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Survival skills. Global warming, unprecedented fires, coronavirus, rise of fascism, and on and on we go.
you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.
Survival skills. Global warming, unprecedented fires, coronavirus, rise of fascism, and on and on we go.
you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.
When I read the latest "who is hiring" post I was overwhelmed by the amount of Python listed; I've always used PERL but I seem to be the only one at the office left who can.
Starting conversations with strangers. Squat and deadlift. Eating healthier. Doing something kind for someone else every day. Honesty. Listening to people you disagree with. Driving safer (this is the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis). Meditation.
Honesty is not a skill, lying successfully is. Neither is kindness. (And forced kindness can be patronizing.)
It's also worth learning how to do well.
Starting conversations with strangers. Squat and deadlift. Eating healthier. Doing something kind for someone else every day. Honesty. Listening to people you disagree with. Driving safer (this is the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis). Meditation.
deadlift's are quite dangerous for the untrained. Start with "Fix Rounded Shoulders" and "Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt" if you have not already done so. Plenty of great advice on YouTube on those topics.
Kubernetes.. almost all the companies are on it or looking at it in one way or another.
The other useful skill is using k8s as a platform to build platforms, even for internal workloads there can be a lot of value developing custom resources, controllers and webhooks
Once you have the right tools and tactics using k8s is a breeze and very productive
- Understanding taxes, the importance of savings and baseline personal finance literacy.
- Reading the political programs of a few parties running for elections in you country
- Reading a few yearly report / financial statements for a public company, an NGO/non-profit/state agency/local government and trying to understand them
- Reading a few top research papers in a field you're interested in and work through them
Learn a another human language. You don’t have to be good at it or even able to converse. Languages are systems of thinking as much as they are systems of communication. Some thoughts only make sense in a given language! The process of learning a language builds cognitive skills and perhaps fights cognitive decline. If you have absolutely no “ear” for human language start with Esperanto and work your way to additiona…