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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Not open source

There are lots of good reasons to be upset with how Signal produces builds. And maybe Signal has no good reason why they keep opaque dependencies. But by every common definition of the term, Signal is open source. Being on FDroid is not the definition of open source.

Please don't gatekeep. There are better ways to criticize Signal. This is not one of them.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (12 children)

Non-sarcastic reply:

Horseshoe theory isn't so much about "the far-left is the same as the far-right" as it is about "all authoritarians derive power from the same human instincts" and the further left or right you go, the more authoritarian you have to be in order to achieve the social narrative you're aiming for.

Edit: misplaced word

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

They are just different flavor of far right.

BANNED: Horseshoe theory

/s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Engineer: the glass is twice as big as in needs to be.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It sucks when you're led to believe you can trust people whom you definitely should not trust. Universities, like all other organizations with people in them, are full of broken people who don't know how to respect those with whom they disagree. My former supervisor (and underlings) cost me a lot more than thousands of dollars of therapy. But I know I have to forgive them, or else I'll just perpetuate the cycle in creative ways I can't imagine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

What if you don't know anyone willing to help you get a job?

Ask them for who they know. Heck, even if they are willing to help you, still ask them for more contacts.

It legit took me over a decade of work experience to finally realize that "networking" was really just a simple graph-traversal algorithm for finding friends. If those friends need help with something that pays, then offer your help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In many ways, I feel similarly. However, "this one weird trick" got me out of it. Think of networking as something you do to find like-minded complex-abstract-problem-solvers. You're just finding friends. If one of those friends has a particularly tough problem and they're willing to pay you, then, congrats! You now have a job offer!

The algorithm is simple: ask people what they do, why they do it, and, crucially, who they know. Then contact each of those people, name-drop their friend, mention interests you might have in common, and ask to meet you talk about fun stuff. Repeat. Follow up with people to let them know you appreciated meeting with them (or not...if you didn't really appreciate meeting with them). If you get the sense that someone is looking for help and you're interested in what they're doing, offer your help. The worst thing that can happen is they say no.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Or, you know, wake up at the same literal time, no matter what the clock says. Listen to your circadian rhythms, not some number on the wall. The time shift doesn't magically give people an extra hour. That's all marketing. DST stands for Daylight Stealing Time, as far as I'm concerned.

Disclaimer: I'm a night owl; I could care less for waking up early.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

...coolant to warm enough to evaporate the moisture...

Where I come from, we just scrape off enough ice to see where you're going, and crack a window to keep it dry enough the interior doesn't freeze. But, hey, if you know how to leave early enough to get to places on time in a warm cabin, more power to you 😉

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (5 children)

...in Chicago ... pre-heating the car is a must 3 months of the year.

I don't believe you've lived anywhere cold for very long. Cold places existed long before remote start. The car warms up while you finish shoveling and brushing off the car. You're warm from shoveling, and the car is ready to go. If it's just cold and you're late to whatever, you sit your shivering ass down behind the wheel and drive away anyways...

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