PlanetOfOrd

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[–] PlanetOfOrd 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How has me working here financially impacted the company? What can I do to help the company become more profitable?

[–] PlanetOfOrd 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where in the USA Is This?

My closes distance was like 400 ft away in Alaska even though I'd never been to Alaska.

[–] PlanetOfOrd 7 points 1 year ago

https://jmp.chat - cell phone number without the need for ID verification.

[–] PlanetOfOrd 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, start by running nvidia-smi to get the details on your Nvidia. Then install pytorch. The rest is up to you!

[–] PlanetOfOrd 2 points 1 year ago
[–] PlanetOfOrd 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I might toy with this idea, but it'll be a while. Have been struggling to pay for groceries for the last 3 years--been looking nonstop for work. Once I get to a stable spot I'll see about doing it.

Great ideas, BTW. I love your insights!

[–] PlanetOfOrd 1 points 1 year ago

I already had that in mind! Thanks! 😄

Not enough match-type services (like for employment) value reputation enough. That makes people have to start from scratch.

[–] PlanetOfOrd 2 points 1 year ago

Ooh, great idea! Thanks!

[–] PlanetOfOrd 1 points 1 year ago

Social security never made any sense to me anyway. Why not just make the economy healthy so that people can save into old age? Perhaps invest a little into financial literacy so someone doesn't blow all their savings in Vegas when they're 45. It's frustrating the the government's like, "You can't spend that money. We don't think you're smart enough to plan for the future, but we're ethical enough we'll keep it for you and return it to you when you're old and grouchy."

[–] PlanetOfOrd 2 points 1 year ago

I did listen to the book in my small group.

The writing style was very basic...it was obviously geared for all readers. The insights to me weren't world-shattering or thought-provoking.

And it did seem to be sided toward men. Which is understandable since the author is a man. A better approach probably would have been having a husband/wife duo write the book to get different perspectives.

I don't think the point of the book was as a horoscope: "These are my love languages...what are yours?" But the point was basically to communicate and respect each other.

Yeah, one thing I find annoying is "men say their #1 love language is physical touch because all they want is sex." True that women I'm sure can get physical touch easily. Chapman did make the point in a chapter to separate physical touch from sex. For me, that's the case. I'm going to wait for sex until marriage. Physical touch is my love language, and I often feel it's lacking. I love hugs...from men, women, friends, family, people I'm dating or not dating...everyone. Has nothing to do with sex, but I think a lot of men get this confused.

[–] PlanetOfOrd 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This type of conversation can actually bring up cultural differences between ask/guest culture.

Ask culture is more straightforward--both parties say what they want. "Hey, I prefer going Dutch. What about you?" "No, I prefer if you pay for it." / "Yeah, totally fine." etc.

Guest culture is more like you gotta mind read.

As an ADHDer (and possibly autistic) I'm an asker in a guest culture myself. I used to get so stressed out about appearing rude. Now I'm like, "If a person finds me rude for asking something like that they're not worth being in a relationship with anyway."

[–] PlanetOfOrd 0 points 1 year ago

I believe it's both-and.

I recently saw a NOVA episode on the drug epidemic. One issue we run into is that we've been treating the drug problem as a moral problem. This causes people to feel ashamed of their drug addiction, not seek treatment, then die on the street from an overdose. If we treated drug addition as an illness, we wouldn't have that problem. It's very rare someone would equate having a broken arm to a moral problem--nope, if you have a broken arm you go to the doctor to get a cast on it...no shame involved.

That's not to say morality isn't involved. But if you look at Jesus' ministry, he didn't want people to feel shame--that's Satan's job. He wanted people to repent and turn to him.

So with gluttony...yes, it can absolutely be a moral issue. But what is leading to that gluttony? Treat the underlying condition, then the sin won't be an issue.

Food gluttony is something I struggle with. It's emotional. If I don't feel I'm getting my emotional needs met, I eat and eat and eat. While I often feel guilty afterward I focus on my efforts on solving the underlying issue without guilt or shame.

