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RedtheBean, 3 months ago to random

You guys I just had a virtual appointment with a potential new psychiatrist and when she started to misdiagnose me and suggest stupid shit based on less than a half-hour session, I just stopped listening, told her off in arcane academese, and closed my laptop...

...That felt so fucking good... I'm walking on air... I think I've found the cure to all mental illnesses...

HalvarFlake, 3 months ago to random

https://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-end-of-my-elasticoptimyze-journey_31.html

Today is my last day at Elastic. I'll take an extended break and focus on rest, family, health, writing, a bit of startup mentoring/investing, and some research - at least for a while.

I'm thankful for my great colleagues and my leadership at Elastic - y'all are stellar, even if I was often grumbly about some technical or architectural issues. ...

countcol, 3 months ago to random

Vaping! Is anyone really in any doubt that inhaling some “sinister e-potion” – containing nicotine, and the stuff that goes in antifreeze, and the chemical they use for embalming fluid – is detrimental to your health? Even worse is that we’re letting our children do it, being affected by terrifying-sounding conditions including “lung injury” and “pulmonary oedema” - (In the Daily Telegraph).

davep, 3 months ago to random

I've lost 3 stone (42lb/18kg) in 10 months using my revolutionary new diet of not necking prodigious quantities of alcohol.

My metabolic age is the same as it was three years ago

davep, 3 months ago to random

I got fired from my last job for asking my customers if they would prefer "smoking" or "non smoking".

Apparently the wokerati are insisting on "Cremation" or " Burial".

RickiTarr, 3 months ago to random

I'm thinking about Willpower today! Humans seem to have decent short term willpower, but not particularly good long term willpower, for things they really want. Willpower doesn't seem to be an infinite resource, and is effected by stress, fatigue, and environment.

So what are your thoughts on Willpower? Have you given up something long term that you really loved? What is the hardest thing for you to limit in your life? What is the thing you always seem to cave for?

Just an FYI, this isn't a platform to shame people for bad habits, we all have something we struggle with, we all have different levels of stress, and grew up in different environments. Just for instance, I can smoke a cigar occasionally, enjoy it throughly, but never really crave nicotine, on the other hand, if you were going to tempt me with a loaf of homemade bread, some delicious BBQ, or a well made cocktail, my willpower is much more limited. Human brains and bodies are incredibly complex and no two people are the same.

bluberrycookie, 3 months ago to random Italian

Avevo lasciato delle castagne appena germogliate in un sacchetto umido e a quanto pare ha funzionato: non solo il germoglio è cresciuto, ma son spuntate anche le radici!

Ne ho piantate un paio in vaso, chissà. 🤞🏻🌱

davep, 3 months ago to random

Before it was carved, Mount Rushmore’s beauty was totally unpresidented.

TheBreadmonkey, 3 months ago to random

One of the neighbours still have their Christmas lights up.......

davep, 3 months ago to random

"In early research, Rockström and his colleagues found food was the largest sector of the economy breaching planetary boundaries. As well at the climate impact, it is a major driver of land-use change and biodiversity decline, and is responsible for 70% of freshwater drawdown."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/29/sustainable-food-production-economic-benefits-study

davep, 3 months ago to random

A few photos in Lerici near La Spezia. I took the wannabe arty ones of the fort and the sunset but my daughter took the splendid one of the two little girls and their friend.

tinker, 3 months ago to solarpunk

Putting in a sample order via Alibaba for some grow lights.

If it works out, will be putting in a bulk order for local friends and community. We all pitch in an get only what we need. But because we buy in bulk together, we don't have to pay for someone else's middleman profits.

These grow lights go for $10 per unit on Amazon. I'm getting them for $3 per unit wholesale (that's total costs with shipping, credit card fee, tax, etc). I think they're the exact same thing. Like... I'm buying directly from the manufacturer and not through a drop shipper / middleman.

I guess this is how co-ops start.

#solarpunk #mutualAid

RickiTarr, 3 months ago to random

Trad Wife memes are always like a traditionally attractive skinny blonde woman in a white dress, in a field of flowers, holding hands with their immaculate children. The text always says something like, Why are you working a job, instead of doing your true calling? This is Godly Motherhood!

This how I know these are made by people who have never been around children, or possibly even women, and also never had to worry about money.

davep, 3 months ago to random

Was setting up a new virtual host in Apache on my RPi, which has involved much gnashing of teeth and questioning of life choices.

Went down a rabbit hole of HSTS preloading of my principal host causing the other to flip to it along with many other increasingly improbable things.

It was obviously DNS. My PC and phone (and router) were storing old values. Restarted my phone, connected to a different network and it was fine to install the Let's Encrypt certificate.

I bloody hate computers.

TheBreadmonkey, 6 months ago to random

I've said this on here at least half a dozen times, but every single time I look out of my front windows, the over-the-road neighbours are always going somewhere or coming back from somewhere. Every time! What are they upto?! How can they be coming or going so much?! The best I've got is that they do a shared Uber or Deliveroo service. Or are hitmen (hitpeople).