If this was the expectation, then it should have been a checklist and/or had N/A available. I don’t think your data for this section will be accurate since myself/others replying did not use it this way.

I used “disagree” as “I am using a non-self hosted service for this,” the middle as “N/A” and the agree as “I am hosting a service for this”…

I feel you, and agree with most of it… buuutttt I think it’s even more frustrating to know you had a good reference that was closed and then spent a stupid amount of time to find again.

Everyone has their own workflow, whatever works.

I have, mostly. The search engine wasn’t the point; they’re all pretty terrible these days with the absurd AI spam everywhere.

It’s a combination of things… I’m a software developer, so I’ll often end up with 20+ tabs open while resolving a problem.

• I don’t want to bookmark them because I don’t need them when I finish the task.
• I can’t close the tabs until I’m sure everything’s working because Google sucks these days and who knows how hard it’ll be to find the source again.
• Relying on browser history is like finding a needle in a haystack. Tasks can take multiple days and 100 different entries in history.
• I might have “finished” a task that still needs tested and I know it’s a bit shaky; I’ll want to move onto a new task but keep the most useful references until I no longer need them.
• I only bookmark pages that I’ll need long-term or multiple times. It’s already hard enough to keep those organized…

My tab hoarding has only gotten this bad because search engines are terrible now and the amount of AI garbage to sort through makes finding anything useful a pain in the ass the first time; let alone trying to find it a second time.

Honestly, thank you for posting the details and results. Regardless of anyone’s opinions, it’s a fascinating thought experiment.

Has Jellyfin improved its subtitle fetching?It’s been awhile since using Jellyfin. I stayed with Plex because downloading subtitles on the fly wasn’t available in Jellyfin, and no extensions for it either.

Everyone should agree with them but not everyone does.

What is it you think the “not agreeing” people want?

Yep… the “best” candidate is not the same as being the most “talented.” Maybe they’re a bad fit because they’re an asshole, or because they’d want a team structure that’s incompatible with the current one.

It all adds to the complexity and subjectivity recruitment inheritly has.

Personally, I don’t have the energy to go to such lengths. My “good enough” has been using AdGaud Home as a network-wide DNS blocker and connect my smart TV to it. It’s been great so far.

Plus, I get the bonus of seeing how much gets blocked.

Look, everyone agrees the best candidate should be the one that’s hired.

Unfortunately, there’s no objective truth in how to rank candidates - minus anything obvious. Humans make the choices and humans are prone to bias. Consciously or not, people are going to favor candidates that meet the expected stereotypes for said positions.

There are plenty of studies out there documenting it. For example, resume response rates can vary drastically based solely on the name of the applicant. (The same resume sent to various companies with changes to the applicant’s name. Masculine names, feminine names, “white” names, “black” names, etc).

It does bother me if people are hired because of the colour of their skin or because of their gender and not because they were the best candidate.

Statements like these are easy to cling onto and rally a false narrative. They’re something ““everyone”” should agree on at a first glance. They miss the underlying issues and the driving force behind various movements.

Not disagreeing, but at some point this won’t be enough. Assuming companies aren’t already, “offline” devices will get shipped with the ability to utilize unsecured networks and/or other devices. Better hope any neighbors are privacy conscious too.*

(they’re not)

This might depend on the version the OS is. I have an LG that’s been great for years, then it got a ““fresh new look”” that featured a giant banner for “recommendations.”

I had auto-updates off, too. Thankfully, they still had an option to revert to the previous menu - but who knows how long that’d stay an option? It pissed me off enough to finally setup AdGaurd Home on my home server.

Fun Fact: It’s increased my phone’s battery life by ~48 hours (excluding the rare occasion where its being actively used all day).

I’m on EndeavorOS, but I basically use Arch’s wiki for any troubleshooting/guidance. I wanted Arch with an easy installation and I got just that.

No huge issues gaming-wise, but you do need to be comfortable referencing Arch wiki as needed regardless of your installation. My installation defaulted to the on-biard graphics processor instead of the gpu, so I had to install the proper stuff manually.

If you need help in the future, feel free to reach out.