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> playing video games is for children

Geez, thats a pretty narrow minded opinion

> The solution seems to be setting a framework that fits with yourself.

I think this is true.

I tried time off and it only made things worse.

It was only when i started putting a structured framework in place that I started enjoying tech again. Although, I still struggle after a big burnout incident.

I'm one of those people who got burnt out, took 1.5 years off work "for myself" thinking it would help, and then when I went back to work, I hated technology even more than I did before I'd taken the time off.

> I knew nothing about the bitterness that seeps into your soul when you’re working in tech. Now, in order to avoid it, I had to learn what made me lose so much of my enthusiasm for the thing I’ve pursued.

I'm still searching for this answer, I think it was just accumulated bitterness over time and giving %150 of my self to jobs and not taking time for my self.

Thats where my 'structured framework' comes in now, holds me accountable to ensure that I'm taking the time for my self.

> For example, something posted 7 years ago will be marked as posted recently on Google.

This has been frustrating me to no end.

Te results on Google will show the reddit posts with dates within the last 6-12 months for the posts, then when I click into the post it was actually made 3-4 years ago.

There will be "<Post title - reddit.com> - 05/05/21", then you click that link, and the post was actually made 7 years ago, with the last comment being 7 years ago.

I saw this, but where is the actual statement?

> Authentication services company Okta Inc said on Tuesday

Where? What did they say? To who? The person writing the article?

Wonder how long it will take Okta to say something.

I bet a lot of IntoSec departments are stressing right now because of this tweet.

> And a million views on a YouTube video (which this one is approaching and sure to exceed) can get you up to $40K in ad revenue

1 million views on YouTube is closer to $3-$4k in Ad Revenue (If you are lucky)

Not $40k

The common thread that they are trying to raise awareness about is that Google at any time, for any reason, can lock you out of your account with no way for you to actually find out why or what's happened.

Yes it's probally against YouTube's ToS to get people to pay for content in unlisted videos, but the terms of service doesn't explicitly talk about using YouTube to host paid-for content - it is covered in a border statement though in their ToS [0]

But they should still at least be able to talk to a real human about it and get told the actual reason "Your account was terminated for commercial use of unlisted videos" instead of automated email bot responses/Or have been given some warning "This is against our ToS, your account will be terminated in 7 days"

[0] https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/38348285?hl=en

Meanwhile my Mom uses Google Drive to share pirated movies with family members (despite my protests) and is yet to have a single file flagged.

Just need to name your file something like "Output04.S01E01.NumberOne.1080p.HEVC.x265-MeGusta" and you'll be fine /s

How can they get things so wrong?

I love Huginn.

I implemented it where I used to work and it ended up being the glue between a lot of services.

Started using it when our Zapier bill started approaching $4k per month, and it ended up replacing most of the functionality that we were using Zapier for.

Very powerful and versatile product.

I guess you could apply some of the same solutions used in refrigerated shipping containers for power redundancy.

>I'm glad he's dead - he'd probably kill himself again if he could see what's been done to the site.

Not cool. Even as a joke (or whatever that was meant to be)

> I am desperately seeking help in curing him of Crohn's.

There's no known cure for Crohn's disease, only treatment to reduce symptoms. If you are really lucky it might go into long-term remission, but theres no 'cure' yet.

As someone who's been dealing with severe chronic symptoms of Chron's my whole life.... I wish there was.

> Abloy Protec2 cylinder

Something I hear quite often in lock picking circles is "The only quick/reliable bypass for a Protec2 is a titanium drill bit"

They are exceptionally difficult to try and bypass with traditional methods.

I've been picking as a hobby for 15+ years and picking the Protec2 is a pipe dream I spent far too long chasing. Never got it.

Getting this on a residential internet connection in Sydney Australia.

Not on a VPN.

> Neither do we say that chihuahua's and labradors have evolved into their present form.

They 'evolved' into their present forms because they were forced/accelerated by the hand of humans through selective breeding.

Reminds me of the style of subway maps that have been used in Sydney Australia since the early/mid 70's

https://imgur.com/a/bI9WuGQ

Very cool

> Is it worth paying for YouTube?

That depends on how much not seeing that 'constant and disruptive advertising' is worth to you.

