The Official Status Thread
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Status: The Clouuuuddddd!!!!
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Status: And I am now the orchestrator of an internal investigation on a board member.
Now I get to sift through 32 MB of text chat, and whatever other people send me as evidence.
Question: How is that AI that detects manipulative wing speech coming along? I don't think my social processing is up to the task at unraveling the truth behind some of these claims...
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
About half-assembled
It is finished. And so am I. I don't want to move again, except to eat dinner, the rest of the night.
I was wrong; it was less than half done. Except for putting the actual grill on the base/cart, the big pieces were put together, but there were a lot of steps left — step 8 of 28, or something like that. A lot of get up to find the next piece, get down on the floor to tighten screws, get up to find the next piece, try to line up the holes so the screw will fit, find the screw that fell on the floor because the holes weren't aligned and it wouldn't thread in, find the screwdriver bit that fell on the floor, find a different size screwdriver because these screws are smaller, assemble this part from the top, assemble this part from the bottom, and on and on.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
assemble this part from the bottom
Yeah that can be annoying. Like, why wouldn't you figure out a way to design the assembly so that wasn't necessary?
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
dopamine agonist? Don't I want more of that stuff, not less?
Agonist: a chemical that binds to a receptor and activates the receptor to produce a biological response.
Antagonist: a chemical that blocks the action of the agonist
Inverse agonist: a chemical that causes an action opposite to that of the agonist.I think agonist is what you want.
Edits 1 & 2: Copypasta errors.
Edit 3:
A dopamine agonist is a compound that activates dopamine receptors.
Dopamine agonists are a broad category of medications that mimic the actions of dopamine in the body to relieve symptoms related to low levels of dopamine.
So I think it doesn't make more dopamine, but it acts like dopamine.
OK so maybe this makes total sense then. The sensation is that I'm feeling enjoyment from doing things. Normally I do everything because I have to (necessity, obligation) or from compulsive impulse (coding falls under this).
The Prozac cut down the crazy mood swings I used to have but I was still pretty much numb to most things. Probably the whole "lifestyle" thing sprang from feeling too jaded to enjoy ordinary things.
So I hope this isn't some placebo effect, or at least that it endures even if it is.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
I'm feeling enjoyment from doing things.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
And I am now the orchestrator of an internal investigation on a board member.
Now I get to sift through 32 MB of text chat, and whatever other people send me as evidence.I know you like being a jack of all trades... but isn't there anyone else whose job is to do that? Someone from HR and/or legal?
Because besides being boring, this is the kind of responsibility you generally Do Not Want.
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@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
And I am now the orchestrator of an internal investigation on a board member.
Now I get to sift through 32 MB of text chat, and whatever other people send me as evidence.I know you like being a jack of all trades... but isn't there anyone else whose job is to do that?
I am effectively the most qualified person with the best access and objectivity.
Someone from HR and/or legal?
There are no such people available, and the person being investigated is the husband of HR. It's not yet to the point of legal action, primarily a "he makes us so uncomfortable we quit"
Because besides being boring, this is the kind of responsibility you generally Do Not Want.
Well of course not. But for now all I'm doing is collecting data. It's on whoever gets to review the results to prove who was manipulating who and what abuse is abuse.
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The server is on 16.04 -- seems like the last version in that distro was 1.9.3
We're on 20.04. Or, if you want something that's still in support but already locked down, there's 18.04 for another year and a half. 16.04 was dead in the water over a month ago unless you're paying Canonical Red-Hat-style monies.
I bet their desktops are still on Vista too...
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@TwelveBaud said in The Official Status Thread:
I bet their desktops are still on Vista too...
I believe the servers are all 2012, mostly by accident.
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Status: Pulled in yet another direction and copying the entirety of the Music folder from the NAS to a 400 GB SD card.
Discovered video files!
Including a Gex 64 speedrun and various other things!
I wonder what I was doing in 2007, creating 700 MB video files and putting them in the Music folder.... wait....
Edit: Even more puzzling, why was it in 60 FPS?
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Status: peering at a previous sketch for a particular item…
I need to cease with these worthless mammals and organisms and get back to my pseudo-industrial roots – that thing looks great.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
So I hope this isn't some placebo effect, or at least that it endures even if it is.
