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What do you wish you knew before switching to an iphone?

The family uses iphones/ipads and my comic stubbornness is finally reaching the end of its utility and becoming annoying. I'm looking for checklists or tips on how to migrate with the least amount of pain and breakage. Not only from Pixel to iphone, but also from Google Fi (which is great) to one of the mega-carriers (all of which I've previously used and disliked).

My last iphone was a 7, so it's been awhile. My main concerns are will 2FA break? Can I keep using Google for photos and docs or does everything need to be on icloud? Is there anything as good as Firefox with UBO? What else do I not know and should be careful with?

Is there a venue for matching people with politically opposed views to meet, learn, share, and debate with each other in good faith? I have wanted to do this for awhile and I think now it is more important than ever. My views are for the most part what one would label as "liberal" as opposed to "conservative" in the common but highly reductive US political terms. My social media bubble is an echo chamber so I only ever see strawman arguments in opposition. I don't talk about politics with co-workers for the same reason I don't talk about sports or religion---it never ends well!

I want to meet smart people with politically different views who are also interested in healthy debate. By "healthy" I mean you should both expect and extend respect for each other's right to hold our opinions. I would not be trying to "convert" anyone to my point of view. I will be open-minded enough to admit to not having all the answers. I will commit to logical, well-reasoned discussion. Argumentation can be heated, but personal attacks are off limits. I genuinely want to understand how other people think, especially those who have come to different views about topics than I have.

I would prefer a 1:1 format, or perhaps a small group discussion board. Real time video would probably be best to promote honest discourse due to the human connection, but might be logistically difficult to arrange, and I also want both sides to have time to think before preparing responses.

Any interest?

I once prepared an offer of about 10% higher than my comp for a candidate who would be my direct report. It didn't trouble me at all because this person would have been a perfect fit for the role. My manager said no way and we lost the candidate. I was probably underpaid and I suspect my manager feared I would use that as leverage to ask for a raise. But honestly it didn't bother me and I feel like the company missed out on a great candidate. Has anyone been in this position when it actually went through? Was the salary difference a cause of tension?

I'm now so immersed in a side project that my real job feels like drudgery. There's very little chance I can get management to endorse the project because it's too far from my actual job. How can u maintain the momentum without totally checking out at work?