I agree

People say it’s relaxing

Excuse me what’s so relaxing about the clock running down on you every day, your character moving at the speed of an ant

People not being accessible at certain hours

Nothing is obvious without using the wiki

I could go on and on

Stardew captured a niche but it certainly is overrated

quiet, brand.

This was fun to read

it looks like she cares more about the presidency than representing Americans

I was sharing music with a friend and their reaction upon being shown an artist (not even listening) was "ew less than 100k monthly listens”

bro? is this your metric for good music ? how many people listen to it on Spotify ?

if this is how avg ppl see music it explains a lot about top 40 charts

Ty this is the answer I was looking for

I open the windows during winter even when it’s like -30c, at some point the air gets stale and circulation is needed. The stuffy air also makes my headspace feel weird, like something is irritating me but I can’t tell what it is.

Then at some point I open the windows, I also run a huge fan to circulate air around.

Why do they use mac minis ?

Have you tried watching local58 or Gemini home entertainment?

The people that design AI tools don’t implement guardrails because then they’d have to admit AI is not ready for the shit they’re trying to make

I’m burning out at work and this is what I noticed is different

Workload: On normal work days my mental state is completely zen. I can enjoy my morning and work through issues in a leisured and still productive pace

I’m burned out now and it feels like I have to juggle dozens of tasks. Be in 8 meetings a day each of which have people demanding answers to issues I have not yet looked at. Every moment of the day I can’t wait until I can go home and just lay down

Recovery:

On normal workdays I have the mental energy to do OT if needed, I could probably do 6 hours of OT (I’ve never done this) and still feel fine the next day

Now that I’m burned out it feels like every weekend is just a small buffer until the churn resumes, I never recover from last week’s work efforts

Irritability/Patience:

On normal work days I’m the guy that picks up new critical issues because I want them fixed, or I’m involved because I don’t get anxious or scared whereas my coworkers might get scared about dealing with high priority and quick resolution issues

Nowadays I’m immediately frustrated that the company could not triage the issue accordingly and everything is “high priority” and yet when we fix things we don’t see resolution from the issuer’s end until weeks after it’s fixed

I don’t know if these answers help you but for me it’s very much about my mental headspace and how Zen/cluttered it feels

MBAs became too powerful in organizations making decisions about technology they don’t understand in conjunction with shareholders/investors pumping money into hype because they don’t understand how deliverables in tech works. When will OpenAI actually deliver ?

The Simpsons was pretty progressive though

100% agree, the Americans reading this will be like “oh it’s not me” and in the same breath say “'murica” about any random event the US is involved in.

The response you would get from a republican: “based”

They like that you don’t like it and they’re doing it.

I’m not stressing about catching up. I’m stressing about working for the rest of my life.

I don’t even have time for projects.

I need to self study for career reasons but I don’t have time because I’m overworked.

I almost want to quit but the economy is the worst I’ve ever dealt with to the point where people are coming to me asking for referrals and I know I have 0 chance on the job market right now. see: I have to study

The corp speak is nauseating, so many pointless words in there.

I agree with this take, don’t wanna blame the victim but there’s a lesson to be learned.

I’ve yet to get anything from women I date for any holiday or my birthday.

I’ve always felt like it’s expected for men to shower women with gifts.