It's really tough for remote jobs. In-person jobs, on the other hand: people are literally reaching out to me (a first in my career) about on-site jobs but it's just not tenable for my lifestyle atm. So yeah I've been unemployed for nearly a year now.
Occasionally but mostly I'm burning savings. I got pretty used to a low standard of living in the couple of years before I entered software development, so when I started making money, I saved a lot of it. If being confined to one place for work doesn't currently suit me, then neither do many of the material trappings of rooting: accumulation of consumer goods, a nice home, etc.
Yes, been using it since it came out... What a year ago? I'm not even sure how long it's been but I was sold on it pretty fast. I don't even utilize many of its features, but the side tab bar (omg I actually know what websites are titled again) and split views are great. The search bar is not really much different from other browsers, but the experience of using it is better. Tab lifecycles changed my life.
Same, been using it on my Macbook since last summer, and just got a desktop Mac earlier this summer and it's my main browser there too. Split views are A+, the different zones is really useful for work related stuff, and I like the layout of the browser as a whole.
You have two separate issues here:
1) Get better at playing uke (develop technique)
2) Have fun (develop passion)
For number one, figure out chords and scales. These are key shortcuts to harmony and melody, to soulful accompaniment and wicked solos. Practice different strumming patterns to achieve different rhythms.
For the second, look up uke tabs to songs you think are fun. Find someone who wants to sing or can back you up on trombone and work on learning songs together. When you can play songs, alone or with others, start adding your own twists to them - slow down during the third chorus (tempo), crescendo in the B section (dynamics), try using your uke for percussion in between strums (timbre). Remember whenever you play, that each performance is an act of creation in and of itself.
Lastly, record yourself, and listen, and work on the things you thought sucked.
> “If (men) are super confident, people don’t care if they’re likable.”
Are there studies to this effect? I've sat on hiring committees where we rejected competent men who were jerks or maybe even just a little too cold for our liking. Don't want my anecdotal experience clouding my perception of reality if they don't match.
I think it’s hilarious Trump’s account was compromised but calling a nerd who steals accounts an ethical hacker is like calling someone who steals elections an ethical president. Hope they lock him up. Both of ‘em.
I though that too, well the part about the hacker anyway, until I ... read the article. They are ‘ethical’ hackers in the sense that they immediately informed the Trump administration.
Whether that’s actually ethical or not is a tangential discussion because the existence and application of term is not controversial.
I read the article too, mate. It doesn't change my mind on the matter. If someone broke into my house, my righteous indignation would not be assuaged by their refusal to steal and immediate disclosure to me of how easily my lock was compromised.
Ethical hackers hack for fame and money, but they don't blackmail or disclose any information that could harm anybody. Lots of companies already take part in bug bounty programs with explicit rewards for hackers or implement "coordinated vulnerability disclosure" (CVD).
Sleep on it: separate yourself from your writing by a full night's rest before revising
Get feedback: you don't know your writing expresses anything let alone anything it's meant to if you don't test it on people outside of your head (subtip: learn how to ask for feedback - there's an episode of the podcast Start With This [#3 or #4 iirc] that digs into this)
Try to delete half of what you wrote: half of what you wrote is probably trash, confusing, needlessly ornamental, and/or boring.
