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Thanks for correcting me; I accept that CPF can be used for both the cases you have mentioned.

My comment came from two observations: 1. The majority of Singapore citizens live in HDB. 2. The vast majority of non-landed residential properties (private condos and HDBs) are on 99-year leases.

The "gotcha" here is that the home is, legally and technically, on a 99-year lease from the government. So, the government is free to take it back once the lease expires. This happened a couple of years back with an old enclave - the "owners" had to vacate their units as their lease had expired and the government needed the land for developmental purposes.

In fact, this had become a hot button issue in the elections. All this while, and even today the government claims that the people are the owner considering they can sell the units and book profits. On the other hand, they justify the 99-year limit, as a step to being fair towards future generations in a land scarce country.

There have been many policy and public discussions around this topic. But, as of date, there is no firm or permanent solution to this conundrum.

This European perspective is one of the reasons that many developing countries outside of Europe didn't condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As India's External Affairs Minister had remarked, "Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems."

Not sure why but the OP seems to have archived the repository.

I agree with the stance that companies like Google, Meta, et al are taking. Politics, like religion, should be strictly a personal matter and not be used to push a personal belief onto a larger group. As the GP noted, one is free to leave their employer if they don't agree with the latter's policies; they can't (and shouldn't be allowed to) force their viewpoints on others.

The geometric, sharp, shapes suggest these aliens are "stealth" ones. :)

Very impressive collage of images! Just one doubt - what are the pitch black patches?

The EFF raises valid concerns regarding the abuse of security backdoors. As far as I remember, they and other privacy advocate have been doing so for the longest period of time.

Unfortunately, the real world will always fall short of the ideal one. Telegram and Durov are already facing this issue - where privacy ends and law enforcement begins.

That last sentence is an interesting sentiment. I can understand that it could be from the perspective of patriotism, supporting local manufacturing, quality perception, etc.

However, you would also appreciate that a large number of migrants (legal or otherwise) are involved in local manufacturing as well. The recent Reuters news on the matter comes to mind, "How migrant workers suffered to craft the 'Made in Italy' luxury label - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-migrant-workers-suf..."

Not siding with either Matt or WPE, but I think just sponsoring community events should not be giving back enough. If I remember clearly, companies like Google, Microsoft, etc. spend substantial (to the community) monetary and non-monetary support to many open-source projects, in addition to sponsoring community events.

I guess we are in agreement here. As far as I understand, the word shocking is used, in this context, at the unexpected happening of the event; not that the event happened. If I remember the sequence of events correctly, he was admitted to the hospital for a routine checkup and on Monday, his team had released a statement on his behalf that he was recuperating.

Another reason that a lot of Indians found this news shocking is because of the value and emotions attached to the name, "Tatas". Post India's independence, they were instrumental in helping India industrialized; the other were the Birlas.

As the study highlights, these effects were observed in patients who caught the infection before the vaccines were developed. The researchers didn’t look at the effects of the vaccination, but suspect that it would be protective.

The study also didn’t investigate whether repeated infections increase the health risks. However, some research (details not provided in the article) has found such a link.

Isn't tenure at your current place of employment also a function of career growth, both monetary and non-monetary? IMHO, there is no point staying at a company if it "takes you for granted" even if you are performing well.

I'm sure we all have read about many companies giving new recruits substantially higher pay for the same role, creating resentment amongst the existing staff.

From the Results section, "...meeting approximately twice the current minimum physical activity guideline level at age 18 years and through follow-up was protective of hypertension incidence." However, what I empirically see is many more young people living online and a sedentary lifestyle. Also, with the rise of popularity of "wonder" weight-loss drugs, there could be less incentive to exercise. I guess, it is going to be difficult to balance these, conflicting, choices.

Bolt Personal is free to use with a StackBlitz (parent company) Personal account and Bolt pro is included in the Pro account, charged at $9 / month. Hope this helps!

Why make such a generalized statement?

You are right. For me, I always see a blue-colored "Unsubscribe" link on the right-end of the From header in mails that are in Promotions or Social categories.

