Just like every website has a cookie alert. Meaningless, annoying and extra work for everyone.

AI remains top reason excuse for US job cuts for third straight month as employers axed 97,000 workers in May

Not at all.

A law that isn’t enforceable or actually enforced is stupid.

This is in my opinion a good example of a stupid law.

Yeah, that’ll work.

Edit: Truth in advertising … there’s a novel concept.

On a URL that starts with “upperclasscareer” … yeah … no … hard pass.

Only you can answer this. Here’s how:

Create a spreadsheet with a row for each parameter for comparison, size, weight, price, warranty, resolution, lens fitting, etc.

For each camera you’re considering, add a column to your spreadsheet with the answers to your parameters. Add parameters as required.

To find the best camera for you, compare the first two columns and only the first two. Compare parameters and pick the best option between those two cameras. Hide the column of the least desirable camera.

Then compare the winner against the next column.

Rinse and repeat until there’s one left.

That’s the camera for you.

That depends on where you draw the line between the front and the rear 😁

suddenly disconnect

So … a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly?

I run my browser in incognito mode. Each launch a script creates a new profile directory specifically for that launch. When I quit the browser it deletes that profile directory.

For every activity, email, a specific search, an online purchase, an issue report, accessing personal information, etc., I’ll launch a separate instance and within that instance I’ll restrict my tabs to only that purpose.

I don’t save passwords or bookmarks, both of which are stored elsewhere.

I’m not particularly worried about tracking by being fingerprinted, I’m much more concerned about data leakage, either inadvertently or maliciously.

Rebooting is an utter pain in the arse, but I put up with it and use the opportunity to clear my slate.

Edit: I don’t create the profile directory manually, it’s a little bash script.

While that’s absolutely a consideration, it’s hardly an insurmountable issue.

Yes. It would be by global consensus rather than at the whim of an individual.

Here’s the latest list I could find, and they’re clearly not the same.

https://www.sanctionscanner.com/blog/list-of-sanctioned-countries-by-ofac-un-and-eu-2025-1103

How about we build a service that ignores the US sanctions and instead honours the United Nations sanctions?

If I saw this I’d report them to the local labour department for underpaying their staff, then I’d report them to the health department because there’s no way that they’re preparing safe food if that’s how much their staff needs to get tipped, then I’d report them to consumer protection for ripping off their customers, then to the tax department for tax evasion and finally I’d share this photo far and wide and write as many poor reviews as I can find locations to post them.

This is a criminal enterprise and should be treated as such.

I wonder if accessing your own computer is considered hosting. Ultimately network traffic is traffic.

A tool called Tailscale will allow you to access other devices on the same virtual network from anywhere, without anyone else having access.

If you install it on each device, they can share the same network, even whilst away from your own home.

If you have a computer that provides “cloud” like services, like NextCloud for example, then it too can be part of the same network.

Outcome: You’re self-hosting without “hosting”.

Give it time. My software career is also affected. At the rate they’re spending money at an order of magnitude higher than they’re making. They’ve also all borrowed money from each other. It’s going to collapse in a big heap. Hopefully before it sucks in mum and dad investors.

I suspect that Meta suddenly requiring that the family Messenger account has a PIN is unrelated … right?

This has echoes of melamine in baby formula with the same profit motive. I wonder if he’ll see the same punishment.

It’s a joke … laugh.

Edit: Since there appears to be a language gap.

The Irish were exploited by the English to the point where they exported large quantities of food to the British land owners and a million people died as a result of the famine which among other things is known as the Irish Potato Famine.

Now they’re exporting large quantities of cash to United States Billionaires … the modern equivalent of an absentee landlord.

I’m not Irish, I don’t speak for the Irish, but I daresay that they’d see the humour in this absurd situation, since otherwise their only remedy would be to give up and frankly I don’t see that happening any time soon.

So … yes … it’s a joke. Laugh.

If you know the answer, do you know the question?

I’m rewatching E.R. for exactly that reason.