Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

That's the thing I'm trying learn now is when, and under what circumstances, I need to self regulate and when I should let my brain do whatever the hell it wants to do.

And not just whatever the hell it wants to do, but also without judgement. I can't get upset at myself for switching between multiple projects, or scrolling social, or even hyperfocusing and spending hours on something that looks a lot like "work".

It can all count as relaxation as long as I'm not forcing myself to do it.

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So often I used to get so mad at myself for "doing nothing" (being on social, or roaming the web, exploring a new project idea, etc) all weekend instead of making progress on an existing project or something. Now I understand that happened because I had no energy left for self regulation. I was never actually letting myself relax.

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One of the things I've been relearning since being diagnosed with #ADHD is how to relax.

For people that struggle with executive dysfunction, relaxing doesn't just mean doing a "relaxing activity" or something enjoyable. We can't always unwind by reading a book or meditation or whatever.

We spend a lot of mental energy keeping our brain on a short leash to get things done. For us, relaxing means letting go of the self regulation and letting our brain run free for a bit.

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Wrote too many words about my project ideas to improve #NixOS security in the short to mid-term.

https://delroth.net/posts/nixos-security-wishlist/

Hopefully I find time to work on some of those, and hopefully this gives ideas to others who might have more time than I do!

Note to everyone: don’t call anything “cache” if clearing it makes irreversible changes. It’s “storage” then!

nb people don't sleep

I had to look again

Het openbaar vervoer is momenteel voor veel mensen te duur, en de kwaliteit van de dienstverlening laat erg te wensen over. Lijnen worden ingekort of geschrapt, er is te weinig personeel, en meldkamers blijven onbemand. Juist voor rolstoelgebruikers is deze aanwezigheid van personeel cruciaal.

BIJ1 is van mening dat het goedkoper maken van het openbaar vervoer voor de 'armere bevolking' niet voldoende is. De bureaucratie rondom het bewijzen van armoede houdt de ontoegankelijkheid in stand. Vooral voor mensen die ongedocumenteerd zijn. Wij pleiten voor een breuk met winst boven mensen en roepen op om het openbaar vervoer gratis te maken.

#BreekMetWinstBovenMensen #BreekDeKetens #BekenKleur #StemBIJ1

the fedi paradox: the weirder you are, the more likely you are to find someone on the same wavelength

however, the atlantic ocean

Don’t know what happened yet, but the tricourant FLIRT-trainsets used by VIAS for the train Arnhem - Düsseldorf (temporarily) lost their certificate for the Netherlands. All trains Arnhem - Emmerich are cancelled for this weekend.

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-ad-block-installs-3382289/

Twitter/X has a grand total of 12 content moderators who speak Arabic, and 2 who speak Hebrew. (https://transparency.twitter.com/dsa-transparency-report.html)

Are people still really wondering why the site is a haven for horrific hate speech and misinformation, particularly in the context of the war in Gaza?

"“Basically you have a laboratory, an artificial laboratory, that you can play with on your PC in ways that you could never do ethically, certainly, in the real world.”"

I don't even know what to say. Tech solutionism at its finest because people can't NOT be racist.

never have i wished for the wholesale, irrevocable destruction of an entire industry as long and as hard as i wish for the advertising industry to be utterly immolated, the earth it was on salted, and signs placed around the site reading "this is not a place of honour"

I just spend 20mins to find a passage from a book by a Norwegian author that I read as a child JUST to make a point about the international fixed calendar AND decks of cards on another platform.

This probably is the most obscure little tidbit of knowledge I will have shared this year.

I think since I've already put in the time, you should also suffer this knowledge.
You're welcome.

("Solitaire Mystery" by Jostein Gaarder, 1990)
#books #JokerDay #calendar #PlayingCards

Police nabbed a graffiti artist attempting to flee the scene of committing this (picture) adorable art in the harbor of Visby, Gotland, the large island just outside southeastern mainland Sweden.
The 27-year-old was prosecuted for vandalism, with the prosecutor demanding a fine.

Police's interrogation records said e.g. that "His intention is to offer free art to passersby." and... the District Court of Gotland... agreed.

The court's ruling states that no harm has been proven and that the artist "on a gray and cracked concrete façade which is the short end of a loading dock, has depicted a lamb.", that "The way in which X has illustrated the lamb testifies to an artistic work carried out with a certain amount of artistic and technical skill." then finally "According to the District Court's opinion, the beauty value of the cracked concrete façade - in purely objective terms - has increased through X's painting." so the 27-year old artist was acquitted by the court, which also ruled that the police had must return the spray cans they had confiscated.

Damn hippies. ;-D

If you are running a #Tor relay you should upgrade as soon as reasonably practical. There is a crash bug that appears to be remotely exploitable.

We believe clients are not affected.

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2023-November/021373.html

#torproject #security

fyi there's a browser extension called "Indie Wiki Buddy" that will link you to community-owned wikis when you're on a commercialized wiki with a community alternative.

it's really nice to see communal wikis sprouting up, it reminds me of the early internet days.

also, fuck fandom.

https://getindie.wiki/