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I wonder how we'll look back at the last 30 years at this point:

- We have a total lack of oversight, transparency on private companies and their finances

- We have VCs that very much have the capability to pump up value in a way that is detached from reality.

- The language of startups discourages saying "We are trying to..", you just say "We are". This is a launch pad for a more general culture that lacks integrity.

- The founder has become more and more of an idolized archetype. Character flaws are accepted as part of "what it takes". We accept dishonest behavior as hacks and part of the hustle.

I think this is a risk that applies to the whole VC backed tech startup economy.

One really interesting effect of the AirPods - is that its changed the paradigm - where the default choice of headphones is Bluetooth.

I personally own a pair of Beats fit pros - which are great for running, Zoom calls. But I recently acquired a schiit vestri and I pair these with some old wired seinheisers (HD1). I cannot overstate the drastic difference in quality.

It is quite absurd (but categorically true) that the quality of audio that folks were generally listening to in 2005 was better than what we are doing today.

I think the rub is actually here:

"The participants received either ultra-processed or minimally processed foods for two weeks before swapping diet for the next fortnight. Participants in both diets had access to the same amount of calories and nutrients like sugars, fibre and fat. People were free to eat as much or as little as they wanted. The results were striking. People on the ultra-processed diet ate about 500 more calories per day than those on the unprocessed one"

My understanding is that caloric intake is king.

- No touch screen, but a screen w analog controls

- analog controls, buttons, knobs for all internal functionality like temperature control, sunroof, seat control

- plugin hybrid

- reasonable mileage on only gas

- electric only mode for city driving

Mazda CX-90

Whenever this conversation is had - it seems to completely dismiss the idea of domain. Duplication doesn't happen in a vacuum - it happens within a certain context. Some acceptable conditions for duplication include:

* If two things are semantically different within the context of a domain but require similar functionality.

* Code paths with different risk profiles.

* When new functionality is evolving with domain learnings.

I recently discovered Menraku, a little more expensive - but truly worth it.

Articles like this make me think about how the software community has chronically under-invested in developing managers. It is not crazy to think that a manager could actually -

* Have the time to know what you are working on

* Set aside time to talk to you about your career development goals

* Help you work and progress towards them - with a plan that is personalized for you.

I think there is some magic lost in how music discovery used to work online over the last 20 years or so. I spent a lot of time on IRC, and then later Waffles.fm working to build my musical library, and discover music. A few things that are sorely missed..

* A community built by common interest in music. Community written articles, recommendations, and friendships built from across the world through music.

* Consumption was not the only form of participation. Ratio maintenance was required - this IMO helped everyone be a "good citizen"

* There was still a formal boundary between "the communities music" and "your music" since you had to download it to listen to it. This helped encourage a more pro-active form of discovery.

* Less emphasis on playlists - more emphasis on artist and album discovery.

* While there was some concept of tiers ( power users, etc ) - there wasn't a tier low enough to subject to pushing advertising through your home speakers.

I tried Qobuz for many years in search of a community that cared about music - and just a couple of months ago finally switched to Apple Music. It was hard to stick with the poor streaming infrastructure (streams cut out all the time) & terrible recommendation engine. A lot of the Apple collection is lossless at this point - and there's no reason not to pick them unless you want to wax philosophical about AAC vs FLAC.

While I agree Systemd timers aren't as ergonomic to set up - there are some benefits that I would basically never give up at this point.

* Running the service on command ( this is the best way to troubleshoot issues with your slightly different environments / cron's version of shell. I've spent many minutes over my career - setting the crontab one minute and the future and waiting for it to run / fail )

* Easily inspecting when the next run of the service is. ( list-timers )

* Straightforward access to the logs ( Always journalctl )

* Specifying environment variables easily

* OnFailure

Avoiding processed foods is more about avoiding the unknown than avoiding something specific. I would say more analogous to rolling your own tobacco vs buying a pre-packaged cigarette. At least you know what's in there for the most part.

This may be inaccurate now - but a few years ago I stopped at Idahos potato museum. If I remember correctly - the McDonald’s fries are actually a product of a lot of food scientists hard work. There are multiple types of potatoes involved that are turned in to potato product. Those are then mixed together in a specific ratio before they are reconstituted into fry shape. I think even the combination of oils and temperatures are very specific to McDonald’s.