I hope it is a placebo effect and that you can move forward without needing more meds.
Sometimes all it takes is to pick up some initial momentum.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
status Transfering backup to new host. Estimated time left to upload... about a week. I need better internet.
When did you move to Milwaukee?
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
I was wrong; it was less than half done. Except for putting the actual grill on the base/cart, the big pieces were put together, but there were a lot of steps left — step 8 of 28
Sounds like Walmart resold something from Ikea...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
why wouldn't you figure out a way to design the assembly so that wasn't necessary?
Because sometimes you need to do things from the other side in order to make stuff actually strong, or to have a smooth operating surface, or to look good.
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
Sounds like Walmart resold something from Ikea...
Lego is training for Ikea.
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@dkf said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
Sounds like Walmart resold something from Ikea...
Lego is training for Ikea.
I thought it was training for architect?
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@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra screenshat in The Official Status Thread:
:we-need-to-go-deeper.mp4:
Yeah I can only presume it is the work of some kind of library management tool that couldn't determine what album, library, and track number a video had.
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@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
that you can move forward without needing more meds.
Sometimes all it takes is to pick up some initial momentumAs a lifelong sufferer of depression, it's very frustrating when people tell me just to get over it (sometimes very nicely; other times not). Believe me, I've tried.
At least the days where I'd spend whole days crying, injuring myself, and starving myself are mostly behind me.
(Incidentally, my appetite has increased with the meds, which I believe is a listed side effect. Probably for the better, at the moment.)
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: And I am now the orchestrator of an internal investigation on a board member.
Now I get to sift through 32 MB of text chat, and whatever other people send me as evidence.
Question: How is that AI that detects manipulative wing speech coming along? I don't think my social processing is up to the task at unraveling the truth behind some of these claims...
Question, wtf is manipulative wing speech? Look at metadata with an approximation of the Flowers Of Fraud approach, is where I'd start.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@dkf said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
Sounds like Walmart resold something from Ikea...
Lego is training for Ikea.
I thought it was training for architect?
Training for app dev.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
(Incidentally, my appetite has increased with the meds, which I believe is a listed side effect. Probably for the better, at the moment.)More unsolicited advice.
I gained about 10ish kilos in the first two months of my first time with olanzapine. Salad and be careful with oily dressings. People did remark, unsolicited too, that I looked a lot better though. Probably getting my calories from food rather than Jameson. Your mileage may vary.
Best of luck and well wishes!
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@Gribnit said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: And I am now the orchestrator of an internal investigation on a board member.
Now I get to sift through 32 MB of text chat, and whatever other people send me as evidence.
Question: How is that AI that detects manipulative wing speech coming along? I don't think my social processing is up to the task at unraveling the truth behind some of these claims...
Question, wtf is manipulative wing speech? Look at metadata with an approximation of the Flowers Of Fraud approach, is where I'd start.
shit.
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Status Now that we're confirmed to be WFH for at least another year[1], I'm considering re-arranging my office. Of course, I'm planning to move to a different apartment/house in August, so...
Second Status: Mental hypervisor really needs optimization. When resource levels are low, bad things happen to my emotional state.
[1] Not because of pandemics, but because our former office is ludicrously tiny for how much the company has grown during the pandemic. They're building a new campus nearby, but that's just barely getting final approvals from the N of different agencies that need to approve it because the property contains protected wetlands (that won't be touched except a road through them. Something like 3+ years of permitting for a small site.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@Gribnit said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: And I am now the orchestrator of an internal investigation on a board member.
Now I get to sift through 32 MB of text chat, and whatever other people send me as evidence.
Question: How is that AI that detects manipulative wing speech coming along? I don't think my social processing is up to the task at unraveling the truth behind some of these claims...
Question, wtf is manipulative wing speech? Look at metadata with an approximation of the Flowers Of Fraud approach, is where I'd start.
shit.
Ah, Inca priests arguing. Say no more.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
Status Now that we're confirmed to be WFH for at least another year[1], I'm considering re-arranging my office. Of course, I'm planning to move to a different apartment/house in August, so...
