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(I am a big fan of egg punk and a true devo-tee)
Last year they came to Australia, which I didn't know about, and it's the first time I've ever felt like I missed out on a musical event.
Then they released a new album this year, " infants under the bulb" which has been growing on me.
I also started Warhammer this year, and one of my frigates is driven by a small grey man
Adding my opinion: Especially if he's done so much good and especially if he's calling out Israel.
Glad to see it's still in use.
The status quo is never improved by relying on importing people who will put up with crappier conditions.
But the fish / meat / etc is a tradition thing, so it comes from the culture surrounding the Christian, and probably more relating to Jewish history more than anything
(the rest of it is projection and labelling so I'll try not to respond)
I would agree with housing first. Definitely something that goes a long way. But it's also not clear cut (IE: too many recovering drug addicts in the same neighbourhood will bring each other down..)
While some people might only be on welfare temporarily, others are long term. And removing it drops the "floor" for everyone at once. Having seen death and evil that happens in poor.. families, societies, etc.. I don't mind the idea of letting certain elements die.
I'll keep the tactical victim hood, it's the only way I get positive responses that takes me on good faith. Otherwise I'm just a "corporate bootlicker who doesn't know anything" or "privileged male(?) with typical survivorship bias"-- I gotta get that out of the way first, this is my learned behaviour. I'm counter-programmed. Hate the game not the player.
My family, from grandparents downwards (siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, across 3 family lines) have all relied on government handouts for a majority of their lives, and had their character destroyed by the system. All rely on a meager amount of welfare to stay alive, not healthy, not productive. Just kicking along and in alcohol and drugs just to feel something. Most have died of some form of cancer from their vices.
I joke (with a semi serious tone) that my drug-induced psychosis was the best thing for me because it broke me out of the system (tied in with a move interstate) - I lost all my old friends, family was quasi-cautious of me, and I was in a new town and had to completely rebuild myself. I had a mental health nurse nurture me "back on my feet" within 6 months and it was the first time I was actually on my feet since birth.
Governments and society, in the large part, think "something is better than nothing" - but I think it's actually the opposite. Maintaining a status quo is what makes people "comfortable in misery" and not have any way out. Most can't even get a job, because the job (which might be temporary) knocks out the welfare (which is permanent, as long as they don't get a job).
I would love to see modelling or examples on my theory of the way out of this mess: reinvest the welfare system as mental health services, only give welfare to those who are in the mental health service. Incentivise for how many people transition out of the welfare system. keep it at the same dollar amount, just reallocate that money to the people who really need it.
Some cases are almost too tragic to mention and there's no positive outcome; others have "learned" behavior and can come out of it with some help (or sometimes just some positive messaging)
I also largely blame a lot of societal/government programming. I call it "poverty programming" -- the idea that people cannot do ANYTHING without help. You absolutely will not make it on your own, you NEED support you NEED this label, medication, service, benefit.
I strive to message the opposite: you can do it, release the chains. the world is not that scary. embrace the chaos, there is a lovely world out there ready to be explored.
I just want one click albums. Apparently this is the hill I'll die on.
I love the immich success story but it seems like it's missing a crucial use case in my view: I don't actually want a majority of the photos on my phone. I want something like a shared album that me and my wife both have access to, and so we can share photos specifically to that album (quickly and without hassle), so we can do it in the moment and both have access.
I would probably estimate 90% Of my photos are junk, But I want to isolate and share the 10% that are really special.
My app failed, but I'm thinking about reviving it as an alternative front-end to immich, to build upon that.. But I feel like I'm the only one who wants this. Everyone else seems fine with bulk photo backup for everything.
(so in this particular situation, maybe highschool / early adult)
Children are experiencing everything growing at once. They have preferences, they have new experience, everything is very close to "the first time this has ever happened" and so, can be a very big deal for them, at the time.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ internet arguments about parenting, experiences, assholes, having one, putting it in others faces, etc. The internet is just talking to a bunch of people who have different ideas. I wouldn't take it too seriously, over half of it is bots or socially inept people anyway
There isn't a choice if * Questing it is "morally wrong" as it's made out to be * It's the only solution.
For comparison I've barely traveled more than 1000kms. Never had a passport. Travel is not related.
> where day-to-day life was focused on building and fixing things to survive, then I would have felt very fulfilled and done quite well.
Incorrect assumption; It's not the building and busy-ness. And the experience doing hobbies supports that. Nothing fills that "hole".
