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I second this, although I don't have the discipline to do it everyday. When I feel really crappy, I do it and always feel much better for a whole day afterwards. It's also an exercise that is stress-free, easy, and can be done everywhere. I'm not sure about the teacher part though -- I'm not into the mystical mumbo-jumbo (even though I'm Chinese). Something about the movements is just good for relieving stress and I'm not sure they need to be done in exactly the right way -- sort of like how sham acupuncture helps people.

If you're interested in this story, check out the drama "Daichi no Ko" from NHK. A real tear jerker about a Japanese boy raised by Chinese parents during the Cultural Revolution.

I understand that the Confederate flag evokes strong, negative reactions from black people, as it probably should. So it may be disturbing to see the flag while browsing the App Store, and this is something Apple justifiably would want to prevent, and they have the right to do so. But to ban the display of a Confederate flag within a Civil War game that you have intentionally downloaded seems ludicrous. Games like this seem quite educational and to strip them of historical accuracy for the sake of political correctness is a real shame.

I feel this is another sign that we are headed towards a culture that does not tolerate anything that might offend anyone, an intolerance of intolerance.

I was lucky enough to get a key to use Atom when it first came out. I was not very impressed at the time, with its limited capabilities, so I ended up switching to Brackets for a while.

Later in my search for an editor that handles EJS, I rediscovered Atom. It really has improved since it first started. AFAIK, Atom and Sublime are the only editors that handle EJS. I also use Atom to edit JS, JSX, gradle, and FTL which work well as well. Still I stick to IntelliJ for most programming languages since I haven't found a way to get code completion, reference jumping, etc to work on Atom.

Very impressive work from the Atom team and the contributors!

Sorry, I'm a bit old school in that I prefer text over videos, and desktop apps over mobile. Text on desktop can more easily be edited and perfected before being sent out. I like the idea of a community feedback platform though -- would definitely use it if it were multiplatform.

I am currently doing this. I am much more productive compared to having a corporate job, but it is really hard on your family. There seems to be an arms race on doing everything for your kids these days. That means moving to a good school district (usually in very expensive places), paying for and driving to tons of activities, organic food, nice stuff. I have realized none of these things are possible while we are living off savings.

That said I feel much happier now being able to focus on a project that is my own creation. I was frequently angry everyday I had to split my time between paid work and my own project, leaving even less time for my family. (To be honest, in terms of total work, I got more done, but was miserable.) I frequently think about the consequences if my project ends up being a failure, but if I never tried to create something on my own, I'm pretty sure I would regret it on my deathbed.

My advice is to do this engineering leisure time before you have a family to support.

<shamelessplug> If anyone wants a preview of what I'm building, please check out https://solveforall.com/. It's a hackable search engine that can be enhanced with user-provided data, programs, and third party APIs. I'm currently working on making it much more customizable and private, so hopefully I'll be able to publicly announce it in a 2-3 more months. </shamelessplug>

One problem as mentioned in another thread is that it is very hard to get feedback while working alone. Everyone is so busy these days caught up in the rat race and their families, and I don't blame them. It would be nice to have some tech friends at work to bounce ideas off of. If anyone has any feedback for me, I'd greatly appreciate it!

So much for a graceful shutdown. Search capabilities gone immediately. If you created a slashtag, it's gone forever.