Found the guy from the heater + aquarium + massagepad + paper + coffee + toilet paper + soap + HVAC +sugar lobby!
They are going to regret this.
I really hope they do. But now is a good time to put the squeeze on devs. Lots of people are having a hard time finding a software job and they'll be extra reluctant to do a mass exodus.
Why do you need curtains on your windows?
To make sure the whole world isn't just a window for the HR department. I can have "dissident" views, or just talk trash with my friends, and not get fired since it wasn't at the office.
To make sure real dissidents (from totalitarian countries) can express their political views.
So a lady can send her husband feet pics without some secret agent spy gawking at them too.
So I can share my family's secret BBQ sauce recipe with my cousin without Arby's stealing it (they have eyes everywhere).
But these are all specific things. The truth is that we simply cannot trust institutions with all our data. I don't need a reason for privacy. They need a reason to have my info. Security is a legit reason to seek citizens' info, generally, but you should need a specific security-related reason to access a specific person's data.
My copy of the Bible was signed by Moses. True story!
Oh nice, fellow Canadians doing the good work.
I would greatly prefer public sector development. I'm just being fatalistic about how our oligarchy conducts itself.
They should mind their own business and stop pretending to be asleep.
CDs are just digital files plus waste. Vinyl is a musical ritual.
Thats a weird way to frame it.
The rise of vaccines puts viruses at risk.
Finally, a version that rhymes.
You owe them games. Now you have to make games for steam.
I have no reason to doubt the allegations. But allegations shouldn't be enough for somebody to lose their livelihood.
I prefer pay walls if I can buy a single article. I hate how everything is a subscription now.