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Yup, after years of trying to make nextcloud, syncthing, etc work for my workflow (copy from flat photos folder on device -> flat photos staging folder on backup server, then a cron job organizes it into folders by year/month), I finally resorted to something manual. Termux + rsync on android. Every few days, I run the termux shortcut to rsync a folder, and delete what's copied over from my device. It just works.

Great story! Could relate to some of the emotions as I went from a founder ceo in biotech to sales engineer in tech, to software engg, then manager, then back to software engg with some unintentional devops detour in the middle!

That 'demotion' from founder ceo to sales engg was rough... but since it was in different geographies, I actually made more money and life quality was better!

Thanks for the pointer, it was very interesting! Not sure I've come across anything like this before.

Don't understand the negative comments here and on their subreddit... Secure Value Recovery and the associated PIN seems like an advance in the state of the art -- nobody else seems to do this. All users have to do is remember a few numbers.

I find it surprising that many users got so upset by the software asking them to set a password that they removed the app... seems a bit extreme. I guess if it was part of a "sign-up" flow, people would have been primed for it... But even then, it takes like just a minute to do it? /shrug

nice, thanks for the ebuild!

Practically no evolutionary biologist thinks that. All organisms living today have evolved for equally long.

You've described a criteria - "logical brain" - and then evaluated currently living organisms based on that, and determined humans to be the highest on that. That's not the same thing as being "most evolved".

Evolution has no "direction", no goal beyond the ability to survive. It's dysteleological.

Recommend The Big Picture by Sean Carrol for an overall overview of related questions.

My progression (total comp):

  India:
  2010 - $7k
  2011 - $8k
  2012 - $10k

  2013 - degree
  2014 - degree

  US SF Bay Area:
  2015 - $110k - Sales engg
  2016 - $125k - SWE / Devops
  2017 - $150k - Senior SWE / Devops

  Changed companies
  2017 - $200k - Senior SWE / Devops

  Changed companies
  2018 - $240k - Devops / SWE (FAANG-like)

I guess so... but headline-grabbing news around immigration does seem to pop up more. And then I have to dive into that and figure out if this applies to us or not.

Definitely leaving a bad taste. Some amount of "lock-in" period to laws so that people can plan their lives better would definitely help. But hey... I'm no lawmaker.

As an immigrant on H1B, if it wasn't for the quality of work and people here in the valley, I'd definitely look to go elsewhere with my skills because of this incessant existential risk to our life in this country. This administration really stresses immigrants like me.

Like, are we staying here or are we not... can we plan to buy a house or not... should we plan our kids education here or elsewhere... should we save money here or elsewhere...

Pfft. Not sure if I'd have made the same decision going back 4 years. Friends who chased professional opportunities in Europe, Canada seem to have their visa stuff figured out. But over here, the rules just keep changing.

Magit in emacs. Probably one of the killer applications for emacs.

And why I work in IT after doing so much biology.

Going by the comments here, I am surprised by how few people seem to use Linux on their laptop! Maybe selection bias due to the thread topic?

Of course, not everything will work, but for me, they often fall into the nice-to-have category of features, not a must-have. Maybe my preferences are not shared widely.

Been using Debian unstable and Xmonad for a long time, and it's hard to try and use anything else now. Most dev tools work natively ... no funky VMs to emulate, except Windows for Edge browser testing ... all works really well.