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Why do you think that is equivalent with work-from-home days?

Maybe it is just that their winters are harder, and instead of commuting in a snow storm, they chose to work from home?

That's a very black and white interpretation.

For my whole life, the prediction that (ro)bots will do all the work has unfortunately never materialized. To me it looks as likely as having economically feasible fusion energy in the grid within the next 30 years ;-)

The article's points are not particularly new. It's an individual choice, but from what I see, the share of people who could be happy with a Linux desktop is higher today than ever before.

A few years ago (before SteamOS?), gaming on Linux was a no-starter btw. That we got so far that it was an option for the author, is impressive.

Not yet.

I'd say the notion of what programming is will shift (again). Programmers might use AI helpers, or embed AI functions in you products like we are using IDEs and libraries since a while.

I'd also say that many established programmer roles today are already beginning to be disrupted.

But maybe I am wrong. Deploying and operating a web-based product in a secure manner is often not as easy as it looks like.

Also, as of now, there needs to be someone scripting the model training, and all the "logistics" around it.

About time. Whenever I have visited the nordics in the past, I was surprised by their unhealthy eating habits :-D

Can't deny that some EU politicians (mostly conservative ones, surprise, surprise) have a hidden agenda behind it.

The statement that gov & businesses in Europe would not be able to operate normally without American software is easy to disprove. Just look at how easy the Chinese or the Russians could shed or avoid their dependency on crappy Microsoft or expensive US cloud providers. The problem is just that many European politicians are so technically inept they believe it themselves.

That's just a US propaganda myth people can't stop parroting. The SV ecosystem is definitely better funded, but there is no lack of digital start-ups in the EU.

Very good read. Whether you are an avantgardist digital nomad, or a backwater-dwelling local patriot, you should read this post ;-)

don't feed the trolls

muy triste :(

Makerism meets Stoicism

It probably did not need DOGE to find out that these contracts where overpriced ;-)

"If you haven’t heard from us in two months about an application, we likely proceeded with other candidates for that particular role."

Mediocre big corp vibes :-D

Nevertheless there is also some good stuff in it (trying to cramp all interviews into one day), and it is nice that they are so transparent about their processes.

As a European I have a rough understanding about the legal grounds of how tariff rules are being set in the EU.

But on the US side - can a US citizen maybe explain the legal basis of the current tectonic shift in trade policy enacted through the tariffs? So far I assumed that the federal executive branch could only use tariffs to address security concerns or unfair practices. The actual policy change (especially the 10% base rate) is definitely more than that.

You sure? The tariffs slapped on Vietnam say otherwise. The admin really seems to want everything to be produced in the US. Recursively including all the parts.

In such a situation, you need to grow in two areas:

A) Becoming a people manager. This is easily underestimated. Your job is to ensure your team works in the company's best interest. That also means that the team stays a team, and is motivated. It means building a relationship with all team members. Everyone will be at a different place.

B) Understanding your area of responsibility, i.e. product, business, processes, and systems. This seems to be your greatest concern. Understand that by working with the team (area A) the team can handle situations where your own knowledge is lacking. It also helps to "intern" on topics by following something like an onboarding plan for yourself, that you define together with the team. Avoid becoming a micro manager, except when it is 100% clear the team is messing things up on a topic.

In general, I'd advise to be humble and transparent, and don't overpromise or overcommit to your team members.

Good luck :)

As I am a bit disappointed with my Kindle, I read this post with a lot of curiosity.

Unfortunately the Bookeen Saga is unavailable, and the post does not say much about the real user experience beyond the hardware design. I'd be more interested in battery, touch reactivity, DRM issues, and translation/dictionary.

I have been using both platforms recently, but I personally consider current iPhones a bit less useful and a bit more buggy than comparable Android phones. So my guess was that many people don't buy it for the additional value but for status / cult / whatever. But I am sure there are people who get additional value out of it, e.g. because they are heavy iCloud users. Did not mean it as a general insult, sorry.

One hole to poke into it ;-) There is the growing class of the working poor in the US, and that is something the better off seem to have been ignoring for a while. What I try to say is, that even the status quo ante Trump politics were already quite disconnected from most people's reality. Now Trump's new politics are different in that they negatively impact rich people's reality.

Will this cause people to switch to cheaper Chinese brands? Or is the Apple brand so deeply entrenched in status-conscious US American minds that they will spend that much money for a phone? ;-)

Any Argentines here who might want to comment on this? How does it feel in reality?

Yes, probably US consumers will bear the strongest impact in terms of inflation etc. So far, stock market impact is global.

OTOH the policy is intended to isolate the US economy, and looks like it will achieve that goal. Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the long run, maybe it will be better for the average Joe. It certainly is a break with decades of US economic policy and business as usual.

The article in my view even underestimates the 2nd order effects on big tech. Examples:

- Foreign clients divesting from US vendors due to the unpredictability, i.e. the supply chain risk

- The EU taking retaliatory measures impacting them, such as making parts of their IP temporarily unenforceable, or taxing cloud offerings within the EU.

All this does not bode well for their stock valuation :-/

I'd say US corruption is now more transparent than EU corruption :D

That was once different, with Berlusconi at the helm in Italy while owning the major TV outlets.

Looking at defense spending, I do not think it saved so much money. It mostly ensured that the US would be the only major nuclear power in the West - so the "military protection" was more something like a moat for the nuclear monopoly.

And monopolies are something the US loves (think of big tech, Comcast, etc.) and the EU dislikes ;-)

With the US stepping away from its monopoly, it is only a matter of time until more European states will enter the nuclear protection market.

"smart image control"

No, it's just plain insecure and ridiculous. And the ridiculousness actually hurts their image.

If you look closer, you can see that the free tier is mostly covering SaaS in order to lock you into their APIs. The free tier for VMs isn't that generous.

For a startup, locking into an API that is initially free can often break their neck in the long run. Because for a startup, switching providers is a big distraction. It's often better to run VMs or colocated servers on an OSS stack.

I'd argue that OVH (European) is the cost leader for that in every market they are in.

You might remember he was one of those recommending to vote for Harris. And some of the reasons he gave can be found also in the article btw.

Agree. But the crypto racket seems to be on a roll as never before nonetheless.

Not sure if you are right, but it really made me laugh.