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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
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Comment on In noisy surroundings, your techniques to learn to center attention and ignore distraction? in ~life
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentSounds like you have a pretty challenging work environment. Listening to already familiar podcast material I can definitely see the point of. Regretably, I would be not be able to distance myself...Sounds like you have a pretty challenging work environment. Listening to already familiar podcast material I can definitely see the point of.
Regretably, I would be not be able to distance myself from the situation by wearing headphones. Your response will be useful to me in a different environment.
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Comment on In noisy surroundings, your techniques to learn to center attention and ignore distraction? in ~life
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentSounds to me like you know more or less exactly the type of situation I am trying to learn to navigate. Your response is very useful to me. Thanks. Do you mean this in a literal sense (like for...Sounds to me like you know more or less exactly the type of situation I am trying to learn to navigate. Your response is very useful to me. Thanks.
... reasonable to learn to unfocus my hearing to and there definitely is a way to push around air to make a fuzzy noise that somewhat blocks other noises out.
Do you mean this in a literal sense (like for instance creating internal head sound by moving the jaw/tongue) or is it a matter of imagining to be moving air around, to de-focus?
Maybe that's my biggest recommendation: become a parent! ;)
I am slowly start to understand (I think) the combined state of boredom and alertness, that my friends who are parents seem to inhabit.
Ok, I'll say something about the job too. Depending on the situation you might be able to take up some light knitting, colouring books, etc
Excellent recommendation. Makes me ponder how non-digital handiwork is obvious and relateable, where device-twiddling is always (for better or worse) about leaving the physical situation you're in.
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Comment on In noisy surroundings, your techniques to learn to center attention and ignore distraction? in ~life
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentEar plug recommendation taken, for another noisy setting. I should have been more clear in my original post that it would rightfully be considered socially unacceptable for wearing earplugs.Ear plug recommendation taken, for another noisy setting. I should have been more clear in my original post that it would rightfully be considered socially unacceptable for wearing earplugs.
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Comment on In noisy surroundings, your techniques to learn to center attention and ignore distraction? in ~life
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentThese are some very useful observations. Thanks for responding to my question! Thinking out loud to myself, as you suggest, is a good one. I do it unintentionally in a small-scale when I take part...These are some very useful observations. Thanks for responding to my question!
Thinking out loud to myself, as you suggest, is a good one. I do it unintentionally in a small-scale when I take part in conversation with the residents. These conversations are quite one-sided and I try keep an engaged appearance by silently ruminating on the psychological backdrop and personal history of the person I'm talking to.
Generally I love talking to people, but this is an care type professional setting where I am not supposed to bring my full personality, hence the one-sided conversation.
Will try bombastic internal narrative voice-over next time. This runs the hazard of occasionally very misplaced laughter.
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In noisy surroundings, your techniques to learn to center attention and ignore distraction?
TL;DR: I just need your help to erect some kind of mental deep sea bunker in my soul :-) Context: My job brings me into private homes with lots of permanently switched-on large televisions and...
TL;DR: I just need your help to erect some kind of mental deep sea bunker in my soul :-)
Context: My job brings me into private homes with lots of permanently switched-on large televisions and with lots of super-talktative and socially starved human beings ambiently living around these screens.
The job is personal assistance: to remain emotionally present and relateable for hours on end. Quite an effort, not only because I get easily distracted by television sounds and screens (war-footage + sports = random mainstream deluge of endless pixel poison). I did not grow up with television and my audio-visual filtering capability is very poor. I get fixated by any stream of noise and trapped within it. This job makes me want to get better at filtering.
Thus I would much appreciate if anybody who knows this type of problem, would share techniques to filter and/or ignore external stimuli. More useful answers would take into account that being rude or flippant is not an option, and it would not be socially acceptable for me to regulate the televisions.
What would be some terms that I could use to find books about the topic? Any experiences you can share with me? Thanks <3
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Comment on What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? in ~comp
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkOh apologies, I poked around the source code and found out the name of it is VitePress https://vitepress.dev/Oh apologies, I poked around the source code and found out the name of it is VitePress
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Comment on What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? in ~comp
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkI am redesigning a rather large website I'm in charge of, and is looking for inspiration on how to organize and display large amounts of posts, in a way that is not terrible on mobile. Lately I've...I am redesigning a rather large website I'm in charge of, and is looking for inspiration on how to organize and display large amounts of posts, in a way that is not terrible on mobile.
Lately I've been noticing a few sites converging on the same type of structure, that I think might be useful for my purpose:
https://fmhy.pages.dev/
https://dan.valeena.dev/
https://www.debian.club/en/Is there some similar 'framework' behind these sites? Something I might just be able to install on my webhost and start populating the site?
My current site is Wordpress but would like to leave it for Classicpress or another longterm-minded CMS system that doesn't jeopardise stability (AI, crypto) and generally shove unwanted features down my throat.
Your pointers and suggestions are much appreciated!
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What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)?
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Comment on Unexplained electronic components found in imported equipment for Denmark's energy supply network – investigation underway to learn more in ~tech
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkIt's odd to me how this super vague story made it into the news. Sounds more like a type of situation where you file a complaint with the supplier. I mean look at the quote below. Some seriously...It's odd to me how this super vague story made it into the news. Sounds more like a type of situation where you file a complaint with the supplier. I mean look at the quote below. Some seriously mild journalism.
