I've used C* (36 nodes/20Tb) and it was pleasure to manage it even in the early versions. At the time of picking the db (3 years ago) Riak was slower as they only had http available so C* won by a large margin.
One case I thought Riak can be a good choice for is for quick prototyping / interacting directly from web clients (as it has neat http API).
here's productivity forum on setups people use (it's in Russian so you'll have to pipe it through google translate but instrument names are in english + screenshots kinda self-explanatory)
http://forum.mnogosdelal.ru/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=28fdcb21c9...
I visualize graphs sometimes or draw them on paper for particularly tricky pieces of code.
I was subvocalizing things to remember to do before learning to use task tracking software for that.
You might want to benchmark yourself e.g. with http://www.readingsoft.com/ (I ranked 398 wpm and I know my bottleneck is eye movements)
Also I think code reading speed is only a part of a larger process (e.g. code review or making a fix). For both of these external tools are available making reading speed not as important (iterative development / unit tests for fixing + static code analysis tools for reviews)
Checkout crunchbase.com - whenever somebody gets an investment there and you like what they do that may be an opportunity to help them with their growth.
Just talking to people on your networks raises the chances of spotting a place / an idea how to find a one.
TLDR: check out vipassana meditation - it's free and I use it to stay calm.
I'm also from a country without great access to health care(Ukraine) :)
My experience is about remembering the moment in my life where I was lying on the floor, then saying in rattling voice "I've decided to live" and getting on my feet. Not sure what was the reason to live before that :)
Now it's probably more about things to look forward to. Mine thing is hanging out with children(they're so energetic!). If you're on hacker news, you probably know some programming, if so maybe volunteering as a teacher for an orphanage can be an inspiring thing to do?
TLDR: check out vipassana meditation - it's free and I use it to stay calm.
I'm also from a country without great access to health care(Ukraine) :)
My experience is about remembering the moment in my life where I was lying on the floor, then saying in rattling voice "I've decided to live" and getting on my feet. Not sure what was the reason to live before that :)
Now it's probably more about things to look forward to. Mine thing is hanging out with children(they're so energetic!). If you're on hacker news, you probably know some programming, if so maybe volunteering as a teacher for an orphanage can be a nice thing to do?
I don't see a problem in seeing exes(if that's not a funky american idiom for having sex which). I see a problem in people exploiting fears of other people to get what they want.
One case I thought Riak can be a good choice for is for quick prototyping / interacting directly from web clients (as it has neat http API).