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A teen boy is forced to spend the weekend at his great uncle's cabin. At first he hates it. But then his uncle reveals something to him that makes the whole weekend unforgettable!

 

Basically for most of my adult life I've struggled to have a life that I truly wanted. Not comparing myself to anyone else, but going from job that let me go to job that let me go. Not making ends meet. I never felt "normal." I always felt like an anomaly.

Then the pandemic hit; while everyone else was panicking and not sure what to do for me it was--at worst--a mild inconvenience; and at the time I was working a retail job (at last feeling like I wasn't going to get fired at the drop of a hat, which was a weird feeling). I was tech freelancing on the side, too, which is where my skill set was.

Then suddenly freelancing took off (I think it was because of the freelancing sites I was on "rotated" me to the top). I was able to quit my job, do freelancing full time. I was able to go on actual dates (since I want to get married). I moved out of my parents place. It was awesome. For once I felt "normal." Again, while everyone was panicking I felt like I was finally going in the direction I had planned, with ease.

Then when everything was going back to "normal," I started to lose the success that I had gained. The clients that I worked for during the pandemic didn't seem interested in continuing working. I've since had to fight every day to get back to what my normal was (which was everyone else's unusual season).

Anyone else feel this? Pre and post pandemic was chaotic, and the pandemic for me felt like I was finally getting somewhere in life. I realize a lot of folks died because of COVID (and many more families split because of it), but it just angers me whenever people talk about the "new normal" when there wasn't a "normal" for me to begin with.

 

Been out of work for a while so buying books is out the question (yeah, I get there's always the library, but I don't like it for a lot of reasons).

I like how PG has free books. I realize I'm not going to find top-tier modern writers on PG, but I'm open to suggestions of good reads.

What I look for in sci fi:

  • An idea to chew on; something that stays with me even after I turn the last page.
  • Some emotional intrigue; I want to feel what the characters feel.

What I like to avoid:

  • Technobabble. I like a good story; I don't want to spend half the book understanding how the ship works. (I found Frank Herbet was good with avoiding technobabble...he often obeyed the rule of "show don't tell")

  • Stock characters. Gimme some depth.

A few I've read so far that I'd consider "passable" are Off on a Comet by Jules Vern (I only listen to about 2/3 of this on librivox) and Space Prison by Tom Godwin (although the plot is pretty simplistic).

I just finished Frankenstein. A lot of people think its The Greatest Novel. It was kinda meh. I see why people would get excited about it, but it didn't grab me like it does other people.

Any suggestions?

 

We're experiencing a midwife crisis.

 

So, it started out like this.

I'm a tech lead and I'm always on the hunt for clients to work with. Ever since the lockdown ended haven't found much in the way of work. I'm always on the hunt for those "boring" problems to solve.

I came across someone on Mastodon who was asking for something to manage patient records for her daughter--a system where she could print out a summary of tests, and go to her doctor with a printout -- all self-managed.

She was genuinely interested in me building something for her. But when I quoted out what it would cost, she admitted there was no way she could afford it.

But that got me thinking--there really isn't a good patient medical portal for the patient. The most popular one is MyChart (linked; IMO it's definitely decent), but what happens of you switch providers or lose your insurance? Your MyChart account is no more.

So I'd like to get peoples' input. Would a self-managed patient portal on the fediverse be something you'd use? Of course it would be open source and e2e-encrypted, so that the server host wouldn't have access to the data.

The fediverse would also allow the project to be profitable...hospitals can pay for a special branding license, but all of the patient data is yours to keep and take it to other doctors while keeping the service free and open source.

What do you all think? Would you use something like this?

 

I have 4-E feet. And I jog on the daily. Trying to find some good (cheap-ish, since I've been looking for work forever; I realize that will probably negate the "good") wide shoes.

For most of my life I used New Balance. They're really clunky. I did buy some WHITAM's on Amazon, but (while "naked' enough) the eyelet broke within the first 2 weeks and they're starting to fall apart. Not surprised because they were cheap & made in China.

Should I just stick with WHITHAM/New Balance? Any others people would recommend?

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