As an Australian engineer, I low key hope the same.
However, I'll be sticking with a VPN and google for technical related searches (Bing/DDG can't compete with Google, unfortunately).
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However, I'll be sticking with a VPN and google for technical related searches (Bing/DDG can't compete with Google, unfortunately).
Reddit is catching flack. It's only a matter of time before they pull the pin for some ambiguous reason.
It's the perfect time to start funneling the audience to a dedicated forum (or literally a chan).
* 1960s Polaroid cameras. This one is probably quite individual, but I was chuffed the first time I used a classic Polaroid camera (this was only last year). Something about the fact it's 60 year old technology and still quite exciting to witness in person (I can't imagine the reaction of seeing an instant camera in 1965 for the first time).
When I was making the transition to tech, I dived into the fundamentals very deeply with a collection of MOOCs (CS50 by Harvard is a great place to start regardless of your current skill level).
I also explored several MIT open courseware materials. There's a great experiment by this guy that's basically answering your questions directly: https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/myprojects/mit-challenge-2/
If you're not familiar with object-oriented (OO) fundamentals, I'd probably start there since you're on the backend and will probably be exposed to OO eventually (perhaps already).
How in the world did you get iMessage to work on Android and Windows? This was a tough one to figure out! Beeper has two ways of enabling Android, Windows and Linux users to use iMessage: we send each user a Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed which bridges to iMessage, or if they have a Mac that is always connected to the internet, they can install the Beeper Mac app which acts as a bridge.
How in the world did you get iMessage to work on Android and Windows? This was a tough one to figure out! Beeper has two ways of enabling Android, Windows and Linux users to use iMessage: we send each user a Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed which bridges to iMessage, or if they have a Mac that is always connected to the internet, they can install the Beeper Mac app which acts as a bridge.
That's a very interesting distillation. It seems like you've already decided it's possible to find life "meaning" at work.
Like other comments have mentioned, you've provided no information as to what "meaningful" looks like to you.
I have a friend/former colleague that hated work. We would complain in the lunchroom together about the insanity of cooperate life. I quit the job for an equally insane (but much better paying) role.
A few years later, we caught up for a beer. He quit a few months after I did and got a job with the local government maintaining a wetland area near a large city. He was getting paid 65K per year and absolutely loved the work more than anything. He loved the fact he was actively saving something everyday and wasn't in an office.
Other than the above friend, I know exactly zero other people IRL that claim to have get significant "meaning" from work. Including myself.
I raise you the slightly hidden world of "tits on toast" from Australia. In regional cities/towns, you can go to certain local pubs early in the day (10AM - 12PM) and get a cheap breakfast served by topless waitresses.
If the waitresses get enough tips, they allegedly remove everything.
The breakfast is usually terrible (cold canned beans on toast with an egg).
* The stigma (in non-covid times) toward "dole bludgers" is pretty significant. We're a pretty egalitarian society, but there's a fairly common distain towards welfare recipients. This would likely be reduced if everyone was receiving the payment.
* You mentioned that recipients receive payments even if they quit or can't be bothered getting a job. That's kind of the situation with the current payment (JobSeeker), which was created last year when covid hit. The usual adult benefit (formally called Newstart allowance) had very strict "mutual obligations" and required you to apply for N number of jobs per fortnight otherwise your benefits were cut (https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/topics/mutu...). Also, if you quit a job you would have a cooldown period (usually 8 weeks) before you would receive benefits (with exceptions for injuries, redundancy, etc).
* Rent assistance is basically guaranteed. If you pay rent, you will get a portion of this covered.
* Our welfare program also includes a pharmaceutical discount (almost all prescription meds are $6.60 for recipients).
It's a really decent program overall, but it's not UBI.
The main lock-ins for WhatsApp with my friends/family/colleagues are:
1. Group chats. SMS group chat doesn't exist (or it's next to unknown) in Australia.
2. Sharing images and videos. SMS destroys images/videos/gifs (if they even send).
3. International. Messaging friends/colleagues when they're overseas is easy.
4. Videochat (however, it's usually FaceTime with an older relative).
I attempted a shift to Telegram with a few close friends and family members. Eventually, we started to drop back to the "normal" comms route because our extended network was on WhatsApp/iMessage and juggling several methods was irritating (e.g you message a friend on Telegram and get no response -- they then message you later that day on WhatsApp -- it's irritating to move the conversation back to Telegram).
Ethics aside, I respect their self awareness the most.
However, I can shine some light on the below:
> I would love to make myself useful for free
When I was trying to get my foot in the door, I made this offer and was always shot down. I couldn't understand why (free work is free -- is everyone insane?).
After a bit of experience (and receiving this offer regularly) I realized why my offer was always declined. The process of onboarding a dev is long and takes a toll on the existing teams productivity (it's often a worthwhile toll). The process to onboard an intern/free worker is roughly the same as a "normal" employed dev (unless the dev you're employing has identical past experience, which is very rare).
