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Gay guy here. I think that dedicated queer spaces exist for good reason, but straight-identifying men like you who are secure in their masculinity are not one of those reasons. If you feel a sense of belonging in those spaces and even a desire to participate, I think you should go for it. The human experience is bizarre and wonderful, and too short for gatekeeping.

I’m surprised that the model’s benchmark performance isn’t that much worse than the base given that it’s running with 1-bit quantization. Impressive.

Applying for jobs inherently involves the processing of your personal information. They need your legal name, your employment history, your contact information, etc. to determine if you’re a good match. When you’re applying online, this data must be transmitted and stored.

You can reduce your footprint by applying directly using email or the phone, even by making a job-applications-only email/VoIP like you mention. These services also require personal information for regularity purposes and spam/abuse prevention.

Well isn’t that just so fucking lovely

If you want the Framework experience but a more rugged chassis, you might actually want to look into their 12-inch model. It’s a 2-in-1 made with rubber and plastic. The specs aren’t very impressive, but I mostly use mine for web and email and rely on an SSH connection to one of my desktops if I need some more compute for something.

Personally, I could do without Google Wallet. I usually carry my credit card and ID around with me. However, Chicago’s CTA system has a pretty good mobile app and it’s easier to manage your passes and fare that way.

You will not be able to use NFC for payments. In my case, it didn’t work for public transit cards either. That’s the only thing stopping me from switching.

This was a good read. I recently moved to Chicago but have always lived less than 30 miles from the city center and ridden the trains in and the CTA around. I have always felt safer on the L than on other cities’ metros (San Diego, Portland), but lately I have noticed an increase in open drug use. Hopefully the city can come up with some (compassionate) solutions for this problem.