I'm on the same boat. Buying a land to turn it into a forrest tops my list at the moment. It's possible to get some money back thanks to subsidies (I'm in EU), and maybe I will live long enough to sell some timber one day.
It would feel nice to own a forest, however, it would lock my funds and perhaps I could do better by investing the money into more impactful ventures, so I'm still looking for ideas.
AC is one of the biggest global warming offenders and its use should be limited to certain spaces where people in need - including elderly people - could find shelter.
I could be that founding CTO you're talking about, but, being aware of my shortcomings, I decided to put my trust in hired engineers and then in a relatively expensive CTO. It was the worst decision I've ever made as a founder and I spent a couple of years cleaning up the mess they've made.
As a founder, if you decide to delegate any Cxx role, you'd better be lucky.
Obviously overpopulation is a problem, but is it the biggest one? India has 10x lower CO2 emission per capita than USA at roughly 4x bigger population.
I love how Norway is trying to reduce deforestation around the world by paying countries not to cut down trees. I would be happy to join similar initiatives with my modest funds (or time).
I don't know where you got the 3% from but isn't UK population just 0.8% of the global total and therefore, per capita, it should be reduced significantly?
Since global warming is global, perhaps it would make sense to invest those trillions offshore in the countries where the impact per dollar would be higher.
According to Wikipedia [1] there is a huge difference in consumed kWh per capita in different regions. It seems relatively obvious why EU why are using 5x more energy than Africa, but can someone explain why US is using 2x more than EU? Between 1990 and 2008 US reduced the consumption by 2%, could the cut be larger?
If the only way for you to keep being a software developer is by going against your ethics then yes, you should switch a career. I'm not necessarily stating that doing 'facebook logins' is unethical, but your post indicated that you are feeling uncomfortable with it.
Well, it happened to me more than once when I was a kid. I would finish the last page and go back to the first page. More often I would just open another book though. I was about 8 when I skipped two weeks of school just reading. Every morning I went to a library, read a book, went back home at the right time and read another book or two. Unfortunately, people notice when a child doesn't show up to classes :/
Not taking sides with Apple or Spotify here. Both are interested in their margins far more than the benefits of their clients which is understandable.
However, it's strange how many devs are complaining about App Store considering that without it many/some of them wouldn't make a dime from their apps. Apple aggregated credit cards of people who don't shy away from using them and made sure that those people get value.
Nothing stops you from implementing a secure payment system, installing it on devices bought by millions of wealthy consumers, making them trust you with their credit cards and... charging less.
I stumbled upon your website a couple of days ago and found its content extremely useful. The language is precise, opinions balanced and use of data is sensible. It feels like you have no agenda other than bringing some objectivity to the discussions. I hope your journey into the startup world won't change it. Good luck!
Placing a camera inside is an outrageous violation of guests' privacy, but at least I understand why they would want to do it. However, the response from AirBnB is simply inexplicable.
Same concern here. I use Google Cloud Shell in a browser to access GC servers but, since I'm accessing servers they control anyway, the trust isn't a problem.
I have SSH clients on my computer and all mobile devices, so I'm not sure what I could use this for.