I’m happy with the work I do—I find it rewarding personally and the inkling of a possibility that it might be useful one day for any number of biological applications is exciting.
Unfortunately, I am entirely replaceable, compensation is meh for the level of education, and society as a whole does not place much value in basic sciences so career prospects are bleak (and this was BEFORE the current administration).
Ooooof I forgot how great Newsroom was. I also really enjoyed West Wing.
How many are there for the newest Hulu seasons? A little part of me wants to see the new ones, but the end of the comedy central reboot was so cathartic I don’t want to spoil it.
Edit:my original format was awful. Sorry about that :/
For streaming music on my desktop I just use YouTube with an ad blocker and just look for playlists of artists I like. i don’t stream music from my phone so I don’t have any suggestions there.
In terms of the original topic: alternatives to adobe and office suite are too obtuse for me to use. This is more of a me problem—my productivity takes a hit from the learning curve and that isn’t worth it for me.
I use Transmit on my MacBook, which IMO is much better than CyberDuck and FileZilla. The UI for both of these programs are dated and confusing. I wish WinSCP can be ported to macos, but I highly doubt that’ll ever happen.
I much prefer the native terminal on macos than the alternatives that people use (e.g., iTerm2). I don’t get much of a benefit from switching to an alternative, so I don’t see the point. I’m sure someone with different needs finds them useful though.
The Apple mail also seems to be the most functional email client, but I’ve only tried outlook, eM, and thunderbird. I still use Outlook because I need to keep my personal and work email separate. On my Windows machine I use thunderbird currently but considering switching back eM…
There’s probably more that I can’t think of right now.
Yes, I think it’s okay to enjoy whatever it is you enjoy so long as doing so doesn’t harm others or yourself. I also think it’s important to be mindful what it is that makes you feel like there’s a moral quandary, and it’s also worth considering if the media you’re consuming is the work of a group of people or a single individual.
For example, I really enjoy the movie Chinatown, but Roman Polanski is a piece of shit. I don’t think his shitness diminishes the quality of the movie because it was acted well by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway; the writing is incredible as is the cinematography; and credit where credit is due, Polanski directed the movie masterfully. He’s still a child rapist piece of shit though.