Noox's recent activity
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Comment on Why is Google Gemini saying we should die? in ~tech
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Comment on Is ADHD really that debilitating? in ~health.mental
Noox I've never had a car until 6 months ago, which pretty much coincided with getting a job I need to drive to (public transport is 4x as long). I've driven that car to and from work, up to 5 times...I've never had a car until 6 months ago, which pretty much coincided with getting a job I need to drive to (public transport is 4x as long).
I've driven that car to and from work, up to 5 times per week.
Every. Single. Day. I end up in traffic.
I've still never checked the 'traffic radar' my country religiously maintains. Logically, I know I should check it so I can decide to leave earlier or later, my work doesn't mind what time I arrive at all.
But still, every. single. day. Total suprise-pickachu when I'm stuck in traffic again...
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Comment on I am missing a neutral way to flag low-effort or potentially spammy posts in ~tildes
Noox Maybe you'd want to add some filters so that you don't get the news posts that much? I've got a bunch of filters setup (mainly to block out politics and sports) and if I see news things it's...Maybe you'd want to add some filters so that you don't get the news posts that much? I've got a bunch of filters setup (mainly to block out politics and sports) and if I see news things it's usually very niche (like, tech news developments that I actually want to read about as well as scientific advancements).
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Comment on Seeking an Android podcast app without subscription. Impossible? in ~tech
Noox My vote is for podcast Republic! I absolutely love that i can "delete" episodes from my podcast subscriptions and they won't be backfilled. I need that cause I love Jim Morrison and all his...My vote is for podcast Republic! I absolutely love that i can "delete" episodes from my podcast subscriptions and they won't be backfilled. I need that cause I love Jim Morrison and all his dateline podcasts, but every time a new podcast is made ALL their dateline podcasts receive a new 'promotional' minute-long episode. That's infuriating so I'm glad I can remove them.
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Comment on Newly published collection - Letters by Oliver Sacks – provides valuable insight into a curious mind in ~books
Noox It's also how I found out that not recognizing people until they speak isn't normal and that I have prosopagnosia 😂 not as bad as the hat-man, luckily LOLIt's also how I found out that not recognizing people until they speak isn't normal and that I have prosopagnosia 😂 not as bad as the hat-man, luckily LOL
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Comment on Newly published collection - Letters by Oliver Sacks – provides valuable insight into a curious mind in ~books
Noox (edited )Link ParentThat book was definitely a huge part of the reason I picked Cognitive Psychology as my masters!That book was definitely a huge part of the reason I picked Cognitive Psychology as my masters!
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Comment on What are Hubble and Webb looking at right this minute? in ~space
Noox Anti-clickbait duty: It's not actually clickbait - it's actually a thing where you can see what the Hubble and Webb are looking at right now. :)Anti-clickbait duty: It's not actually clickbait - it's actually a thing where you can see what the Hubble and Webb are looking at right now. :)
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Comment on How do you deal with work-related stress? in ~health.mental
Noox I can very much relate to this feeling. My own solution for this was to formalise the prioritisation with my manager. Every Monday I have 30 minutes with my (extremely busy) manager, which we...I can very much relate to this feeling. My own solution for this was to formalise the prioritisation with my manager. Every Monday I have 30 minutes with my (extremely busy) manager, which we specifically plan in before the team weekly standup / capacity meeting. In my prioritisation meeting (we call it a weekly kick-off) I check two things:
- What should I spend 80% of my time this week on?
- What smaller things should I spend the leftover 20% on?
In my case, I firmly hold on to having space for 2 major projects for point 1; that is on my manager to decide which of the two. Ex. We have a dashboard build deadline for client A next week; and we have an internal KPI meeting with various stakeholders that i need to source the data for on Friday. I cannot also do an analysis on the data for client B because i already have my 2 projects for 80% of my time.
For point (2) I give my manager a couple of backlog smaller things I can work on, and they choose the priority of those things.
This all has allowed me to work very efficiently and reduced my stress loads - because it's essentially 'out of my hands'. So if a higher up comes to me on Wednesday asking for me to switch project priorities, I simply point them to my manager and tell them to take it up with their peer. If my manager says okay then sure no problem. That way it's never me saying no, as it well shouldn't be in the role I'm in. I'll also be implementing this when I become a teamlead, so that I can be the person who protects my team members as my manager protects me.
I would recommend you consider if you could depend on your manager or supervisor on doing this for you also. Or are they the person who heaps the extra work on? If so, you don't have a workload-issue, you have a shitty manager issue :(
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Comment on Millions of people are using abusive AI ‘Nudify’ bots on Telegram in ~tech
Noox What are the odds?! At my old job we used a screenshot-to-link program that would generate a random link for every screenshot so it would be easy to share. One day I ALMOST sent a very...What are the odds?!
At my old job we used a screenshot-to-link program that would generate a random link for every screenshot so it would be easy to share.
