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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
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Comment on 'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans in ~food
tanglisha LinkI really want to know if the mice saw tiny people or tiny mice.In research he is preparing for publication, chemical extracts from lab specimens produced behavioural changes in mice similar to those reported in human. After being administered the mushroom extracts, the mice experienced a period of hyperactivity followed by a long stupor where the rodents did not move much.
I really want to know if the mice saw tiny people or tiny mice.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in an online gardening club? in ~hobbies
tanglisha Link ParentMy understanding is that kiwi berries are not good self pollinators. If you don’t have a male, one of your neighbors might. I saw someone online graft a male to a healthy female vine, which I...My understanding is that kiwi berries are not good self pollinators. If you don’t have a male, one of your neighbors might. I saw someone online graft a male to a healthy female vine, which I thought was pretty clever and could save from buying another plant.
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Comment on ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: US candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate in some products in ~food
tanglisha Link ParentThere is a chocolate fest in my area every year. The first time I went I was very surprised by how many different makers are in my area, they’re all over Washington and Oregon, most of which...There is a chocolate fest in my area every year. The first time I went I was very surprised by how many different makers are in my area, they’re all over Washington and Oregon, most of which you’ll rarely see in a store.
Just like small coffee roasters they tend to be very careful in sourcing. There’s no such thing as buying completely local chocolate unless you live near the equator, but I do like to support local companies when I can.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club - How is it going with the Metamorphosis? in ~books
tanglisha LinkI finished the audiobook last week. I got curious about it and Kafka in general, so skimmed through the wiki pages. Turns out Kafka is like Tolkien in that some college professors specialize in...I finished the audiobook last week. I got curious about it and Kafka in general, so skimmed through the wiki pages. Turns out Kafka is like Tolkien in that some college professors specialize in just that author! I didn’t get the same thing out of it as any of the listed wiki explanations, so I’m really curious to hear what other non specialists thought.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club - How is it going with the Metamorphosis? in ~books
tanglisha Link ParentI didn’t realize that was the case. I spent a lot of time figuring out which translation of Anna Karenina to read and ended up happy I had.I didn’t realize that was the case. I spent a lot of time figuring out which translation of Anna Karenina to read and ended up happy I had.
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
tanglisha Link ParentThat’s good to hear. I really like Kotlin, I dislike Java enough to leave it off my resume.That’s good to hear. I really like Kotlin, I dislike Java enough to leave it off my resume.
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Comment on Why do I almost never catch colds anymore? in ~health
tanglisha Link ParentThis is a good point, some illnesses also take a really long time to get over. I had strep throat on and off for over 3 years, haven’t gotten it since.This is a good point, some illnesses also take a really long time to get over. I had strep throat on and off for over 3 years, haven’t gotten it since.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in an online gardening club? in ~hobbies
tanglisha Link ParentI didn’t realize there was a perennial version of rocket! I’m going into my third year for asparagus and blueberries, we finally get to eat some 🙂 Have you gotten any fruit off your mini kiwis? I...I didn’t realize there was a perennial version of rocket!
I’m going into my third year for asparagus and blueberries, we finally get to eat some 🙂
Have you gotten any fruit off your mini kiwis? I assume that’s what is called kiwi berry here, I killed one last year.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in an online gardening club? in ~hobbies
tanglisha Link ParentI've had very good experiences getting plant starts off of Etsy if you're having trouble finding that. Availability comes and goes, but it's where I got my true Christmas Cactus.I've had very good experiences getting plant starts off of Etsy if you're having trouble finding that. Availability comes and goes, but it's where I got my true Christmas Cactus.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in an online gardening club? in ~hobbies
tanglisha Link ParentThat's how everyone starts unless they grew up with a garden.That's how everyone starts unless they grew up with a garden.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in an online gardening club? in ~hobbies
tanglisha Link ParentThat's a lot of edible perennials. What do you have?That's a lot of edible perennials. What do you have?
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
tanglisha Link ParentI believe intelliJ was created for Java, it is written in Java. I've never used anything that even comes close for it specifically with Java. I have yet to find anything else that refactors as...I believe intelliJ was created for Java, it is written in Java. I've never used anything that even comes close for it specifically with Java.
I have yet to find anything else that refactors as well as intelliJ, though it used to be pretty useless for JavaScript. Language does matter, I had an easier time with Go in Doom Emacs.
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Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life
tanglisha Link ParentI bet there’s also a correlation with how well funded the school itself is. I imagine a salary one teacher was happy with wouldn’t be enough for one who felt obligated to buy classroom supplies...I bet there’s also a correlation with how well funded the school itself is. I imagine a salary one teacher was happy with wouldn’t be enough for one who felt obligated to buy classroom supplies out of pocket.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in an online gardening club? in ~hobbies
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Comment on What is your top, unknown, non fiction recommendation ? in ~books
tanglisha LinkFirst Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe, by Richard Preston who also wrote Hot Zone. It’s about building the Hale telescope near San Diego. The description of how the mirror was...First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe, by Richard Preston who also wrote Hot Zone. It’s about building the Hale telescope near San Diego. The description of how the mirror was polished really stuck with me.
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Comment on I don’t know if my software engineering job will still exist in ten years in ~comp
tanglisha LinkI don't think my software engineering job exists now.I don't think my software engineering job exists now.
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Comment on What I dislike the most about the US in ~society
tanglisha LinkI’m not exactly sure what you mean by desensitization. There has been a long campaign since sometime after Vietnam to get the American public to stop treating troops like garbage. We’re in a...How did this happen? Did the Vietnam war completely desensitize the American psyche from being able to grapple with these sorts of questions?
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by desensitization.
