> It's a fraud. People pretend that there is a worthwhile investment, while in reality they're just paying out people with the money from their next generation of investors.
> Ponzi schemes rely on new investors to pay returns to earlier ones
Houses. They're talking about mortgages and houses. Sorry if you thought this was another Bitcoin post.
Years ago, I started down the path of becoming MCSE/MCSA certified with the eventual goal of working with Microsoft, or a Microsoft partner. Those plans fell through, and given what they've been up to lately, I'm kinda glad I didn't take that to it's conclusion. It might have been OK in the short term, but there's no way I'd have made it twenty plus years.
Things are definitely quite a lot different than they were in 2002, when I was a naïve high school kid with a couple of certifications to my name... I mean, it did get me a job, which lead to other jobs, but I wish I had done things a bit differently.
To be fair, those things probably would have broken differently, so maybe it doesn't matter.
Its worked for me at the moment but I am always worried about what messup will cause me to have to stop. At the moment I'm working for a government contract and am not doing a lot of work as waiting for other to complete work so its giving me something to think about. Right now I'm trying to sort out other parts of my life a bit before making huge career decisions, though I suspect this will get overtaken at the beginning of the year.
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We apprehensively followed the developments and the debate concerning Framework’s endorsement and support of Omarchy. We have no direct experience with this Linux distribution, its community, nor with the political environment around it. We did not speak up before now because learning about all of it and keeping up with all the commentary would have been a full-time job. Unfortunately we do not have the time to read every single comment on the dedicated forum thread.
Despite our admittedly limited and superficial understanding of this matter, we believe we have witnessed and read enough to make an informed decision and take a clear position.
The statements from Framework and from Nirav Patel (its CEO) made it very clear for us that Framework is not a company we feel represented by any more, and surely not a company that we want to represent as Ambassadors.
To be frank, it is not even necessary to dive into the petty drama about the recent events in order to provide an explanation of our decision. We are deeply disappointed by a company that is self-proclaimed as the resistance of the tech industry, the good David that intends to stand against the big tech Goliaths that are devouring it. Framework’s behaviour brought to surface an embarrassing and absurd inability to take an explicitly political position, blinded by the Western patriarchal narrative that technology in itself is not political. By trying to keep everyone happy (or at least not to make anyone mad) inside a fictitious “big tent”, the company proved to be no better than any of its Silicon Valley peers, dismissing comments about DHH, and comments about fascism and racism as not strictly related to the main mission.
We were proud to be ambassadors because we believed that Framework not only made products that empowered those who purchase them to fully own and repair their devices, but most importantly because we wrongly expected that this would imply changing the paradigm and the narrative about tech companies altogether.
We were offered the possibility of having a 1:1 conversation with Nirav Patel. We did not take it, because it is self-evident that our opinions are in contrast with the statements that he already made. Too bad, Framework is going to lose much more business than it would have if it simply acknowledged a mistake, took a deep inward look, and questioned its own values and stance.
In a world that is burning, thorn by conflict and greed, it is not enough to be “less evil”, to be radical only in some cases, and be moderate in others. We wanted to be ambassadors of a company that does not see fascism and proprietary software as two distant topics, but that recognised the entanglement of politics and technology, of capitalism and authoritarianism. It seems that this is not the case.
Farewell, Framework. We will miss the shining brave idea we had of you.
I'd say quite okay, but I am not using the web app much, most file access is through webdav, and yes, the mobile app might have a nicer UI for creating share links.
Dear LazyWeb: I need to get my blog search off Google, it’s becoming unusable. Sometime in the last year I saw talk (Fedi posts I think?) about two different local-search packages (both JavaScript I think?). Thought I bookmarked ’em but can’t find ’em. Does this ring bells for anyone?
MS is having DNS issues. So the Dutch railways are having issues. Critical national infrastructure should not be on cloud systems owned by foreign companies. This is resiliency 101.
Does anyone know anything about the #sidephone? I stumbled upon their website on sidephone.com/ and saw #Catima listed under "Tools+" on their app list. Does this mean it's pre-installed? In the default embedded "app store"? Something else?
I'm quite curious to know more about the device, more specifically, to know more about how Catima fits in there. Kinda cool to randomly see that on a website :)
oh wow, I see so many FOSS apps there on the list. Pretty sure an AOSP fork as they say no play store and are shipping apps which would break Google's TOS for GMS.
