHO
If you value a strong economy, Trump is the obvious and only choice.
The shallow conversations here are shameful. The current population of Slashdot has changed considerably from the late '90s when it was more entrepreneurs and free thinkers. Postings about "orange man bad" and underlying yearnings for socialism reflect a vastly ignorant new generation of fools who have no history, no logic, and can't think for themselves.
As is common throughout history, a few young people do think straight, and they'll help carry this nation forward while the rest... baristas, content editors, gender studies professors... are just dead weight, the price we pay for an over-extended, low-standards university system.
Be all that as it may, if Biden wins, the country will stumble for a few years, then the pendulum will swing again and we'll get a more conservative government to repair the damage, just as Reagan and the Republicans swept to power after the incompetence and corruption of the 1970s.
Thousands of Middle Easterners and Africans have entered the U.S. via the southern border. What's up for debate is how many of them have ties to terroristic organizations. But the existence of Arabs and other non-Hispanics among the migrants is hardly up for debate.
It's likely and possible that a handful of the current caravan are of Middle Eastern origin. How can one say for certainty that there aren't, when there is a history of such migrant behavior?
Regarding the funding and leadership of this group, it is also highly likely that someone with an interest in undermining the Trump Administration would at least be supportive of the caravan if not actively funding and guiding it. The obvious benefit is to create some nasty optics right before the November 6 elections: evil fascist ICE thugs gunning down helpless migrants, separating children from parents, etc.
The Mexicans have little interest in stopping them, even though actually Mexico has very strong trespassing laws of their own and normally will arrest and hold interlopers in prison, sometimes for years. In this case, they hardly even tried. Clearly, they would like to see the U.S. embarrassed.
It would appear that the scenario has somewhat backfired; the Republicans have seized on it as an example of Latin America's corruption and Democrat inability to formulate and support effective immigration law.
I thought she was a little off, because of her battle with her previous employer. But this is ridiculous. According to the WSJ, she is personally vetting potential candidates for their attitudes on diversity, and if a candidate says "I am not concerned about diversity" or "I don't consider diversity important" then they don't get hired. And now this salary non-negotiation thing. No one of any value is going to interview there.
I suppose the ones who are already there are safe because if she starts firing, say, white men, she's going to eventually have a nasty lawsuit to deal with. But I know her type. She probably won't fire anyone; she'll just harass and hound them into quitting.
I can't believe Reddit wants this person as their CEO; she's going to destroy the company.
I was implying nothing of the sort. I was just asking a yes-no question.
In fact I believe in giving people a second chance. However, there's a big difference between a felony and a misdemeanor, depending on the crime. A felony could be car theft (although it's classified as a misdemeanor in some states) or rape or assault.
A misdemeanor might mean a threat of violence that was not carried out. A felony might mean a threat of violence that was carried out. Would you want to hire someone who was convicted of violent assault?
I'm not discounting every possible person, but when you compare someone who has no record of violence with someone who has a record of violence, there's a clear distinction and an obvious preference to go with the non violent person.
Drugs frankly are a completely different category from what I consider real crimes. We should just decriminalize or legalize drugs completely, and stop wasting time and resources on it.
That said, if someone is a cocaine addict I definitely wouldn't want him or her in my organization, especially if he had access to valuable information or resources that he could sell to pay for his next week of fixes.
Today is a good day for information-gathering. Read someone else's mail file.
