I've pretty much stopped taking in "the news", TV, internet even my home page is just a relaxing picture. Honestly, I feel way better and have realized how little "news" I need to know. Even on HN, I avoid political posts. Any news that I actually need to know comes to me via friends and family.
Plain and simple, it's an awesome way to get started quickly and cheaply and some things will always be better suited for the cloud. But long term, there's some parts of your network where you should roll your own.
Stuff like this is great, you can always point to it when management demands an explanation why the company email server was unavailable for 5 minutes.
What no one wants to admit is that our modern way of life is totally unsustainable on any level. Plastic straw bans and the like help us feel like where at least trying, but it's all just band-aids on a gaping wound. Then corporations try and shift the blame to the consumer at the same time making us us dependent on their products as soon as we're born.
Programming that becomes more than just the sum of its parts. We can create systems or programs that can get beyond our "control" and function in unexpected ways.
Many people view marriage as just a religious function, but it's really a legal one. It's why you have the "power vested in me" by whatever is the governmental law authority of the area.
One reason is it offers legal protections so a disadvantaged mate isn't left with nothing. Especially in the case of a couple where one isn't working, perhaps to care for children.
It's not meat that's bad for the environment, it's the large scale factory farming methods. There are plenty of veggie farms that damage the environment too.
Yes, this, I do 16/8 5-6 days every week and I have been able to keep my weight under control for 2 years now, even when I'm eating carbs. I also keep sugar and simple carbs to a minimum, but I always did that. It's a glorious method.