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Comment on Sweden may oppose Tesla's supervised self-driving tech in Europe over speeding concerns in ~transport
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Comment on Earthbound Beginnings Remake (Mother 1 fan remake in Earthbound engine) completed after nineteen years in ~games
preposterous LinkI really enjoyed playing mother 3 on GBA (well, anbernics rg35xx-h with muos), I highly recommend the series!I really enjoyed playing mother 3 on GBA (well, anbernics rg35xx-h with muos), I highly recommend the series!
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Comment on What’s something that didn’t work for you? in ~talk
preposterous LinkSalaried employment. I’ve tried, I’ve worked on and off since I’m 16, and I’m close to 40 now. I could never enjoy it. I always had a problem with someone telling me how to spend most of my waking...Salaried employment.
I’ve tried, I’ve worked on and off since I’m 16, and I’m close to 40 now.
I could never enjoy it. I always had a problem with someone telling me how to spend most of my waking hours, where, and have me do things that could be done better with less effort for the same result overall. Getting a pitance for the privilege while enriching the owner/shareholders a great deal more, off my toiling and eroding my health. Having to ask permission to take the vacation I’m entitled to (as a principle, I can’t just decide to go, I have to request leave), or be judged when I’m sick and need time off.
My typical tenure is 6–18 months and it always ended badly: I either quit because I couldn’t take it anymore, got laid off because I was being “difficult”, or got “medically discharged”.
I’m still not very comfortable with all this, but it’s getting better. I feel like I’m defective because most other people can suck it and play this game. But I can’t. It burns me out every time. Makes me feel used. Robs my dignity.
For the last 18 months, I’ve been working as an independent on contract only. I pick my contracts, I decide when I work, how I work. I get more respect and my input is actually valued because I’m the consultant expert. I work far less than 5 days a week. Pay is much better (I make more in a week and a half than I used to in a month), but it’s not as stable obviously. I feel more in control though and am much happier this way. I have to plan for my own retirement (always have invested on the side anyway), and I’m on my own for employment insurance. But having nobody tell me what to do, how to do it, and where to do it makes it worth it to me.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? (Results) in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentWhat worries me the most is how we’ve managed to fuck the climate. We can have all the comfort and technologies we want, if the climate doesn’t let us grow enough food we’re going to have a very...What worries me the most is how we’ve managed to fuck the climate. We can have all the comfort and technologies we want, if the climate doesn’t let us grow enough food we’re going to have a very bad time.
Anywhere you look the weather has been abnormally hot and getting worse every year. This year on track to be yet another record beating hot year. With the trump war closing the Detroit there were fertilizer shortages so not all crop was planted. Along with the heat and crop failures resulting, we’re projected to have a 20–30% shortfall this year. We probably won’t feel it this, us lucky ones in rich countries (pasta will probably cost a few dollars/euros more a pack but we can still afford it just like it happened for gasoline), but it means porter countries will starve. It’ll be our turn in a while as this gets worse.
We also have no idea about the long term effects of global warming except that most climate scientists agree that it’s probably bad, serious, irreversible. For now we’re getting hot and begrudgingly buy fans or air conditioners. Meanwhile people in India are dying from the heat because it’s just too hot and even sitting in water doesn’t cool down the body anymore. How many years before it’s here too?
Politics aside (this has always been a circus), we have deep systemic issues that are catching up with us and are irreversible. I don’t think the future will be better than the past this time around, this might be the best it’ll ever be and going downhill.
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Comment on What are people's experiences with using Kagi? in ~tech
preposterous LinkEven though it bothered me to pay around 10$ a month for search, it doesn’t anymore and I wouldn’t go back. The custom bangs, the ability to pin sites on top or block some from the results, and...Even though it bothered me to pay around 10$ a month for search, it doesn’t anymore and I wouldn’t go back.
The custom bangs, the ability to pin sites on top or block some from the results, and the higher quality of the results make it a must for me. I hadn’t used google in years but found the alternatives lacking.
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Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men
preposterous Link ParentThanks, I didn’t know. Any idea why they picked “vegan”?Thanks, I didn’t know. Any idea why they picked “vegan”?
