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GOG is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with C++ experience to modernize the GOG GALAXY desktop client and spearhead its Linux development

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I mean yes, but maybe if you can interview in good faith, that's not what becomes part of the job.

"I saw here that the use of AI is required. I'm willing to compromise and use AI for some workflows, but I'm skeptical of wide scale adoption. I think its potentially bad for the long term code base maintenance and stability, which is what GOG is founded on. If I find that it's truly helpful in code writing, then I'll continue to work it into my larger workload, but do keep in mind that the Linux community as a whole is more technical than other OS consumers and this will be bad PR."

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You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised

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No. Because the very nature of passwords and password managers make you immeasurably safer than not using one at all. Password managers in almost all markets detect password compromises and alert you to change them. Doing so is trivial and as long as you catch it in time, you're much safer and harder to target than almost any other user.

Passwords are like physical locks. Its not about being unpickable or indestructible. Its mostly about raising the barrier of entry high enough that you are an unappealing target. Why would I spend days/weeks/months trying to crack the account of someone using a random string of 14 characters unique to every service and that can change their password within hours or days--when I could instead gain remote access to hundreds of other users that keep a 'passwords.doc' file in ~/documents with open permissions? They likely use passwords like 'Snoopdog2004$' so they're easy to brute force, they won't notice incursions, and can't easily change passwords that are shared between multiple services.

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Latitudes

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In addition to there being a huge mountain range in the way. The Alps block/slow down a lot of the cold air currents that do make their way down from the polar regions. That's why cities like Turin and Milan still have cold climates in the north. Cold air still makes it's way over the Alps but is slowed and is reheated as it travels south so cities like Genoa/Florence/Rome are much milder in the winter.

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Republicans Approve ‘Dystopian’ Voter Suppression Bill That Would Force States to Give Info to DHS

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I have no idea why anyone thinks democrats will vote as a singular bloc. They'll vote to give DHS a massive budget soon despite being able to indefinitely withhold funding and starve the department committing heinous crimes. Then they'll say its to protect those that are in custody because DHS will have no funding to take care of them otherwise. DHS will continue their terroristic assaults on American soil until midterms. Democrats will run on stopping them and right before elections, Republicans will give their word to reign in DHS if they pass this bill. A handful of dems will break rank to cover the 4-5 Republicans that oppose working with democrats to save face and the bill passes.

Shortly thereafter something inflammatory happens and the Republicans allow DHS to resume their terror efforts. (If they ever stopped in the first place) And democrats get nothing out of the situation other than being able to indefinitely act appalled by this administration.

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1st Feb is #GlobalSwitchDay

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That's just fine. Don't worry yourself too much. I don't know about everyone else, but I only want the people open to making a switch here. If you're so put off by trying something new that you aren't willing to give it a chance, then I'm not going to be begging for you to join my community.

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No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's Surveillance Nightmare

I also despise everything this would mean in terms of state surveillance, but if you could isolate this capability, it 100% would help recover lost dogs. Speaking from experience. We lost our dog for 6 days and didn't have any idea where he was until 3 days passed. The most effective way to recover lost dogs is by knowing their current location and setting out live traps with food for them to find at night. Scared dogs don't recognize their owners by sound so driving around calling for them wouldn't help.

So if it this technology could work solely as a lost pet sighting tool and not a dystopian state surveillance tool, it would be immensely helpful.