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It's a liability transfer. Thank corp legal.

People in the comments seem to have forgotten about, or never lived through, the dot com bubble. Amazon’s shares fell from $113 to $6 in 2000. So yes, the internet survived and some companies did well after, but a lot of people were hurt badly.

The Financial Times

Librarians have succeeded in precisely this for a long time now.

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

A basic definition of a security bug is something that violates confidentiality, integrity or availability.

A DoS affects the availability of an application, and as such is a real security bug. While the severity of it might be lower than a bug that allows to "empty bank accounts", and fixing it might get a lower priority, it doesn't make it any less real.

To survive the future, one must start by understanding the problem. The world we see today is the result of choices that started to be made in the 1970s. The positive momentum China currently has started with choices made during the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping. Things change gradually, and then suddenly, and the self-inflicted wounds by the US administration only accelerate what was already happening. There are few parts of the world not subject to the same forces. I strongly recommend reading The Invisible Doctrine by George Monbiot as a brief, first line explanation of many of the symptoms we currently see in the Western world.

The second thing to realize is that the current political and economic system is not a force of nature, it can be changed. Not easily and not quickly, but changed nonetheless. However, the beneficiaries of this possible change will be our children, and possibly their offspring.

As being stressed and concerned on a daily basis is hardly a useful emotion, we must take care of ourselves. It has become a radical act of resistance. To help ourselves, we can read world history, to understand how great powers and industries disappear and what can reasonably be expected in its aftermath. We can read philosophy, to help us think right and keep in touch with the things that are truly important in life. And we can create or appreciate art, to feed our soul. Importantly, we must make appropriate technology and media choices, so we limit our exposure to toxic things we have no direct control over to a level that is sustainable long-term for each individual. If you have access to a positive local community, cherish it and be welcoming to those who do not have that privilege.

I am not as bullish on the effects of AI as most people in technology, especially not LLMs, though I fully agree it is something to keep tabs on. It is however wise to see through the hype and beyond very powerful companies trying to justify an enormous investment with little to show for until now. Only Nvidia is selling shovels. That said, most CS has now become blue-collar work, and it is something people in the industry have not yet come to terms with.

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I am personally quite happy with the Teach Yourself study materials as first step when picking up a new language.

so who would be the great unknown artists of today ?

Get some cloud servers at Hetzner, you'll get what you need for XX euros per month.

There is also a short news episode for adults, but in easy Swedish.

Nyheter på lätt svenska: https://www.svtplay.se/nyheter-pa-latt-svenska

A studio apartment in Swedish is "en etta", literally meaning a "one room". An apartment with one bedroom would then be "en tvåa", two bedrooms "en trea".

I moved to LibreWolf - https://librewolf.net/

That's unfortunate, I was still using as a cheaper option for international calls to landlines.

Is there any good EU alternative for this specifically ?

I don't believe we are facing a military conflict soon, but it is clear that something fundamental has changed, and even if suddenly the US government does a 180, it's a whooole lot of toothpaste to put back in the tube.

Essentially, start freezing US dependencies out of your tech stack and take control:

- Run Linux on your machines

- Run GrapheneOS on your mobile

- Select services from this list: https://european-alternatives.eu/

- Keep local and off-line copies of your important data, and maintain frequent backups

- Block companies that comply willingly with unfair practices at your network edge (e.g. with a Pi-hole for DNS-based blocking, and you get ad blocking in addition)

The US is busy making the biggest own-goal one could imagine.

From a position of world-wide dominance and respect, it is being destroyed at a rate that is too quick for most to even start to comprehend what the outcome of these actions will be. I suspect the consequences of these actions will be carried for the rest of our lives, as they are not so easy to turn back.

Lots of other countries are standing by watching while the USA has seemingly found enough rope to hang itself.