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newsgremlin

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    Comment #22524540

    As a dev I don't mind coming into the office, infact I probably would never want a 100% WFH situation because I know I would get too comfortable to be productive when I need to be.…

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    Comment #22473445

    But by margins of billions? Figures like this are thrown around a lot but it's hard to grasp how much just one billion, even 1/1000 of that can make an individuals life unrecogniza…

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    Comment #22442011

    Indeed, the one thing that can't be manipulated by dubious actors is time.

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    Comment #22425018

    As someone born in the 90s I actually enjoyed the prequel movies, being a kid and all. They are terribly campy but it has been the source of many in-jokes.

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    Comment #22403418

    The funding isn't controlled by the government but it may aswell be given how the BBC board is selected and their approval of the non-executives and the director of the BBC. The Qu…

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    Comment #22373997

    But if you represent part of the society that is entirely against said strong governments policies which directly affects you, relations, or your morals and ideals - you don't want…

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    Comment #22364470

    I don't know where this idea that brexit has fundamentally changed british society, it hasn't, all it has shown is that the entire country is still polarized by class and political…

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    Comment #22325898

    Methinks AI will be used like google is used today. Humans still need to make the decisions but AI will provide us with the information and conclusion of what should be done. Then …

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    Comment #22300223

    COVID-19 is certainly not catchy. But I find there's been a lot of casual discrimination towards east Asians living in western society. A case I noticed last week that was local to…

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    Comment #22245826

    You don't have to be dirt poor to have a cause for national sovereignty. The difference is Scotland has no sovereignty, the British/English do, inside the EU.

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    Comment #22234752

    We can, we just need to not burn out our resources and single planetary home before then.

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    Comment #22234695

    Bit strange to find it's actually docked in Mostyn, the northEAST of Wales since '79. Guessing the author lost his bearings and doesn't know the area.

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    Comment #22234662

    Now the UK is free to do...what exactly that they could not before?

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    Comment #22190836

    The intelligence services of both countries that openly admit they cooperate with each other, they just don't say to what degree. Also Five eyes, which has been operating since the…

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    Comment #22178734

    Thinking back to my adolescence, there were few that were that proficient and similar observations could have been made, being able to use limewire and the office suite was about a…

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    Comment #22077023

    >distrust and aggression towards authority Not an exclusive characteristic of a reddit user, there are many different levels and types of authority. Perhaps the aggression towards …

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    Comment #21990576

    I think that resentment stems from a bit of imposter syndrome, preferences for potential employees are not new, but it does feel like the industry as a whole expects programmers to…

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    Comment #21813321

    Seems like in the present-future the only thing people will own is their debt. All our possessions are being turned into services, financed by our debt. Low interest rates makes sa…

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    Comment #21813167

    The risk most fear is losing the ability to provide for yourself and family, for most people that is only one or two significant financial mistakes away.

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    Comment #21813139

    And then they can hire their own employees...who proceed to automate their own jobs. So nothing has changed and nothing is fixed.

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    Comment #21535647

    And the masses will still buy it!

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    Comment #21534345

    Give it a few years and apple will release their own version at $800-1000 and call it the biggest step in phone technology since the first iphone.

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    Comment #21387737

    Anytime I read corporate speak like this I completely tune out, I just simply don't take it for fact. You see most companies communicate like this, and many get caught up in their …

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    Comment #21387694

    The internet came at us too hard and too fast. We have not had time to determine what are the pitfalls we've already falling into and how to get out of them, to name a few; addicti…

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    Comment #21246952

    Talking about this to certain devs is like talking to them about sports. They just don't get the learning curve was the most accessable for the average user, not just those who kno…