[–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Like the name of this sub suggests, most companies that are hiring developers want someone with existing real-world experience building things. If you just went and got a degree and have nothing else to show, then you have the training but you don't have experience.

I would suggest meaningfully contributing to open-source projects, and/or making your own projects, so that you have something to show on your resume as "experience" until you get real projects at a real job.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The common thread in all these doomer conspiracies is human adaptability. Slippery slope arguments assume that once a technology introduces a specific risk, society lacks the agency to create counter-measures, new norms, or alternative uses for that technology. Instead, history shows that when a "slope" appears, regulation steps in, technology evolves to solve the problem, or the culture shifts to reinterpret the tool.

    In almost every case, the feared "bottom" of the slope was never reached because humans constantly built ramps or bridges along the way.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    I can't believe how many decades we got out of just letting all apps have full access to $HOME. In $current_year it's our own fault if we don't properly isolate our applications I guess. Android does a pretty good job of it IMO although cross-app intents probably need more protection.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    If the police are funded by the government, then that information should legally be publicly available to anyone... this is what is getting towns to stop using Flock as well, when people start asking for that info too.

    Not to mention it's probably a Fourth Amendment violation too.

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