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7 votes
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These Syrian refugees can't stay in Denmark, but they can't be sent home
5 votes -
Do you track your time?
Basically the title. Do you now, or have you ever tracked your time to try to measure where it all goes? I've been feeling a little unproductive lately, and have heard anecdotally that keeping a...
Basically the title. Do you now, or have you ever tracked your time to try to measure where it all goes? I've been feeling a little unproductive lately, and have heard anecdotally that keeping a log of time spent can be useful for realigning your priorities. I'm checking out a bunch of different apps and services, but also just curious to know if anybody has had any joy with this sort of thing?
If you currently track your time, what do you use; are there things that you don't bother tracking; and do you feel like it's a useful tool?
If you have in the past but don't anymore, same questions, but also why did you stop?
13 votes -
The lie that made me. How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father.
6 votes -
Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and will receive a face-to-face apology from the prime minister
5 votes -
Self-promotion skills for women in business: These six tips might help you get noticed at work – in the best possible way
5 votes -
Eliza Reid: ‘The ancient Icelandic word 'sprakkar' means outstanding women. And they're all around us’.
3 votes -
The airport: A story of the fall of Kabul
8 votes -
It’s not easy running a geeky business
4 votes -
Tildes Screenless Day Discussion - March 2022
What is a "Screenless Day"? Tildes "Screenless Day" is a simple event aimed at encouraging people to take a temporary step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology and spend their time...
What is a "Screenless Day"?
Tildes "Screenless Day" is a simple event aimed at encouraging people to take a temporary step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology and spend their time and energies elsewhere.
When is it?
It takes place over the weekend starting on the first Friday of each month. Participants will choose that Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to take as their screenless day -- whichever works best for their schedule.
Some people might not be able to participate in that window, and that's fine too. They can choose to shift their day earlier or later as needed. It is also completely fine (and encouraged!) to take personal screenless days separate from the event if you like. This thread will be posted the first weekend of each month, but it is open for comments the entire month.
Does it have to be truly "screenless"?
"Screenless" is an ideal, not a mandate. The spirit of the day is to deliberately step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology, and what that means is different for each person. Thus, it is up to each participant to determine what "screenless" means to them. Some might only choose to not use social media for a day; some might choose to eliminate all "screens" but still use their ereader; some may maintain some screen use but only for necessity (e.g. work; classes; GPS; etc.). Some might get rid of screens entirely, or go fully "unplugged" for the day.
How do I participate?
You do not have to do anything formal at all to participate -- simply take your screenless day in whatever way is best for you!
If you’d like to, use this thread to share plans for your upcoming screenless day or summaries/reflections about it once it’s over.
Can I chat in this thread if I'm not participating?
Yes! The more, the merrier! Discussion from anyone, participant or non-participant alike, is welcome. Though, do understand that it might take a bit longer than normal for some people to respond. :)
5 votes -
Sex work
8 votes -
I need life/career advice
Hi friends. I need your advice. For the past 7 years I've been self-employed as a writer. I self-publish books on Amazon and other platforms and I've had a lot of successes as well as a lot of...
Hi friends.
I need your advice. For the past 7 years I've been self-employed as a writer. I self-publish books on Amazon and other platforms and I've had a lot of successes as well as a lot of failures. It's been amazing and weird and fun and stressful. But I'm just not where I hoped I'd be this far into my career. Being a professional artist is really hard.
I write under a pen name and the stuff I write--while I do think is good and I am proud of it--it's also slightly embarrassing. I don't share it with anybody, friends or family. Most people understand when I tell them why I can't share, but I know over the years my close friends have felt a little jilted that they don't get to know my secret.
I've dabbled with leaving professional writing behind, but after so long it feels like a daunting prospect to get back into the job market. My background is in IT consulting (6 years), sysadmin and jack-of-all-trades type stuff. So I understand managing servers, virtualization, networking, troubleshooting, and so on. I do have a minor background in programming, and last year I spent a lot of time learning Python, I learned Docker, I learned Git, I spent some time diving deeper into SQL. I'm skilled in Linux (and love it, actually). I don't have any certs. This past summer, I applied to a handful of local IT jobs (I left the big city years ago and now live in a very small market, almost 3 hours away from a larger city) and didn't hear anything back. I spoke to a recruiter who wasn't very helpful at all beyond saying he thought my resume looked good. I disagree, though... I don't think my resume is that good at all.
I just don't know what to do, though. I'm 40 years old. I've always wanted to be a writer, and I'm doing it. But I'm not writing the stuff I really want to write, and it's hard to pivot. Partly because of the sunk-cost fallacy, but also because starting a new pen name is very difficult and can take years to really gain traction. A lot of days, even though I work hard and push, I still feel like I'm failing. I'm not making the kind of money I'd like. The last two COVID years were pretty hard and I didn't work as much as I should have.
My partner works at a small company on the web development team, and I'm considering trying to get a meeting with her boss (who actually really likes me) about possibly getting some kind of junior developer position. They're currently having a tough time finding developers because their pay isn't really competitive with the current market and they don't offer work from home. They mainly do PHP for client websites, and while that's not my jam, it would at least be a foot in the door for a development role. I learned to program in high school, understand a lot of the fundamentals, and had a blast with Python last year (it came very easy to me). I taught myself HTML in the 90s, know CSS, and have some basic PHP experience from my WordPress days.
