andyortlieb

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

If this gets any worse we're going to have to learn that space aliens are UHC customers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I made a twitter account last week for a business and it will not show me anything except Elon and Trump stuff even though I keep clicking see less/mute/block etc. It's truly insane over there now, even besides just the way it works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I used my phone carrier email, but I haven't actually used pixelfed since verifying. Not sure if there's anything there for me.

I like the tidy forum format and experience that Reddit/lemmy brings. My brain has never been able to make sense of how to benefit from twitter, mastodon, Instagram, tiktok, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That was the joke

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Run a wireguard server at home. Use tor to connect to it from home. Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You have to go out of your way to have your access reduced. There are endless ways to achieve that and tor is just one of them. Besides the sigint opportunities on tor aren't as minimal as you want them to be. Also, you're connecting to the site and acting in behalf of yourself. I'm at a loss why this should rank at all in the context of a tidal wave of measurable abuses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My boss calls that the "shit house polio", but usually in reference to just going numb from sitting in any chair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was able to confirm that sdf's pixelfed will send and confirm emails, by using a different email provider other than Gmail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

My Gmail account will absolutely not show me any emails from sdf pixelfed, so I just changed my pixelfed email to my phone number @ my carriers email/sms bridge domain, and that let me confirm my account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In Gmail? I looked all over my spam, couldn't find it anywhere :/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

How many years?

The amount of utility I accidentally extract from my phone over the course of a day on one charge is pretty incredible.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago

The weirdest thing about a cybertruck bomb is that the world has become so shit that it's not even interesting. Like, I just cannot care because every day something insane happens.

That's the real fucking signal IMO.

 

I'm trying to to find the balance between having an anti-clutter space for a clearer head versus not being wasteful about over washing things like button shirts or jeans which don't get used for a large portion of my day.

I used to throw them over my computer chair but I recently moved my computer out of my bedroom.

I think the best option is to hang them up in the closet so they can air out a little more than back in a drawer.

 

I don't have a background in science, I learned of the 2021 study as a footnote in a book I'm reading.

I'm curious to see what more attention this will get over the coming years.

 
 

Background:

I'm in my 40s and I've always sort of beaten myself up over not being an avid reader. I go through phases where I read a bunch, sometimes I'll finish a book in a months time, sometimes start a book and forget it, sometimes it seems like I go literally years without really getting into any book at all. But I still accumulate them.

Because of how important reading is and now I "fail" to prioritize it, I've always found myself in a poor relationship with reading. I feel this artificial pressure to read things that are only important and will somehow make me more useful. I feel this artificial pressure to start one book and read it to the end. I feel this artificial pressure to become a changed person by fully investing every bit of info from every book.

I've been learning that these pressures are untenable.

I've also noticed that I partake in all kinds of things without the same expectations: tv shows, games, podcasts, media and news outlets, social media, etc.

Right now I have 6 books that I am actively reading, and I am trying to remember that it's for enjoyment and not some high level goal. Someone told me if I read 10 pages a day I would finish about 10 books a year. I found this so encouraging.

Taking the pressure off of reading has really helped me get more productive at reading, and I think it will help me convert my habit into a truly fruitful one.

So now I ask you:

  • What are your reading habits like?
  • What do you like to read?
  • What kind of stage of life are you in, and how does that affect it?
  • Have you made any changes, positive or negative, to your reading habits?
  • What else?
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