And backdoored encryption is just as bad as unencrypted, maybe worse, since it lulls you into a false sense of security.

Debugging interviews are great, because it really allows you to see how someone thinks. You give them a working test and some buggy code, then ask them to debug it and take as much time as they need while you look over your shoulder (virtually). IDC what the methodology is or the time it takes, if you can solve logic puzzles, you’ll make a decent programmer.

I think this is the plan. They want to be able to blame China for the massively increased cost of consumer goods.

We pretty much stopped spending money shortly after he entered office. Utilities, mortgage, and basic necessities only, garden is being rampped up and we’re making pretty much everything from scratch too. The food we are buying are coming from local farms/butchers where possible.

I the last couple of years, I’ve grown to really understand why my depression era great grandparents were the way they were.

Start attending local government meetings, it’s full of gossip and complex backstory.