... which just ditched MS for software in public service. The northerns are the most reasonable when it comes to public service IT. (For context: I live in Germany and they're both to the north :-) )

Not next generation. And people did notice.

... my government has spent on shitty proprietary software is patently absurd. This being Germany were people should know better but deciders and their digital culture are still stuck in the steam age. Maddening. Germany and Europe as a whole is way to slow in appointing FOSS as it's primary source of software.

... significance if all goes well. That's a good thing, by and large. It's called post-scarcity-economy and in a perfect world it's capitalisms end game.

Mosquitoes are a core part of the ecosystem and a critical part of the food chain. It is also obvious that they are likely a critical part of ongoing mammalian herd immunisation. For obvious reasons.

Yes, they transfer some really bad diseases like Malaria or that recently arisen nightmare Zika (holy cow, creepy stuff), but we have no idea of how much good they actually do and I don't want to find out the hard way when they're all dead.

Regular protection and heightened awareness in areas where Dengue, Malaria, Zika & Co. are prevalent are the ways to deal with the downsides of these pesky bloodsuckers. Simply wiping them out with no further regard however is very likely to be a very stupid idea.

... and more important I would argue. Knowing all the functions and shortcuts can speed up your work significantly. Touch-typing comes on it's own eventually anyway.

Anybody paying attention holds up the new iPhone with USB C port as a prime example of why regulations can be a good thing. I trust it will be hard to convince the Australian public otherwise.

Now how about not spamming me with Apple Music Ads when I press the play button on my obscenely expensive "premium grade" laptop?

Not just recent graduates. It's only that established personell are in the position to automate their work without losing their post. For now. I expect that to change soon if AI lives up t0 the hype. Which, AFAICT, it more or less does. I'm a seasoned senior webdev and I wouldn't be surprised if my job has basically vanished in 24 months. Given what I'm doing with AI right now already that's not too far fetched an assumption.

This looks pretty much like the advent of Kurzweils Singularity to me.

The man was quite accurate with his predictions when it comes to AI, you have to give him that. On a balance of things I'm betting on him. Curiously enough, he is one of the more relaxed experts when it comes to the advent of AGI and predicts it won't be distopia but a paradise. I sure do effing hope he's right on that one.

Congratulations, you feckless imbeciles. You've "innovated" general software package management a mere three $(GOD)-damned decades after Redhat and Debian did it.

While you're at it, why don't you "invent" a tiling window manager that can be driven entirely from the keyboard... Oh, wait...

Honestly... Why is anyone still voluntarily giving money to these chowderheads?

How is this even news? Anybody paying attention is aware that the cascading effects of man-made global warming have already kicked in and are now ramping up and feeding back on each other. Some minimal fundamental knowledge and basic common sense is all that's required to be aware that this was coming for us.

I only hope that the new equilibrium isn't a global plus of 5 degrees centigrade or something. That would spell the end of modern civilization, and despite how messy things can be these days I don't want that.

... couldn't get any shittier, prepare for incoming.

... about Uno.

Even though I did get into Board/Tablegaming 18 months ago and attend the local boardgame meetup once or twice a week.

Right now I'm regularly playing Scythe (with extensions) and Roll for the Galaxy (with extensions).

And I've got a stack of other premium boardgames waiting to be played intensely.
All of them waaaaay more interesting than Uno.

Disclaimer: seasoned Senior Webdev here.

Today I use AI fairly regularly for work. Meaning multiple times a week to crack difficult problems within hours or less that would otherwise take days for me to takle. It's basically a premium grade specialized Tutor/Lead Developer and an universal API documentation I can chat with. It doesn't just catch all the details in my question, answer and clarify quickly and in detail but also gives me commented example-code that I've already used in tryouts and test sessions.

After doing this for a couple of months, it is very likely that I'll book a personal coding AI subscription with Jetbrains within the next two weeks since I use their IDEs already for my daily work. Next up I'm going to let it analyze entire legacy code-bases in my responsibility and ask it specific questions about those. I expect that to go reasonably well if not really well. The trial period of Jetbrains AI offerings went reasonably well and it's plainly obvious that there is no going back when it comes to AI. The bots are here and they're taking over. ... And if you cant beat them join them. ... I guess.

My work is changing radically and rapidly and I expect this effect to grow more intense in the next 12 months. I'm preparing for what's about to roll over all of us and already started focusing on social skills 18 months or so ago and more or less abandoned learning new web technologies. That shift of focus has only intensified for me. I wouldn't be too surprised if my current job flat-out doesn't exist anymore in two years.

Bottom line: Prepare for incoming.