"It's possible the supplier had no malicious intent. We can't say at this point, but that doesn't change the fact that these components shouldn't be there," he said.
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Comment on What are the best niche software tools you're using? in ~tech
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkInstead of paying for clown storage I use SyncThing. It syncs files/folders using local wifi, no server in the middle. It works really well. It makes owning a pile of laptops/devices something...Instead of paying for clown storage I use SyncThing. It syncs files/folders using local wifi, no server in the middle. It works really well. It makes owning a pile of laptops/devices something great because I can sync my current work project folders.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump to issue executive orders to end birthright citizenship, limit gender identity — incoming official in ~lgbt
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentObama was a black pawn for Wall Street, aiding and abetting the gutting of the US middle class. There are no opposites between the actions of the democratic party (NAFTA) and the rise of fascism....How the fuck did the United States go from its first black president to Fascism?
Obama was a black pawn for Wall Street, aiding and abetting the gutting of the US middle class. There are no opposites between the actions of the democratic party (NAFTA) and the rise of fascism. It's the same stair-step process back to fascism. Economic disenfranchisement is all it takes as many other point out here in the comments.
Political blogger Jon Schwarz quoted from Iron Law of Institutions
The people who control institutions care first and foremost about their power within the institution rather than the power of the institution itself. Thus, they would rather the institution "fail" while they remain in power within the institution than for the institution to "succeed" if that requires them to lose power within the institution.
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Comment on What are some words or usage that became more prominent in 2024, either in your life or in general? in ~talk
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentRe: literally OK, I guess I'm confused and very much not an authority on daily usage since I'm not living in an English speaking country and English is not my first language. We have an equivalent...Re: literally
OK, I guess I'm confused and very much not an authority on daily usage since I'm not living in an English speaking country and English is not my first language. We have an equivalent word to 'literally' in My CoUnTrY and It would look veeeeery stupid if you used it in the same way as 'literally' in amr. English.Yeah I find this written uptalk distracting and a bit lazy. You could phrase yourself to imply being unsure instead of just slapping a question mark at the end. You begin a reading a sentence that turns out becoming a question and it just feels like ... betrayal???
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Comment on What are some words or usage that became more prominent in 2024, either in your life or in general? in ~talk
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkPlease everyone haven't you noticed also here on the tildes twin epidemics have been raging: Using 'literally' as all-purpose emphasis in any context at all Putting question marks at the end of...Please everyone haven't you noticed also here on the tildes twin epidemics have been raging:
- Using 'literally' as all-purpose emphasis in any context at all
- Putting question marks at the end of sentences that are not questions
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Comment on What are some words or usage that became more prominent in 2024, either in your life or in general? in ~talk
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentThanks for saying this.Thanks for saying this.
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Comment on MasterCard sells my transaction data in "anonymised" form; but I get targeted spam related to credit card use. How does it work? in ~tech
Boaty_McBoatyson Link ParentYour comment is very useful. I'll keep this in mind when researching the topic further.Your comment is very useful. I'll keep this in mind when researching the topic further.
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Comment on MasterCard sells my transaction data in "anonymised" form; but I get targeted spam related to credit card use. How does it work? in ~tech
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkRecently changed my credit card provider to MasterCard, then I started getting some quite pertinent and well-timed spam emails related to my use of the credit card. I discovered MasterCard is...Recently changed my credit card provider to MasterCard, then I started getting some quite pertinent and well-timed spam emails related to my use of the credit card.
I discovered MasterCard is selling it's customer transaction data online - in an anonymised form. I'm not a data scientist, but from some brief research I get the impression it's quite easy to de-anonymise a large dataset. See for example this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQvpyf0W-MFrom a privacy perspective, is there anything to the implied privacy of 'anonymised data' or is it mostly a fig leaf to allow businesses to sell my data and still comply with, for example European GDPR privacy requirements? Would love to hear the thoughts of those well-versed in law and/or tech. Thank you.
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MasterCard sells my transaction data in "anonymised" form; but I get targeted spam related to credit card use. How does it work?
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkThe title of the post lead me to believe you were abandoning Kagi because you found the service of Yandex to be superior. Yandex' reverse image search works very well, I use it often to trace the...The title of the post lead me to believe you were abandoning Kagi because you found the service of Yandex to be superior. Yandex' reverse image search works very well, I use it often to trace the origins of images. Overall searching on Yandex gives me way better results than other mainstream non-paid search engines.
As a left leaning non-US citizen watching the developments in the US it appears to me any major differences between the Russian and US political system are shrinking, corporate wellfare and the corporate capture of the political system.
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Comment on How do you listen to your favorite obscure music that never made it onto any streaming platforms? in ~music
Boaty_McBoatyson LinkThere are peer-to-peer filesharing networks such as Soulseek http://www.slsknet.org/news/ Strong community of users digitizing music that never will make into the walled gardens of streaming services.There are peer-to-peer filesharing networks such as Soulseek
http://www.slsknet.org/news/Strong community of users digitizing music that never will make into the walled gardens of streaming services.
I would be curious to hear if you could share some insights or specific modes of inquiry that help you not fall for the rhetoric. Often I feel either like being completely swamped by falsehoods, and if I manage to look past the rhetoric, the result is a strong feeling of alienation or living in a ghostly unreal reality (since so much of public discourse is misleading/rhetoric).