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by thatsamonad 6y ago
> has never failed to start, even when left standing for 6 months due to CV19 Aren’t there other reasons beyond just the battery draining to start the car and drive it a bit at least once every few weeks? I’ve been working from home bu
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I hear what you're saying and I don't disagree that both "sides" are susceptible to group think and a mob mentality. I consider myself fairly moderate which is why I include examples of extreme views from the left (anti-
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
My first job was washing dishes at a cafe for about 30 hours a week for minimum wage (which in my state at the time was around $5 an hour). I also got a portion of the tips made by the front room staff (usually a few bucks a day). So as a t
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I think this is something that largely gets ignored in all of these discussions about deplatforming, free speech, etc. There is a baked in assumption that all people are rational and will respond to well-reasoned arguments and evidence and
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I used my very first paycheck from my very first job as a teen to get my own phone line set up in my room. Mostly so I could use the internet (dial-up at the time) without tying up the phone line, but also so I could avoid my siblings snoop
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I’ll second this. Here’s an anecdote from just this morning: I sat down at my desktop with my coffee. The first thing I did was fire up Unity and Visual Studio to continue some work on learning about networked multiplayer games. I spent abo
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
True. However, hopefully that’s being mitigated through things like not allowing authors to review their own commits, not using the same accounts to push code changes and do deployments (i.e. having a read-only account for deployments), etc
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
Sounds like the attackers did not have write access. From the original blog post: > The account did not have permissions to modify any code or engineering systems and our investigation further confirmed no changes were made. These accou
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
Though this is bad for Microsoft, does it make the situation substantially worse from a security perspective? Assuming they’re following good practices like not storing access keys, passwords, etc, in their source control system(s), this se
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I’m not the OP, but when I think of “systemic thinking” I think the focus is more on looking at all of the factors involved as part of a holistic model rather than placing blame at the feet of a particular individual or process. You can sti
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I think that statement is fair and part of the anxiety/depression I feel. I grew up in a family of poor drug addicts, so I've tied a lot of my notions about success and a "good" life to things like financial security and
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
> To your last point, if it is possible for drug addicts and alcoholics to overcome decade long compulsive behavior, there is no reason you can’t too. Agreed. It certainly feels impossible but I know rationally that it isn't. Th
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
Firstly, I’m glad you’re able to relate but I’m also sorry to hear you go through the same thing. I know from experience it can be incredibly painful and lonely at times. > How do you exit from this state? I wish I had a good answer fo
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
Something I’ve noticed about myself that’s related to this: I often go through intense periods of depression and anxiety with thoughts that center around a perceived lack of meaning in my life (i.e. wondering what the point of my life is de
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope you all stay safe out there. Here’s to hoping for a better year in 2021!
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by thatsamonad 6y ago
I’d be curious about this as well. I was on a medication previously that had a rare chance of causing Stevens-Johnson syndrome (very severe rash with other possible complications). I did some research on it, and the standard approach for th
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by thatsamonad 8y ago
> EMDR I’ve been undergoing EMDR treatment for PTSD and it is quite amazing how well it works. You wouldn’t expect that just watching something move back and forth in front of your face (or having an electric pulse alternate between your
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by thatsamonad 8y ago
> people can self-medicate themselves in times of crisis. I cringe reading that as a child of parents who spent their lives self-medicating through drugs and alcohol rather than seeking outside help... > How many lives has that saved?
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by thatsamonad 9y ago
I take Wellbutrin and Lamictal (a mood stabilizer) every single day for PTSD and I wouldn’t really be able to function without them. I really wouldn’t call myself or the psychiatrist who prescribed them irresponsible. I’d say it’s equally i