Recently Google started translating some of my English search queries into my local language (Dutch). Which doesn't help at all. There is a reason I search in English.
For instance I wanted to see if there are new Iberico spareribs recipes, so I search for that. The first page has 8 results with 7 in Dutch and 1 in English. When I visit the English site, the recipe is auto translated in Dutch. And four of those 8 results are stores where I have to buy their rub to even follow the recipe.
I have setup Joplin a few weeks ago and I really enjoy using it. AFAIK it is not as powerful as something like Notion or Obsidian, but it just works. And is already miles better than using loose txt files, like I was before.
I'll have to give Joplin another try. Last time I tried it (probably more than a year ago) the sync interval was fixed, and the fastest option was five minutes, which didn't work for the use case of making a note on my laptop, tossing my laptop in my bag, walking out the door, and having the note available on my phone.
The shortest sync interval is still 5 minutes. But I have developed the habit of CTRL+S'ing after each important change. Which is coincidentally the sync shortcut key within Joplin. So for me that isn't really an issue.
But to be fair, I was looking for a 'real-time' webbased app, like Notion. But I wanted it to be self-hosted, use Markdown for formatting, (a little) polished and easy to setup and maintain. And while Joplin isn't perfect, or even fits all of my criteria, it was a close second. Even if it has it's drawbacks.
Whenever I've been on the receiving end of a name change like that, I (and everyone I knew) found it obnoxious.
However, cultures differ. Turkey has a long history with name changes, and has been rather aggressive about them. When it became "Turkey," the post office wouldn't deliver mail unless the new name was used. Likewise, the capital has gone through two names since "Byzantium."
I was genuinely curious about local reaction. I have no idea, from the other end of the world, whether this was imposed by Erdogan as a crazy policy to everyone's annoyance, or whether it is wildly popular. I assume somewhere in between.
> Erdogan released a memorandum and asked the public to use Türkiye to describe the country in every language
I wonder how that works. Does Eredrogan expect every country to write and say "Türkiye? Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?
>Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?
Probably not in the same way, as Turkish is not a UN official language. They could request their name be changed in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, or Arabic though.
The problem is, the bird is supposedly named after the country, and that if the country had changed/clarified its name, so should the bird, against Turkish intent.
Thanks for posting this. I am broken by my current employer and I've just hit rock bottom (hopefully). Little backstory:
In 2019 I've had burnout because of team members that didn't care about being in a team. They just messed up the team dynamic completely and I just couldn't handle it. I asked my supervisor to act upon this, but he didn't, so I went on sick leave (Netherlands). Nothing happened for about half a year when I was sidelined in another team.
In 2020 and 2021 I just had nothing to do. Or just stupid chores doing rework or refactoring, but it just didn't do it for me. I asked constantly for work, but there wasn't any. I had to, however, justify my hours, which was becoming impossible.
Whatever I did finish, often didn't make it in the final product. Or I got berated for spending too much time, without getting any time allotted prior. It destroyed my motivation for working.
In the mean time I was looking out for other jobs, but not finding anything that suited me. You see I'm visually impaired, so I hate commuting as it costs me quite a bit of energy, which I'd rather spent on something else.
In the end of 2021 I urged my supervisor to find a solution as it was becoming dire to me. He promised that he would, but as you can guess, he didn't. Going into 2022 I wrote him a letter saying the situation was unsustainable for me. I had quite a lot of panic attacks, especially before starting a new week. That didn't change anything. So in march of 2022 I went on sick leave.
During 2022 the situation only deteriorated. Everyone 'tried their best', but without any results. I got assigned a budget for 2500€ for external help. Which wouldn't be sufficient for any meaningful help. But inquiring on how I could use that budget left me with no answers. This finally resulted in conflicts with my supervisor, HR supervisor and the CEO. And still no help. No psychologist, nothing.
I also went to my GP in May of 2022, but the waiting list for mental help are extremely long. I just got my first appointment last week. In the mean time my mental complaints only increased. I'm now suffering from depression, anxiety, anger, suicidal thoughts and being unable to stay asleep. Because of inflation financially things are getting harder too. It's just stress upon stress upon stress.
I just want to leave. I want to get out of this situation. I don't want anything to do with these folks ever again. They fucked me up by sidelining and ignoring me. And finally they don't take any responsibility. I don't even enjoy my computing hobby anymore.
I just wanted to ventilate my story to a bunch of strangers on the internet, like you. Thanks again for posting this and I hope I can start over soon. Good luck!