You need to open that link incognito. (If clicking through from HN)

The site you linked to detects if the referrer url is HN and instead displays only an image saying "HACKER NEWS - A DDoS MADE OF FINANCE-OBSESSED MAN-CHILDREN AND BROGRAMMERS" instead of the content you are trying to link too.

wtf

You need to open that link incognito. (If clicking through from HN)

The site you linked to detects if the referrer url is HN and instead displays only an image saying "HACKER NEWS - A DDoS MADE OF FINANCE-OBSESSED MAN-CHILDREN AND BROGRAMMERS" instead of the content you are trying to link too.

OK Then...

It frustrates me to no end that it took them 3 hours to officially acknowledge this outage at all.

A single tweet 3 hours AFTER the outage has started is just not acceptable [1]

[1] https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1442354759009247232

Edit: Yes I know signal is free and funded by donations. I've donated multiple times. I still don't think 'free' is a a valid reason for not informing people sooner. It's just unprofessional. This response from MrDresden is on point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28667509

> My problem with the word 'burnout' is that it denotes some kind of final state. I'm sure I've had periods of burnout but it doesn't last more than a day or two.

I hope it's not a final state.

I got burnt out hardcore a few years ago after giving 18 hour days, 7 days a week for 3 years without a break.

When I left, I took 6 months off to try and recharge, except by the end of the 6 months i developed a fear/anxiety/hate of anything technology related, and fell apart physically and mentally.

It's like the mental and physical consequences of working that schedule didn't catch up with me until I stopped.

So I took another 6 months, seeing a professional who prescribed a few things to help.

So after 1 year of not working, I'm back in technology. But I still hate it every day.

I've lost all passion for anything technology related.

I wish I had skills in another area other than technology so I could change careers, but I'd be starting at the bottom which isn't necessary a problem but I'm the primary breadwinner in the family so money becomes the problem.

I'm not sure what I'm getting at, I think for me right now burnout does indeed feel like a 'final state'. I hope one day I can get back to the point where it only lasts for a few days at a time.

> And not verifiable as a fact

https://www.atlassian.com/company/values

- Open company, no bullshit

- Don’t Fuck the customer

Unless you are talking about them being the "only company". I'm sure there are others out there with similar ones but Atlassian is the only one I can find where internal company values containing "shit" and "fuck" are proudly displayed to the customers.

> Pro cyclists sometimes die from crashes

The difference here being the cyclists are not purposely driving their bikes into cars/objects vs being rugby being an actual 'contact sport'

> Which one are you referring to?

This one:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22418828/apple-app-store-c...

Merchant Fees + Late payment fees on accounts is where most their money comes from.

Ah understood.

Apologies, I misunderstood what you were trying to say.

Thanks for clarifying :)

> With the announcement of apple icloud email service, I imagine people who are self-hosted email gonna have a lot issue with them.

What announcement?

iCloud has had a E-Mail service for over 10 years now. iCloud was doing email back when it was called MobileMe.

I don't think it's 'mass hysteria' - There is lots of evidence that suggests whatever people were exposed to caused some form of brain damage confirmed by MRI scans.[0]

They just cant figure out exactly what caused it. I think a recent study pointed towards pesticides, but the evidence was pretty lacking.

I really doubt that 'mass hysteria' is causing people to get brain damage that shows up on MRI scans.

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6652163/

> Theres something different in my head between Branson and Bezos. Strangely I was much more accepting to see Branson in space.

I am 100% on board with this in terms of comparing how i feel about the both of them.

> Bezos comment about Amazon shoppers paying for his little joy ride was unadulterated tone-deafness.

Agreed - It was so cringe it felt like he slipped up and said his inner thoughts out loud... Whoops!

I don’t disagree, but the "side-effects" of the things that SpaceX are doing for profit are much more substantial than any "side-effects" from any 'space tourism' company.

Like with Dragon - SpaceX returned NASA/Americas ability to fly NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station for the first time since 2011.

SpaceX developed the first NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history.

Indeed SpaceX is a commercial entity working for profit, Just like Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, but I'd much rather throw my support behind the companies where the scientific benefits will flow much quicker into the public arena vs "rich dudes competing to get to the edge of space so they can call themselves astronauts"