Rch

Rch, 1 day ago to random

I’ve been a bit quiet. Should I post here more? What should I post?

Rch, 6 days ago to c64

We live in amazing times. #C64 #iPad #Retroarch

Rch, 15 days ago to random

♪♫ I’d like to be, under the sea ♪♫

That’s it. That’s the post. I guess that would be drowning technically.

Rch, 20 days ago to random

Funny isn’t it, that the more ‘funny looks’ I get, the more I feel like I’m OK.

exchgr, 22 days ago to random

finished twin peaks: the return, started the x-files

i’m only on the pilot so far but it feels like a direct sequel. so many similarities my head is spinning

There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF? (www.abc.net.au)

Maybe, just maybe it shouldn’t cost close to 10k to even TRY to have a kid through IVF? More like 15k out of pocket costs till the Medicare rebate anyway....

Rch, 1 month ago to fediverse

What’s the best way to set up a personal @pixelfed instance? Can anybody recommend any managed hosting providers? #Fediverse #PixelFed

Also, could I operate it from the same domain as a #WordPress website…?

Rch, 1 month ago to random

How do you actually pronounce the title ‘Mx’…?

Rch, 2 months ago to random

On a train.

purplepadma, 3 months ago to Cats

Someone’s enjoying a sun puddle #cats #CatsOfMastodon

Rch, 3 months ago to random

Looks like a 50/50 chance of dodging the rain today…

Rch, 3 months ago to LEGO

Lego with the youngest today. The challenge was ‘Spaceship’. He made a glorious multicoloured rocket, and I made this. I was quite proud of the efficiency. He was not impressed. The eldest came home and asked if it was a ‘space fork’.

#Lego #SciFi #2001

Rch, 4 months ago to wordpress

I’d like to make proper use of my website this year. It’s powered by #WordPress so if I run the #ActivityPub plugin, and my URL becomes an instance, can I login to it from third party apps like #Mona etc? Would those posts appear on my WordPress ‘blog’ also?

Rch, 5 months ago to random

I appear to have grown a cat. Must remember to water it.

Rch, 5 months ago to random

Nobody expects the gender inquisition!

Rch, 5 months ago to random

‘Lownley’ again.

Rch, 6 months ago to random

How am I supposed to actually do this?

Asking for a friend.

Rch, 6 months ago to random

Not worn out
or worn down
but worn away.
There’ll be nothing left
of me one day.

Rch, 6 months ago to random

No one should have to shave their fingers. 😢

Rch, 6 months ago to random

I just want to take up less space.

lcamtuf, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

I spent more than 25 years in tech. If you asked me for advice today, I’d open with a warning: don’t let a corporate job, no matter how great, become your whole identity.

My view isn’t rooted in resentment or anti-capitalism. I am immensely grateful for my career, I’ve always taken pride in my work, and I strived to do it well. My point is different: losing an argument in the office shouldn’t feel like an attack on your entire self.

The allure of getting lost in work comes in part from the mythos of Big Tech: the idea that we’re changing the world every day, even if it the bulk of corporate life is just grind. The grind is important but it has no end; in ten years, nobody will remember or care about the all-nighters we put in to refactor some code, flesh out a policy, or nail an OKR.

It doesn’t help that many tech companies recruit fresh out of college and ask people to move hundreds or thousands of miles. This severs our social connections and forces us to rebuild them around the workplace. When doing so, it can be difficult to draw clear lines.

I’m not arguing for nihilism or mediocrity. But by the end of the day, your corporate employer is not your family. The pastel-colored interiors, the board games, the lounge chairs conceal an uncomfortable truth: the company will not hesitate to fire you if you bring the wrong “whole self” to work, if they lose interest in your project, or if they need to send a specific message in the quarterly report. You might have a caring manager or wonderful colleagues, but your work identity is just a row in someone else's spreadsheet.

My advice is simple. Be ambitious, but find ways to disconnect every now and then. Save some of that true passion for hobbies, family, and friends.

Edit: also posted at https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/on-corporate-life

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

Let's talk Anger. Anger is a normal human emotion. Women are often taught to suppress it. Men are often taught it's the only emotion they are allowed to express. Anger that is fleeting, nothing wrong with that, but what about the anger that stays? Anger that doesn't fade means something, it's a propellant. It pushes us to change. If we don't change, and we stay in it or we refuse to acknowledge it, it starts to destroy us from the inside, our health, our contentment.

What has anger meant in your life? How has it affected you in the past? How does it affect you now?

Terra, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

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rooster, 6 months ago to trans

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RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

Okay, what movie/TV show/ book has the best take on time travel and why?