Ask Noah Show 379 | Work Life Balance

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How do you balance the stress of tech with the benefits? Noah and Steve dig through the delicate issue of work life balance.

-- During The Show --

01:00 Migrations Complete!

• $22/month on EMS to $50/month Self Hosted

02:30 Ajit Praise - Cory

• Their are cultural differences between Japan and the US
• Most of us want "maximum absence of coercion"
• People have different views of "justice"
• Internet going from luxury to necessity in a generation
• Still learning the effect of internet and technology
• Book recommendation The Master Switch
• Moral compasses
• Things are moving fast in multiple directions

12:40 Django vs PHP - Joe

• Batteries included approach
• Open Source Tech Training Overview
• Our Note Organizer (GitHub)

15:40 Naelr from Mumble

• Suggestion: iRedMail
• Suggestion: MailCow
• Mail in a Box
• Noah has not decided to self host email
• Going on 3 months of Microsoft unable to send email to Yahoo

23:20 Smart Vacuums - Charlie

• Tech should be there from me
• Some smart vacuums can be locally controlled via MQTT
• Home Assistant integration
• Some smart vacuums can be "flashed"
• NY Times
• Digital Trends

28:00 News Wire

• OpenSUSE systemd-boot - OpenSUSE

• Tails 6.0 - Beta News

• KDE 6 Update - How To Geek

• Gnome Variable Refresh Rate - GitLab

• GDB 14.2 - Phoronix

• Shotcut 24.02 - GitHub

• Gparted 1.6 - Source Forge

• Distrobox 1.7 - Phoronix

• Linux 6.8 Back on Track - The Register

• Ubicloud AWS Alternative - Tech Crunch

• AMD's HDMI 2.1+ Rejected - Tech Radar

• GTPDOOR - The Hacker News

• BIFROSE - The Hacker News

29:25 Balance of Technology

• Shut off all devices for 1 Day
• Noah has staff
• You have to have a passion for IT to work in IT
• Example of a day off win
• Work Life Balance
• Steve's experience
• Turning off the device and walking away can be the best choice
• It can be challenging
• Turn the box off
• Responsibility/Stimulus
• Noah's experience and reaction
• Finding a win
• Cancel Culture
• Face to Face vs Online communication
• Book Recommendation Irresistible

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