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Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men
preposterous Link ParentWhat are “vegan” powerlifters? I know what vegan mean but the quotes and juxtaposition to roids make me wonder if it doesn’t mean something else than it seems?What are “vegan” powerlifters? I know what vegan mean but the quotes and juxtaposition to roids make me wonder if it doesn’t mean something else than it seems?
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Comment on Motorola's Smart Feed injected affiliate links into their device's Amazon app, Motorola corrects "unintended" behavior in ~tech
preposterous Link ParentNone of these scenario make any of the involved parties look good.None of these scenario make any of the involved parties look good.
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Comment on There's a hundred illegal erections in the hills behind my parents' house in ~hobbies
preposterous LinkThank you, this was a great read. It reminded me of visiting the catacombs under Paris: it’s illegal and you enter through a manhole. You have to know someone who knows their way around. And along...Thank you, this was a great read. It reminded me of visiting the catacombs under Paris: it’s illegal and you enter through a manhole. You have to know someone who knows their way around. And along the (underground) way, there are many interesting rooms in which people have carved the stone walls out with miniature cities, busts, furniture, seats, etc. No one will ever see or enjoy them unless they go down there. It was a pretty cool experience, not dissimilar to what you’re talking about (I’d imagine)
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Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental
preposterous Link ParentFWIW slow tapering has been shown to work much better (less long term side effects, more successful) than fast tapering or quitting cold turkey.FWIW slow tapering has been shown to work much better (less long term side effects, more successful) than fast tapering or quitting cold turkey.
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Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental
preposterous Link ParentI think it’s because it has been more widely accepted somewhat recently. From what I understand, it used to be that the accepted protocol was to reduce the dose to zero over a couple of weeks....I think it’s because it has been more widely accepted somewhat recently.
From what I understand, it used to be that the accepted protocol was to reduce the dose to zero over a couple of weeks. Many people didn’t do well at that rate and got long term side effects and a much harder ride. The consensus is now to taper off much, much slower (especially in patients taking the medicine for years), so people who were used to the “old school” way might find it crazy.
But it does seem the outcomes are much better tapering slowly than following the previous, steep off-ramp protocol.
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Comment on Samsung chip workers to get $340,000 average bonus in AI boom in ~tech
preposterous LinkI know very few agree with me, but I think this should be the standard. Employees should get a share of the profits as law. Employees aren’t just cogs employers can use up and throw away once they...I know very few agree with me, but I think this should be the standard.
Employees should get a share of the profits as law. Employees aren’t just cogs employers can use up and throw away once they stop printing money for them. I’m not saying owners, investors, etc shouldn’t be getting anything, I think it’s fair they get more than employees because they have (much) more skin in the game. But I think the current split of 100% for investors and 0% for employees is unethical, no matter the business (sector and size).
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Comment on Any fellow XCP-ng users here? in ~comp
preposterous LinkI’m considering coreos since more and more things run on docker, and I could make these that don’t also run on docker.I’m considering coreos since more and more things run on docker, and I could make these that don’t also run on docker.
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Comment on Timmy the stranded whale is dead. Please, let’s put animal welfare first and human emotion second. in ~enviro
preposterous LinkI know someone whose dog had advanced diabetes and was in very poor shape. Likely in constant pain. The dog’s owner absolutely refused euthanasia and the dog agonized over weeks before finally...euthanasia was the kindest option.
I know someone whose dog had advanced diabetes and was in very poor shape. Likely in constant pain. The dog’s owner absolutely refused euthanasia and the dog agonized over weeks before finally dying.
Putting an animal down is hard, a pet even more so. But it really is the better option when the end is near. Many of our pets actually die better than we do because they can and do get euthanasia. There is no kindness in letting an animal suffer for weeks and die a slow death just because the owner can’t take responsibility and do the right thing.
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Comment on What stock do you put in gut feelings? in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentIndeed, I don’t comment much on tildes because the discussion is already good as is to read and most comments are well written, much better than I could ever articulate the same point.Indeed, I don’t comment much on tildes because the discussion is already good as is to read and most comments are well written, much better than I could ever articulate the same point.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentTo each their own. For me it’s worth it: if I sit myself down and plan calmly, I can explain myself that yes it’s less stable, but since I bill so much when I do, my runway really is 3 years of...To each their own. For me it’s worth it: if I sit myself down and plan calmly, I can explain myself that yes it’s less stable, but since I bill so much when I do, my runway really is 3 years of living expenses (not opulent but not destitute either) and so unless I can’t find a single new project in 3 years I’ll be fine.
