Rather than going cold turkey, I’ve found it much more effective to find ways to reduce my engagement e.g by turning off notifications for all platforms, unfollowing friends, groups etc.
I’ve significantly reduced my
Social media usage using this because I’m no longer tempted to scratch the itch of a notification, and when I do visit, there’s far less content so I’ll almost always reach the bottom’ now. I basically no longer use Facebook because I’ve made it barren for myself and significantly reduced time spent on Instagram.
Rather than going cold turkey on Social Media, I’ve found it more effective to reduce the amount of content I’m exposed to e.g. for Facebook unfollowing all groups, turning off all notifications, reducing friends; for Instagram unfollowing almost all accounts And turning off all notifications etc.
This has the effect that when I DO inevitably visit these sites, I spend far less time there and it’s much less entertaining since I reach the “bottom” much quicker.
I've been reading Berry's The Unsettling of America and am finding it a very comforting counterpoint to my career in tech and associated feelings of burnout.
Likewise for me with Wes Jackson's 'Becoming Native To This Place', although it's pretty sad reading anti-modern stuff penned 40-50 years ago, considering how little impact it had and how many of the negatives of modern-day life were predicted in them and have intensified since.
I suppose Ted Kaczynski did that particular movement no favours.
Jira Agile already includes this functionality for Software Development projects. A Board is created for these projects which exposes issues in this kind of interface.
The article raises some Interesting points, even if all conflated under the banner of 'everyone should code' being wrong.
"Not everyone enjoys coding"
Sure, in which case there's no point doing something you don't like. I do think however that everyone should be encouraged to give it a go and the barrier to entry should be low. Indeed it is getting lower with sites like codeacademy.org. My personal opinion is that basic coding (like that currently taught in UK universities) should be a mandatory class in high school alongside mathematics since the exposure and insight into the fundamental technology of the day is immensely useful.
"Not everyone is good at coding"
Absolutely, the reference to academic programming and 'scripting' is absolutely true and as pointed out does not mean that the code solves problems inadequately. In fact I've experienced smart programmers go through this and completely miss the point that that they are hired to solve problems. Programmers can become obsessed with the style and cleanliness of their code – at the end of the day, the real aims should be maintainability and correctness, which are similar but not entirely the same.
"Code can't solve every problem"
True story. Just like philosophy or mathematics, it's a tool in a box. There are always going to be crazies who take things to extremes, and let's face it, many programmers are somewhere on the spectrum and tend to have an idealistic outlook on life.
Yes and for many reasons:
1.- Some companies or pension funds, etc. only buy AAA products. Without that precious rating you lose potential buyer.
2.- These countries live on debts. Bad rating => higher costs => taxes increases or spending cuts (which is an easy programm these days in Europe ;) ). Note: France is not the US, investors have not the same trust into them.
3.- GDP, jobless rate, export balance, etc: French are out and German are in which will have hugh impacts on the solidarity fund, political credibility, etc. (And remember French are still sensitive about having a Germany not dominating the Europe.)
The worst part is that Germany has kept its AAA. This means that the downgrade does not punish a "European problem" but a "Country problem", and this will have hugh impacts during this election year and for solving the issues in European.
Unfortunately, "Open Source" is easier to market than "Free Software". The real benefits of true free software evidence themselves in the end and that's what counts, not what you call it.
Edit: It is however important to distinguish between free software and thinly veiled proprietary software marketed as Open Source.
What about distinguishing between non-free, but substantially open software (measured by ease of patch submission) vs proprietary software with the occasional code dump?
I’ve significantly reduced my Social media usage using this because I’m no longer tempted to scratch the itch of a notification, and when I do visit, there’s far less content so I’ll almost always reach the bottom’ now. I basically no longer use Facebook because I’ve made it barren for myself and significantly reduced time spent on Instagram.