meleecrits

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[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm currently looking for a second career job. I've put out literally 100+ resumes in the past couple of months. The only two positions I've heard back from were from agencies where I knew someone.

Asking for help/an in is not only acceptable, but in many situations, the only way to get a position.

Don't feel bad for something everyone else is doing.

Conversely, anytime I've worked somewhere where a position opens that a friend of mine may benefit, I let them know and will hunt down the hiring manager once my friend applies.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

My wife can apply for dual citizenship as the grand daughter of Irish immigrants. Her sister already moved to Ireland about five years ago. We're making plans to protect our son.

I may be called a coward, and part of me would agree, but I've watched this country descend into fascism for over thirty years. I no longer have hope that things will get better.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago (5 children)

My father in law is the son of Irish immigrants. According to Stephen Miller's plan, he can be denaturalized and deported. Is it likely to happen to him? Probably not. He's a relatively wealthy 70 year old. But once the brown people are dealt with, who will they scapegoat next?

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To give Bush his credit, he said that "won't be fooled again" line because he realized he was about to say "shame on me," and that would have been used against him for the rest of his presidency.

It actually showed real on the spot adaptability.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

I unironically want to get one for me cat.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I feel this goes beyond theory at this point, sadly.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Thank you for transcribing that! My wife and I burst out laughing when he said that.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

What if the dm words it like: "you appear to be in a privy. You notice a hole in the wall."?

I've already put more thought into this than I'm comfortable with.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

To be fair, when has a president ever had to deal with an unexpected change of events?

(/s to be safe)

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I'm calling my shot: by the end of September, he drops the hard R in public.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

We all know Trump won't accept the results. He didn't in 2020, and in 2016 he claimed it was still rigged against him even when he won.

It's really weird when you think about it.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

MAGA nut jobs: wtf, I love EVs!

 

Next school year, my son will be left home after school for a few hours while my wife and I are at work. I'm looking for a way to detect when he's home and have the front door unlock (among other automation scripts that are in place).

I came across this post and was going to get the Tile Pro as it seemed to check off all my requirements:

  • I could put it in his backpack where it can be forgotten.
  • long battery life.
  • Through the Home Assistant integration, it can trigger when it gets in range.
  • It also has a few other beneficial things, so I was thinking of putting one on each of our bicycles in case they're ever stolen. Hell, I could look into putting one on my cat's collar in case she ever gets out.

Then I came across some concerning articles regarding data harvesting. The whole reason I started self-hosting was to prevent data harvesting, so it seems like the Tile is a non-starter for me.

Has anyone been in this (or a similar) situation? Mainly, I'm looking for a device I can put in my son's backpack that can trigger when he's within range, so the house will open for him. BLE seems like it might be a solution, though I run my server on an old Dell r720 enterprise server in my basement, so I don't currently have Bluetooth functionality (and it's pretty far away from the front door, 20+ feet), though getting that is not a dealbreaker for me.

  • Addendum: To people saying just get a key: we have a key for him. I have a monolith sized server in my basement that automates most everything in my house these days, and was curious if anyone had set up something similar to what I was thinking. Home automation is very much a hobby, and I'm using it to learn new things.
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