When corporations do this it's usually the first step in a major overhaul. The last to go will not get treated so politely, they'll be kicked out.

It's simple logic. I can't provide real value-add as a regular developer or IT expert anymore. AI is good enough in most cases. At the same time we're experiencing a demographic collapse. This means that people are becoming more valuable, not less. The Nash equilibrium of a society banking on this sort of automation is somewhere beyond a fertility crisis and the collapse of culture. The only winning move is to exit the industry, I'm not needed here anymore. I'm currently looking for ways to go back closer to performing arts that I did in the 90ies using my extensive IT skills as a cultural technique rather than a job.

This is mostly the fault of the police department, not Flock, but one thing that Flock could easily do that would reduce this kind of abuse is to make all accounts expire after a certain period, say six months. It would not be a large burden for police departments to reauthorize the accounts of personnel who need access from time to time.

... Anti-Matter Grenades?

Pretty much this.

AFAICT and have heard the cascading climate change effects have already been kicked loose. The planets albedo (it's ratio of reflection) has already dropped into a feedback loop that will only accelerate things. We can kiss our glaciers goodbye and the dutch will likely have to find a new place to stay within this century. As some island nations already have to know.

It's it a guzzling Harley or something with 7+ liters per 100km? Or a SuperCub with 1.5 liters? The latter would be somewhat acceptable IMHO. The former not.

... cybersecurity: .Net C# and Java.

*Dadum* *Crash* *Thud*

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.

Why was this information on-line? Even if there is a web interface for submitting tips, that doesn't mean that the information should all be kept there. Pass the information on to the relevant agencies and keep it in internal databases with limited access.

So buy the machine via a third party to make it look like a private purchase. Maybe you need it for a union election or an organization with a lot of members.

It's not tech, it's the people who've decided that their need to dominate the market justifies repeatedly harassing those who refuse their unwanted advances until they get the victim to relent, to answer the question in a compromised state, or to slip up. And if the victim is superhumanly steadfast, they take it anyway. When I see UI elements like that, I call the company and its employees rapists, and I'm not wrong.

Maybe. If speech is transcribed on the fly, then there is no recording that needs consent. Somebody at some point will sue and the court will establish a precedent.

I think the nudity was her husband, not her.

Anyone convicted of a federal crime committed after November 1, 1987, has to complete at least 85% of their sentence, no parole allowed. Even in a halfway house, she will be subject to strict behavioral rules.

... I hope this move doesn't screw it up.

For the uninformed: Deno is basically the "new" official non-shitty successor to Node.js. It's secure (closed) by default, supports TypeScript natively without the need for transpilation, has the full browser API on the server side and comes with a bunch of neat other features that turn Jamstack development from the bloated and fickle shit-show that is Node into a chill walk in the park. I've been using it exclusively for a few years now and have come to avoid Node.js like the plague for real world deployment.

The new Xiami 18 Fold is probably still available and is basically the exact same shell hardware build.
And AFAICT it's cheaper and better in the specs. Which was to be expected.

Gotta envy Apple though, how much they got their fan crowd under control. Pretty impressive IMHO.

... astonishingly clunky on my machine too. Don't think you need vibe coding to fix that though. Perhaps a senior or two who are better at setting the right priorities for the software.