Even if they’re offered their jobs back, it could be that by now they’ve made other commitments.

Or just don’t want to contribute to an organization that tried to fuck them over in the past. I’d be much more inclined to get a payout and move on with my life. What’s the point of returning to a job and making more money for the people who just tried to get rid of you to save a buck?

Paywall bypass: archive.is/yIkXA

Yeah I think I’d be more likely to use WinBoat or something similar to run a virtual machine rather than fully boot into Windows.

I don’t think the blank cheque handed to these emergent technologies is a function of the times in which they emerged. Rather it’s the fact that technology advances much faster than the wheels of government turn; it’s nearly inevitable that new technologies will be largely unregulated until government can catch up.

Truly. This global push towards mass surveillance is extremely alarming.

What is this from?

The Black Mirror writers begin furiously scribbling in their notebooks

Hey, me either, but telling someone “you don’t like it? Open your own laundromat or shut up” is some stupid shit.

How do you refer to phones running Android? Calling them Androids is very common.

They would have very little reason to invade taiwan at that point. So they probably wouldn’t.

Not about actually needing a reason to invade, it’s about the implication