It must be heart wrenching to build a business on top of an external API and have API access revoked without prior knowledge. I hope we can have a meaningful Twitter alternative. This situation sounds to me like some anti-competitive BS that cannot just happen.
It’s not that simple. It’s possible to create win-win scenarios.
For example, most ad-funded websites post content to Twitter, even though Twitter sells ads too. Why? Because tweeting drives additional traffic, which creates a net gain in ad dollars for the site. Despite the seeming direct competition for ad dollars, both Twitter and websites have made more money by working together.
The argument for Twitter client apps is that Twitter needs free content to sell ads against, and many of their most prolific tweeters loved the client apps. Now Twitter will get to see if killing apps reduces tweet content quality or quantity enough to notice.
> I don’t think allowing your competitor to use your own data against you is ‘anti-competitive’
Counterpoint would be that Twitter grew (partially) due to it's easy to use API. And one could argue that Twitter has a monopoly on short message social media because of this growth. Thus being anti-competitive by suddenly disabling its API.
It's not "[twitter's] own data". Full fucking stop.
It's the data of the users on the platform. In the same way that the texts I send are NOT my carrier's data, and the emails I send are NOT my email provider's data, and mail I send is not the postal service's data. It's mine. They are simply holding it.
The alternative to pulling this data from the api is to simply scrape it from the site. And there are many (very legal) ways to do this. Although they come with some notable downsides (everything from forcing a user to download a browser extension, to having to ask the user for their credentials).
They also carry downsides for twitter - scraping may not be efficient for them.
So the API is the compromise: I can get access the data I could anyways using the automations I'd prefer, but in a manner that allows Twitter to moderate possible downsides for themselves.
Broadly speaking - this is the legal structure twitter (and google, and all sorts of other sites based on user content) operate under. They are not the legal publisher of the information. They may be granted a right to copy and reproduce the information to facilitate the operation of the service, but it's not their info. Period. if it were... they could be in a fuck load of hot water for anything they allow to be posted to the site.
So - while they're under no obligation to build an API... it's a compelling way to improve the user experience, moderate the consequences of scraping, and increase engagement and activity. Because at the end of the day - that information is already available to users.
By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed (for clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating).
I'd strongly suggest you actually go read their TOS yourself...
Particularly relevant sections:
> You are responsible for your use of the Services and for any Content you provide, including compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others.
> You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. What’s yours is yours — you own your Content (and your incorporated audio, photos and videos are considered part of the Content).
Now - to be clear, they are absolutely taking a free license to use your work (copy, alter, redistribute, promote, share with others, etc) as needed to ensure they can... you know, make Twitter work (and advertise for Twitter with it, or expose it to 3rd parties through an api). But the ownership statement is incredibly clear, and meaningfully so.
Great project. Every once in a while I'm checking it out to see if an easier root method has become available for my vacuum (Roborock S5 Max). But unfortunately it is still quite involved.
I recently bought one well supported by Valetudo (Dreame W10), but when I saw the flash instructions I decided that I'll just run my unit without setting it up with internet access and an account. That works fine, so I'm not really keen on doing the flash anymore.
Specs matter, but differently, at least for me. I don't need the best performing chip out there, I just want an efficient chip. I love having a simple ESP chip that I can connect some wires to and flash ESPHome on. When I was a kid I only dreamed of such simplicity and efficiency. Especially with things such as Raspberry Pi's, which makes DIY computing really affordable too.
I'm currently on sick leave with burnout, for 9 months already... For public health care the waiting lists are at least half a year. Although my employer 'tried' to employ a private psychologist, this has been useless thus far. This is because my situation is more complex than a regular burnout, a standard psychologist for burnout refuses to treat me. My employer says they cannot do anything besides that. So I'm currently at a stand still.
This is my second burnout in 4 years with this employer and I think employers should do more about these situations and resolutions.
Usually, at the point of real "burnout" there is no fix except leaving for a different setting for awhile. While I often infer Plumbing is a cleaner trade than the tech sector, there are real consequences associated with some toxic corporate cultures. ;) I usually recommend self-evaluation though Ikigai as part of long-term career planning.
'Ikigai starts with the awareness of four key pillars:
> Usually, at the point of real "burnout" there is no fix except leaving for a different setting for awhile.
Still being with my employer causes some real pressure. They don't want to help to fix my issues, while still expecting me to come back to work. I need to get out of this situation.
