I participated in multiple homestays in different countries as part of my studies. The shortest was one night, the longest one month. But to be clear, no working, just an opportunity to live with a local family when studying abroad.

I guess those were the best ways to actually see how regular people live in those countries. What are the apartments like, what kind of habits they have. Everyday stuff that you won’t see as a regular tourist.

Those would have also been golden opportunities to improve my language skills more, if I wasn’t so shy.

But regardless, now almost 20 years later, those are one of the very memorable and distinct experiences from my youth.

I would definitely recommend it. Assuming the culture/country is something that interests you.

They were a bigger deal. I started learning Japanese when the first Iphone came out and spent quite some time in Japan when the Android phones were a new thing. Internet on the phones was very limited.

Dictionaries existed on the phones, but the usability was non-existent. Even worse if you had to look for a word you didn’t know how to read.

The electronic dictionaries had great writing detection and cross-referencing between language and informational dictionaries etc. At the time they were awesome. One electronic dictionary could contain dozens of dictionaries of various topics, which probably was convenient for Japanese themselves (and not just language learners).

Of course nowadays you can do the same on a phone, but there was a period when you couldn’t.

“for a lot of models” is a bit of an exaggeration. Especially as Xiaomi/Dreame try to actively restrict Valetudo use.

But yes, Valetudo is a great project. I’d just wish there was a manufacturer who would openly endorse it.

At least in Chinese it’s 海豚 (haitun).

There are many streamers who stream somewhat daily things. But the streamers are content creators - they interact with the viewers and choose their activities such that it is likely to be interesting to watch.

So, I’d give it a try if I was you. But probably not exactly what you are looking for.

I think there are many good replies already, but I feel one consideration is missing: time.

If you have the time for only one job, why wouldn’t you take one paying more, even if it requires a bit more skills to achieve? You are going to do that for a long while, so living more comfortably has a value.

Looks really fun. I hope I remember it when it’s out of early access.

I have now used Deezer for a bit over half a year after Spotify.

The song selection is pretty equal. The playlists can even automatically be imported/exported with TuneMyMusic.

I think Deezer’s best feature is the song radio which finds songs of similar genre, and it really does find songs and artists I have favorited after hearing them. I always found that feature in Spotify to work pretty poorly.

However, if you don’t have an exact song in mind, finding music by theme is terrible in Deezer. There are few set categories, but the amount of user-created playlists is very small, compared to Spotify.

I’d recommend giving it a try, but I wouldn’t say its better or worse than Spotify. Just different.

I live in a northern country with cold winters. The alternative to “white Christmas” is really an icy or wet Christmas. Green would not even cross my mind.

And certainly I prefer snow over sleet or black ice on the roads.

The corporations have their own contracts with e.g. Microsoft/OpenAI. The data will likely be sent the same way as with the public tools, but the providers promise not to use it for other purposes.

Although I agree with you on subscriptions in general, it is not quite as easy as blocking just one site. There are more popular remote desktop software than a regular person could list easily.

But maybe the good news is, that if blocking is enough for you, that’s in the free version, right?

What are the numbers for other startups? As far as I recall, the numbers for non-food businesses are in the same ball park. I.e. founding a successful company is difficult.

My iPhone experience is a couple of years old now, but my biggest thing has been the flexibility of the home screen in Android. I can modify the home screen and run very convenient widgets for some apps with a 3rd party home screen app.

Itse ostan liimat rautakaupasta (K-raudasta). Ne ovat aina kannatelleet luvatun painon ja tarttuneet luvattuihin pintoihin.

Valitettavasti en muista liimojen merkkejä suoraan.

If you read the article, the main point was that Spotify doesn’t inform about the limits clearly. Not the pricing.

Even now Spotify site says: “Spotify Premium: Listen without limits”. Clearly there is a limit, but the limits are only mentioned after the first subscription button if you scroll far enough.

One standout statistic was that projects with clear requirements documented before development started were 97 percent more likely to succeed.

I’d like to work in that company.

Mitkä puolueet/EU-ryhmät vastustavat tätä?

how far did you go in terms of features?

I’m a hiring manager for a company in a regulated field. In addition to what has been said already, if a candidate came with a list of their own requirements for the said app, preferrably with unit tests, and/or a checklist of how much work there is still left, that would be gold.

The fact is, that probably all organisations deal with large legacy systems. If a candidate shows the capability to think a bit further than a tech demo, that’s a huge plus.

A law in which country? What would you do if someone in a different country doesn’t want to follow that?

Depends how those are connected. But check out Home Assistant.