Nah I kind of like it. It's a low upfront cost to demo something for awhile plus it encourages developer updates if you do stick with it. Too much software gets abandoned when it's just a one-time purchase.
Regardless, I care less about the US government having my info than, say, Russia (especially being part Ukrainian, having Ukrainian friends and family, etc...).
Digging through the link the other commentator posted, Apple complied with 88% of Russia's requests for information and 94% of China's with over 1000 requests from each of those nations...
Versus Google which has avoided giving information to or censoring search results in both countries and as a result is mostly banned.
This 100x. Of all the companies/entities that have had some sort of data of mine over the years Google feels by far the most trustworthy.
My country's agencies (Canada) have leaked more data than Google, and MS can claim they're secure all they want, I've had accounts on MS services hacked but never Gmail or Google services...
1. Leave your apartment/house. Don't think about work, programming, anything. Just leave your house, go outside, go for a walk, maybe a restaurant, meet people, do things.
2. Stop smoking weed. At least stop smoming regularly and during the day.
3. Think about taking a vacation.
You need to shake things up. You need to just live life. Some outside stimulus will help invigorate you, might even help with creativity. At least you know you're in a rut, the way to get out is to sharply steer away from it.
As for ADHD, in my experience, people who are diagnosed as such do well doing many different tasks and having lots of stimuli. They get bored doing one thing. So do many things.
Anyhow, the way to get out of a rut is to do completely different things.
Edit - I also missed some of the question, how did I get out of my rut?
I'm old enough to have been in a few so have been there. And the advice above is more or less what I did.
- I took a long vacation in Europe (I'm Canadian) where nothing was planned so everyday was an adventure.
- I left a toxic relationship and didn't date while trying to work on my own problems
- I eventually moved to a mountain town.
- I make sure to make time for being outdoors, physical exercise plus coding side projects and work. It sounds like a lot but it's easier to do many things when you're motivated than to even just get out of bed when you're stuck in a rut. The more things I plan in a day the more things I accomplish.
Not going to say everything in my life is 100% but I'm accomplishing personal goals and am happy, if nothing else. Have a (non-toxic) partner and we're expecting a baby any day now, making good money, there's progress on a side business I've been thinking about doing and even though I'm busy I'm not stressed or burnt out.
It's wild to me that game developers have determined it's easier to write malwate to prevent cheating than just make server side code robust enough to not validate code that could be a cheat...
Upwork is charging to connect clients to freelancers. They're taking a very significant commission to process payments + provide a platform. 10x more than a typical payment processor. And they don't have insurance to cover fraud? No way to uncover fraud in a timely manner? Payment processors do better... Stripe for example charges 0.4% for chargeback protection. WTF is Upwork doing here?
This. Duolingo is a great introduction to a language and can get you from not knowing a word to being able to understand something and maybe have basic tourist-level conversational skills.
Nothing gets you to fluency without actually just immersing yourself in a language for awhile.
Honestly, start a side project or get a hobby. Take a vacation. Go for long walks on the beach.
I really doubt any other tech company that pays as well as Google will be any more interesting. And most people eventually get bored with their jobs. There is no job that isn't repetitive to some degree.
Also, you seem to be downplaying your experience and what you've learned but I highly doubt you'd have kept your job if you were truly slacking. Odds are you just got efficient at doing your job and are getting bored.
Anyhow, there is something to be said for a stable, well-paying job, so go figure things out in your personal life before you shake up your professional life.
Maybe they are at the average job level but just aren't feeling challenged? They did get a promotion, so they can't be that bad... Maybe they're just bored? Either way, leaving a secure, good paying job is almost always bad advice, especially without a firm plan in place..
No US based entity can offer user privacy, as the government can force any of them to cooperate while requiring non-disclosure. The fact they don't use anonymous user data to offer internet services doesn't negate the fact that where most of us actually care about privacy, they don't have the power to actually offer it.
And this, along with MS' history, is why I still have a hard time using any of their technology. I appreciate some of their open source efforts, but for the most part they're still the same old. Embrace, extend, extinguish.
No reason per se... Among watch fans, those who do like Rolex like it for the history, the assumed quality, the in-house movements. Of course other brands have the same prestige and history, brands like Breitling, Audemars Piguet, Omega, etc... I think these brands are valued over some of the smaller brands because of history and certain recognizable designs (Audemars Royal Oak, Rolex Submariner, Omega Speedmaster, etc...).
This Waldan brand looks interesting, definitely dressy watches, I'm sure they're quality. I'd say go with what you like.
A lot of those just use ETA parts. Not that it's a bad thing, but overpriced IMO. Seikos are quality and good value, I have one, but of course there is a certain prestige in having a 'Swiss' watch.