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Part time work is possible.

I initially dropped to 4 days/week in lieu of a payrise (comp remained the same). Did that for a while and since then I've been working 2-4 days/week (3 right now)

It helped that it was a small company and I had been working there for 5+ years, not sure how I'd go about finding a part time software job otherwise. Everything is negotiable though.


I would second this and add that moving to part time is a path that your manager can help you talk to HR about. They may ask why since its not common and just be honest about it. If its medical related - taking care of spouse, parents, or kids then in the US there is FMLA which can be up to 12 weeks, pay depends on banked time off and insurance, etc.

In the US there are likely medical benefit and retirement account requirements for working X hours per week, I think its 32 typically but check with HR or if your place has an employee manual it should be clearly spelled out. To phrase that another way - you may lose medical coverage and/or 401k match depending on the "hours" you work. Scary quotes is because you are likely still salary and not hourly.


Interestingly everybody replying to this is saying they spend ~8 hours in bed, which most certainly means they aren't getting 8 hours of sleep :)


Maybe look into a Whoop device. Their business model is unique in the space as it's a subscription, but the tracker itself is solid, has no screen and can be worn a number of ways if you don't want it on your wrist.


Psychological safety is what allows people to exchange ideas and be wrong without fear of it being used against them


I agree with the off-white/black reducing eye strain but HN is not a good example of readability in any way!


Agreed, I think this site should use the CSS property `max-width' to keep lines of text at a reasonable length.


Wanted to add that according to the article, these checks will be required for all content, not just adult content.


All user-generated content specifically.

If you host non-adult content and there's no way for randos to upload it you don't need to verify.


That is not true. Either A) You know for a fact all content is safe for underaged, or B) You verify.

What is safe for underaged is not defined and can change on a whim. Therefor, any sane person running a website that is not "explicitly for underageds" will verify and eject said underageds. Especially since the one in charge (hired by the company) can be personally liable for any "harm" comming to the underaged.


I would guess it's more expensive than generating certs - all those ID verification "AI" services use teams of people as a fallback from what I know


What countries dont have govt funded ID services yet?


Not sure why this was downvoted. It was a serious question. The countries I've lived all have digital ID services since a decade ago.

And no I'm not talking about govt ID or a card. I'm talking about a digital identity you log into and then oauth into other govt services like the tax office or healthcare systems.


The UK is notorious for not having ID cards. That's a solved problem in every other developed country as far as I know.

The reason behind it is privacy (lol, considering their total failure and unwillingness to enforce the GDPR) and yet they are totally fine with the tax office having the same database and information (which is no doubt accessible to law enforcement).


>That's a solved problem in every other developed country as far as I know.

Did you just call the US underdeveloped? :P

But seriously, the US does not have a standardized "ID card" either. They have things like passports (which not that many people have), state-issued driver's licenses (so 50+ different ones, not sure how it's handled in all the non-state areas like Guam or Puerto Rico), social security numbers (which aren't exactly ID either), birth certificates, voter id cards (for people without a driver's license), and a slew of other things the government and businesses will accept under certain circumstances. What they do not have is a nation id card.


>voter id cards (for people without a driver's license)

You mean State ID cards? They're used for much more than voting.


The UK does have state-issued ID cards: Passports. Are you a UK person that wants to operate on the "international internet"? Get yourself a UK passport! :)


This seems to be a very common misconception, but the cookie consent dialogues are not part of GDPR.


https://gdpr.eu/cookies/

Cookie compliance

To comply with the regulations governing cookies under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive you must:

Receive users’ consent before you use any cookies except strictly necessary cookies.

Provide accurate and specific information about the data each cookie tracks and its purpose in plain language before consent is received.

Document and store consent received from users.

Allow users to access your service even if they refuse to allow the use of certain cookies

Make it as easy for users to withdraw their consent as it was for them to give their consent in the first place.


Lucky for me it is "strictly necessary" that I track you. /s


Online privacy is an illusion. At the basic level, your IP is getting logged all over the place.


Cookies aren't part of the GDPR, so they must be part of the ePrivacy Directive.

Consent is part of the GDPR, but the way I've seen it operate in practice is widely out of compliance. You're supposed to ask for consent in each specific instance of data collection, not present a blanket approval, and default to "no."


https://gdpr.eu/cookies/

Cookies and the GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most comprehensive data protection legislation that has been passed by any governing body to this point. However, throughout its’ 88 pages, it only mentions cookies directly once, in Recital 30.

Natural persons may be associated with online identifiers provided by their devices, applications, tools and protocols, such as internet protocol addresses, cookie identifiers or other identifiers such as radio frequency identification tags. This may leave traces which, in particular when combined with unique identifiers and other information received by the servers, may be used to create profiles of the natural persons and identify them.

What these two lines are stating is that cookies, insofar as they are used to identify users, qualify as personal data and are therefore subject to the GDPR. Companies do have a right to process their users’ data as long as they receive consent or if they have a legitimate interest.


They are not required for cookies, but they are required for tracking cookies. If you are only using cookies for e.g. shopping cart or CSRF protection, you don't need a consent dialog, but that is not the case for those websites showing the dialog.


The one that I was most familiar with


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Seriously, OP, if the technical team is just you, pick something you already know and can work with. For me, that would be Django. I can't say what it would be for you.


Not really that unusual - I'm 27 and missed out on dial up


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