bleepbloopbop

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[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I heard they did this near me and all got arrested after like one night, occupying an outdoor area. Glad other places are more organized!

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Often times, they won't change the password or key slot to unlock the settings and you can just give yourself a free cycle. That's what I do

applies to anything with a passcode or secret menu tbh. Building access control/intercom panels especially I've noticed. Though it seems like it would get you kicked out if they ever notice. Depends how oblivious the owners are ig.

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you probably won't find tons of entry level gigs offering relocation assistance, but if you can get something remote, or within a reasonable commuting distance of where you live now, then you can save up for a few weeks or a month (assuming you have low/no cost of living at home) and probably have enough to put down a deposit for a place if they aren't too picky about income history. Worst case maybe you need 3 months consistent income or a cosigner.

I assume this is in the US?

There's no "one simple trick" type opportunity that I know of, but if you look long enough on job sites and cast a very wide net of applications (apply for shit even if it is above/below your experience level, or not quite in your area/specialty) you can probably get something. Do some research on what keywords or AI garbage or whatever people are doing to get their resume to an actual human these days. Having linux experience isn't that common so that's probably a good area to focus on, devops, sysadmin, cloud infrastructure, or linux specific/adjacent developer jobs all could use that experience rather than having to train a fresh grad who has the same education as you but no real life linux experience.

The only "one simple trick" thing I can think of is leveraging your social connections. Ask around, both for leads on specific jobs/to make introductions, and to just get the word out in case they hear about something after you talk to them. Talk to family friends, friends in the industry, friends in adjacent industries, basically anyone you know, even tenuously, that is gainfully employed tbh. They may have leads for you, or get your foot in the door with someone else that they know (skipping the painful process of repeatedly applying for jobs and repeatedly getting ghosted that seems to be universal now), or just offer more tailored advice than strangers online can. you even can reach out to online friends/communities, since you might not know a lot of techy people IRL, and many of them will be employed in related industries. As much as applying for jobs is a headache and a power imbalance that favors the employer, it is still a headache for small employers to hire as well, so having any personal connection that skips going through the various job listing sites will be mutually beneficial.

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

just-one-small-problem SELL IT TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN?

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Unjust depths but instead of humanity living in the deep sea due to kaiju its humanity retreating deep inland due to constant hurricanes

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I was a menace with computers in like, middle school

wallpaper gags, sticky keys, sending out domain-wide messages, rebooting other PCs remotely, other such pranks

Nothing sophisticated just fun with windows xp

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

all usage I can find on hexbear is either spooky as in skellingtons or removed as in fedposting but we could probably filter the latter without affecting too much usage.

removed I think is unambiguous though

Edit: ah okay it's already in place

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

damn that sucks. I also don't see much service, but going to the next town over type shit is at least pretty cheap here. going to the next major city is more, but that's pretty far, and its still not $200-300 bad

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yeah honestly nothing scares me more than being imprisoned for my mental health. And I'm pretty tame really. But the threat of that is not only not helping people, its actively an impediment for getting treatment, and bringing back asylums would magnify that fear. Getting mental health treatment in a society that has involuntary commitment is a HUGE trust exercise and encourages people to lie to their doctors for fear of getting committed/put on a psych hold

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think that's the only reason but maybe I'm wrong. Like airlines, they try to pack planes as full as possible, to the point of overbooking flights and betting there will always be cancellations... But amtrak rarely seems to run a full train, at least in my part of the country. Why not lower the price in the last week or few days or whatever before the trip, to fill out the empty seats and make more money? not even like, below the base price, just not the peak price bucket.

Like its not a killer amount of money, but it is like, physically painful psychologically, and makes amtrak much less compelling compared to cheaper flights and buses.

I guess the high price buckets ensure people with money can almost always get a seat, but idk why amtrak really cares, those people are taking first class flights except maybe in the NE corridor

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

problem is then you get spooky > removedy

there might be some regex trickery to avoid that though

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