henfredemars

joined 2 years ago
[–] henfredemars 25 points 3 weeks ago

Many! Can only eat one bribe dinner at a time.

[–] henfredemars 1 points 3 weeks ago

History has shown that they’re ultimately on a path of their own self-destruction. It’s the casualties along the way that I’m worried about.

[–] henfredemars 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Google sides with big telecom, taking away control from users in their latest move.

[–] henfredemars 19 points 3 weeks ago

They murder and kidnap our friends and family. They are traitors and an enemy to all peaceful citizens.

[–] henfredemars 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

The deal used to be that you took a pay cut relative to the private sector for better job security and sometimes benefits. I don’t see why anyone would accept lower pay to work for the government now unless they were truly desperate.

[–] henfredemars 42 points 3 weeks ago

That’s probably not a good sign.

[–] henfredemars 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can use something like Lutris and have a different Wine directory for each installed game. These can be placed anywhere on your filesystem that you like.

I’m less familiar with GOG. I do know there are a few different launchers that try to solve this and other problems for managing Windows games.

[–] henfredemars 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unlike many Linux users, I really liked the idea of the TPM. So long as I fully control the keys, integration with a security chip to authenticate my system would be a nice bonus and represents a natural extension to secure boot. We already take this approach in principle with smartphones.

On the other hand, it's becoming a lot harder to actually own your devices and run code of your own choosing on smartphones. It's a tool that so far has generally been used to serve the interests of the vendor over the user.

[–] henfredemars 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I really appreciate the quick overview! Thank you.

[–] henfredemars 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The author is mistaken. Health insurance is already unaffordable, but it can become even more unaffordable.

[–] henfredemars 17 points 3 weeks ago

Last time I checked gold and silver were at all time highs and the dollar was down more than 10% YTD.

[–] henfredemars 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Completely. I'm lucky enough that in my field I can find another job in a few weeks. If this happened to me, I would demand:

  1. Payment up front for lost time.
  2. A punitive signing bonus.
  3. A severance clause, with lump sum payment due upon termination in the future.

I'd be happy to do business with you, but I will now need additional assurances to move forward.

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