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always4getpass··on Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review overhaul
I think the truth is somewhere in between.

I'd much rather work on a company that has a pleasant atmosphere but not insane growth than on a shitty environment grinding my ass off.

But ignoring performance completely, that is nuts. Because output and success also bring joy and enhance the atmosphere of teams.

always4getpass··on Foreign purchases of American homes plunge as Chinese buyers flee the market
Real estate and primary residences should not be a market and an investment opportunity imo.

A company buying thousands of homes and then milking workers through rent for decades seems unethical.

While I do not have a solution, I think this is an issue we should work on

always4getpass··on How I got my username on nearly every site
Oh so I guess the fact that there are whole organizations[1] devoted to reading the absurdly enormous TOS means nothing, and studies[2] that suggest a major percentage isn't reading them are false.

I will not believe you if you state that you read the TOS for every site you register on, every program you install.

[1] https://tosdr.org/

[2] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2757465

always4getpass··on How I got my username on nearly every site
So you're suggesting that everybody should read the miles long terms for each website they subscribe to, otherwise they do not have a right to keep their username.

And I'm not sure that abusing an unethical system waives you from the morality of your actions.

The only lesson you're giving here is about you. But hey, any publicity is good publicity right? You're enforcing your 'brand' after all. \s

always4getpass··on The PGP Problem
What about its 'crypt' encryption backend?

Afaik it uses scrypt which was designed for tarsnap

always4getpass··on The PGP Problem
Any opinions about rclone?

It seems to be fine for my mediocre backup needs

always4getpass··on The Trans History of the Wild West
I always get so confused when 'they' is used for a single person. Is there any alternative? Everything seems to sound silly
always4getpass··on Eve Online is in chaos after an unprecedented alien invasion
You can easily find the new 3D models, but the updated AI code?

I think that is unlikely

always4getpass··on A Gas Heist Gone Wrong
Greed breeds corruption, corruption breeds poverty, poverty breeds lack of education, lack of education breeds stupidity.

It is the same if you replace the lack of education with despair..

always4getpass··on I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I Expected
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

Isaac Newton

always4getpass··on Floyd Martin retires after nearly 35 years as a mailman tomorrow
*humanity
always4getpass··on GitHub Sponsors
While seemingly good news and will definitely have positive side effects to open source projects, I cannot stop myself from questioning if this is just good old Microsoft using one of its edges over Gitlab (money) to come on top.

After all, this is the embrace, extend, and extinguish company.

Anyhow, I'm looking forward to see a similar feature implemented by Gitlab, even without the matching donations.

always4getpass··on Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)
That's different. The original link aims at mechanical contraptions while yours at mechanical computation. Still equally impressive and interesting
always4getpass··on Ask HN: Anyone making 200k as a software engineer outside the US?
Yes but if you're out of the ultra capitalist private US healthcare business that we're trapped in, you pay way less through taxes.

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...

always4getpass··on I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs
Killing a fly with an RPG is all the rage these days.. You can achieve that with simple computer vision techniques that have been here for decades
always4getpass··on I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs
Zero because QA :)
always4getpass··on Baby T rex goes on sale on eBay, sparking paleontologists' outcry
Is my opinion that this should not belong to anybody but to everybody unpopular?
always4getpass··on VPN – Very Precarious Narrative
You got downvoted, but if you go to github this is exactly what it means lol

https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

always4getpass··on India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa
It is in a Sun-centered orbit. It never had the fuel/capacity to do a retrograde burn in order to be captured by the Martian gravitational field.
always4getpass··on Chinese Rocket company successfully demonstrates 'landing' of rocket
An awesome achievement.

Nevertheless, am I the only one that is afraid of China and skeptical of each technological advancement the achieve?

Always what I think of is how this cool new tech will be used for Orwellian inner control and to satisfy their imperialistic needs.

I hope I'm wrong, but if I'm not? It already has been bad enough with the US as the leading superpower, I cannot imagine with China.

What do you think?

always4getpass··on Cycling heaven: The African capital with 'no traffic'
Thanks a lot mate. Truly inspiring, and I don't say that often.

I wish you the best

always4getpass··on India successfully shoots down satellite in space: PM Modi
From Indian Express:

The test was done in the lower atmosphere to ensure that there is no space debris. Whatever debris that is generated will decay and fall back onto the earth within weeks

Of course we can never know, but the fact that they discussed about it hopefully says something

always4getpass··on Cycling heaven: The African capital with 'no traffic'
What was your initial budget before being sustainable, if I may? Because by a quick skim through your page it seems it would be in the order of hundreds of thousands (including gas). Are you able to sustain yourself now with your income while traveling? Any tips for people that might wish to do the same? Your story is inspiring, but what holds me back is the fear of not having enough money to do such thing. Thanks