> While I often infer Plumbing is a cleaner trade than the tech sector [...]
The thing is though, I love software development. I have wanted to be a software developer when I was 4. And I'm almost 34 now. But I really hate the politics and drama. I just want to create, be creative and be a team leader. I know I can do that and I'm good at it. But I just have to find the right match.
I didn't know about Ikigai, but I've printed out a copy for on my whiteboard and I love reflection, so thank you.
> I just want to create, be creative and be a team leader
Being a team leader isn't great if you are vulnerable to stress. I've never led a team but from how I see it their job is generally higher stress. You need to be technically hands on which isn't easy, and on top of that deal with any unexpected issues that arise, and yeah ... manage the people on your team. I honestly don't really know why everyone wants the job. Yeah it looks nice on a resume I guess..anyway I digress.
Its the executive levels that perhaps get the good life but than you really leave development.
> Being a team leader isn't great if you are vulnerable to stress.
I think there are differences in being vulnerable to stress. I really perform under pressure. Especially with difficult technical challenges. I'm also the kind of person that can be a locomotive in a team, pulling them forward. I did that in the past and would love to do that again. But I crack when I'm threatened on a personal level. For instance my job security. Or when team members don't want to work in a team anymore, but management still wants them there. Although that's hard on the whole team.
Thanks for the insight though, greatly appreciated. And to be honest, I don't really mind my resume. It's nothing special now either.
If you've entered the "burned out" phase, it'll be very often high anxiety, low energy, sleep problems (either very short nights, or very long nights, coupled with large naps and somnolence through the day), feeling angry or depressed, feelings of dread. You stop enjoying what you used to enjoy, and it's basically easily confused for "just depression" (which should also be treated) Your body just lets go of all non brain functions and focuses on your mind. And your mind is feeling like shit, empty and useless.
If you're at the "right at the edge of it" phase, it's rather obsessional focus, trying to please everything and everyone, high feelings of responsibility and duty (even if nothing will happen if you're gone), stress (both the "good kind", the one that everyone believes is perfectly normal to have when you have something important to do, except all you're doing is making a shitty CRUD app right now, and the bad kind, where going to the office fills you with dread), not enjoying what you used to enjoy but saying "it's okay, it's just temporary" when you've not touched that backlog of games in 6 months.
I didn't enjoy anything anymore. I didn't enjoy movies, activities, programming or hobbies. I also slept a lot, like 10+ hours a day. I would just fall asleep while sitting on the couch watching something with the wife. And I just felt like I was empty.
> Are you still feeling this way or are you feeling better now?
To be honest, I am feeling even worse than the first day I called in sick. I haven't had any noteworthy mental health help in the 9 months. Like I said in another comment, my employer denies that he is (co-)responsible for my situation. So they just don't really help me out. And without my own funds this seems neigh impossible because of waiting lists.
My first burnout at this job was caused by exceeding my stress levels for a very long period of time, more than a year. I asked my supervisor to assist me with this. And he kept promising change, but it didn't materialize. It also didn't help that I was the only team member that was working on a separate location. When I return to work, I started looking for another job, but a company restructuring happened, which brought me new challenges. This change made me abandon job hunting.
Fast forward to about a year ago and I had the opposite problem now. Work had just dried up and I wasn't doing anything for longer periods of time. Causing somewhat of a bore-out. Also I was required to justify my time, which was becoming impossible. Causing anxiousness. Again I pointed this out to my supervisor and was job hunting for months. But both, again, didn't materialize in time.
I have an added problem that I can only travel by train or bike, while most IT employers nearby are only accessible by car. And I really would like to work on site with a team. At least for half the time.
Now I would like to start with another employer, but I still feel extremely empty and anxious. Sorry, English isn't my first language and this has a lot of emotions coming through with it. That's why maybe some sentences seem a bit off.
My employer didn't have enough (challenging) work for me anymore. According to my employer I had to find my work in the organization myself. Which IMHO is a load of BS. This had be going on for close to a year, and before I realized it, it was too late. Although I have mentioned this every sprint retrospective and with every performance review, nothing was done about it.
For instance I wanted to see if there are new Iberico spareribs recipes, so I search for that. The first page has 8 results with 7 in Dutch and 1 in English. When I visit the English site, the recipe is auto translated in Dutch. And four of those 8 results are stores where I have to buy their rub to even follow the recipe.