Readit Newsagree with you on this.
you already see that playing out with Meta and a LOT of companies in China.
whatever happened to "never go full retard"?
talk about being out of touch.
I'm down to try and use AI to enhance processes and encourage people to do that, but making it part of performance reviews is just silly.
Very often, when I switch input keyboards between English/Mandarin, the popup that appears to indicate the selected language just won't go away automatically. I have to manually go and click somewhere to get rid of it. Also had loads of issues with notifications not rendering correctly.
Is this a failure of policy, an outcome of a unique culture, or simply another manifestation of the loneliness epidemic? What is the root issue here and what can be done to mitigate it?
When I talk to people it seems that they all have this concern, I doubt it's something that can be changed drastically in the short term.
But this is basically the same story everywhere. Living costs are really high. Add children to the mix and how do you manage?
If I put my pessimist hat on, it's just a matter of time till the same happens in Europe/US.
Heck, I already see friends in Ireland and UK struggling with that and they are all high earners.
> The 2024 figure is a 5 per cent drop from the previous year and the lowest since records began during Japan’s Meiji era in 1899.
We're truly building walls everywhere.
But I am glad we now have more paid options available. Tooling is important and people that do good work should be able to charge for high quality tools.
I would be much happier in a world full of tools licensed like Sublime Text, where I can purchase a license and just run it without the need to constantly phone home though.
it's totally fair to charge for work you've done. the fact it's simple is irrelevant. what matters is the value it brings to the user.
No fuss, just works, good price for what they deliver. Never had any issues.