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That all depends on the relationship between the siblings. I have 6 siblings and because of life choices we rarely keep in touch. My spouse is in the exact situation.

Why? Is it possible our busy schedules, ability to relocate, and less dependency on each other are reasons why this may not be as important as it was at one time?

That is great. I am glad that you were able to make this change! It was not until we had our own children that I truly understood (or maybe appreciated) when my mom would say "After all I have done for you" OR "Thats why we can never have anything nice"... HAHAH. I love it. totally relate now.

On a serious side note. I think many (including us) highly underestimate how much time children require.

What about married couples that decide not to have children ? The truth is it’s hard, and if the community does not support families then you have less children. Think about both parents working full time + and barely having enough to provide from a material standpoint, let along emotional and education.

Point is parenting is hard and life today makes it harder. I don’t believe wedlock is a deciding reason for people having children.

There are many reasons. Values, mental health, family baggage, opportunities (there is no shortage of opportunities in America - regardless of race). Yes you may need to work twice as hard but none the less it’s an opportunity.

Assuming young healthy men, the next big issue is values. Are they self centered? Prideful? Presumptuous? These are values parents teach to avoid and cultivate beneficial qualities - they cannot be delegated to others. A growing trend is the absent parent (entire other thread on its own - not faulting the parent). Schools or anyone else should not teach children this. Out of need it happens at times and what you see is a reflection of the broader community.

This seems odd to me (I am considered a Millennial). Social media for friends, are they really friends? I text, call, see in person my friends. A person does not have that many true friends in my experience.

Facebook should not exist for friends- mostly people bragging about something or another.

Facebook groups are extremely helpful. That as a social network makes more sense to me. For example, I can find a group of experts that have to do with carpet cleaning to answer questions.

So my two cents, your solving the wrong problem. Social networks are not for friends. I also understand I am most likely an outcast odd ball who feels this way.

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unbundling = offer higher quality integrations for a specific audience. zapier for marketers would be an unbundled zapier example.

This is exactly the kind of comment I was hoping to see. May I ask, what kinds of things are you using zapier for that are not just nice to haves. Something that you would say it pays for itself (increases revenue somehow)

This is great news. Just made me realizer we are building the zapier for healthcare. Its a fairly new product, but this puts a label on the beast.

Very true. I have been thinking of getting a white board. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thank you. Valid point. I currently stay away from dairy and wheat. I immediately notice a difference with those foods (dairy = sinuses, wheat = stomach bloat).

The issue is I cant write fast enough. I type near 80 word per minute. I am so familiar with the keyboard, when I go to write it needs to be for special occasion (letter for my mom or something).

This would be a good idea if I could read my own handwriting.

I get this works for some, but never has for me. I have never been a notebook type of person.

I love your general approach and very similar to a digital version I use.

Use text editor for the short list that must be done today/tomorrow. (These are my manager tasks)

Everything else I create tickets in our tracking system which is divided by client / project. (These are my technician tasks for the most part)

Things move fast, make sure your system works for you and not the other way around.

At times, I simply go by the idea, if I can’t retain it in memory then it’s not on my short list. Fancy to do lists seem logical but not practical. I spent my time managing a list rather than doing the tasks.

I recently used kestrel as a public facing server and it feels goods.

It depends what your trying to do and anything worth using has some learning curve. Hardly something I would say is a downside of .net

JavaScript is productive once you stop listening to all the high level abstracts and complications. Vanilla JavaScript is beautiful and highly productive. Right up there with c# for server side ops.

I stopped trying to convince others, once they saw the productivity and solid apps we were shipping they cloned our repos and are now .net devs.

Push they’re buttons all the time calling them Microsoft fanboys… that will get them going. Secretly they like it.

Thanks for the tips!

Add to your mix air quality. I found when the air has more oxygen - less build up of co2 we sleep better. We have an awair air quality sensor.

Both. Folders with tag support

Completely was the case with me. A large client cut my hours for about six months and now they are roaring to better than pre pandemic levels. Sadly they were acquired by another company during that time and a lot of people were let go due to the slow down and acquisition.

If I were an employee I mostly likely would have been let go.

I feel much more job security as a consultant than I ever did as an employee. The minute your not making money for a company your let go.

As a consultant you can have two or three clients in different sectors and diversify.

You will be sorely disappointed if you think getting paid w2 vs 1099 (in the us) gives you job security.

Job security is your drive, skill, and luck living in an area that has work for you. (If you live in the us consider yourself lucky - in tech)

Will it make a difference? It’s broken either way. Most people tasked with looking at resumes are just guessing or heavily biased. Automating the process will favor those who know how to game the system.

Linked in recommendations are a scam.

There is no easy solution. I suggest agencies setup and optimize a way to get a lot of people in vet and get the people out that don’t work out. For most companies this is a world of pain because they are not setup for it. We hire folks as 1099, give them a few tasks and within a week or two know if they will work out. Not perfect but better than waiting 6mo.

Be honest with yourself. What do you really want? For me it was to be in control when I wanted to and let someone else drive the ship when I did not want to.

Essentially I wanted to pick my battles.

I started my own company. It was a shorter path than climbing the corporate ladder.

How do you know when you found it? In my case it was my wife saying you haven’t complained about work in a while. You must have found your stride.

Keep swinging for the fence.

freedom to work on whatever they want!

Soda, vaping and cigarettes are also harmful to kids and some could argue all media outlets are harmful to democracy with bias.

Not defending facebook just calling out the hypocrisy.

Parents: If you think facebook is harmful discipline your kids. Easier said than done but nobody said parenting is easy.

Adults: Use common sense, facebook is not free, they sell your data. I have a feeling if yo use FB you dont care or you are ok with it.

Government: Protect your citizens by calling out and informing them of dangers but let them make the decision.

if its no facebook it will be someone else. some people dont care and will use whatever you put in front of them. You cant fix the world.

I didn’t say you needed to get rid of windows…they can keep it steady and incremental like they are now. Have a parallel OS that pushes boundaries and can truly innovate!

I am soooo happy I did not even notice! Don’t use any of these apps.

11 feels like XP with a new skin. I think they are shell shocked from vista and will never make drastic changes again. I don’t blame them vista was complete disregard for existing apps.

Make a new OS without the windows debt.

I have wondered about that. Some jobs I think make you die from within even if they are only 9to5. One buddy of mine had a govt job and complained about it everyday… it made him toxic. He eventually left but took waaaay to long.

Sounds like there is no good answer but a start maybe simplify your lifestyle and talk to your current employer about working 32 hours per week. Most likely they will say no and you will need to jump ship.

This is a great time to find freelance work. Your soon to be former employer maybe your first client.