Edge Runners anime already covered it: cyber psychosis.

None of it will matter. That said, short term FUBAR can be mitigated. I have a semi-portable solar setup that currently runs my internet, NAS, Fridge and to some degree, the A/C.

To prep for the serious mess, I have to get Faraday bags for my server, drives, and solar generator and have enough time to bag everything before the EMP hits.

I have survival guides in book form as well as on the NAS, and I work the land enough to bring the soil into balance and build its fertility, plus feed the bees so they’ll be there when I need them.

This actually helps them. They get rid of intelligent subversives and can install their loyal servants.

This is not a win. It is the next logical step in the end of Democracy. Be ready to fight for your families’ lives.

… Due to my handle? 😄

This is inaccurate. See my other comments.

Au contraire:

A VPN, or virtual private network, helps protect your online privacy by encrypting your internet connection and masking your IP address, making it harder for others to track your browsing activity. It also allows you to bypass geographical restrictions, giving you access to content that may be blocked in your region.

The whole point of VPN is privacy.

It all depends on what you’re supposed to be protected from. Vpns protect your Communications from being intercepted and keeps your location anonymous.

So you are in fact unprotected from being located identified and tracked. You are also unprotected from having your Communications intercepted by a man in the middle.

If you’re on a public unsecured Wi-Fi network you are totally exposed. If you are on your own router connected through an isp, the ISP knows everything you’re doing, and attaches your billing information to that data and uses it.

So I really don’t think unprotected is a scare word. It is an accurate description of your situation.

And just a few days ago, the official jobs data showed fewer layoffs, more hiring, and lower unemployment claims.

At what point will somebody in the business media pause and say, “Hey, Wait a minute!”?

The feds have obviously been cooking the books since last October at least. They fired the professional staff in July for “tying to make the president look bad”.

I guarantee if executives start losing jobs, it’ll suddenly be a national existential crisis. Of course that will never happen as they choose who to fire.

I fell like the Republicans have been doing this since 2002, and somehow can’t get it passed even when they own 100% of the federal government.

It’s as if they want to be able to get elected on useless causes and never implement them because they want to get elected on useless causes (repeat, no exit case).

The fact it is unused is the increased cost. If it were fully utilized, it would be a justifiable cost rather than a waste of resources.

Code line counts is so 30the century. Now the best way to measure is the number of AI tokens burned per hour. /s

The lower rent point is one of the problems. Many of these businesses own the real estate or lease for many years at a time. If the space is 70% unused, that increases costs and looks bad.

Haven’t read it yet, but I’ll share my instant reaction to the headline.

“Oh, now that it is hitting the management, finance, and business jobs, you notice it? The people who kept you all in business (I.T., software engineering, etc.) Who’ve been fired constantly for four fucking years don’t count, do they?”

This really needs to be in “leopards ate my face”

This is standard operating procedure for China. It is how they “somehow” leapfrog U.S. technology innovations and mass produce them for their profit.

You are likely correct. The liberal side has it’s unthinking zombies just like the right, and I was focusing on intellectual skill rather than political affiliations.

People need to internalize one of the most important rules of critical thought: hold your beliefs loosely and keep your identity separated from your beliefs.

Fail in that, and even genius level people will discount or deny objective facts that cast doubt on their beliefs.

Not yet.

Read the article before telling others what’s in it, or not in it.

Except for that tax on second homes that are mostly unoccupied like the $240M appartment.

Mamdani’s plan apparently worked, because even though the mayor didn’t get a request for increasing corporate taxes, he got Hochul to back a new pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes that hopes to raise $500 million annually.

The proposal is already drawing sharp criticism from billionaires like Citadel CEO Ken Griffin.

And the tax on luxury property sales:

Sources in Albany say New York City asked for a new tax on cash sales of luxury apartments valued over $1 million, which is expected to raise $100 million annually. Sources in the state Legislature say approval of this tax is in play.

And also that tax credit:

The mayor also proposed raising $68 million by reducing a city business tax credit that overwhelmingly benefits millionaires.

So yeah… not taxing the rich. These people are only the top 2%, barely worth recognition by the real rich in the top .01%.

It’s Just Another Day.

I don’t think Epstein figures particularly prominently. He was just one of many. There’s no doubt it is being done on purpose. Well educated, intelligent people can see through the lies by using the tools of critical thinking. Morons just believe what they “hear” most frequently and trust only what they’re told to trust.

And when the crash happens, the demand will dry up, leaving huge unused data centers, rotting away.

In the mean time, I’m investing in the dstacenter real estate ETFs. If I can’t make a living as a software engineer anymore, I’ll have to do it as an investor.