From the employer's perspective, it's often not beneficial to onboard someone that's explicitly looking for a full-time role elsewhere.
> After getting the decryption key, we now needed to know what decryption algorithm to use. We went back to Signal’s open-source code and found this:
> Seeing that told us that Signal uses AES encryption in CTR mode. We used our decryption key with the AES encryption in CTR mode and decrypted the attachment files.
Was this supposed to be satire?
You'll need to learn Vanilla JS before diving into a library like React, Anular, Vue, etc. At the end of the day, you're still writing JavaScript.
You could get a job with just JS knowledge, but you'll have a lot more luck with a popular framework/library stack.
I took a fair amount of MDMA in my late teens/early twenties. Mostly in nightclubs and music festivals. It was cool at the time (great memories and the music 100% was better).
In my late twenties (after 5+ years without MDMA), my partner and I decided to roll after getting some MDMA off the dark web. We went to a bar, which was my past go-to, and had an OK night. We left pretty early and went home.
When we got home, we had 100mg left each and decided to roll in the peace of our house. We both dropped a cap and spent the next 6 hours having very deep conversations and just caressing each other (I especially enjoyed touching her hair).
We didn't have any major issues in our relationship leading up to that night, but we did have a bit of friction over our future plans. After that one night, our relationship was at least 30% more pleasant and we both felt significantly closer to each other.
We still have a great relationship 2 years later. Obviously, the MDMA isn't the only factor, but it helped to dramatically strengthen our feelings towards each other.
One downside was sex. She was very in the mood and I was unable to perform on MDMA.
YMMV.
Based on the reviews (like the black magic fuckary one from a few days ago), the RAM seems to be many times faster than comparable Intel models.
Since you'll be working with Apple applications and utilities (Xcode, Swift, etc), you'll be getting the speed improvements from basically day one.
I'm due for a new laptop in the next month (I need to use my yearly allowance before 31 Dec). I'm having a really hard time deciding between a 13" speced out Intel or M1. I focus mostly on web dev at the moment, so the choice is quite difficult based on the current reviews.
It was a sliding wooden door behind a woodworking shelf (the door blended perfectly with the handtool holder wall). The room was about 3m by 2m.
When we found it, it was empty and had hooks on the ceiling with two power outlets.
We didn't tell his parents and thought it was a "cool" after school hangout spot.
A few months later, we went back and a new shelf with weed plant cuttings was in the room. My buddy asked his dad and it turns out he had been growing a few weed plants hydroponically for the prior few years.
It also appears there are several search results from Facebook with that name.
What is supposedly happening if you publish the name on Facebook?
> What was my mistake?
I'll chime in with my 2cents.
Your mistake was pouring effort into building a community on Reddit for 10 years.
I hate to see work go to waste, but what did you expect? You don't own Reddit. Reddit doesn't owe you anything. You never had a contract with Reddit (and I strongly doubt there's a clause to protect your in their TOS). You built content for their platform that can be monetized by their ad infrastructure -- they weren't hiding that fact.
The same thing can happen if you have a Discord community, Facebook community, or even a Telegram group. That's the price you pay for free hosting, zero technical setup, and access to a built-in audience.
Take this as a learning experience. If you build another community on Reddit, perhaps funnel the users to a self-hosted platform. Alternatively, lower your expectations of "owning" a community.
Oof..
Oddly, in the Reddit comment linked the company is acknowledging that they are "triggered" by Intercom, which I read as "yes, we know it's an issue and want to remove it ASAP". Super odd. They're basically admitting "yeah, the privacy policy is more a target than a policy".
Tangentially related, I can't believe how much a role can contribute to burnout. When I was going through my own journey of burnout, I thought it was all a "me" problem (I often quoted the saying: "wherever I go, there I'll be" as an excuse to stay and "work" on myself).
I wish I could go back in time and slap myself. Once I left the role that was killing me (long hour, no appreciation, shit product -- the usual), I was at least 80% happier and was able to recover from my battle with burnout.
tl;dr: burnout sucks. If you're in a shit job, leave. It might help you heal (maybe rapidly).
For a brand-new feature, I work very closely with the UX team (well, UX person). For minor changes, not at all.
Generally, the UX person and the frontend person will work very closely together when working on web app features. When I'm on the backend, I have zero interaction with UX.
It's the blockchain hype for 2020.
I accelerated my relocation based on COVID.
I have been planning my move from the second largest city in my country to a small hobby farm. After spending COVID locked in a tiny apartment, I pulled the plug and started the move.
I should be relocated in the next 3-6 months (assuming another wave doesn't hit).
In my case, I work remotely and only have to worry about a stable internet connection.