The feeling, the "hole" you're missing, is a combi-mix of purpose/meaning/larger-picture. I know it because I also had it. Many people try politics to fill their hole too, which also doesn't work: political parties are not big enough.
I'm not going to try to persuade you to change your life, I'm going to talk about what did it for me, and you (and others) can spectate and speculate, take and leave whatever you want. I'm sure I'll get flagged anyway.
My great realization is that nothing is set in stone, everything changes at all times, and humans have survived it.
> a debilitating feeling of lack of fulfillment, without any idea of what's missing.
A good way to start out is to start thinking about: what is your mission? What is your tribe in the world stage? are there messages or lessons from the ancestors of your tribe?
Shy away from getting over-scientific. Simple broad points. The universe is in constant change and chaos. But humans have survived for a long time. We have "lizard" brains that give us reactions, then we have learned / ingrained behavior on top of that, through all this time we've encoded "how to survive" in our brains and throughout our history; we are a storytelling species, so what stories do we have from history (note: not about history, but from history).
Realising stories, like fairytales,(ie: Rumpelstiltskin) etc - ARE old stories that ENCODE information as a way to pass knowledge from culture to culture. WHAT information is in there? what are they trying to tell us? This is the tribe of "humans" telling us something from the past, which is actually absurdly interesting and fulfilling to try and learn from.
Yes this is all "woo-woo" stuff, none of this is going to be a revelation to you. I'll probably look like a quack, but You can have a ponder about it, and realise that there's a big group that you're a part of, and there is a bit of a cosmic mission, and history plays out every day.
this won't give you purpose or fill the hole, but I think you might start to chip away at some different things in your life, (or you won't and I've just wasted 5 mins of your time, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who cares)
Meaning in life is hard and personal. Some might have no idea where to start.
But I'd argue (somewhat pointlessly as I'm not going to change anything) -- This is the role that society, traditions, family, etc. has: "to bring people up" swimming in the same stream, given a purpose and meaning, etc.
Could it be that we think it's healthy because we can just give meds to the kids that it affects?
How would someone even have the ability to say "it's healthy" - I'm struggling to think how it comes about. I think it's healthy for my kids to cry about a worm dying in the garden, but anything less than "anxiety about a dying planet"...
Put it another way: climate change messaging IS totally about anxiety and putting human as the cause, so we can (as adults) change our habits and save the planet. Could it be too much for kids though?
But rather than fixing society, we will impose experimental drugs on kids. In some cases altering their lives irreversibily
It absolutely should be discussed and openly talked about
This warrants a whole different discussion, and I'll be down voted for it, but one that's never addressed: quality over quantity.
Pills are the individuals response to a society that feeds empty food, bland sterile shelter, fake friends, and meaningless jobs.
The natural human response to a lack of meaning is hopelessness, and this comes from our society. Pills helps individuals cope with continuing the meat grinder just a little while longer.
I had depression, and I cured it by finding meaning and beauty in the world. I get told "if you can cure it without pills, you never really had it" yeah cool, self fullfilling prophecy in that case innit. Can't cure it, because it doesn't exist without meds. It just comes out of "nowhere" and is here to stay.
One thing I've tried recently, was that going no-nothing while driving: so no music, radio, nothing, just me and my thoughts.
It's been immensely pleasurable, like I've rediscovered myself.
But I still have an issue with finding a good long form video to watch while washing up, or shorts while I'm waiting for CI to finish at work, etc. I need to find something else to do.
something along the lines of "you can't remove an addiction habit, you can only replace it"
2. Your examples / post in general seems to be "people can break semantics and get to the internals just to do anything" which I agree is bad, but python works of the principle of "we're all consenting adults" and just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
I definitely don't consent to your code, and I wouldn't allow it to be merged in main.
If you or your team members have code like this, and it's regularly getting pushed into main, I think the issue is that you don't have safeguards for design or architecture
The difference with JavaScript "hurr durr add object and array" - is that it is not an architectural thing. That is a runtime / language semantics thing. One would be right to complain about that
Unironically, AI trends.
We have a big "cost of living" concern in Australia, and it's very ripe to gaming the system through things like energy bill handouts.
I can only talk from the Australian perspective, but I think there's certain elements set up like a Ponzi scheme, and we'll need to correct it and stick to fundamentals, and that is going to break quite a few eggs.