OTOH while being an employee I always ended up getting laid off or quitting after 6 months—2 years and then needing several months to a year just to recover (mentally) before I could go back in the grinder for another loop. So all in all even as an employee I didn’t really have stability anyway. But I was giving up a lot of agency in living my life while destroying my health in return.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentThe emulators are pretty good now. Devices like what ambernics does along with mustardos is pretty great. AMD you can have shaders and filters to make the display look like the original console...The emulators are pretty good now. Devices like what ambernics does along with mustardos is pretty great. AMD you can have shaders and filters to make the display look like the original console (but better).
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentI guess you haven’t done it in a while Pirating is so easy I don’t understand why more people don’t do it. I want to watch a movie/tv show. Paying for it means: I have to find which streaming...I guess you haven’t done it in a while
Pirating is so easy I don’t understand why more people don’t do it.
I want to watch a movie/tv show. Paying for it means:
- I have to find which streaming service has it
- if any does, I have to subscribe (because of course it’s not one of the 3 I already have)
- I have to load their app on a supported platform/device
- Figure out how much I want to pay (there are several plans)
- maybe watch a few ads (depending on plan)
- finally watch the content, maybe (not everything works on Linux, my smart tv is offline, the content isn’t streamed in hdr…)
Vs not paying for it:
- add the show to sonarr or the movie to IMDb (which radarr picks up automatically)
- wait about 5–10 minutes for the content (movie or whole tv show season) to be downloaded off Usenet
- turn tv on and play it from kodi on my tv
- I get top quality (it’s usually ripped from streaming services or the digital “reel” if it’s cinema only) with hdr, all languages, subtitles, BR quality at worst.
- and it’s all automated. When a new episode is aired I get it within the hour. When a movie comes out I get it as soon as it finds a release matching my set quality requirements (BR or better). I just have to turn on the TV and decide what I want to watch right now and it starts instantly, and the content is automatically deleted after I’ve watched it.
The era of telecine and camera-filmed in a theatre are long gone. The experience is so much better now. I’ll never pay for a movie or tv show.
All the above is hypothetical of course. I watch all my entertainment legally. I’m just trying my hand at creative writing/illustrating how a friend does it.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentI’m on the same boat. I’ve struggled as an employee for 20 years (ever since I started working). I just can’t feel comfortable having someone else ruling my life, I feel like a toddler. And I feel...I’m on the same boat. I’ve struggled as an employee for 20 years (ever since I started working). I just can’t feel comfortable having someone else ruling my life, I feel like a toddler. And I feel exploited being paid little in comparison to how much profit the company is making, at the expense of my sanity and health.
So I’ve switched to being an independent consultant for the last few years. I have nobody telling me what to do, how to do it, or when to do it. I earn in a week as much as I’d get in two months as salary (my daily rate isn’t cheap)
But there are downsides: I have no stability (a client can stop the project pretty much whenever, or they can just stop paying their bills), I have to find my own customers, and most insurances are on me (disability, retirement, etc). I tried to spread the risk by working several part time projects at the same time so that losing one is fine. But it’s not easy.
All this to say that 1. There might be downsides that you’re not seeing until you actually experience them and 2. People always make it look easier and more chill than it really is (everyone enjoys bragging, even a little) 3. Try and think how you could change your circumstances and remove the aspect that annoys you the most. Your brain will chew on it for a while and eventually come up with a solution but it can take a long time. I wanted to do my own thing for years before I actually managed to pull it off. Good luck!
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
preposterous Link ParentOo that’s… not easy? Or do you mean you can coast on the job, not that it’s easy to get there?become a family doctor or something simple like that
Oo that’s… not easy? Or do you mean you can coast on the job, not that it’s easy to get there?
I don’t know, I always observe the posted limit and most drivers I see on the road do too. Only a few sociopaths drive above the limit in my experience. Especially with high gas prices but even before.