Sounds pretty dire and/or super exploitive if a company can't spare a week for an individual employee to learn the tools of the job.

It seems they changed the wording of the article if you compare whats currently published with the archived page.

Not sure about the proxy setup, but redroid is basically android in a docker container.

Great idea, we should teach the kids how to do robot surgery to revive their dead friend.

Privacy really doesn't exist, huh?

I've only heard this through word of mouth, but I heard a theory that one of the biggest reasons for the decline is because the work culture doesn't leave much time for life outside of work, diminishing the possibility of starting new families.