One day I ALMOST sent a very professional screenshot (containing step-by-step explanations for something) to a large government client of ours, with the URL being something like "screenshottool.com/seXD0gz". Really glad my eye fell on the generated URL that day LOL.
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Comment on ChatGPT will happily write you a thinly disguised horoscope in ~tech
Noox You can pretty easily remove memories that you don't want in there - and you can always preface a new convo with "nothing in this chat should be updated to your memory"!You can pretty easily remove memories that you don't want in there - and you can always preface a new convo with "nothing in this chat should be updated to your memory"!
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Comment on Telegram: Why the app is allowed when other social media is censored in Russia in ~tech
Noox Ah you have to look up the sets you already have! It has absolutely awful search functionality, I had to eventually look for like "cute cat" and scroll a bunch before I found some of my old...Ah you have to look up the sets you already have! It has absolutely awful search functionality, I had to eventually look for like "cute cat" and scroll a bunch before I found some of my old sticker sets lol. Maybe try again but presume the search is a particularly stupid 5 year old and needs really basic terms? Hah
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Comment on Telegram: Why the app is allowed when other social media is censored in Russia in ~tech
Noox People ported them over! You can download packs here: https://signalstickers.org/. It still works the same way telegram works too - if someone sends you a sticker you like you can insta-download...People ported them over! You can download packs here: https://signalstickers.org/. It still works the same way telegram works too - if someone sends you a sticker you like you can insta-download the whole pack if you want :)
Thats annoying about the media! I almost exclusively use it on my phone or on my work computer - but i don't want images sent while I'm working to go fullscreen anyway :p
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Comment on Telegram: Why the app is allowed when other social media is censored in Russia in ~tech
Noox My husband and I went over to Signal - Its open source and in its own silo - there's not even standard cloud nonsense, you have to setup your own backup to your own cloud solutions (which is...My husband and I went over to Signal - Its open source and in its own silo - there's not even standard cloud nonsense, you have to setup your own backup to your own cloud solutions (which is really really easy btw, same concept as backing up your phone or WhatsApp, you get to choose where you back it up to, there's instructions online so no worries). It's been great - I even have the same stickers I used in Telegram, thank heaven I don't have to live without my Pusheen Cat stickers❤️🐱
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Comment on Use plain text email in ~tech
Noox Lol i just added Google Chat there for completions' sake yeah - it's absolute garbage. I've actually never worked anywhere that didn't use the Google sphere, but every one of them also used a chat...Lol i just added Google Chat there for completions' sake yeah - it's absolute garbage. I've actually never worked anywhere that didn't use the Google sphere, but every one of them also used a chat messaging system like Slack because of how crap Google chat is :p
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Comment on Use plain text email in ~tech
Noox Hah, thanks for the perspective! I definitely know email must have been a huge step forward in communication. I didn't realize I hit the mark do exactly with my '20 years ago' comment, but that's...Hah, thanks for the perspective! I definitely know email must have been a huge step forward in communication. I didn't realize I hit the mark do exactly with my '20 years ago' comment, but that's pretty much what I meant - essentially that if the parent commenter wasn't talking about their workplace 20 years ago then my (tongue in cheek) horror was justified - aka, who the hell after like, 2018 or so, didn't already utilise a business chat solution?! :p
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Comment on Use plain text email in ~tech
Noox Maybe I'm too used to tech-fields, but every place I've worked has had a combination of the two, always. Email and a chat messaging system I mean - e.g. Teams, Slack, Google Chat etc. When you say...Maybe I'm too used to tech-fields, but every place I've worked has had a combination of the two, always. Email and a chat messaging system I mean - e.g. Teams, Slack, Google Chat etc.
When you say internal communication, dyou mean like the day to day quick messages, essentially as if you're speaking with a person but virtually, took place via EMAIL?!?!
Before anyone listen-here-young-whippersnapper's me, I'm almost 31, unless this was 20 years ago that just seems beyond inconvenient and inefficient to me.. glad your workplace moved away from that!
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
Noox Hah, I can't make it tonight after all but saw that you already added some new markers! Just in case, here's an easy query for the registry list; just fill in the blank spots :)Hah, I can't make it tonight after all but saw that you already added some new markers! Just in case, here's an easy query for the registry list; just fill in the blank spots :)
/dmarker add id: label:"" x: y:64 z: set:Registery icon:pin world:world
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
Noox I've gotten distracted by some personal life stuff - I'll hop on tonight to update the Dynmap and then I'll also paste the Dynmap query I use for updating the map - then anyone can easily add...I've gotten distracted by some personal life stuff - I'll hop on tonight to update the Dynmap and then I'll also paste the Dynmap query I use for updating the map - then anyone can easily add their markers!
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Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food
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Comment on 11th Circuit rules in favor of forced trans sterilization for drivers licenses in Alabama in ~lgbt
This is absolutely insane!! I read through your whole conversation, there is ABSOLUTELY nothing that preludes to this at all??? Absolutely batshit. I took a screenshot cause there's no way in hell this'll stay online long!