I think this is a fair perspective and more in line with the truth.

He just can’t stand not being at the center of attention. What a small man.

It’s the same mentality of, we shouldn’t mute ads or go to the bathroom when they come on. That’s the advertising businesses problem, not mine. They haven’t made life better for most of us and I refuse to feel guilty of depriving them of money.

Holy crap that’s cheap! Honestly, I’d pay that.

Agree with this. For my business, and most customer facing ones honestly, Google is how people discover you. They are the modern day Yellow Pages. You don’t exist on Google and you may as well not exist. It sucks but they have that much of a stranglehold. This is why everyone is shitting themselves over Google using AI (it’s harder/unknown how to game).

And the funny thing is that when you’re positive it attracts other positive people so you slowly start having that around you more and more which helps your positivity grow and become self-sustaining.

Absolutely the same for me. The only reason I block their ads is because of how frequently they interrupt the content. It’s just unacceptably greedy. Pre-roll ads is fine, I get they have bills to pay too.

Mindset is key to being mentally healthy for sure. It’s also the hardest thing to change.

Also, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from my somewhat lengthy relationship: we’re all “difficult” one way or another, someone is already ‘accommodating’ you if you have any friends/family/loved ones.

Can’t stress this one enough. We’re all that person to others from time to time. Being more positive than negative helps to combat that.

Sigh

https://xkcd.com/386/

Part of succeeding in corporate (and not hating work life) is knowing who to go to to get stuff changed. Even companies with shitty culture still want to improve things since that usually makes the profit go up. Using their own greed to improve things is a manipulative art. If you’re doing that already then congratulations! Most just wallow in their situation instead of changing it (which is in their control).

The best you can do is look for a company who has a great work culture. Then you can really help foster change without being in management since management will be open to better ways of doing things and should actually listen. At least if your idea is shot down you usually get the why behind it and are now apart of the chain of decision making, giving you ownership.

Just don’t get suckered into a company that says they have a great culture without actually having one. Read their mission/culture statement. Missing servant leadership? Missing customers and employees at the core of what they do? Talk most about shareholder value? Talk about intense training? Red flag city. Avoid if you can.

Sorry if I’m on an unrelated tangent to what you’re experiencing. I ran into this the other day with an interviewee and holy hell, I could see why he was getting out of that type of company. Utter BS culture statement.

This is clever as hell. Don’t know if it’ll pass code though if you’re already permitted. I’m sure it’ll work just fine, but how long is unknown since it’s new(er) technology.

If you have enough space, it looks like this one might be a better alternative since you can open the front to clean the membrane out (which you will need to do to keep it sealed over time).

Photos would definitely help.

If you’re gonna troll, at least be clever about it.

Happy Father’s Day

Fair. It’s not backtracked as much as you think. Lemmy makes it sound like the end is nigh when we’re far, far from that. Honesty that’s my biggest problem with this place, events are almost always blown way out of proportion, Gaza being the exception. I guess that’s what sensationalism breeds.

As with almost anything, the line of progress never goes up constantly and steadily. Progress is as messy as we humans are, it’s spaghetti.

Fuck BlackRock. Disgusting company.

Agree with you on the shareholder POV but for the software, that’s every company everywhere since it’s just the nature of software at the moment, none of it is perfect and won’t ever be as long as an imperfect being is programming it.

43 male, have 3 kids. They’re a ton of work but they’re also incredibly rewarding. The house is full of love and joy constantly. I can’t imagine life without them (and my wife) and I wouldn’t want to live in it if they were no longer here. That’s how much of an impact they have on you.

That’s said, totally respect you not wanting them. They’re one of the biggest sacrifices and commitments.

You’re an amazing mother!