johnebgd (u/johnebgd)

johnebgd commented on A tough labor market for white-collar workers has turned recruiting upside down wsj.com/lifestyle/careers... · Posted by u/KnuthIsGod

mono442 · a day ago

I wonder how the real estate market will look like in the biggest cities in the coming years. I haven't changed jobs for quite a while so I don't know if this article is accurate but if it's really that bad, then I wouldn't be surprised if we see a big crash. After all, the appeal of biggest cities was always, at least to me, the availability of white collar, highly paid jobs. If these ceased to exist, I don't see reason why people would want to move there anymore.

johnebgd · a day ago

White flight all over again but this time it’d be white collar flight.

johnebgd commented on Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft theverge.com/tech/865689/... · Posted by u/Anon84

bakugo · 8 days ago

Explains why Windows updates have been more broken than usual lately.

But I guess having my computer randomly stop working because a billion dollar corporation needs to save money by using a shitty text generation algorithm to write code instead of hiring competent programmers is just the new normal now.

johnebgd · 8 days ago

I switched to Ubuntu last week for my desktop. First time in my 25+ year career I’ve felt like Microsoft was wasting my time more than administering a Linux desktop would take. The slop effect is real.

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johnebgd · 17 days ago

Half of the country has been left behind to the extent that they are worse off financially than their parents at the same age and have no path to improvement. It just keeps getting worse for them. The other half of the country thinks they are uneducated buffoons who are morally bankrupt for and need to do more to help themselves.

They blame the other half of the country for calling them “deplorables”, immigrants, globalization, religion, gender, education, science, and anything else that is an easy scapegoat. Blame whoever you want but the symptom of this illness that the institutions failed to resolve is the current political reality.

johnebgd commented on Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B reuters.com/legal/transac... · Posted by u/personjerry

apparent · 19 days ago

People who don't have credit? I used a debit card at one point, though I don't anymore.

But also, they're looking at moving their credit cards to Discover as well, which would make huge waves (both in the credit card/banking world, and for their customers, who would probably find it very annoying).

johnebgd · 18 days ago

I’d just drop them.

johnebgd commented on UN chief's last annual speech slams world leaders for lack of cooperation aljazeera.com/news/2026/1... · Posted by u/5faulker

johnebgd · 25 days ago

Americans can’t afford healthcare or rent. They aren’t happy supporting the UN anymore. If the world needs the organization it’ll find others for funding.

johnebgd commented on I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too notebookcheck.net/I-dumpe... · Posted by u/smurda

zkmon · a month ago

I never understood the Linux guys. All that matters to a common user is the user interface and whether their apps and games run or not. They don't care about telemetry, architecture etc. The damn thing should just work and it should allow familiar interactions.

I have tried switching to Linux several times over the decades. It required many compromises on the interface and compatibilities. Why is it so difficult to slap on a clone of Windows or Mac UI on Linux? I'm not saying they are good. But it avoids the feel of moving to an alien land and learn everything afresh. People don't have time for that.

johnebgd · a month ago

Trademarks and other intellectual property rights prevent cloning those.

johnebgd commented on Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75% brave.com/privacy-updates... · Posted by u/skaul

drnick1 · a month ago

This is good news, but I am confused by the following:

"""

Brave Origin is:

1/ new, optional, separate build (stripped down, no telemetry/rewards/wallet/vpn/ai);

2/ free on Linux, one time buy elsewhere.

"""

So the stripped down version (at least the non-Linux one) will not be open source?

johnebgd · a month ago

I’d pay a monthly fee for a browser where I’m not the product anymore and it respects my privacy.

johnebgd commented on Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75% brave.com/privacy-updates... · Posted by u/skaul

Dah00n · a month ago

They could cut it 110%, so my available RAM grew bigger, and I would still not trust them. They have been caught with their hands deep in the cookie jar too many times.

johnebgd · a month ago

Meanwhile Firefox keeps undoing its own track record. There really is no perfect solution to browsing the web these days.

johnebgd commented on Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect oregonlive.com/environmen... · Posted by u/speckx

johnebgd · a month ago

I bought a corded electric snow blower this year for my driveway. My neighbor has a gas powered one. I sold mine after two uses because it was so ineffective it mostly just clogged. It is a highly rated unit on Amazon. My neighbor has used his for years.

I hope this kind of environmentalism never comes for winter gear. At least not until we have fuel cell technology that far exceeds what batteries can offer.

johnebgd commented on Asterisk AI Voice Agent github.com/hkjarral/Aster... · Posted by u/akrulino

johnebgd · 2 months ago

I welcome the spam calls from our asterisk overlords.

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KarmaCake day1095July 29, 2014View Original