I want to see more of this kind of thing.

Companies have gotten too used to fucking people over and facing no more severe a backlash than some angry emails or an ineffective boycott.

I want executives to be afraid that some unhinged person will show up on their back porch, à la Paul Pelosi, if they screw people over too badly.

LK

Trying to look up troubleshooting info on Google for anything that has a price tag is like 1/3rd ads and links to storefronts at a min.

That is what I saw.

IRC, Usenet, and the like were well-used in my silicon valley gigs in the 1990's and early 00's.

I remember being told not to buy all the new O'Relly books in 2001-2002(?) for the tech library our IT/RD used because we could just look up the info on the internet.

Sounds like she might be the next Presidential candidate. I know she's in Australia but is she an American citizen?

LK

IT has always worked like that.

Check out old usenet posts back in the 1990's.

Like my mom said to my dad when he came home drunk for the umpteenth time, "Flowers ain't going to cut it this time chief."

But it absolutely is.

Using the power of government to compel someone to pay money is extortion.

If we really want to break it down, it's more like this.

Facebook/Meta was telling people "Hey, there's an article over there about this subject. If you want to know more, you can go read it.", people go to the original source (the website) to read the article, the website gets ad revenue from the visitor and everybody gets something.

Now, Facebook/Meta is like "What newspaper? I don't know about any newspapers." People aren't being referred, the website isn't generating the ad revenue and Trudeau is bitching because the reaction to his policy wasn't what he thought it would be.

LK

Canada attempted to extort money from Facebook.
Facebook denied it.
Canada is crying because in the course of avoiding their extortion attempt, Facebook cut off important news to Canadian users.

Get fucked Trudeau. You caused this!

LK

Eliza is 40 years old and works as well as a therapist for many people, we still have therapists.

All forms of human labor were bound to be automated at some point. Human labor isn't special.

It will become more and more boutique though. Folks drive cars nowadays they don't hire coachmen except for special occasions.

Perhaps it's news because the company was willing to fix it. Microsoft and Google never do.

LK

Last month, the CEO gave a speech where he dropped some heavy hints about wanting us back in the office. That day, I updated my CV and started applying to new jobs.

LK

My employer is giving indications that they're about to force us back into the office. I have been applying for new jobs.

I will not go back to the old way.

LK

"Am I so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong." - Principal Skinner

LK

The Tory government policies are very unfortunate, pigheadedly ignoring basic math and reasoning. Backdoors do not work.

Several issues come to mind. Where is the City in this? I can't imagine all the financial infrastructure in the UK will be happy about weaker controls over security. What would Lloyds or Coutts say regarding government mandated backdoors?

UK has set a stronger policy of government support of the private sector with cybersecurity as well. They would be giving that up. NCSC and other governmental organizations and regulators have been remarkably effective at promoting a new path forward for the British economy. This places all their good work in jeopardy.

I must expect Labour will make hay of this as well. The Tories will be destroying good jobs. Britain cannot afford many more tech positions or firms leaving for the US or Canada.

And when the body goes into ketosis, it breaks down fat into ketone bodies to use for energy. What cannot be used is excreted in the urine. It cannot save the excess as fat.

This is why Atkins and Keto show results.

LK