There has been a long campaign since sometime after Vietnam to get the American public to stop treating troops like garbage. We’re in a pendulum swing right now, and what you hear around you will vary based on where you live.
Troops after Vietnam came home to being called baby killers. They couldn’t get jobs. They were turned out of their homes. I wasn’t alive yet at this time, but I was in the military as an adult and heard how awful it was for those returning home, basically in shame.
I’m not saying that any of what is happening now is okay, I’m offering some historical context.
That being said, the one thing I despise about America, that cannot be chocked up to media manipulation or elite control, is how Americans value the lives of servicemen/women against foreign civilians.
I don’t really agree with comparing the deaths of service people with those on the receiving end of our attacks in the eyes of most people. When a (usually white) troop is killed in a way the media finds to be a good story, the news will be full of pretty much the complete life story of that person. What a tragedy, look at the promise they showed, promise that will never be fulfilled. It’s the exact same shorthand used in all those cop/fire department shows to make you quickly feel empathy for a victim.
Meanwhile, all we get for the victims on the other side are numbers. There are of course more personal stories out there, but unless you’re looking at the source of one of those, you have to seek them out. Numbers are far too abstract for the average person to grasp in the middle of a newsfeed full of 30 second clips.
This is propaganda. The public is being manipulated with techniques that have not only been honed over decades, they have been set up to accept without question.
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
tanglisha LinkI'm not actually sure if I grew up lower middle class or poor, but it was somewhere in there. My story is probably less hopeful than you'd like, but it does offer some perspective. I got lucky and...I'm not actually sure if I grew up lower middle class or poor, but it was somewhere in there.
My story is probably less hopeful than you'd like, but it does offer some perspective.
I got lucky and picked a lucrative degree, but i didn't want to work in some giant faceless company so I stayed with small companies, at one point taking a gov job for a few years because they were willing to move me to a much higher cost of living area.
When one of those small companies was acquired by a larger company, the employees got new job offers from the acquiring company instead of the jobs just transferring, part of this was their completely different pay structure. Some people got pay raises and x shares of stock, others got pay raises and y shares of stock, some stayed the same and got y shares of stock. Nobody had any idea how to figure out if their offer was any good or not. In order to help gauge this, someone started a spreadsheet of current pay/demographic info and what their job offer was.
Holy cow what a mess. There were zero women in the company in the highest pay scales. All of the offers to women were lower than those of men, even with comparable time in the company and job responsibilities, sometimes with higher job responsibilities. I was leading teams with men who were making $20-50k more than me, their offers gave them big pay raises and thousands of shares of stock with the new company instead of the - I think it was a couple of hundred shares I got. It was a take it or leave it situation and we were supposedly going to keep doing the same jobs. That of course ended up a lie, but there was no way to know at the time.
Anyway, as much of a mess as this was, I did pretty well. I had stock options that got turned into enough to make a down payment on a house in a nearby city with a lower cost of living. Later, this company was acquired by yet another company. I was laid off but made enough in severance to live on frugally for a few years.
So I'm in the "I got lucky" camp. I found the original job that started the chain through a friend I'd met on reddit. I seriously loved that job and kept it for years, it's too bad that entire area of the company was wiped out. I knew I was being paid under market, but was ok with that because of how much I loved it there. I made enough to save money with that job, but not enough to save up for a house.
I graduated college over 20 years ago. The path I took left me worried about if I'll be able to retire or not. Add to this watching my dad retire and only be able to really enjoy it for a few years before his body and mind started breaking down. A different path would likely have me comfortable and confident about my future for at least a decade, even without finding work.
Now I've been unemployed for nearly 2 years and am starting to realize that my specialties are very likely going to go away because of AI. Even without that, the market is brutal right now and I have no idea how many jobs I've applied to that weren't even real.
I've been looking around at the people who appear to be doing well. We can never really tell if anyone is doing well financially or not, but we can try. Aside from retired Boomers, it seems to me that the only folks who seem to be ok right now are those who have always been what I consider rich and those that work in sales. I'm including Youtubers and podcasters in the sales group, because they make their money via advertising. Even the government has proven to be an unreliable employer. I don't have the personality for this kind of work, so I'm now looking to see if I can do some piece work that I can sell, because contract work is now as hard to come by as a standard job. If I can do well at that, maybe I can build a small business out of it. Hopefully I'll at least be able to wait out this mess and see what comes after.
Times of big changes are always a time of opportunity. We always hear about the winners from that, but there are also always folks who chose wrong and failed. It sounds like you have an idea of what you want to do. Someone else suggested figuring out what you'd consider success, and I think that's good advice. Make a list of the things you see as signs of success.
You don't need to answer these questions here, but think about them.
- How much vacation time do you need?
- What would the vacation of a successful you look like?
- If you want to own a home, can it be in a lower cost of living area? WHY do you want to own a home? Is it because that's what people do, or do you have specific reasons?
- At what age do you want to be able to retire? When you do, where would you like to live?
- Would you consider charitable donations to be part of success? If so, how much?
Once you have a list that seems at least somewhat complete to you, you'll have an idea of how much you'd need to make today to make this happen. If it isn't possible to make as much as you need at the very top of your current position, it may be time to start looking at something else that can get you there.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
tanglisha (edited )Link ParentI think this happens to a lot of tech folks as we age. What used to be something fun to do in our spare time starts to feel like work. We also often have less and less “spare time” as we age.I think this happens to a lot of tech folks as we age. What used to be something fun to do in our spare time starts to feel like work. We also often have less and less “spare time” as we age.
Doctors are notorious for having bad handwriting and have been for a really long time. I think legibility has more to do with how we’re taught to write.