Porksnort enjoys laying in the sunshine. Porksnort will not refuse any offer of a snack. Porksnort thinks ‘Christian’ means you have thought a lot about how to live according to the words Jesus apparently actually said.
Oh, I know. I learned to stop the self-criticism a long time ago and it really helps.
I am now on the offensive, I am a perfectly cromulent individual and have no trouble asserting my perfectly reasonable boundaries. It meant a huge shakeup of my social circle, as people do not usually allow others to change and grow once they have put you in a box.
Now though, I have found a circle of friends that don’t unwittingly ’neg’ me all the time.
I recently got into some scientific literature that explains a lot of my personal experience. Somatic anxiety (the anxiety symptoms one feels in the body) is common in people who have trouble with interoception (sensing internal body states).
My anxiety has become so much more manageable since I started a yoga teacher training. Yoga (the physical poses, hatha yoga, technically) and pranayama (the breathing exercises) have always helped, but the intense and focused practice has really made a huge difference.
I see anxiety now as a clear signal I am neglecting some aspect of self-care and I’ll be damned if it isn’t helping quite a lot. Instead of ‘episodes’ lasting days or weeks without end, anxious symptoms come and go throughout the day, and stuff is just a lot easier to handle.
I am so grateful and it is clear now how unrelenting anxiety can degrade overall health.
Shout out to Philo T Farnsworth!
He grew up in Idaho and the small town he hailed from had a sign calling themselves the ‘Birthplace of TV’. That sign was frequently vandalized to read ‘Birthplace of VD’.
Both statements have some validity.
Oh, not at random. There’s an algorithm, but you can’t know what it is, because reasons.
I hate how people have to get a diagnosis in order to get any slack for not being exactly like everyone else. Screw you people, this is who I am. Turn the damn light off.
Yeah, it fucking hurts! Get mad, nerd! The object of your desire cannot recognize you until you punch-dance your feelings.
Jokes on them. I’m heading to work!
The most distressing part of this is the way the NSF, the funder here, just gave into the administrations illegal takeover if their programs. The NSF was created by Congress and isn’t even within the regular agency structure of the executive branch. Buncha Quislings
I am rooting for the one on the loose. I want to name him Luigi.
People around lemmy think Marx (generators) are cool, but I am a Cockcroft-Walton man myself.
A rock in one shoe and a buttplug askew…
I prefer to chew my own food as do most adults.
You can’t claim it’s objectively better user experience, we haven’t really tried other alternatives. You made that up. It comes from a place of contempt for the mythical ’user’ that is unwarranted and distasteful. People are not as stupid as you think they are.
There a many work flows that would protect privacy and require no additional steps or unfamiliar actions most consumers of robo vacs already know.
Users have to clean and handle a robo vac frequently. Make an app that guides them in the clean out and does the firmware update by bluetooth (which is only on when the dirt trap is open) AFTER asking permission and explaining the update.
Once more, there is no compelling use case for constant internet connection for these types of appliances. The only reason to include it is to invade privacy for Silicon Valley reasons, which are evil.
People plug devices into their computers daily for charging and updates.
They can visit websites. They have a robot vacuum ffs, they have a computer.
And firmware can be updated by Bluetooth from a phone and BT on the vac can be turned off when unneeded.
This reasoning is specious. There is no intrinsic reason for any home appliance to need unfettered internet access. Tech bros may want 24/7 upskirt photos of their users, but we don’t have to accept their requests.
We give up nothing by insisting on privacy in our homes. We can have all the cool things without giving it up.
USB port.
Internet access is absolutely not required for any technical reason
Why the fuck does a vacuum cleaner need internet access!
And I loved Godus. Such engaging gameplay
This suggestion depends on your skill level and desire to be completely free of corporate bs.
The ‘smart’ is already in home assistant. You do not need a smart thermostat at all. Instead you need temperature/humidity sensors and actuators for your HVAC system. There are several decent smart climate control integrations already and a library for PID control if you want to make your own control automations.
Of all the smart things out there, a thermostat is completely unnecessary. The only solid reason to buy one is convenience, if one is just not into thinking about it too much.
If privacy and autonomy are a priority, however, this is low-hanging fruit to declare independence from corporates who like to rummage through your underwear drawer.
Exactly and single use plastics are the largest problem we face. Medical and food handling would be much more difficult and expensive without single use plastics, so a good-enough plastic say for gloves that get changed really often would be a huge win.
Who could stand up to an Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant? No one, that’s who.