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by violetgarden 6y ago
I hear you! Flexibility would be the ideal.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
For me, it’s usually house stuff. If something breaks or needs maintenance that I can’t handle, it’s often a chore lining up contractors to get it surveyed and repair. Other than that, I’m also curious what people’s life admin stuff is.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I worked 4 days a week for 10 hours a day for a while. It was really nice. We’d often end up working late anyways, so even though the days were long it still felt normal, but then you also got a three day weekend every week. One of us would
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Yyyyup. Wish I saw this a few weeks ago when I was choosing a new mail provider to get off Gmail.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Not the person you’re replying to, but I just got stainless steel cookware this year. Covid got me cooking much more, and I actually started liking it, so I thought I’d invest in some decent pans as my non stick ones were wearing down. I am
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by violetgarden 6y ago
This is just personal, but once I had to help my aunt during an extreme bipolar episode. She was violent, paranoid, and hallucinating. One of the most haunting things from that time was her eyes. They seemed hard and staring. When she looke
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I’m a fan too! The dream machine, aps, and a poe switch were cheaper than what I’ve paid for just a single “enterprise” device before.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I think we all crave to be engaged in something. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to not be able to sit in a plain room doing nothing. We have an innate desire to create, to solve problems, to interact with others. That doesn’t mean we don’t
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by violetgarden 6y ago
No no, I use sandpaper. So much cheaper than other exfoliating washes. But yes, I did mean to imply two different companies.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
That’s true! Some might be lucky. The face wash brand I use is pretty distinctive and not sold everywhere, and that was on the report, so I feel like there is a lot of truth in the products being linked back to me.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I had a minimal Facebook account that I wasn’t really using, so I deleted it. Before deleting, I downloaded the third party vendors that Facebook shared data with and was shocked. I almost am never logged in to Facebook and yet here was Hom
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I haven’t worked with IBM, but soon as Oracle was mentioned, I understood.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I did not understand the Apple fans until I started using Apple for work stuff. One Apple product alone isn’t anything to write home about, but once you start getting more products, the eco system is above and beyond. Did you highlight a te
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Thanks for this! I was wondering if it would work on CentOS. I had Ubuntu on my personal computer because I had Ubuntu in my mind as the easy one for personal use, but I was working with Cent on another desktop and was actually surprised ho
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by violetgarden 6y ago
As an only child, my guess would be because I had no one to play with. Even if you have friends, siblings are far more accessible to go out and do something sporty with. In fact, your parents might even be telling the lot of you to go play.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Exactly! I can enjoy a vacation somewhere for a week, but living there might be a whole different thing.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I agree! It seems like it could have been anonymized. The government site I check regarding covid news that is local to me has the person’s age, sex, test results, and county. I don’t see how vitamin d levels could be an identifier. Just ve
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I am convinced that fire alarm batteries only go flat at 4 am.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Darknet Diaries just did an episode about how Wannacry disabled the NHS on episode 73. The episode was way more descriptive of how the attack affected functions of the hospital, but basically, there’s a lot of overhead. Suddenly, you have t
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by violetgarden 6y ago
That is incredible! Where I live, the bike lane will exist for a mile or so, then suddenly disappear. I’m also jealous of the public transportation in a lot of places. I’d never drive a day in my life if I didn’t have to.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Yes! I am a female in the tech industry, and we are inundated with warnings about going into a male dominated field. I’ve noticed it gets to a point where some women can’t even receive criticism because they think “he wouldn’t talk to anoth
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I was reading some articles from when the internet was in its early days, and they were so full of hope and excitement. They were looking forward to how well everyone could be informed. There was one anecdote where someone had a less rosy v
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I found the anecdote really helpful too. Privacy almost feels like an instinctual desire, so I often have a hard time articulating why it’s important. The anecdote gave me a good example of how something that seems benign to disclose can be
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Well said! It reminds me a bit of the synthesizer entering the music scene. People argued it wasn’t real music, and now look at us!
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by violetgarden 6y ago
I had a very similar experience with Slack. We were working with their support team because we didn’t realize a vulnerability was present at first. We thought maybe we had misconfigured something. Basically, we could log in to Slack Desktop
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Good points! You start looking for a competitor. Personally, I don’t like the argument “they weren’t going to buy it anyways.” So you get to enjoy the software or movie, and it’s no harm done because you weren’t going to buy it anyways? I t
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Yes! Even when I try to read the terms of service, I find them hard to understand. I feel bad because it’s sort of shame on me for agreeing to stuff blindly. User hostile is a good way of putting it.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Wow that’s an incredible fix! What an awesome connection to make.
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Sometimes I wake in a panic with something I need to remember to do. Keeping a notebook by the bed really helps me. I jot down whatever it was, which makes me feel like I’ve “dealt” with it, even though that only means it’s on my to do list
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by violetgarden 6y ago
Iron supplements. “Flora fix liquid iron” was the best I tried. I tried pills, but they made me feel so sick. Slow release iron pills were fine though. I also try to be mindful and try to get iron from my food. Meat, spinach, dried apricots

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