I'm interested! Have been looking at this myself, but wasn't sure what form such a community / activity should have. This can of course be overcome by going one level up, and make the form one of the initial discussion topics.
Look into cognitive therapy / rebt, go see a therapist, and read up on it yourself. You can see it as a valuable activity both on a personal level, for your future and your family, as for your professional future. So appreciate working on that aspect of life! (ask for a certification from your therapist, jk :P)
Because it seems like you need to reframe things. There is enough uncertainty in the world as it is. You are doing a commendable job it seems for yourself and your family, but you can't control everything. A little less thinking in opposites would go a long way. You seem to be chasing certainty.
Why not allocate some time to work on a social cause? Don't worry about optimization, just start with doing something. Also nothing wrong with 'just' taking care of your own family, they are an important part of this world too!
It's nice to read all these experiences with open source games. Something wholesome about these things (not just nostalgia).
It also made me realize there should be an community driven overview / list of these things (genre, inspiration, description, screenshots, version etc). Does this exist?
- without notions of pressure from either social or personal ambition.
* if you want to give something a go, do it. Just don't hang it up on what others might think, or on some grandiose image.
- would a choice still be a success if it didn't match your ideal:
* if you get a less than ideal job in the US but you appreciate the adventure and opportunity?
* how about to a different country?
- can you appreciate the value of change itself? People grow and have rich lives through experiences.
- Choices are not right or wrong, its exploration following this semi meandering path with no clear destination. You can backtrack, change, explore, revisit etc.
- The children one you will have to figure out with your partner (And on your own) along the way.
kudos to your dad! (And you for trying to help). I feel like this issue is an overlooked aspect of our world, and often met with cynicism.
I agree with the suggestion to work on bank systems, or any place with old legacy systems that need updating. (he seems to have experience in that area?)
Any place where there might be a hidden bias for 'experience', even if your dad doesn't have knowledge of the specific language.
The other fields i'm thinking of is automation, or a mentor / teaching role?
Are former colleagues / peers of him still working? Maybe you can get some ideas via them.
This might be a weird idea, but what about: a laptop style wireless interface for a desktop computer. Does this exist? wireless display+bt keyboard+ bt touchpad
I'm aware that this is not what you are looking for probably, but on Hackaday there are multiple lorawan projects like this; https://hackaday.io/project/183966-off-grid-lora-communicato...
Though this is only for local communication, and i doubt you can get the parts in this time.
Most (if not all) satellite phones work with a subscription as far as im aware. I will try to research further.
Another problem is probably going to be to get fuel.
One of the options would be to get to kiev or another city to get to a train west. But thats a danger in itself; not knowing if they will still run. prime target area, not having a place to stay.
I just realized that the border might be problematic because it runs into transnistria.
[update] Google maps was a bit unclear about Transnistria etc.
I found there is a shared border below Transnistrian space with moldova called Palanca. And there is a route to somewhat avoid Odessa over smaller roads
I don't see how this affects their reliability? It is a community sourced overview, that partially relies on info given by virus scanners etc. It just shows the info it has, which in this case seems useful and correct?
The linked report says 30 "scanners" found an issue. That site in turn has community comments explaining about being careful with the installer because of adware being bundled.
Right below the warning about the report is a notice saying:
"Bundleware
The default installer contains Opencandy. A version without it is available in the Download page."
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I use alternativeto.net mostly as a way to not google "alternative to x", and have to go through the junk results. I check out the top free / open source alternatives, read the comments, and visit their pages to make up my own mind.
Despite the 'growth' of the web and its related professions, I feel like a lot of it has neither good UX or interesting design. I've been out of front end for years now, but don't feel inspired to put it mildly.. my plan is to separate these interest:
* build interesting graphical web styles / experiments, pushing the envelope
* build a living UX guide founded in research (like an up to date wiki);
Does anyone know of a current MOOC that uses SICP (or FocCS for that matter)?
It seems courses like these were available (untill two years ago?), but slowly universities have withdrawn them from EDX / Coursera for the public.. leaving only the very superficial 'intro to' type of thing.
Ever since a medical situation caused insomnia a few years ago, I've been falling asleep while listening to the Ricky Gervais show / podcast. It's actually about the wondrous mind of his producer Karl Pilkington and absolutely hilarious. (also known for 'idiot abroad', 'sick of it' etc The entire archive is on youtube on the channel 'pilkboys', and the comment section is filled with people using it to fall asleep. There is also the animated series, based on this radio show.
I use an app called 'simple sleep timer' to fade out and pause youtube after 30 mins. Im usually asleep after 10 minutes of chuckling.