with seniority, when you get to that point in the interview process where they ask you: "so you have any questions for us?", I just ask: "what is your position of using some of my time contributing to the OSS projects this company relies on?".
Based on the answer, you decide if you want to stay.
I think I was taking 3 grams a day, 1g every 8 hours; the day I finally decided to go seek medical help, I felt extremely tired... when I traced back how much I had taken, it was 3 grams in less than 8 hours, but this was due to being extremely tired and exhausted from the fever, which made me "forget". Lesson learned, I now keep a strict journal with all medicine I take.
In mozambique i was committed to the hospital with my liver failing after spending two weeks taking acetaminophen daily because everyone at work got sick and someone had to keep the business up (it was a bank, our IT department was very specific and only 6 people knew that job and everyone got extremely hill).
After two weeks, i finally went to the hospital and I couldn't leave; spent the next two weeks fighting for my life and at some point I was told I was not going to make it.
All due a simple over the counter medicine... crazy. This was 2016.
To this day I still get extremely tired if I take it, so I have to choose it carefully when to take it.
I love HomeAssistant, and my second time on a new home, i'm slowly getting what i want in terms of interface and devices; doing it slowly helps you plan better and execute it perfectly.
I've also been watering my garden (sprinklers) and i even built my custom ESPHome device: https://github.com/mgarces/open-esp-sprinklers
A friend of mine recently built something I thought some people here might appreciate: KindScreen.
It's an open-source, community-curated catalog of YouTube videos that are safe for kids aged 3–12. The key idea is simple: nothing appears in the catalog unless real parents have actually watched the video and approved it.
The project came from a personal experience. He was watching YouTube Kids with his daughter when a video that started like a harmless cartoon quickly turned into something he would never have chosen for her. The automated filters allowed it through, which made him realize he didn’t want to rely on algorithms to decide what his kid sees.
So instead of trying to block bad content, KindScreen flips the model: only allow verified good content.
Every video in the catalog is watched and approved by multiple parents. No recommendation algorithms, no surprise autoplay rabbit holes — just a transparent list of human-reviewed videos.
The whole thing is open source and meant to be community-driven, so parents can contribute reviews and help grow the catalog.
Hope someone here enjoys it and very curious on finding out if it's something useful.
same here; I bought a M2 Max with 96GB of RAM almost 3 years ago, for €4K, but a client paid half of it for a 1 year retainer. This machine is still the best thing i've worked with, and I have zero intentions of switching this machine anytime soon (i'll probably need to replace it's battery in the future). Rather keep the same machine for 5 or 6 years than to buy a crappier one every 2 years
Most people look at computers as a commodity that needs to perfectly balance performance and price; most really expensive computers usually are acquired by professionals that do need the specs and within small time, it gets paid off quickly.
I have a 16" Macbook Pro M2 with 96GB of RAM. Costs without VAT around €4k, but a client paid half of it as a one year retainer for my work, so the device ended up costing me €2k. You would say those specs are over the top, but it's been 2 years and I still have an amazing work machine and there's not enough things I can do to make it feel slow; it pays off, because I don't waste my time waiting for my device, it's the other way around. Would my dad buy such a machine for browsing? Absolutely not! Me as a professional? Makes no sense not to!