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In my experience, teams that work best consist of members who a) have a lot in common in terms of upbringing, education, sense of humor(!) etc., and b) do not/are not forced to compete among themselves too much, which correlates with a). It does help to have one or two outliers though.

I really like the idea behind this. That's what the Recent view should look like.

Right. And because you said so, I'm supposed to believe it. Man, as a former Data Protection Officer, I can tell you that you're asking for a lovely fine.

I can't wait to pay you so you can harvest my personal information.

Scraping publicly available data from websites is no different from web browsing, period. Companies stating otherwise in their T&Cs are a joke. Copyright infringement is a different game.

I don't. Here's why:

* Fair supply chains:

After many years of working in Quality Control and Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality Management (I've been on both ends with this one) and related fields (lead auditor, product safety, material safety) for companies large and small, I can safely say that "fair supply chains" is just a marketing fairy tale. Without going too deep into this rabbit hole:

A) You only have so many suppliers. If they don't comply, and unless their performance and/or behavior significantly affects your reputation, contrary to the common belief, you don't just go to somebody else. You give them another opportunity. If they keep failing, you change your evaluation specs, wait a year, and repeat. This becomes a thousand times more of an issue once you include China and generally other countries outside the US and Europe (there are exceptions) into the equation. B) Good luck auditing suppliers in China. C) Good luck finding experienced auditors. They are incredibly rare and expensive. You cannot outsource it either. D) The auditing process is expensive. That's why even the largest companies in toy manufacturing do not audit their supply chains end-to-end. Instead, you have your direct suppliers sign documents binding them to cascade your rules downstream. What happens when you find out they don't? See A.

Should I go on?

I just don't get how they're still around. I'd never spend EUR 700 for an android phone. It's sad, but iOS is so much better.

Having had some experience with FreeBSD, I'd pick BSD over Linux any day, the primary reason being its unique consistency, which is after a few days a breeze of fresh air even to a newbie. The vast majority of software that runs on Linux is available for BSD as well. Sadly, hardware support is not that great.

While you're hundred percent right, the problem here is detachment. For example, many companies' security and procurement teams operate at the top. Downstream teams around the globe have no clue what's coming, it's not in their budget to purchase and manage 2FA devices (this is more complicated than one might think) and I've never once seen the upstream teams own the whole process, despite the obvious connection.

As a regular employee, I am just unlikely to refuse the employer's silent requirement to use my own device to log in into their systems. Hell, some companies have even started promoting BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), which is wrong on so many levels.

Do you get paid to discuss political beliefs at work, likely via channels provided to you by your employer? In most western countries, it is in fact against the law to misuse the company's resources for private reasons. Unless your employer lets you, which is fine and very common these days, yet not a right nevertheless.

Couldn't agree more. It's disgraceful how some companies these days try to ride whichever, often short-lived, political direction is prevalent at any given moment, just to convince people they are a valid participant in the public discussion. They are not. They're there to make money, period. 37signals aren't perfect, but unlike the majority of other companies, their leaders seem to know when it's time to apologize, even when they decide to stand their ground.

This is very simple. We grow the companies, not the other way around. It's a symptom, not a cause.

I rarely use Windows these days, but IrfanView feels lightning fast compared to the built-in Photos app or whatever they call it. I started using IV I think on Win 98 and it's still as snappy and reliable as it always has been.

I wish somebody built an emulator as fast as xterm and as configurable as something like kitty. Until then, xterm it is.

Adobe in particular is in deep trouble going forward. And it's not just AI.

Not sure about rails, but I'd definitely mount an umbrella on my tail, just in case it rains.

Ditch tags, organize in folders, or don't organize at all. Use search either way. Take your time to give your notes distinct and meaningful names. The rest will be a huge mess no matter what you do. You don't know what you don't know. That's why we're taking notes in the first place, isn't it? Formatting is evil for the same reason. A wise person once said: If you make everything bold, nothing stands out. Headings and code blocks do just fine.

And for the love of God, don't read or write articles or posts such as this one of mine on how to take notes :D I'm sort of joking, but not really. What a waste of time... Everybody's different. It takes many years of trying to figure out what works for one and what doesn't.

In a nutshell, we did it to ourselves by excessively promoting the novel over the course of many decades.

Starting with the avant-garde movements of the 20's, through the communism era (Hasek was a socialist and a communist) to this day, we've been essentially saying Svejk characterizes the true nature of what it means to be a Czech. You literally hear school teachers tell their students a drunk devious simpleton is considered a role model.

The topic is quite complex, there's more history and politics involved, but I'm not going there.

Disclaimer: By no means am I criticizing the book or people who like it.

Interesting. I didn't know Svejk was popular at all outside Czechia. I must say, it's somewhat a bittersweet realization. The way I and many other Czechs see it, Hasek did us quite a disservice. Still, if you guys enjoy it, hats down.