Have done wfh full time for about 6 years now (since the rona), I would never go back to a full time or even hybrid role unless forced. I would sooner quit my job if they forced me into a hybrid position.

The freedom is so much greater and I get so much more done than when I do occasionally have to go into an office for meetups or workshops (maybe 5-6 times a year).

The style of working is different to that of being in office, you have to be self motivating, semi-solo problem solving and you need a reasonably quiet workspace. This can be hard to get in some situations so I feel very lucky to be able to do it.

The company also needs to be setup to promote and support remote working, so having regular check ins with people and making sure people have support in place should they need it. Plus policies that work for remote workers as opposed to in office workers.

13/10 would recommend.

Nice comparison. Thanks for sharing! Any reason NordVPN was excluded?

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring

Bananaphone

Is that a telescope pointing down? Presumably in an apartment to allow peeping?

EDIT: TiL there’s etiquette to owning a pervscope

Super rad

This is so cool, some incredible footage!

Jurassic Park, I was 8. Saw it at the cinema and was hiding behind the seats. It still hits a bit hard.

Guitar for 25 years with some bass and drums in there too, play in one band atm but always on the lookout for new stuff. I should play more.

It’s a shame the music communities here aren’t as vibrant as reddit but far less people over here. I live in hope that it’ll get busier!

Merry Birthday internet frendo!

+10000 for notepad++, its he swiss army knife of file editing tools. Adding:

• Plugins: CSV being read as a small dB table you can query is a game changer. Or have a JSON plugin that auto formats and queries as well as opens the JSON in a clickable nested window.

• Pinned tabs: pin important tabs, I use one as a todo list.

• Search for text within files in a folder: need to find a specific bit of text in one of dozens/hundreds/thousands/millions of files somewhere? Its lightning fast and works a treat

• Search and replace with regex: amazing feature, use regex patterns to find complex parts of your files and replace them with something else Bulk operations: remove newline, replace line breaks etc

• Multi format support: see line breaks from different OSs like Unix and windows and amend them Portable install: you dont have to install it, you can use a portable version

So much more, get it and you won’t look back.

I’m not your friend, guy!

Pro tips, ty! I was hoping for something mobile friendly but this will definitely help!

Maybe safe is the wrong word in my post. I mean keeping the data safe from meta in the respect that I don’t want them to have it. Their record in data privacy is not so great so I’m keen to keep my data away from Meta if I can.

+1 for reaper. Its free to “demo” forever with no limitations and is much closer to a traditional DAW than audacity. So many plugins and scripts to customise too, such a great tool I can never recommend it enough to anyone wanting to do anything from simple audio edits/conversions to full fat tracking and mixing sessions.

Nice.

Also adding my English condolences, can’t agree with you strongly enough. UK is fucked, need to emigrate

Me too, glad I wasn’t disappointed

Game changer!

+1 for taskmaster. The James acaster season is top notch

A drawer full of emergency makeshift weapons? Yes. Also a junk drawer? Yes, more than one.