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Yup, well said. I think the best planners view it in this lens - as a tool, where room is left for the unknown and there is less of an expectation of "sticking to rigid plan" and more "here's our best guess, it's a living plan and we will adjust and refactor as situation changes"

Great blog post taking the classic 'Scorpion and the Frog' fable and extending it to employer/employee dynamics in the context of "froggy" software engineers and their "scorpion" leaders - managers/scrum-masters/executives

Would appreciate any folks here who have tried both Obsidian and Joplin to summarize the key differentiators for them and which one they ended up on.

(on x platform, Windows/iOS use case here, but just post your needs)

I tried to move to Obsidian from Evernote after they raised the subscription price but wasn't able to onboard successfully - Obsidian seemed powerful but was too customizable for me, had to get back to more pressing day job needs before I could figure out a setup that would work for me, ended up just paying the Evernote fee another year.

IDK if this is AI generated or not but I don't disagree!! :)

Submission statement b/c I know Mother Jones gets pilloried as a source by some on here:

This article is a thought-provoking piece that compares today's American billionaires (many of whom have made their fortunes in tech) to the Russian oligarchs that came about post-USSR and the former US uses of the term in the pre Civil War and Gilded Age.

It's an interesting thought piece and speaks well towards how the current class of US ultra-rich got there, and spend their wealth on passion projects and chosen philanthropic endeavors while contributing to the squeeze on the lower and middle class citizens mainly due to our tax code taxing on income and not wealth, and the loopholes that allow them to pay taxes as desired.

Well said sir

So what alternative are you proposing? Socialist countries have addiction issues too...

“When we push it back into the criminal system, it pushes people back into the shadows,” Ms. Hurst said. “People will die because of this.”

^ this quote from the article speaks plainly why it's dangerous to recriminalize. Agreed w/ your perspective on prior laws hurting disproportionately normal citizens who still had (some) property/livelihood to damage through arrest.

Not agreeing w/ the status quo in Portland, though - from friend's accounts it has become a tough place to walk around. I appreciate the fine line the government is trying to walk here. Hopefully they can accelerate some of the drug treatment options concurrently.

federated but united... we kinda already are, no? see all the state level privacy laws

It's an opinion piece, not sure about clickbait.

I'd summarize it as - "Sam Altman is an optimist about his ability to lead a for-profit entity and balance that w/ the original OpenAI mission of democratically advancing AI w/ safety in mind. Maureen Dowd thinks that a leader who is great at wooing investors, techies, and lawmakers, and increasingly is downplaying near-term AI risk, is a dangerous choice given the risks expressed by other AI experts."

As well as the overwhelming majority-male workforce, which is mentioned right below this in the article.

I assume parent commenter was referring to Safari for Windows

Ahh interesting. So you could not have one key encrypting the messages than a separate org-wide key encrypting the naughty word list. That makes sense. Thanks.

Would homomorphic encryption or any other privacy enhancing technologies allow for a middle ground here?

Would allow you to scan the encrypted messages for incriminating or illegal content when there is reason to believe a specific account is doing something illegal (could require court approval, then a further process for full decrypted messages as part of court proceedings)

Was not aware of that - that might make my choice easier. Thank you

Lack of an HBO Max app is annoying for sure. I just play it on my iphone and then AirPlay to the TV which isn't too bad. Now if Windows Laptops could cast OTA better that would be the best... haven't been able to get the windows airplay equivalent to work at all

My current employer was formerly owned by Thoma Bravo. They "supported growth" on the surface. Under that veneer was really juicing up the company to make us more attractive for their exit - short term decisions that have resulted in a lot of employee burnout and have put us in a bad place under our new ownership.

I hope to not have to work for a PE-owned company in the future, as their goals (to position for their exit, usually 3-5 years after initial purchase) often result in short-term oriented choices that hurt a company's long term potential

Thank you

Well, the easy answer is to go work for IT in a non-tech industry shop

Vapes aren't good for you, sure, but I don't think telling someone they are going to die at 55 is warranted or constructive

The biggest issue w/ vape pens like Juul is the discreteness factor - I have coworkers that use them constantly at work, even at client sites.

Older box-style vaporizers are not inconspicuous, chic, or sexy - but the sleek form factor of a Juul is easy to carry around and looks cool.

Maybe restricting their size/portability would help make them less attractive?

This guy's gotta be a hit at parties

Looks interesting but your byline doesn't explain what the company is actually doing. I assumed it would be a webtool to help put together attractive portfolios for resume / CV / job purposes - instead it's a stock picking service

No, just another opportunity to sell an overpriced albeit well designed dongle to expand functionality for users who need those ports

I'd likely choose the BMW, but sounds like great driving indeed!

I was linked to this consumer advocacy website earlier today around a different matter (to do w/ airlines), but I think they put this well as part of their values page https://www.elliott.org/our-values/

   promotes honesty, fairness and respect between companies and customers.
  ...
  For companies - Honesty means that the price a company displays should be the price its customers pay — no tricks. Customers have the right to know what’s included — and not included — when an offer is initially made.
  ... (under 'Our causes')
  Killing junk fees. Whether it’s a mysterious “access” fee on your cell phone bill or a “convenience” fee on your ticket, we stand opposed to meaningless junk fees that line the pockets of companies.

Wow. Thank you for sharing that.

Agree but slight modification - goal should always be for the users to be able to do their main functional tasks in-application and maintain it as the system of record.

But there will always be a use for Excel as a tool for informal data-monkeying and analysis - exporting a table and doing some pivots to summarize or use a different view. Non-technical users will always expect this capability and flock back to it. Not everyone's a programmer or has the interest to be - you'll have to pry excel out of most accountant's cold, dead hands for example

I frequently go from SQL query results to HTML table to excel in a similar manner, but I haven't had issues w/ any proprietary CSS properties. Using Paste Special -> Match Destination Formatting it always comes out without any issues

He's being cheeky..