szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

TIL: #German "verfranzen" 'to lose one's way' comes from early airplane flight jargon, with proper name "Franz" used to refer to the navigator.
#etymology
https://www.dwds.de/wb/verfranzen

Vodafone 500/50 Mbps

After the storm, Clock Lighthouse

I want Firefox to succeed more than ever and I support Mozilla finding better revenue sources than search engine default sales, but I do not support a $7M salary for its CEO.

I canceled my recurring donation to Mozilla because I need that money more than Mozilla’s CEO needs that money.

If there is a direct funding option of developers working on Firefox, I will happily reallocate that money. Send me links.

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5053290/mozilla-2023-annual-report-ceo-pay-skyrockets-while-firefox-marketshare-nosedives

#Mozilla #Firefox #webDev

The information below shows how money creates money while policies do not take care of the rest.

Nobody can fully conceptualize how enormously much a billion US$ is.
Therefore this also shows that there is a level of richness that is beyond insane.

EIon Musk’s Wealth
2009: $.6B
2023: $249B

Jeff Bezos’s Wealth
2009: $6B
2023: $153B

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2009: $.6B
2023: $105B

Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Billionaire tax rate: 8.2%
Worker tax rate: 13%

@ErikUden

Poland's government plans to spend 150m zloty (€34.5m) renovating student dorms.

The higher education minister says that 30% of places in dorms are unused due to their poor condition

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/12/29/polish-government-to-spend-150m-zloty-renovating-student-dorms/

You know what’s awesome? Every time I use my 1970s Hi-Fi stuff I just turn it on and it works.

There’s no updates to download and install, no notifications to swipe away and no Bluetooth that needs reconnecting.

Guten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind #diekleinenDinge die zählen.

#fungifact 🍄📷 Viele Pilze besitzen eine Hauptfruchtform (Teleomorph) wo Sporen werden nach einem genetischen Rekombinationsereignis gebildet werden (rote Kugeln im Bild) und eine Nebenfruchtform (Anamorph), bei der einfach Zellen des lebenden Pilz als Sporen geformt werden (orange Kugeln).

#MushroomMonday #fungifriday #fungilove #biodiversity #artenkenntnis #fungiphotography #naturfotografie

Beaver swimming into the sunrise reflected in its wetlands. #GetOutside

Random idea for a children's picture book:

T-Rex and the Tooth Fairy

I'm afraid to do a search. If I do, it'll pop right up. If it doesn't, I gift it to the world. 😇

So, I had this burnout last year. Regardless how ironic it seems, I was quite fortunate, as I was going to the therapy already. So, at least, the burden of moving my ass to take care about myself was already behind me. Then, after half year, I've recovered enough to get back to work. And again, I was quite lucky. The new project has been commissioned. And somehow it has happened I've become the leader of this project. It was just a serendipity, because it was not particularly intended by any involved party. Our product owner was on vacation, our scrum master was on vacation, some decisions needed to be made, and apart from me in the project there were two guys on the level somewhere between junior and regular. So, I took the matters in my hands and I liked it. So, even when PO and SM had returned, I was still responsible for the project. It had gave me a sense of agency. And I had so fucking needed it. I used it as a coping mechanism. Even abused sometimes, during workaholic streaks. Then discussed that with my therapist. Well, "discussed" seems to be a big word. As the feedback I've got from him was more in line: "that's good you are aware about what's happening to you", and we've moved on. Anyway, it was my pet project. It has helped me to stand on my own legs. To have agency again. But it ends.

We had a scope and a deadline. We have made a release with all tasks from the scope just before the Xmas Eve. Since January the project is passed for the maintenance to the other team. Also, I am changing allegiance as well - since January I am moving to another department for another project. Which is going to be dull, less challenging and giving less satisfaction. It is hardly going to be my pet project.

And then the realisation came: perhaps I should made myself as my pet project? Considering all the negligence I was doing to myself for years, it seems like a proper project. With a lot of different aspects to manage. However, there is one problem. I am a perfectionist. I am trying to keep it curbed, but I still am the one. Regarding the software, I am experienced software engineer and I know how to make a decent quality software. But taking care for myself is not something I have an experience in. Quite contrary - I have a lot of experience of neglecting myself. I could be a professional coach about neglecting yourself. So, a project for taking care about myself is going to be quite a challenge.

Anyway. I know what is going to be the next item to tackle on the therapy. Fucking perfectionism.

The "news" that Pizza Hut is firing their delivery drivers because California is raising their minimum wage is such an obvious PR lie that I'm disgusted. Fun fact: in 2015 one of the quoted franchises was sued for failing to reimburse their drivers. https://skepchick.org/2023/12/pizza-hut-is-lying-theyre-not-firing-their-drivers-because-of-a-minimum-wage-hike/

When someone says, “I can’t manage my team effectively if we’re all remote,” they’re right—and also, they can leave off the “if we’re all remote” and still be right.

#RemoteWork #ReturnToOffice #management

"Żeby uratować las przed Lasami Państwowymi, musisz im go zabrać. Nie ma innego sposobu"

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