Not much time. I've almost naturally fallen into a rhythm of wearing the same 4 shirts to work M-Th and Friday is jeans/casual. I alternate between a few pairs of pants. So, less than a minute is spent deciding and looking for my work clothes. Going out, I tend to wear whatever is top-of-stack, weather permitting.

It shows mastery of the language, one could argue. With the tools available today it makes development a lot faster and easier. Functions have tooltips on how to use it, you can scroll through the available functions, libraries imported, and more. While it is unpleasant, it is an exercise that demonstrates your independence from dev tools.

The only time I've used my personal computer for remote work was when it was freelance/independent contractor work. The companies I've worked remote for have all provided a computer for remote work. The main reason is usually information security. The companies need to know that sensitive data is not being stored on my personal computer - I shouldn't have access to it if I'm not working for them.

it worked for me on ubuntu 16.04

    $ unrar e shakespeare.part001.rar 

    UNRAR 5.30 beta 2 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2015     Alexander Roshal


    Extracting from shakespeare.part001.rar

I discovered that there are two versions of unrar:

    $ dpkg -l "*unrar*"
    Architecture       Description
    un  unrar                       <none>             <none>             (no description available)
    ii  unrar-free                  1:0.0.1+cvs2014070 amd64              Unarchiver for .rar files
    un  unrar-nonfree               <none>             <none>             (no description available)

You probably have the nonfree package. I have no idea about what's the difference between them.

Looks like the original "unrar" has some licensing restrictions (for compression purposes, not decompression). The "unrar-free" version was created as pure FOSS in response, but the performance isn't quite up to par. If there are any compatibility issues, it's likely the latter version that's having them. No idea what "unrar-nonfree" is, I'm guessing it's just another name for the first "unrar".

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2012979

Are you getting paid for 40h a week when you work less? If yes, enjoy the extra free time. If no, talk to your boss.

This goes for homebrewing (beer/wine) too. If you can make oatmeal you can make beer, but if you want to make the same beer exactly the same over and over it is very complex. The fact that Budweiser tastes the same all over the US and is made in 12(?) different locations is a testament to how good the brewers are (even if beer snobs don't like it).

As for coffee, even the foam on top of an espresso is complex.

You might enjoy this paper if you haven't already read it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140933/

This paper contains the phrase "Air–Beverage Interface," definitely going on my reading list. Thanks for sharing!

And agreed on the consistency part. For espresso, once you figure out what you like, you begin the endless quest to make it that way consistently.

And baking cakes, bread, pies, etc.

Congrats! I've been working on a personal project now for a couple months that I originally conceived 2 years ago. It is still difficult to stick with but it is getting easier the more progress I make.

I hope they don't leave out Tom Bombadil.

I saved a lump of money for the short-term and took a very long vacation. I have a bit saved for the long-term from before, but now the focus is long-term saving.

The company didn't want to invest in my department but kept setting higher expectations. It caused the team to be overworked and understaffed. You couldn't focus on a project because you were always needed somewhere else. The people in my department were great but their hands were tied. The pay wasn't great and there were some other less important issues, too. I've seen a number of people leave since me, but turnover was always moderate.