I've also noticed that over the years those are the candidates who are most unable to find a job. And having interviewed a fair number of candidates, the number of passionate devs out there is smaller than you'd expect.
- Termux, of course. Linux-on-Android userland. There's a suite of related apps which I also install (e.g., Termux:API and Termux:Styling.) There's a black-on-white theme which works quite well (default is white-on-black, not so much).
- F-Droid. FOSS archive repo, independent of Google Play.
- Aurora Store. Alternative interface to Google Play.
- APK Mirror. Direct access to app installs, though not managed (no updates).
- Hacker's Keyboard. Far preferable to Android or Onyx defaults.
- A podcast app. I'm using AntennaPod (FOSS), have also used PodcastRepublic in the past.
- RSS Feed reader, though I'm finding I don't make much use of this. Feeder seems to be the default.
- Internet Radio player. Transistor is one option. Not something used frequently, but handy to have.
A few others though most are very occasionally used and/or disappointments (e.g., Mozilla's Pocket App, which has been an absolute shitshow, despite potentially filling a critical niche). For the most part I avoid anything that has an account associated with it, largely to avoid distractions. Though also because tablets are shitty generative tools. Adding a Bluetooth keyboard helps slightly, but Android still throws in far too many limitations.
We all prioritize things differently and I believe this process was started on October 6th, 2022 [1]. This is just one of many things the current administration has done over the last 3 years, though.
Statistically I'd expect more things to be done towards the end of any administrative period. First there is no way to finish thing in the beginning of their period, because that is where you get started, sharpen the tools, get your people in order etc. Then you start all kind of projects which may or may not take their time due to the complexity of the topics at hand. Then you finish some of them but the long running ones go on. Then the end nears and everybody realizes: "shit we need to wrap things up for real" and then whatever concerns may have been left are either fixed or ignored.
But the point is: if there are open concerns you would be stupid to finalize a project earlier than you would have to. On top of that comes political calculus, but I work in an european University where elections don't matter that much and our senate would also have a tendency to finish most things towards the end of an administrative period.
QAnon was massive on TikTok in 2019/2020, to the point that TikTok took measures to address it, blocking hashtags and banning accounts.
There seems to still be a large conspiratorial rabbit hole on TikTok that still leads to QAnon influencers (using more generalized hashtags and catch all conspiracies).
QAnon related topics were banned in July/Aug 2020 and became community guidelines violations. Facebook did nothing about QAnon until post-January 6th.
Given the demographics of those most heavily influenced by QAnon, it's ridiculous to imply that Tiktok had even a 10th of the influence of Facebook wrt to QAnon.
So what you're saying is TikTok actually took action against the most dangerous conspiracy movement the country has seen in our lifetimes while other American companies left it alone? And I'm supposed to be pissed at TikTok and support them being banned?
I lived by one growing up and have a friend who works at the same plant now.
We got a subsidy for living within 10 miles. I don't know the details, but basically a "hey sorry if things go wrong" check.
The one thing with nuclear that many people seem to either not be aware of under play is the thermal pollution. The heat generated and pumped into the rivers does some gnarly stuff, including affecting the o2 and ph of the water, drastically changing the ecosystem in the area.
That’s true for all government employees and elected officials.
For Congress specifically, I’m in favor of raising salaries to $1M/year while simultaneously taking a zero tolerance policy on all lobbyist funded excursions. That’ll attract plenty of honest folks as the base salary would be more than enough.
You'd have to ban all private sector employment, book deals, and basically any other means of money transfer. It's impossible.
The only way to stop corruption is to make the incentive structure altogether unattractive. Singapore, for example, has done a world class job doing so and has one of the lowest corruption rates in the world.
I’m not opposed to this. but a more reliable solution might be extending terms to 6-8 years and then making second terms illegal.
People would still love to hire someone with experience in the highest rungs of government and it would decrease the negative influence of lobbyists on currently serving members.
Yes, but the FBI contains part of the US government's attempts to counter spies and infiltrators, and my understanding is that it's seen as especially important that those people aren't easily bribable.
I would think domestic bribes would be far more likely. Less risk to the agent due to less exposure to a high profile failure. If an agent gets pinched for taking bribes from a business owner or a local sheriff, it's not as big of a scandal as if they took foreign money. And probably easier to set up in the first place.
I don't think the scandal would be the main concern. The main concern would the life imprisonment that treason/spying, when discovered, usually leads to.
