I am still confused about this. Is the goal for US companies to extract Venezuelan oil, or is it to suppress Venezuelan oil exports altogether? Or are both goals orthogonal?

I still have my Nokia Lumia around. Best phone I ever had.

And I say this hating everything about Microsoft and Windows. That phone clicked just right with the tile design and overall usability. Of course, MS having pulled the plug, it's basically a DRM brick now.

Truly an underrated phone, this was my wife's phone when we met. Developing for Windows 8 was one of the best imo, I don't know any C# prior to it but it was just so easy, native and fast.

I had a cheap $25 Lumia (520?) that was the most delightful phone I used.

If it wasn’t for 3rd parties sunsetting their apps, there would have been no reason to give it up.

Despite being a highly underpowered dirt cheap phone it was incredibly smooth and fast to use.

I agree but that's because both iOS and Android are pretty bad in several ways.

MeeGo from Nokia was pretty amazing as well and I'm sure it could have launched Linux phones into actual competitors to iOS and Android - if only Microsoft and Elop didn't manage to kill Linux at Nokia.

If Microsoft didn't kill it, lack of YouTube and other Google services would. That was the primary difference. With iPhone you had access to Google-owned stuff, Google never allowed other platforms like Symbian/MeeGo/Windows Phone to ever use its online services.

The game was broken from the start. Microsoft had no chance.

TIL: There is an arrow signaling which side to refuel a car.

And while I am only slightly embarrassed that I did not know this, I am more excited about having learned this now. Yup, I just checked my car and it really is there, guys.

I was scrolling down the comments waiting for the first comment from someone experiencing this revelation.

I only learned maybe 5-6 years ago -- but then, I only bought my first car at age 55, because I have a kid and moved to a tiny country with infrequent public transport.

And remember that this is the brand historically known for curating its game library.

GOG is perfectly legal.

I'm going to guess we're on the same VPN.

I suppose I am on a similar boat wrt job satisfaction and the direction things have gone and are going in this industry. I am also one step ahead of you, from the sound of it, in a job that doesn't require me to devote my life to it and gives me time for personal projects, gym, and just figuring out shit in life. This is not to boast, but to give you a heads-up: I haven't figured out much of anything just yet, and I am not strictly sure my current position is significantly better than what was before it. Perhaps slightly better, with more time to think, and having somewhat detached myself emotionally from the job. Which is to say, if you can take a break altogether with somebody else supporting you financially, I'd do that and really consider things as an "outsider" to your own life. Also talk to people to get more perspective. Otherwise, I think I concur with the other suggestions given here.

Precisely the first video I started downloading and I didn't even realize it was from Cory.

It carries even more weight now that "post-American" is coming from...an American. This guy stands for his ideals, I envy such resolve.

In the talk he mentions he’s from Canada…

He has been living in LA and working for the EFF for some time now.

I really wonder what the hell that is even about. It doesn't just seem like unfortunate messaging.

If only they had a website where you could look up this information

Then, mathematically, the original statement makes no sense.