Archive.is used to block people with Finnish IPs too, allegedly because of personal immigration issues.

I don't get the impression it's something anyone should ever rely on.

2033 is the year of Linux on the desktop.

Doesn't it take months of training (at least!) to become a phlebotomist? How can you screw up that badly on day one?

It'd be the equivalent to spending an extra 2-3 hours a day working (because that's what the total commute would be), plus money on vehicle upkeep

Maybe this is one of the reasons I actually prefer going to the office. For me, it's only 15 minutes by metro.

No additional cost, very little wasted/lost time, and I actually enjoy being able to draw a line between work and life by putting them in different physical spaces.

Perhaps it also helps that my managers encourage people to work from wherever they feel they're the most productive. It's nice to know that I have the option to work from home without having to explain myself.

Maybe for a small number of companies in a small number of industries, but most companies rent their office premises, even large companies.

I've worked at several multinational companies that sold their HQ buildings when they recognised that building management was not a core competence for them and tying up capital in real estate has a significant opportunity cost for them.

It's no skin off their noses if commercial real estate plummets in value - if anything, it would be in their favour as their rent would decrease.

I can't say I know anything about the parking/car stuff as that sounds very US-specific, but I can second everything else.

Don't get complacent with the work, stay on top of it, and if you ever feel yourself falling behind, don't be scared to ask for help. Literally everyone wants to see you succeed, but the further you fall behind the harder it gets.

At the same time, allow yourself to have some fun too.

I watched his Hit and Run remake videos from the beginning, and it's not really about the end product - he made it clear from the beginning that that project was never going to be released.

Mostly, it seems to be about selling his "learn how to make Unreal games" courses and Unreal plugins.

The videos were fun in their own right, to be honest.

Absolutely.

"It's just my opinion" isn't a valid defence when you should have kept that opinion to yourself.

"Your baby is ugly" might even be true, but it's not something you actually say to people.

Google doesn't need me to defend them, but the patents in question seem really generic and obvious...

Play control of content on a display device

Play control of content on a display device

Play control of content on a display device

All filed in 2011.

Patent trolls aren't the little guy, nor are they a good thing for the little guys out there.

Ethics aren't a binary. Everything comes in shades of grey, and that means that each person gets to choose what the threshold for them is.

Competely rejecting that choice because neither option is absolutely good is the road to nihilism.

This won't do anything to cut any costs.

This is all about enshittifying the free experience to push those on the edge to finally bite the bullet and start paying.

Secure connection cannot thou obtain

for SSL hath failed and err' gain'd.