Covers my experience. Been out of work 05.2017 - 04.2028 Sent over 363 applications (all individually tailored to the job offer) - got roughly 68 % replies. The rest ? Just plain 'nothing' ... so - nothing new here

No - the easiest thing to be replaced by any script is usually management. I don't know any manager needing more than 2 lines to be completely replaced without anybody noticing ...

No - just fool the cameras. I bought me a few sex dolls, inflated them and now they are occupying my car. To the 'normal' pedestrian it looks as if the car were fully occupied and I love the faces of the people once they realise what sits in there ... Works also with motorcycles (sidecars are unbeatable !) - just enjoy the faces of the bystanders when they realize what they are seeing. And it's completely legal ;-) (at least in my corner of the world !)

Building democracies ? Like in Lybia, Irak etc ? Give us a break ...

My guess is that the biggest threat top europes citizens are europes politicians and the law enforcement / terror prevention organizations

... before going to ludicrous speed ...

I beg to differ. Working 30+ years on airline reservation / check in systems and several 'data hubs' around these beasts. So far NO NEW FANCY data hub has replaced one of the mainframes ... And the software there is partially closer to 50 years than 40. Mostly 370-assembler with a dip of PL/1. The oldest program still in production (on our box here) was written in 1966, modified maybe times but about 20 % are still original. Now talk about a maintenance nightmare :-) But there were a gazillion of 'replacement / reengineering / rewrite' projects running from a few weeks to 8 years and costs by the truckload. No success so far and I'm still waiting for Roscoe / TSO to be replaced. So - overall : Nothing new here. But the next hot thing is just around the corner, the same architect that already botched 6 attempts is still pushing for the next replacement project. But I'll be retired by the time the mainframes are replaced ...

Nope to this. I'm very sceptical of any news report. But then I'm neither from the US/GB/AU/NZ or RUS area ... Now - please chat on. But try to make your propaganda a bit more subtle ... and this applies to both sides !

so 1982 fits the year for a shovel ... as I wrote '...my 1982 H-D Wide Glide Shovelhead ...' - in switzerland the '1982' means build year, not engine size (which is still around 80 cui, barrels & pistons on 2nd oversize.

looks like you are having a bad day - did your medicine run out ?

Depends ... I prefer my 1982 H-D Wide Glide Shovelhead over my 1939 BMW R71 ... both are not really reliable but at least the old shovel can almost be used on a regular base. The BMW is a different beast ... And regarding the $$$ for the H-D - I bought it new in '82 when everybody was talking about H-D shutting down. Rode her around the mediterranean in '82 and up to the north cape in '83 - over 330'000 km with 2 rebuilds. The price was steep even then but I wanted it and I worked 2 shifts for 1 1/2 year to get the cash together. The electro bike looks sharp, I'd love to test ride one of these. And with a range of around 200 km I could live. Not doing long tours anymore ... just some small roads on a clear evening or saturday / sunday. No traffic, scenery is beatiful and this will burn the days issues and stress away. Bikes are like women - they come in all flavours. To each his own ...

We are the nerds - we fight back : 1. Police installs license plate readers 2. Buy hard disk maker & data analysis company stocks 3. ... 4. Flood the system using random generated 'license plate readings' ;-) 5. PROFIT ... At the same time the entire database becomes unusable ... be very careful about #4 ... even THEY might catch you ... but the chances are slim ;-)

Code is language. Language is a vehicle for thought. Thought is the solution to the underlying problem. QED. Been doing that for over almost 30 years, be it assembly, C, C++, Ruby, SAS .. you name it. Code is the machine-understandable expression of human thought. Now - what was the question ?

Depends on the eye ... mine is calibrated in decimal. Seems to have something to do with education.

Valid points. But it all boils down to the individual - telecommuting needs a certain level of discipline. From the worker as well as their family. I prefer the short walk upstairs to my home office over the 30 min commute - and the SO treats me during these days as if I were in the office ... And all my team members are available using IM / Mail / Phone - no need to go and search for them in the office building (we have also no fixed workplaces ...). If telecommuting were stopped I'd definitely look for greener pastures and leave the clueless PHBs to themselves