Seems to me that the most important questions have barely been asked (I saw just one scrolling through that Twitter feed, unanswered):
1) Was any work done during time paid by the company?
2) Also, but I'd be flexible with this one, was work equipment used?
3) Was the developer able to produce this work thanks to what he learned from proprietary systems, at work?
It's easy to grab the pitchfork, I hate that contract clause as all of you do, but without clear information on the above this case could go either way.
When evaluating whether to buy something: is it worth the amount of hours of work that took me to be able to afford it? I know roughly how much money I make per hour (money into my bank account every year / how many days I work every year / how many hours per day I work). So, say that something costs 100£ and it takes me 3 hours to make that money; would I work 3 hours to buy it?
Also when buying something: sometimes I feel like under a spell, really wanting to make a purchase. Then I just sleep on it. Usually the day after the spell is gone, and I can better understand if I really want to buy that something or not.
When doing something new: I'm the kind of person that - when learning to draw - spends more time looking at the perfect paper and pencils than actually drawing. I'm sure some of you can relate. I enjoy this process, but the truth is that to learn to draw you don't need anything else than any piece of paper and any working pen/pencil. So, learn to recognise when you go too far off track and go back to actually learning how to draw. There will be a time to hunt for the perfect paper. If you don't want to go back drawing, maybe you didn't want it that much to begin with.
When spending money: spending money on things (objects) is almost always less worth than it feels. Unless it's a tool that you use (e.g. a DIY tool, or a kitchen knife, etc). Spending money on experiences (traveling, concerts, etc) and learning (books, courses, etc) is almost always more worth than it feels. Especially, as an introvert, there is something inside of me that tends to dodge "experiences".
To be happy: I learned this recently from the Dalai Lama. You should learn the difference between happiness and pleasure/desire, and prioritise the former. E.g. when looking for a job how ethical a company is and how good you'd fit is more important than the salary, job title, and prestige of a company.
Most stuff I desire nowadays, are pretty cheap. I work as a consultant and self-employed. I don't know if I am making too much or I am happy with small things (e.g. a Mechanical Keyboard, some new 3D printing resin) which has a cost less than an hour for me.
This presented with me a different problem. I have to instead look at life quality improvement it provides purely. Most products in market, are never absolutely perfect. One brand will offer you X but not Y, while other will do opposite.
Then you end up not buying anything, but be burdened by thinking about it for some time. Then eventually, you just buy it to save yourself from mental tax.
I also found it more rewarding to spend money on experiences; a new sport, a new hobby etc.
I think this is due to where you are on the path of learning English, and maybe because people feel more comfortable asking to repeat something when you are talking amongst not natives. Also not natives speak slower.
Comes a point where you get so used to what is, admittedly, such a weird and non sensical pronunciation, that the same mistakes I used to make as an Italian native I don't understand at all from a Spanish native that doesn't pronounce as well as I'm used to. Only after I realise what the word is I understand where they are coming from.
Also the every day vocabulary is not that big and fancy, I tend to use some "fancy" words sometimes just because that's the word I would have used in Italian, and it's correct in English, but not widely known. Then again I'm now reading Stephen king and having to use the dictionary every few pages, just because something is mostly obvious by the context but I want to double check.
First "bug" raised this morning about naked domain not redirecting to www...
SEO departments in my experience still insists that the www subdomain is necessary (e.g. they have no idea so better not touch it), yet Google instead of publicly coming out saying that it's pointless goes as far as hiding it. I don't get the point.
I've had Audio-Technica ATH-M50X at work for around 5 years and despite having used them most working days they still look mostly new, and are quite comfortable for my (large) head.
Never had a set with NC, so maybe I don't know what I'm missing. However I can't hear much else at all when I'm listening to music.
None taken. Believe it or not I'm mostly on your side. I published this because I've managed to do this in 4 hours, for fun. It exploits the url based blocking which is so prominent but so easily subverted, and If I've done it anybody can, so I wanted people to know.
Having said that, I must add, I don't think this is malicious software. Beside the legalities and the GDPRities which I may have overlooked, when you ask a website for its content that comes with analytics, but you want to block analytics. I don't think you can complain about the content provider bypassing your attempt at blocking it. Don't get me wrong, when I come across websites that stop me from browsing them because I use uBlock I usually bypass their block, or close the tab, but I can hardly complain at their attempt, or deem it as malicious, IMHO.
