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  • (I’m not a lawyer, this comment should not be viewed as a credible source)

    They probably mean professionals that are hired by clients on a retainer agreement as opposed to working for an employer on a permanent or semi-permanent basis. Legal advice, legal representation, financial advice, personal assistants, individual contractors, and so on.

    One could make the argument that since the retainer is not an employment contract, and the retained professional is not one of many employees (instead usually individuals or small teams), then collective bargaining doesn’t make sense. The difference is that the retainer agreement is much more specific and favors the person whose services are retained, compared to employment contracts and labour laws in the USA. It’s also a legally binding contract and the client can be taken to court if it is breached (e.g. by withholding payment).

    On the other hand, if those people are also employed by a company (e.g. a non-partner associate in a law firm) or employ other people in turn, then those people can (and should) also benefit from collective bargaining.



  • The problem is that syncing between devices is not implemented in KeePass itself but through an external tool (Nextcloud, Syncthing, or whatever else). The sync client will only see the ciphertext and won’t be able to tell which records have been changed, only that two different binary files have a common ancestor and are in conflict.

    The most obvious solution is to lock and close the database when it’s not in use (which is a good practice from a security perspective too), and to sync immediately when it is changed.













  • losing integration because “containerized”

    Bollocks. I’ve seen that many times with Flatpak (can’t speak for Snap), and every single time it was either because the packager failed to set up permissions or because the user messed with permissions that the application needed. Break off the tip of a screwdriver and it will no longer function as a screwdriver.

    And I know you’re talking out of your ass because AppImage isn’t even sandboxed.

    taking GBs of space

    That part is true and accurate, and for a very good reason: dependency pinning. System packages can break if they don’t have the correct versions of shared libraries. If a package requires a very old version of a library, and doesn’t link it statically or supply it with the package, it can misbehave, have missing features, or refuse to even start. Flatpak (and probably Snap too, can’t speak for it) solves that by letting the packager specify (pin) the exact version of a dependency. If five separate packages require five different versions of the GNOME application framework, then they will download five separate packages of the correct version. AppImage solves it by being monolithic: everything is packaged together into a single executable.




  • rtxn@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneFood is literally rule
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    People for the last twelve thousand years: “Hunting and gathering cannot support the needs of a growing population. We should create a system where crops can be grown efficiently and in high quantities, and animals can be bred and raised. It will be labour-intensive and require specialized knowledge, skills, and equipment, it will lead to the economic stratification of society, but it’s the best way to not have most of our people starve to death.”

    One guy who recently read the Communist Manifesto (abridged version): “But food is literally free!”


  • rtxn@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneSuffering is not rule
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    Regular or long-term use of over-the-counter painkillers will fuck up your liver and kidneys. Acetaminophen/paracetamol harms the liver, and ibuprofen and aspirin harm the kidneys.

    (edit) What I mean to say is, if you need pain medication several times a week to get through the day, talk to a real physician because there are likely more serious underlying issues, and destroying your body for temporary relief will not solve them. Don’t just pop the pill because an internet stranger says it’s okay.