TheOctonaut

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had YouTube Premium after Vanced was killed. I gave it a fair go. No ads- great, it is now back to how it was a decade ago. But also no SponsorBlock - and my God, how many channels I realised I couldn't listen to anymore when 50% of every video was an ad for one of three online services or games I'm definitely not going to ever pay for. So now I just... don't watch YouTube on my phone. Hurray?

Seriously, if the ads are supposedly worth €15 a month, pay the fucking YouTubers enough that I don't have to listen to a linguist try to sell me WarThunder

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

It's a really bloody weird experience as an Irish child of the 80s to be on a dancefloor in Kuala Lumpur and suddenly loads of Asians are moshing to a song about how your parents' generation are going to get everyone killed for pointless hatred. "Why are you crying? Don't you like Halloween?"

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

The icon itself is probably more than 8kb. It's either incorrect or literally just a desktop URL shortcut

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Americans think they're in the "likes spicy food" category because Mexico lets them stand next to each other. My brothers, High Fructose Corn Syrup is not a spice

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

context does help a bit

There's a dinosaur in the picture

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

So you want labour shortages (and/or strikes because that's the other way to effect a supply shortage) for a while to hurt the economy before The Market finds a way to pay the people it wants to consume their way to infinite growth

What a weirdly planned economy

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cool. So if everyone Learns To Code because that's the only way to deserve an actual living, who does the essential but unskilled jobs then? Oh I get it, you're advocating for labour immigration. Cool.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'd be pretty hilarious of America to criticise bombing an embassy

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

British accents are non-rhotic

Except the ones that aren't

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm glad. I would recommend reading "How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe (or the YT channel of the same name). You might benefit and it sounds like your partner might. There's lots of things to try and many different things work for different people even after medication.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I mean, yes, please be understanding. But the current strategy of "will you do this thing, unsupervised, on a regular basis and starting at some point in the future" is definitely the least likely way to have the job actually done.

Here are some things you could do:

  • Schedule in time to do something. Decide what it is that needs to be done at that point in time. It might not be the exact thing you want done, but it should be something - and then do it immediately when it's decided.
  • Help. Don't supervise, just body double at least. This is a concept where being around people doing work makes us work. But doing it together will likely make it go quicker for everyone. Listen to a podcast or audiobook together while you do it. It will become a nice thing that benefits your relationship rather than a thing where in her RSD brain you are stating that you expect her to overcome her disability on a weekly basis, forever, to be with you.
  • Start smaller, and praise. Praise a lot. Does it sound infantilising to praise someone for just not leaving their shit all over the place? Maybe. But this is how our brain chemistry is wired. If she recognises this it will help. It isn't a slight or an insult, any more than handing a crutch to someone with a sprained ankle would be.
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 24 points 1 year ago

Nobody is disabling 4G bands except the bands they lied about being 4G in the first place?

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