V listopadu přecházím z IOS na Android a začínám hledat hodinky, chci vodotěsnost, NFC platby, notifikace z aplikací v telefonu a výdrž na baterku alespoň 3 dny. Mám rád velké a klidně těžké hodinky. Na co bych se měl podívat? Díky za tipy.
JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2026 are now available, bringing powerful new features and functionality designed to increase proficiency and create a more seamless experience. Here’s a look at some of …
Good afternoon. I want to first congratulate you all on the new JAWS release. However, I am deeply concerned about something that I have never in my 24 years as a JAWS user have ever seen before. Why is the new page explorer being excluded from home anual licenses? Never before in JFW's long history have the developers (the creaters) of the software have made a decision to make features of the product license dependent. Yes, it's an AI feature, but so is picture smart, so is the AI labeler. Yes, it costs to use this service, but completly excluding those who cannot afford a perpetual license does not make good business sence to me. I can understand placing limitations on how many calls a user can make, but even that is questionable. The majority of JAWS users are students, and are home users. Only the professional users get unlimited uses of this feature. I do not as a user of JAWS agree with this. And if this is setting a president for future features of the software, this may make me consider other options. Again, page explorer gives much needed detail at first glance that someone may not notice unless they look. Being given suggestions on how to navigate the page is also helpful, particularly for new users. Another scenario to consider is a student, who is new to JAWS, and is having to navigate complex databases. I can remember all too well as a student having to navigate the library databases at college's and universities, and not being able to navigate the pages. Having a feature like this would have been very useful, probably would have helped me do better on my research capabilities. This is such a game changing feature, and it should not have any limits. And again I ask, if a home anual license user who pays for there JAWS license like the rest of us cannot use this feature, I ask, what is the justofication for this?
@vol4life8657 Thank goodness for the free, open-source screen reader @NVAccess that helps millions of users access computers for absolutely free. It's robust and extensible through addons and it's not controlled by a small group of individuals who charge a fortune for the privilege of accessing digital information. You can donate to support the project if you so choose, but you can download NVDA right now for zero money. No 45-minute mode!
My alarm clock is possessed With that I am quite obsessed It's been taken over by an evil demon scary Makes even an IT guy rather wary
It's uploading everything to the cloud Even when it rings out loud Uploading your sleep and info everywhere AH! Please of the demon alarm clock beware!
$5 a month is all they ask For this terrible demon mask Stealing all your information now Just like Satan would, oh how!
Evil spirits may be exorcised But for this something else must be exercised Throw that connect cloud into e-waste Hurry, hurry, make haste!
Today I got a reminder of why I didn't vote for Projet Montreal: jacking up the property tax by way of jacking up assessment so that unaffordability increases. About 9%.
Valérie Plante said she wouldn't increase the property tax. Instead she jacked up evaluations. Lying to our (the voters) face.
Having spent time in the Caribbean recently, and listened to music piped out in every bar and restaurant, I can confidently say that there's no song where the Reggae version isn't an improvement on the original.
This is the story of how the cycling association measured streets in Bruges and got what they wanted - a cycling zone - 5 years after the initial campaign
In Denmark we also have the so called 'cyclestreets', but according to the traffic laws they are basically just normal streets. Cars are still allowed to overtake, and the reduced speed is merely a recommendation.
One of the nice touches of @linuxmint file manager is that when you open a folder as root, the window displays a nice red banner on top that says "Elevated Privileges".
I tend to like Gnome better, and I wish it had something like that. #Linux #Gnome #ubuntu
Discussed in https://discourse.gnome.org/t/admin-mode-styling-in-nautilus/29325. Though we have 'Administrator Root' in the location bar for admin mode, I think visual styling...
My new Apple Watch lighting up to say 'it looks like you're working out' when I'm in the middle of a particularly challenging poo, marks a new low in my life
Tak jsem dneska vyzkoušel Drink and Drive od Zichovce. Zatím, co Birell stylu IPA spíš jen dodává chybějící hořkost, tohle na vás opravdu dejchne krásným aroma, který byste od IPA čekali.
Chuť samozřejmě od dokonalosti daleko, ale na nealko dobrý 😁
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