The parent, SiteOne, seems to be a well-established IT company in The Czech Republic. Hopefully, they will gain more traction in the near future.

Maybe, the newcomers have learnt the lessons from the travails of the old open source projects? That doesn't mean that the oldies should just suck it and keep quiet.

I believe that we should give a shit, and it does matter. The "balkanization" of open-source licensing into more restrictive versions is ultimately going to adversely impact all of us.

And, if Matt had not chosen to be an asshole, would this issue have gotten the prominence that it has got?

Also, WPE could easily have taken the wind out of Matt's sails by declaring their (direct or indirect) commercial support for WordPress.org while reducing to pay money to Automattic. As far as I know, they have chosen to not do so.

For all I know, Matt may lose the battle; but, open source would lose the war if companies and individuals continue to use the kind of arguments that WPE and it's defenders are making - that, they are legally not obligated to care two bits about the open source software on which their entire businesses are built, leave apart what is moral.

I have, often, come across comments on HN threads that corporations that are driven only by money are evil. For example, many threads with Google, Facebook, et al have expressed such sentiments.

If we agree that to be true, then WPE should also be considered evil, shouldn't it? Then, why so much defence for them and all vitriol for Matt?

And, if we accept that WPE are right to focus only on the legality of their action, then should we not apply the same logic to all corporations when they focus on maximizing their revenues and profits?

I had a similar experience with my young son. One of our best memories together was telling a long bus ride in pouring rain, just watching the scenery roll by. He is 21 now, and still finally remembered that trip.

The general consensus of commentators seems to be that Matt is wrong in the way he approached this matter. Going by the wisdom of the crowds, maybe that's true.

However, my question is this: has WPE given a factual rebuttal to Matt's claims? Especially, considering that their entire business is dependent on WordPress?

I am concerned that in the eagerness to judge Matt's conflict of interest, we should not throw out the baby with the bath water.

I guess the fundamental issue is who is moderating whom. We can't have it both ways - applaud some people/websites/companies when they moderate/censor/cancel content that we don't agree with and then cry hoarse when the "other side" does something similar.

Unfortunately, even the mainstream media has chosen this path of selective moderation and selective outrage.

The absolute conviction of the truly converted is frightening as they truly believe, "You're either with us, or against us."

Like everything in life, there is a spectrum of political thought and speech.

I don't accept that all capitalists are evil in the same way as I don't accept that employees don't have any rights and can be fired at will.

Likewise, conservative and liberal ideologies shouldn't demand a total adherence to their dogmas. I sincerely believe that most of us can relate to both ideologies, depending on the issue at hand.

Interesting devices. One thing that I've noticed with many of the cheaper devices is the lack of regular security updates. The phone claims to offer 2 OS updates and 3 years of security updates, which is good IMHO.

And, of course, the telemetry concerns are always there; though, to be fair it's a question of whose intentions do you fear more.

Grab did something similar in their Southeast Asia markets a couple of years ago, if I correctly remember the timeline.

I wonder if similar findings would also have been found in a large number of humans, after the initial shock and the high mortality levels were brought under control.

The deeps have continued to hold, my fascination since childhood and is only increasing with each new discovery. As Dr. Ian Malcolm famously said, "Life, uh, finds a way."

Isn't it logical to assume that the US has also already been doing these shenanigans considering that their space program is claimed to be far more advanced than those of Russians? Maybe, even the Chinese are doing it?

I guess the irony is lost on those people who justify this by painting corporations as evil entities not interested in their welfare. I also keep reading grievances about jobs being outsourced to low-cost locations and this adversely affecting the local economy in addition to the quality of the product.

So, when individual employees outsource their work in a similar fashion, are they considering the welfare of the low-cost resources and their local communities or are they exploiting them?

Also, I believe that many of them will bristle if the same thing is being done to them by others. For example, what if the school teacher of their kids hires some, unknown, person to take classes or score assignments? Or, their doctor, lawyer, etc. offload their case to "shadowy" people?

Lastly, what happened to two wrongs don't make a right?