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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, reading that study, I have a few concerns about how it was conducted and my concerns generally aligns with their findings. Primarily, their source for information is the payroll system of the companies studied, which in my experience is nothing more than an HR drone entering into the system what they’re told to enter. If the prescribed reason is AI even when it was really business performance, then that kind of aligns with the study in the OP.

  Their graphs of roles most and least exposed to AI disruption is dandy, but if you think about it (with the exception of customer service roles) the jobs that are threatened are typically not production roles for the company, and are moreso ancillary positions for most companies. I’m a software engineer for a company that doesn’t sell software, which means I’m more of a luxury than a necessity; this is true for the majority of software engineers.

  The roles least exposed to AI, according to the study, are production roles that play a core role in the product delivery of the company. Things like construction workers, nurses, cooks, etc. are only in businesses where they are the core of the business model. I’ve never seen a movie theater chain employ nurses or cooks in droves, but they have employed secret shoppers (auditors), accountants, software engineers, etc. and are likely to trim that fat when times get tough. I think this is more of an economic health indicator than anything, IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh fair enough

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It asks this regardless of whether you say you use orchestration or not. I would say that docker compose, used as intended, is not a container orchestration platform as it provides no automated scaling or resiliency across nodes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you’re making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload.

  I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition.

  I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that’s of nonzero benefit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you think the benefit of closing sourcing their software is if not to stifle competition?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m talking about MS Authenticator

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do you think they’re making this arbitrary change?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of jobs require BYOD today (like, most F500 companies) and they limit to non-rooted OSs. I use Aegis for personal apps but I cannot escape microsoft as long as I want to keep paying my mortgage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK is ‘worst country in Europe’ for drug prices, says Mounjaro maker⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. Apparently I didn’t even read the headline

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK is ‘worst country in Europe’ for drug prices, says Mounjaro maker⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  USA Jr.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Natural selection at work⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Homie the second character evolves into a deer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. takes 10% stake in Intel as Trump flexes more power over big business⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re as bad as centrists/swing voters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turn linux server into a router?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve gone down this path.

  You want an archer c7 with OpenWRT. I got one for 5 dollars on marketplace, flashing it took all of 2 minutes, and it kicks ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, because the left wing is famous for the proliferation of requiring a government issued ID to use the internet in ways that make them uncomfortable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Virtually any place that accepts a credit card will accept debit cards, too. Actually, most debit cards can be processed as credit cards. The comment you responded to simply highlighted that this trick is much easier to pull with credit card than a debit card, as the creditor hasn’t yet been repaid for the credit issued.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Future is NOT Self-Hosted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the USA, most power bills are the tenants’ responsibility. In the USA, virtually all internet connections are the tenants’ responsibility.

  The locality hosting the services could also pass a law requiring the tenants to either bear responsibilities for, or be included in, all utility related billing.

  A lot of arguments in this thread seem to be ignoring this as a solution to the legitimate problems they’re raising.