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America's Loneliness Trap
Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien
A trans woman changed computing in the modern world (co-developed VLSI)
I got on by having modular work (university, software engineer with Jira tickets overseen by a PM) which is small enough to still be done last-minute, constant manufactured anxiety to get me to get things done, being excused for being young and foreign (for being rude). Shit Life Syndrome and maturity (expectation to be responsible) meant exacerbated ADHD symptoms and a diagnosis.
DR MAX PEMBERTON Even I now believe that talking about mental health has gone to
Why did Greggs, Sainsburys, Tesco and McDonald's all suffer IT glitches?
GoblinTools Review
Why We're More Exhausted Than
Ask HN: Managing Myopia as a Developer
How do you manage myopia with 8+ hours of screen time a day?Especially in a confined space (small homes in Europe, or offices) with no views to infinity.Any special lenses to simulate distance like rendering the computer as a TV screen across a living room? Or a distance box (containing a photograph and stimulated at 20m distance) like at the optometrists' eye test.Has anyone tried Endmyopia?
the 3-month contract is actually 4 months the 12-month contract is actually 15 months
Impossible to get out of the contract unless a you have doctor's letter for injury or you move further than 20 miles from a branch. There's no point signing up on a contract either as they raise prices mid-contract.
I also tap dance. It's a very technical and movement-dense dance where different combinations of steps are put together and can be in different styles by varying the rhythm and body movements.
Sailing is my new passion. Dinghy mainly and also some yachting. Dinghy racing combines adventure, a thrilling workout (pulling the trailer and the core workout of hiking) and STEM split-second decisions in a race like computing a self-driving car. Also great for mental health and like a support group as through yachting I've met career changers who are running away from depression.