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A lot of these forced "AI" integrations are essentially Clippy on steroids. A more careful approach focusing on use cases the technology can really support would be much preferred.

when the US sells out Europe to Russia, do you think the Russians will stop? That global war might be with us within a decade.

Gradually, then suddenly. Best not to underestimate the extent to which the USA has lost trust in the rest of the world, and how actively people and organisations are working to derisk by disengaging. Of course that will neither be easy nor particularly fast, but I'm not certain it can be stopped at this point.

If your threat model requires a high level of privacy, there is no case in which you can use any of these tools and providers. Those goals are mutually exclusive.

Well you'll learn a few things in your future, that's for sure. Good luck !

If we do not read, how do we store and recall knowledge ?

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” -- (attributed to) Mark Twain

Then go watch Sneakers after :)

We should not confuse action with result, not confuse the short term with the long term, and not confuse attention with impact. Predictions are not reality, hype is not interest, letters of intent are not money in the bank.

We've been here before, nothing has been proven yet, and the trough of disillusionment is lurking now too.

Unfortunately, these will be subject to bit rot eventually.

Information on the internet currently does not have the longevity of books, yet books do not have the breadth and depth that can be found on the internet.

Along with curation, this is still an unsolved problem imo.

We'll soon go full circle and people will discover sysadmin skills.

If you're into this, and enjoy more details, many more get published weekly on Mastodon under the #nakeddiefriday tag - https://infosec.exchange/tags/nakeddiefriday

Have you considered stepping away from startups and shiny-thing, fast growth companies and looking for a role in a company for whom software is not their primary product, or that are in slower moving industries ? Try out insurance/banking, telecommunications, or industrial equipment manufacturers.

Cash would be a reasonable assumption, but not a practical one unfortunately.

The only place really to get cash in Sweden is at an ATM, of which there are very few these days - most have been removed in the past years, and some might be very far away due to the large distances in Sweden. It should also be assumed that in the event of a critical infrastructure breakdown, the ATMs would not work either.

Interestingly enough, not nearly as much gets published for e.g. Europe. Innate ability ?

Thanks !

The confident lies, the lack of negative results (e.g. "I don't know" or "this is incorrect") and the default verbosity.

What current incentive is left for people to publish on the internet?

Discovery mechanisms are less effective than before, people no longer visit your website, copyright is dead and in the end we're just feeding an insatiable machine with slave labour. Or am I missing something ?

When managing risks, the likelihood of something happening is only half the equation, you also need to consider the impact when it happens. A 3.1% probability of a catastrophic outcome is a high, and possibly unacceptable level of risk.

We also must consider that the likelihood for this specific event has been increasing, no one says this is as high as it goes.

iNaturalist allows you to determine plants and wildlife, all the while contributing to science !

I find three challenges with YouTube and podcasts:

1. In my experience, there is a lot of introductory material to be found, but I find there are distinctly fewer people discussing more advanced topics, or they are much harder to discover.

2. Audio/Video just isn't as information-dense as a book can be.

3. YouTube and podcasts tend to be much more "infotainment" than "education". And sure, we can find lectures on there, but students get lectures in school too.

iirc, it is forbidden in Sweden, except if you secure government permission.

Banks do not do this. It sounds like a phishing attempt because it is.

Imagine the cost of calling every single client individually. If something like this would change, they would send a letter.

Don't forget that spoofing caller ID of telephone numbers is possible.

“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

My view is that there are three types of training one should do. Cardio, strength, and mobility.

They all have different effects, neither should be forgotten.

If you are looking for employment, apply for jobs with large companies that are able/willing to sponsor a visa.

For Europe, look into the Blue Card https://immigration-portal.ec.europa.eu/eu-blue-card/essenti... Several countries count professional experience towards qualifications.

Don't try to get everything at once. Moving to another country AND Getting a Visa AND Getting a work permit AND Working from home all at once might be a stretch.

If you are looking to live off your passive income, if it is a business income, it might be possible to get an entrepreneur visa in several places if you start a company there.

I have been on the internet since the mid-90s and computers have defined my life , personally and professionally, since I was 4 years old.

And still, this kind of messages make me uncertain about what to really think. There is a nostalgia for the authenticity of the earlier web, and I have felt that myself. Things were hard in the 90s, but maybe that is what made it feel more worthwhile. It is also true that a lot of the current internet is dominated by financial and corporate interests.

BUT ! everything that was possible in the 90s is still possible today. Even more so. Access to technology and software has never been easier, neither has the opportunity to learn about pretty much any topic. We have access to the output of so many people in an instant.

This can be liberating, but it can also be paralyzing. An ugly mix of FOMO and impostor syndrome making many of us paralized on most days and scroll for a quick dopamine hit instead.

But what if we consciously choose to focus on the positives by focusing on what we feel truly engaged by, and to ruthlessly ignore the rest ?

We can only make that choice ourselves.

Jia Tan is looking for a new project ?

I wonder if there are reading lists, similar to the Harvard Classics, but curated for a more contemporary audience based on which books are important now. After all, the first volumes of the Harvard Classics came out over a century ago, and the world has changed considerably since then.

Does anyone know of any ?

I 100% concur, it's not easy.

I block / filter most of the news sites I might wander to mindlessly with uBlock, and even filter out DOM elements that have certain keywords.

I also found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events to be a good alternative for daily news without the nonsense.