halfastack

An interesting POV. I certainly hope that's true. Is IBM reputation good in the contractor space? As in, are their services largely viewed as dependable and good value?

How does that make sense? Can the "grad" do good enough job compared to a senior? I've seen my fair share of "senior" developers, who had insanely high salaries for some strange reason yet their output was mediocre at best. Laying off these people I can understand.

That said, management is notoriously bad at spotting these people. Chances are they lay off the only person who knows how some crucial piece of SW works...

Wow, I actually really concidered CCI. It seemed like such a great company to work for. It's good to know this.

This actually makes a ton of sense, only I'm afraid investors won't reply to random "hey, my name is X and I'd like a job advice" emails...

I love the idea of "Steve" or "Ariana" at Asana thinking "Oh, another email from whiddershins, better write that down for him into his account. Good on you, mr. whiddershins!":))

There is a spectrum of meditation activities. What does and does not constitute 'meditation' depends on one's training. I've heard the arguments of "I don't need to meditate, running is my meditation", which some may agree with to a certain degree (like Dan Harris' 10% Happier book) and others strictly disagree with (like pretty much anyone who's done a week or two-week long retreat).

In the end, the question is, what are you looking for in meditation. If all you're looking for is to slow down a bit and maybe get some benefits along the way, Headspace is fine. If what you're looking for is to transform the way you're experiencing the world (which is very much possible through meditation), Headspace isn't gonna help you much. It might be a good stepping stone, though.

We all have 'flags' that turn us away from a particular source of meditation. For some, it's the music employed in yoga/meditation centers. For others, it's the marketing, as you say. For me, every time someone mentions the 'ancient texts' and its superiority, I cringe a bit. That, to me, is very much the antithesis to meditation--fixating on a single source of truth, possibly long forgotten, that is.

For what it's worth, you can simply google something like "20 EUR in USD" and that works really well.

> But who is willing to pay for all the documentation?

Anybody who wishes to be successful. RPI would not be as successful had it not been for the ton of materials on it online, be it by the manufacturer, or the tinkerers. Any newcomers wanting to de-throne RPI must differentiate themselves; good documentation is simply expected at this point.

Is there something like this that I could either self-host, or use as an app while syncing the storage file..?

Thunderbird is, hands down, my most used desktop app, if we're not counting IDEs and editors. Definitely would recommend; Thunderbird is awesome.

Well, I personally like it to just satisfy my curiosity about what are some of my friends and coworkers up to. Generally, I am quite curious about what is my friend/coworker/ex-coworker/... doing, and I am genuinely happy when someone I know gets promoted, or gets a new job.