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My thoughts exactly. I've been thinking about going back to a flip phone and using on of these pocket computers or a tablet for my computing. Sometimes I have my phone for the sole reason of needing to be available for family or work. Sometimes I have my phone because I want to read or kill time. I like to think if I split these devices up, I could free up some pocket space and disconnect a little more. I've already closed down all my social media except for my pseudonymous twitter account. Even that has been up for the chopping block with all this impeach pit chatter.

Thank you for sharing this very helpful / valuable information. I’m always looking to go deeper down the rabbit hole of security.

Exactly. I have written my senator and congressmen about this and similar issues, and I always get very canned answers. Something like "we need to support our military / law enforcement's ability to keep us safe" blah blah blah. I realize it's a highly technical (relatively speaking) and very specific issue, but I am trying to stay positive that people will begin paying attention over time. I can't help but think if people really understood what data is collected and how that data can be used, this would be a totally different story. But as usual, this will fly just under the radar, get reauthorized, and completely forgotten about by 99% of the population.

Maybe this explains where all those lobbying $$ are going. If you can’t beat China at market manipulation, then join ‘em!

I don't see any contact information in your profile.

I love this idea too, especially for the project management work lifestyle I am currently living.

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted for your explanation, but I found this comment very useful. I actually just bought an old used server to play around with something like this. I want to build a set of virtual workstations for different functions - making music, surfing the net, reading news - that I can remote into from various devices. This is an interesting project, thanks for sharing!

Came here to post this. I’ve been using streisand for a long time with no problems. I’ve given out logins to a few trusted friends / colleagues and all have had good experiences as far as I know.

Plus I really enjoyed learning about the in’s and outs of setting it up. I poke around in the VM just for giggles.

As my old therapist would say, “a broken mind can’t fix a broken mind.”

I suffer from pretty intense social anxiety. It turns out I was comparing the way I felt to the way other people appeared, and felt like a failure for a long time. I finally shelved all the old ideas I could shed and wrote my own definition of success. I can’t speak for others but I couldn’t think myself whole because my perspective was all wrong. It took talking through all that garbage and getting to the truth before I started getting healthy and whole.

I agree that I’m unsophisticated but not that I shouldn’t be trading. Most of my investments are 401k and passive index funds. But I keep a small amount of active trading capital to learn by doing. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. But it’s a hobby that I enjoy. And I’m becoming more sophisticated over time.

Wait, you can buy fractional shares on RH??

Which is why I always use limit orders. If I pick a price I don’t really care if someone front runs it or not. I’m getting it for my target price so everyone’s happy.

Just want to clear up one thing - neither the CIA or the NSA are under DHS. Those are 3 separate agencies.

I totally agree. I think a lot of people think this way and just don’t express their opinions because they have nothing to prove. But there are also lots of selfish people that don’t and they’ll probably never get this.

I see what you did there.

My writing coach always told me “Anyone can say anything if you give them enough words.”

Some people love to use big college words. I think it makes them feel superior. It’s hard to speak simply and clearly.

Pardon me for showing my ignorance, but what chemicals are considered empathogens?

This is a good idea. While I’ve built similar documents by request, I never thought about always keeping one going. Good tip, thank you.

Sounds like the teacher may have dropped the ball on a learning opportunity in this case. I've learned that I will regularly teach my kids things they don't care about.

Predictable result. I’ve never seen a protest go well for any company. You can win these protests and still lose the work.

The best case scenario is you win the protest and have to rebid the whole thing again. You’ll still probably end up losing. Now you walk away with more money spent, more exposure due to public court records, and a customer who’s pissed off.

I enjoyed this article. I have always been a learner. It's always interesting to look back over my life and think on subjects I spent countless hours learning, and then integrating into my regular thinking patterns.

The best part about learning for me is applying concepts from one subject across my brain to another subject. That's been a helpful skill in my career. I can't agree more that we should all be training our brains to learn on a regular basis.

US Government agencies tailor bids to favor companies every single day. We call them "wired bids."

Government agencies are made up of people. Those people develop relationships with their providers, when they like them. They've been around long enough to have seen good providers and bad providers. When they find a good one, they hang on to them for a while.

Eventually someone above them shakes things up a little, and a new provider upsets the incumbent and takes over the work. After a few tries - or the first if they're lucky - they'll find another good provider, and the cycle starts over.

That's why bidding on a job isn't where the opportunity is won. You almost always win or lose the job before the solicitation is released. You win by building relationships with the people that make up these agencies. Do research, set up meetings, go talk to people, figure out what gives them heartburn, and develop a solution to their problems.

That solution becomes the framework for the new solicitation. You have then influenced the requirements. And congratulations, the bid has now been tailored to favor your company. You will probably win!

I also have the problem of my mind wandering during meetings. This is a pretty cool solution. I tried several of the other toys you mentioned too and none of them worked. Maybe I'll try this for a change.

Interesting post to be getting down voted. I personally don't subscribe, but I value opinions that are different than mine (which include all media outlets, on all sides).

I DO subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, which is worth the cost to me. I'm a stock market junkie so there's that.

Interesting question! I've been in government contracting off and on for over a decade. I've spent the last 5 or so helping small businesses get contracts and grants. In my opinion, having a 2 sided business - 1 for commercial and 1 for government - is a very good business strategy. But it's hard finding the right people to join the team because we get snatched up by the big shot military contractors all the time.

To answer your question, it is a very common way to start a startup in big government contracting towns. I see that all the time around here (SE US). Government contracts have been spinning up new tech since I've been in the business. But there are high barriers to entry for new players, unfortunately. Most of them have already been discussed already.

This is my solution too. I rarely use "public" wifi, but if I do, I ALWAYS turn "auto-join" off.

Also, from time to time, I go in and reset my network settings, which erases any networks I've forgotten to forget.

Good write up. I manage multiple ongoing projects and my company is growing a team under me. This is a great approach that I will put in my toolbox.

“Dur­ing her news con­fer­ence, Ms. Lam pinned blame for the chaos on the gov­ern­ment fail­ing to ef­fec­tively ex­plain to peo­ple why the bill was needed, rather than con­ced­ing pro­testers’ ar­gu­ments that the law was flawed.”

Politically savvy approach, but completely ridiculous. HKers understand exactly what this bill would do to them.

Nothing makes me more angry than bureaucrats with bad intentions treating the people that pay their salaries like children.

My experience has been the opposite of making it worse. When I started using my watch to track sleep I was sleeping 3-4 hours per night then one long night of sleep (7-8 hours) once a week. I was basically crashing from exhaustion.

I started tracking my sleep, and used the app to find the best “go to sleep” time target. I’ve gradually increased my sleep time to just over 6 hours a night with one or two 8 hour nights on the weekend.

My watch has been a critical tool for improving my sleep.

Edit to add: I also use the “Sleep with Me” podcast to fall asleep. That guy’s mumbling are pretty easy to fall asleep to.

We don’t have locusts but down here in the southeast US we have cicadas every dozen or so years.

That looks like them, yes. When they show up they take over. They’re attracted to the buzzing sound of a weedeater, I learned. They come and hang on to your shirt and arms and land on your head. You can’t stop every 30 seconds to swat them off, so you just learn to be friends and coexist.

It’s a biblical experience.

Some might say the signs of the end are everywhere lol.

Seriously though, this reminds me of the cicada swarms that hit the south from time to time. Those ARE quite like locusts.