Second Status: Mental hypervisor really needs optimization. When resource levels are low, bad things happen to my emotional state.
[1] Not because of pandemics, but because our former office is ludicrously tiny for how much the company has grown during the pandemic. They're building a new campus nearby, but that's just barely getting final approvals from the N of different agencies that need to approve it because the property contains protected wetlands (that won't be touched except a road through them. Something like 3+ years of permitting for a small site.
I never have to go to the office again, so now I may as well get vaccinated.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
(Incidentally, my appetite has increased with the meds, which I believe is a listed side effect. Probably for the better, at the moment.)More unsolicited advice.
I gained about 10ish kilos in the first two months of my first time with olanzapine. Salad and be careful with oily dressings. People did remark, unsolicited too, that I looked a lot better though. Probably getting my calories from food rather than Jameson. Your mileage may vary.
Best of luck and well wishes!
Yes. I was losing weight rapidly. Now it's pretty much stable. I ran a half marathon on the elliptical machine this afternoon - and actually enjoyed it.
Oh, and there was something else I couldn't put my finger on that I just figured out. I'm not worried about anything in particular today. Like. I've had a compulsive need to be worried about something constantly for as long as I can remember- even if I had to basically invent things to worry about.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
(Incidentally, my appetite has increased with the meds, which I believe is a listed side effect. Probably for the better, at the moment.)More unsolicited advice.
I gained about 10ish kilos in the first two months of my first time with olanzapine. Salad and be careful with oily dressings. People did remark, unsolicited too, that I looked a lot better though. Probably getting my calories from food rather than Jameson. Your mileage may vary.
Best of luck and well wishes!
Yes. I was losing weight rapidly. Now it's pretty much stable. I ran a half marathon on the elliptical machine this afternoon - and actually enjoyed it.
Oh, and there was something else I couldn't put my finger on that I just figured out. I'm not worried about anything in particular today. Like. I've had a compulsive need to be worried about something constantly for as long as I can remember- even if I had to basically invent things to worry about.
This is very promising. A proportion of what you are experiencing is backlooping / placebo effect - the price of metaawareness is metaawareness and sadism does not occur without this. The Chapel has two doors in nearly all cases.
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Status: I have really wasted time very effectively and consistently today. Seems to me that I deserve a break.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
As a lifelong sufferer of depression, it's very frustrating when people tell me just to get over it (sometimes very nicely; other times not). Believe me, I've tried.
I'm very very sorry if I mis-communicated. I didn't mean to frustrate you, but I can see how I could have.
What I meant to say is that.. shit, I know it's easy to fall into a downward spiral and very hard to climb out of it. The brain is a particularly terrible organ to have working incorrectly because it messes with your perception of reality and it lies to you about how impossible it is to recover
from depression, and then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.I guess what I'm trying to say is that I hope your brain gets better soon; that you can get into the right mind space and start your climb back to normalcy without self-sabotaging.
At least the days where I'd spend whole days crying, injuring myself, and starving myself are mostly behind me.
That's good to hear. I've personally found that crying can be liberating at some point, but this is all very personal though so...
Something that did wonders for me was exercising (you've probably heard this one before). Maybe try punish yourself by exercising? (assuming you haven't already) Maybe it will help, maybe it won't, but at least it's something to try.
But I still stand by what I said above. I hope you'll be able to find your way out of medication soon. When it happens is impossible to determine and you might not even realize it when the moment comes you won't need it anymore. I just hope it comes soon. Same as I'd wish for a quick recovery of a broken arm, really.
I'll go stuff my unasked-for advice up my ass now.
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
Oh, and there was something else I couldn't put my finger on that I just figured out. I'm not worried about anything in particular today. Like. I've had a compulsive need to be worried about something constantly for as long as I can remember- even if I had to basically invent things to worry about.
Well there you go. You're on your way up.
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@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
Maybe try punish yourself by exercising? (assuming you haven't already)
Have you read the part about running a half-marathon? That sounds pretty punishing to me.
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@topspin I did and I was going to quote it on my
secondthird (I started counting at zero ) quote above, but I guess I failed to select it. :-/
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
Maybe try punish yourself by exercising? (assuming you haven't already)
Have you read the part about running a half-marathon? That sounds pretty punishing to me.
