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DO NOT give into this person because of fear!!! The moment you do that, he has you.

Out of curiosity, why stay in a place where they clearly feel they can just fire people at a moments notice like you're some statistic?

Could you hand in your job notice and quit before going through being fired? Do that and report the guy at the same time? If he's done this to you, who else can he do this too?

Sorry. But as someone who studied neuroscience I can tell you it is a very real neurological difference. Society labels it as a disorder and I don't believe that is the case(but to be fair if society was more welcoming and accepting of differences it wouldn't be one, but it is very challenging to live with) - but it IS a difference in how the brain works, we can see that from scans.

Sounds like you may have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome - a condition where you circadium rhythm is later. I've had this since, well, birth =). Always had difficulty sleeping at normal times and am naturally a night-owl.

Doesn't matter what I do, if I wake up before Mid-day I generally feel quite tired until the evening. Likewise I can be awake for 24 hours straight and come evening on the next i'm still raring to go.

Agree. I initially thought it was brave the designer asking a subjective perspective on work and using it to weigh up what was better. Then I saw I disagreed and instantly thought "Uhhh-ooh". Unfortunately, I didn't pay as much attention to the rest of the article as I perhaps should have. Better is subjective, everyone processes visual data differently. I guess the job of a designer is to best fit people best they can.

I look at information primarily in chunks, i'll scan the chunks(not the text or details) and that determines whether I should read. For some reason it's harder for me to do that with the right. SO the right becomes a mess to me and cognitive effort to read. I do however, have dyslexia if that would make a difference. The left for me was fab!

Yeah I feel this would have made my life much easier. I love having paper copies of stuff too =(

Damn no idea this existed :(

I was speaking broadly and not actually directly about the name but using the name as an example. :)

I really like the concept and a bunch of the features but echo other thoughts. Also, plzplzplzzplz don't keep something a bunch of people have said they dislike because it came about years ago and you're attached to it.

If a person is autotelic and takes enjoyment not from materialistic things, do you think they would have the same feeling? If money isn't important?

Wouldn't you meet loads of people on the road so you'd have loads of friends around the world-ish?

I feel the type of person who could be a nomad, these normal social factors are less important? So they may be unlikely to wake up to these realisations.

You bring up an interesting point though.

Hmm, this takes the point/fun out of being a nomad for me. I'm going to another country to work, effectively rather than going to experience the country and work on the side. Good idea though, sure there will be lots of people who will love it.

Interesting point. However as a consumer/developer I can think of lots of fun things to do with beacons that have nothing to do with businesses =). There are far more things you can do with them then simply targeting ads.

Narr. Wait till the founder gets bigger. Just wait, patiently. Then, ATTACK. :P

Brilliant idea!

Oh, question, why would a Monk want to take over the world? They have no need for power or power over people. Only personal power, taking on personal challenges and bettering themselves as people because by doing that you help better people around you.

If i'm happy, i'll help others around me be happy. If i'm depressed, others will pick that up and also feel more depressed.

They are interested in helping people to help people learn by their own experiences because we are all individuals. It is NEVER about controlling or imposing their way of life onto others.

This is just my personal experience around Monks and I could be incorrect. I'm sure someone will be able to give an entirely different interpretation from their experiences.

Uhhh what? Lol? Monks did not invent Meditation :). Humans have used meditation for thousands of years. Some of the best world leaders use meditation...

Monks additionally do contribute to science. A lot infact. When i've visited monistaries neuroscience is often a key theme and they'll explain how different interactions literally affect you're brain chemicals.

You know that individuals who are going through horrific experiences can stumble on meditation themselves? They realise they can use it to draw strength to help them deal with situations by using it. They arnt taught, they don't come across the information on the internet. Only when adults do they realize that there's a name for what they have been doing.

People think that meditation is just "for relaxation". It's not. That is one SMALL benefit if you only use it once or a few times a month briefly. The other many other small benefits i've found from meditating once a week. And on the scale of benefits, I would say increased self-discipline and control of my own mind, motivation, concentration, happiness is in the "small benefits" category. And I have ADHD so these small benefits improve life immensely for me.

People who have trained for years can use it to generate an experience similar to an LSD trip. You can look at the positive effects of LSD in scientific experiments yourself.

Hope that somewhat answers your questions :).

Again, a response from someone who doesn't understand meditation. It does increase learning and self improvement to a greater level than virtually any other task. Why? Because it develops metacognition. You can find many resources and videos documenting the benefits of meditation, the brain structures it changes, improvements to executive functions, self control, motivation, etc.

Go out every day. And speak to one random person. Every day. Do that for a few weeks and you'll slowly build more confidenece

2 years??? Imo that sounds pretty successful to me. But seriously, the issues you've highlighed are likely to come down to the individual who decided to spend all money without leaving enough for emergencies.

Getting to do this for 6 months would be amazing.

Imo. Rewards for this far, far outweigh everything else.

That's advice definitely from someone who doesn't meditate regularly or has felt the benefits of doing so :).

Sounds like you've reached burnout? Take some time off? Happiness > money =).

Is what Evernote is for

One word. Meditation.

Holey shit it's Regex :). Old ARGA dev here :).

Got a link to that?

Go for the PhD. It's where your heart is. Otherwise you'll be more likely to regret at least not trying, you'll always wonder what would have happened if you did. You have plenty of dev experience if it goes wrong to go back into another job. And you can always do it part time?

I feel as a remote worker I do more work. I don't get distracted and will often pull off 6 hours of continual work which, yes, is less than the 8...but I'd never do 6hrs straight of continual work in an office. Too many distractions. What are your expectations?

I think it sounds that the issue is he is less willing to compromise or give your ideas a shot. He doesn't trust your input. Sounds like he just wants a dogs body. Wants it all his way?

Work on what your passionate about. Then it's not work.

For me the issue is never getting users. I find that easy. Getting people to pay is another matter.