When I think about having a tech job again, I really just envision being able to work in Linux full-time, work on backend problems, and just solve higher-level issues. Not really a client-facing position. In a development role, I really don't know what I'd prefer. Just command-line, backend stuff maybe. I don't really care for frontend UX stuff. I'm most concerned with a good work-life balance, being able to leave my job at the office, and feel like I'm learning and doing and helping. I've got no FAANG aspirations or any desire to be some hot shot. I just want a chill life with chill people.
But I'm really just feeling lost. What do you think I should do?
12 votes -
US lawsuit says sixteen elite colleges are part of price-fixing cartel
8 votes -
Disaster planning for regular folks
9 votes -
Belgium to decriminalise sex work
19 votes -
The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
11 votes -
The next affordable US city is already too expensive
17 votes -
The JFK QAnon Cult in Dallas is somehow getting weirder
19 votes -
Scriptless
18 votes -
Strip-search optional: Volunteers to test new Swiss jail
9 votes -
Why the depth year was my best year
4 votes -
What small purchase has vastly improved your life?
Inspired by posts I've seen elsewhere, what small purchase have you made that has vastly improved your life? For me, one example would be this Gerber Folding Utility Knife. It's great for opening...
Inspired by posts I've seen elsewhere, what small purchase have you made that has vastly improved your life?
For me, one example would be this Gerber Folding Utility Knife. It's great for opening boxes. I've had several pocket knives over the years, but this one has replaced them. When the blade gets dull or gunky from opening packages I just replace it.
60 votes -
How to want less
11 votes -
Your theme for 2022
14 votes -
The data are clear: The boys are not all right
13 votes -
They went to prison as kids. Now they’re on death row.
9 votes -
Teachers are leaving and few people want to join the field. Experts are sounding the alarm
16 votes -
Notes on work
3 votes -
In 1965, Teté-Michel Kpomassie left his Togo homeland for a new life in Greenland; the first African man to set foot there
5 votes -
Tildes Screenless Day Discussion - February 2022
What is a "Screenless Day"? Tildes "Screenless Day" is a simple event aimed at encouraging people to take a temporary step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology and spend their time...
What is a "Screenless Day"?
Tildes "Screenless Day" is a simple event aimed at encouraging people to take a temporary step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology and spend their time and energies elsewhere.
When is it?
It takes place over the weekend starting on the first Friday of each month. Participants will choose that Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to take as their screenless day -- whichever works best for their schedule.
Some people might not be able to participate in that window, and that's fine too. They can choose to shift their day earlier or later as needed. It is also completely fine (and encouraged!) to take personal screenless days separate from the event if you like. This thread will be posted the first weekend of each month, but it is open for comments the entire month.
Does it have to be truly "screenless"?
"Screenless" is an ideal, not a mandate. The spirit of the day is to deliberately step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology, and what that means is different for each person. Thus, it is up to each participant to determine what "screenless" means to them. Some might only choose to not use social media for a day; some might choose to eliminate all "screens" but still use their ereader; some may maintain some screen use but only for necessity (e.g. work; classes; GPS; etc.). Some might get rid of screens entirely, or go fully "unplugged" for the day.
How do I participate?
You do not have to do anything formal at all to participate -- simply take your screenless day in whatever way is best for you!
If you’d like to, use this thread to share plans for your upcoming screenless day or summaries/reflections about it once it’s over.
Can I chat in this thread if I'm not participating?
Yes! The more, the merrier! Discussion from anyone, participant or non-participant alike, is welcome. Though, do understand that it might take a bit longer than normal for some people to respond. :)
7 votes -
He spent twenty-five years infiltrating nazis, the Klan, and biker gangs
10 votes -
Why miners risk their lives to get sulfur from an active volcano | Risky Business
4 votes -
Why the challenge of the 21st century is building the first true human civilization
5 votes -
The Dubai job
4 votes -
Nara Walker was convicted of assaulting her ex-husband in Reykjavík in 2017 – she and eight other women are taking Iceland to court claiming human rights violations
3 votes -
The secret abortion movement that revolutionized feminist health before “Roe v. Wade”
9 votes -
Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
20 votes -
The ‘Plagiarism Hunter’ terrorizing the German-speaking world
8 votes -
The US empire is crumbling before our eyes
9 votes -
A boy among men: What happens when you throw a teenager into an adult prison? Guess.
7 votes -
XXX-Files: Who torched the Pornhub palace?
5 votes -
In the trenches of Ukraine’s forever war
5 votes -
Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds
23 votes -
IKEA has cut sick pay for unvaccinated workers, without mitigating circumstances, required to self isolate – retail giant acknowledged it was an emotive topic
23 votes -
The fetishization of male vulnerability
16 votes -
Sikh drivers are transforming US trucking. Take a ride along the Punjabi American highway.
15 votes -
How to give an unapology
7 votes -
Photojournalist Giuia Besana visits the world's northernmost priest who runs the Svalbard Church in Longyearbyen, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
6 votes -
My parents collect cans for a living
8 votes -
How purity culture messed up most of the men I know
16 votes