Yes, but no, but yes.
I actually did start on this super-strenuous exercise routine as a kind of "fuck you" to myself, kind of "get in shape, I don't care if it kills you." It was definitely not something I did to be nice to myself...
But now that I actually am in some kind of shape, it's become the highlight of my day, which I did not expect to happen. Runner's high is, apparently, a real phenomenon. And it also seems to invite people congratulating me on a semi-regular basis, which is also nice.
But yeah, it's a bit painful, especially on my feets. I was getting some gnarly blisters for a while; now I wear moleskin padding on the soles of my feet.
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
feets
You would hate to hear a conversation between my girlfriend and I. I basically talk like Smeagol to her, most of the time.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
feets
You would hate to hear a conversation between my girlfriend and I. I basically talk like Smeagol to her, most of the time.
That is pretty much how I read it in my mind.
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
That is pretty much how I read it in my mind.
You missed the where I used "and I" instead of "and me."
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@error I don't know what you're talking about. Seems fine to I.
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Great start of the workweek:
C:\VirtualBox> vagrant up Vagrant failed to initialize at a very early stage: The machine index which stores all required information about running Vagrant environments has become corrupt. This is usually caused by external tampering of the Vagrant data folder. Vagrant cannot manage any Vagrant environments if the index is corrupt. Please attempt to manually correct it. If you are unable to manually correct it, then remove the data file at the path below. This will leave all existing Vagrant environments "orphaned" and they'll have to be destroyed manually.
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:looking in machine index file: Hm, yup, there's your problem:
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
Maybe try punish yourself by exercising? (assuming you haven't already)
Have you read the part about running a half-marathon? That sounds pretty punishing to me.
Yes, but no, but yes.
I actually did start on this super-strenuous exercise routine as a kind of "fuck you" to myself, kind of "get in shape, I don't care if it kills you." It was definitely not something I did to be nice to myself...
But now that I actually am in some kind of shape, it's become the highlight of my day, which I did not expect to happen. Runner's high is, apparently, a real phenomenon. And it also seems to invite people congratulating me on a semi-regular basis, which is also nice.
But yeah, it's a bit painful, especially on my feets. I was getting some gnarly blisters for a while; now I wear moleskin padding on the soles of my feet.
Oh shit, I did that with coffee and chromium and too much equipment one time. It was... neat? I could walk up trees and pull myself parallel to rafters.
Having to come out a cigarette length each pull up to not break the cherry adds a real good pop.
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
Have you read the part about running a half-marathon? That sounds pretty
punishingsuicidal to me.At least it would be if I tried it. Many years ago, I could bike 75 miles through mountains; now, I can't walk around the block without getting out of breath.
@error said in The Official Status Thread:
But now that I actually am in some kind of shape
is a shape.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
That sounds pretty suicidal to me.
At least it would be if I tried it. Many years ago, I could bike 75 miles through mountains; now, I can't walk around the block without getting out of breath.
I guess the question is: which would kill you first - the exercise or the lack thereof?
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
That sounds pretty suicidal to me.
At least it would be if I tried it. Many years ago, I could bike 75 miles through mountains; now, I can't walk around the block without getting out of breath.
I guess the question is: which would kill you first - the exercise or the lack thereof?
Obviously the exercise. Activity and quickness of action go hand in hand.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
I generally ignore their requests to rate their online ordering experience, but I'll sure respond to this, if I get one.
After clicking on that in the email, a page opens in the browser with a textbox in which to explain why you gave that rating. I used 499 characters of the 500-character limit, after deleting a few words (like "the") that weren't strictly necessary and part of a sentence explicitly highlighting the lateness of the delivery that was apparent from the dates. I didn't have room to fully vent my frustration at botched delivery. I made a point of praising the local manager who finally got it delivered, but again, I was unable to do so as fully as I'd have liked to.
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Status: Thinking that I should maybe go ahead and update my work macbook pro. It's still on Catalina, because I was waiting for the teething pains of Big Sur to go away. But now that's almost a full year in the past....
But doing it now?
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