Resolve to do the things you want/need to do promptly rather than waiting for an intellectually satisfying but ultimately arbitrary day on a calendar to schedule to do them.
I think one reason why it lacks for me is that I don't really know what all that stock market BS is about.
From movies I've watched it's partly some people cold calling members of the public to get them to buy shares, and partly people saying 'buy' or 'sell' down the phone, and then people scribbling on bits of paper while people shout something or other in a big room with computer screens and there's some arbitrary time limit at 4 o'clock or something.
While I can't say I see it too often anymore, now and again you stumble into someone on the Fedi with that "big Twitter energy". I understand why people developed that style on a public forum where you are being monetized and the engagement farming that takes place in order to play to the algorithm. But I can't say I enjoy running into it these days in the Fedi where you are NOT being monetized & in fact most likely someone else is paying for the privelege of hosting your hot takes.
It's always like, oh yeah, I forgot these types of people existed.
I don't think I've used AI in any meaningful way other than accidentality clicking on an AI feature or asking one of those chat things a few questions.
I don't generally CW my posts about law and politics, because these are subjects that come up naturally for me, a central part of my day job. I put CWs on the rare posts I make that I anticipate might reasonably cause harm or distress.
But I'm happy to help the people who insist that I post in a different way avoid seeing them.
@mattblaze It really depends on the server rules for the server you're on, but it did used to be the expected behavior on Fedi in general a few years back. If your server has no rules regarding this, then you just have to deal with how people respond to it. If your server admin sets rules around the server they are paying for people to use, and people don't follow those rules, they'd be within their rights to a)ask you to follow the rules and/or b) ask you to find another server.
It doesn't appear as though your particular server has any rules about it, but some do, and that's often the context behind it. And again, it used to just be part of the culture, so people who have been on Fedi for a while still have that expectation and you're probably going to continue to hear about it from them.
It kills me that "boomer" has become a generic catch-all for "old". I'm Gen-X and I've hated the boomers my whole life (not individuals, but as a generation in general). Personally, in my experience no one hates boomers more than Gen-x.
At least half of us are the kids of boomer parents. The first marriages, the failed marriages before they got remarried and got their shit together.
You can call me many things, but being called a "boomer" is just the fucking worst.
@babe These are amazing. it's super cool that you've taken the time to show others how to do it. Fuck that person that shitted on your efforts or "that anyone could do it". I couldn't. To heck with anyone shitting on anyone else for doing something creative and putting it out into the world.
You guys ... #i3wm + the #rofi application runner/window switcher.. I think I'm in love :)
Finally something that doesn't shower me with visual input I can't process and don't need and lets me move from desire -> action with the absolute minimum effort/keystrokes.
I got an eyelid stye this weekend, and I've been walking around the house singing "I am the stye in your eye, looking at youuuu, I can read your mind...."
Congratulations. I too am struggling to complete things / get out of a rut musically. I salute you pushing through. It's a private struggle a lot of people can't appreciate.
I've been "nice" my whole life, and I don't imagine I'll stop entirely, as it's pretty ingrained.
But one has to realize at some point, many people don't appreciate or respect you when you're nice. Which is kind of unfortunate. So I do have some regrets.
But...If you can help people, and it feels good to do so, and it doesn't put you in any jeopardy, why not do it if you're able?
If everyone did this just a tiny bit, we'd have less isolation and loneliness. Life just might be a tad more enjoyable all around.
Not saying this because I do it, because sometimes -- I do not do this. Just thinking out loud about my own motivations and boundaries.
@BobWilliams I have a different problem. it took me a long time to realize, I'm a "good" person, I'm not necessarily a nice person. I'm someone who tries to do the right thing, be there for the people who need me, but I don't suffer fools or bs, and if you don't truly "need" me or my help, I'd rather be left to my own devices.
Clarified a lot of things for me when I realized the difference. Took me quite a while to get there.
One of my best tools for fighting G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome) is finding videos of people using gear I already own and seeing the clever things they've figured out how to do with it.
Often makes me feel dumb for missing an option or use, but since I'm the only one in the room usually, no one knows really, and I learned something new.
This sort of relates to my linux/windows post earlier in that I can intellectually understand people who don't want to learn a new thing, but I can't really sympathize. You of course have to manage risk, find the time, what have you. No one is saying you have to throw caution to the wind, or jump into the deep end, but there are many many options, videos, testimonials, tutorlals for almost anything you want to do out there.
Learning isn't painless, but neither is stasis. Choosing not to learn is still a choice. Ultimately, it's on you.
@basdriver yep. I may be making the wrong choice (for the workplace/market/whatever), but while I'm not opposed to using AI to increase abilities for things I already know or am "expert" at, I avoid it for learning.
Learning is literally about building neural pathways in the brain. I'm not getting any younger and I very much want to retain the ability to think and to learn for as long as I can, i.e. I hope I die before I get "old" in the spiritual sense. Neural pathways get built by repetition, by pushing past discomfort, sitting with frustration, building discipline.
There is a vast difference in cognitive ability from received knowledge vs. earned knowledge. If it makes me a dinosaur, so be it. I've achieved whatever meager success I have in life by my ability to think, I'm going to keep prioritizing that.
You know when you download a copy of a #Linux OS, there are different versions of that version on offer, from different providers, and you have to pick one at random and check it to make sure it's authentic or something.
What's the name for all the different versions?
Is that what distro means? Or does distro refer to the type of Linux product you're installing?
@lydiaconwell it sounds like you're referencing mirror download sites? Like click here for this version, or one of these other 50 links? If that's what you're referencing, they are supposed to be just other sites that offer the same download to spread out the bandwidth so the main distributor doesn't incur all the download traffic, and then there's usually a checksum so you can make sure no one monkeyed with the one you downloaded if you got it off of one of the mirror sites.
I think that's what you're referencing, but if not, ignore all that.
@tootbrute that's pretty much where I'm at. I get that not everything is for everyone, but if your deal is "I don't want to have learn a new thing", I guess you're stuck then. /shrug
I'm not sure aging gracefully and GenX are compatible. I don't mean this in a bad way, I think we're going to do it differently. Possibly kicking and screaming.
You say Labubu, all I hear is "beanie babies". Sometimes I hear "cabbage patch kids". Either way, the predicted riches from collecting didn't materialize.
@lydiaconwell could be. I'm still not entirely convinced that the world didn't end in 2012 based on the Mayan calendar, and now we're stuck in whatever all of this is.
