clearedtoland

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[–] clearedtoland 51 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Not an academic, but this is spot on for how I’ve felt as a top performer getting nowhere. This realization helped me reorient my aspirations to what I find truly matters to me: my family and hobbies. I’m a solid individual contributor. Over the years, my work has saved us millions and been adopted across the country, which is reward enough. The speaking engagements and schmoozing, I’ll leave that to the extroverts in the boys club.

[–] clearedtoland 30 points 9 months ago

My child has no idea the adventures that await!

[–] clearedtoland 2 points 9 months ago

Every time I see this, I stop and read the whole thing. It endlessly fascinates me.

[–] clearedtoland 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a poetry ignorant dad of a preschooler, man am I glad to have this pop up on my All feed. Hit me right at home.

[–] clearedtoland 5 points 9 months ago

And to think how much complete junk LLMs have consumed that isn’t nearly as obvious. Garbage in, garbage out?

[–] clearedtoland -3 points 9 months ago (13 children)

Hmm…this sounds like something that better fits on a site with R in its name. I find Lemmy pretty tolerant and diverse, in my experience.

[–] clearedtoland 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Full disclosure: I don’t intend to be condescending.

Research Methods during my graduate studies forever changed the way I interpret just about any claim, fact, or statement. I’m obnoxiously skeptical and probably cynical, to be honest. It annoys the hell out of my wife but it beats buying into sensationalist headlines and miracle research. Then you get into the real world and see how data gets massaged and thrown around haphazardly…believe very little of what you see.

[–] clearedtoland 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I can’t justify Kagi’s pricing but I liked it. I’d blow through the cheapest plan in a week. Neeva was pretty good too before they pivoted, also pricey imo though.

[–] clearedtoland 68 points 9 months ago (13 children)

We replaced about 60-70% of our backyard with native plants, trees, and shrubs. It was a shit ton of work but I saw a hummingbird for the first time in my life! And moths mimicking hummingbirds. And friendly bees. And weird beetles. And other birds galore. I rarely have to water.

Now our preschooler has room to roam and so so much to explore (and weird bugs to chase mom around with).

[–] clearedtoland 154 points 9 months ago (14 children)

Hold up. That actually got through to publishing??

[–] clearedtoland 7 points 9 months ago

But go to the ER if it lasts more than 4 hours

[–] clearedtoland 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Who the hell has fuckaround money with this inflation? That said, this is friendship gold.

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