Or you give it 3-4 requirements (e.g. prefer constants, use ternaries when possible) and after a couple replies it forgets a requirement, you set it straight, then it immediately forgets another requirement.

What stops this tech from being used against US citizens for state-sponsored terror activities? It sure as hell ain’t the law.

Do parents not exist anymore?

Not a bad idea but the biggest challenge will probably be determining who needs to be sued for non-compliance. Google might not be hiding the origin of its bots now but that could easily change.

How much research has there been done on these age verification companies and state officials income? I’d be amazed if there weren’t kick backs happening.

Easiest decision to delete an account I’ve ever made.

My biggest decision of the day is usually whether I get to have alcohol or pain meds that day. Pain meds usually win.

I’m definitely considering a dumb phone with tethering capabilities to use a less locked-down device.

Vanilla Debian on my old netbook does alright. I think my desktop is xfce.

Only thing better I’ve used is antiX. I moved away from that one though since they insist on not using systemd and it got to be too much of a hassle to work around (lots of packages assume systemd is your init). I think Void Linux is supposed to be similar.

So weird. I don’t even remember viewing that article. Maybe it was a link just above my address bar.

Found an article that says this software is usually in-memory only and restarting regularly will purge it (obviously you could get reinfected): ~~https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-meta-secretly-scanning-your-phones-camera-roll-check-this-setting-to-find-out/~~

Edit: wrong article, someone replied with the correct one

I swear there was an XKCD for this. Not the frameworks one. One about being a “monster” for making another JS framework.

I think most companies would assume you “know nothing” at this point in your career. You’ll probably need to prove (i.e. coding test) that you know the basics but things like project structure, testing, architecture, and self-direction come with time. While most people are really just in it for the paycheck if you can convince them you’re excited for the work itself that will definitely make you stand out.

One of my teachers would always play Mr Bean videos the day after a big test. I thoroughly enjoyed the videos and probably wouldn’t have taken the time to watch them myself (maybe as an adult but not as a teen).

I’ll say it again. Stop tracking me and I’ll look at your ads. I look at physical mailers, like I literally look through them, more than I look at Internet ads.

Also keep in mind if this is your wish you can’t be an organ donor. Having a rotting corpse without any organs is a pretty unrealistic scenario and the data isn’t as useful.

I think there are real productivity gains to be had but the vast majority are probably leaning into the idea of replacing people too much. It helps me do my job but I’m still the decision maker and I need to review the outputs. I’m still accountable for what AI gives me so I’m not willing to blindly pass that stuff forward.

Probably not the hottest of markets right now (not just because of Trump and company) and I was in a similar boat when I graduated. My first job was Best Buy (not Geek Squad unfortunately) then tech support then a reporting analyst. Took probably 4 years for me to get into a job where coding was the main aspect.

That being said, I feel bad for any new graduate except for maybe lawyers.

Making TLDs for restricted content (.adu or .xxx) would be a super easy way to filter sites as well. To me it’s like putting Playboys or whatever at the top of the rack with an opaque plastic – nothing is physically stopping kids from getting to it except gross negligence from every adult in the vicinity.

Oh, looks like the TLD .xxx actually is a thing (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.xxx). Never heard of any site using it. I guess there’s generally zero pressure to register one.

Edit: did some research

I run immutable Fedora distros (Bluefin, Bazzite) and they are the most stable distros I’ve ever used. Immutable distros restrict writing to sensitive parts of the OS so you’re less likely to break things. You’ll mostly install Flatpaks which looks pretty similar to using the Windows app store.

I’ve seen some people say that immutable distros aren’t good for beginners. I’m really not sure why. My best guess is because they’re not the norm and you might run into support issues if things do go wrong.

If all of that sounds too scary then Linux Mint is a good choice. Never used PopOS myself but I hear that’s a good starter OS too.