As much as I dislike being a security guard, I do have to say that it is nice being able to check out completely once I clock out. Unlike the #corporatelife, once I can clock out I can actually not think about work. That's one of the niceties of a more basic job. I don't miss the 2am calls that this system or that system is down. I am also paid for all time worked. Not this salaried bullshit.
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mastodon 4.7.3I am a former systems administrator, an avid motorcyclist, traveler, computer home labber, and general adventurist. I am a strong ally of the LGBTQ+ community. Also, last but not least, I am anti-establishment. Change is overdue. We need universal housing, food, clothing, and healthcare. Our basic needs need to be taken care of by a just society.
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One thing I learned about myself through therapy is that I am actually an attractive and desirable guy. I don't need to go back to my ex simply because I believe nobody else will want to be with me. To be fair, my ex did not make me feel this way. This was solely my own insecurity.
I have not been so active on here because life is getting in the way. I hope to become more active in the coming days. Hope everyone is doing well.
I have a life update: My ex begged me to take her back. I don't know quite how I feel because I was hurt so badly. She just upped and left last month and now she wants to reconcile!? I think I am going to have to process this some. My inclination is to say, "No thanks." She even offered to do couples therapy but I have a feeling it's just manipulation. I have a lot to ponder.
If you're desperate and looking for work, whatever you do don't work as a security guard. There are plenty of better jobs out there. Trust me as I speak from experience.
I have 2 immediate needs right now, one of which is a new bed and the other a car. I need a better bed first because the one I have hurts my back and is too low. I also need a new mattress as well.
I think I am going to peruse the facebook marketplace for a used bedroom set. I need a dresser and night tables anyways. I figure a comfortable night's rest is more important than a car right now. I can (grudingly) continue to use public transportation. I hope I can find something half-way decent.
I haven't had much to say as of late. I think this is because I am just overwhelmed from the inundation of news and information. I don't really know what to think anymore and often feel like I am living in survival mode. I've lost the belief that I will ever thrive again. Life in the United States is such that I will, for the rest of my life, will just barely have my head above water.
I am very much against the #deathpenalty. While I loathe Christa Pike for what she's done and who she is, the state, i.e. Tennessee, has no business committing murder. The whole biblical tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye justification is bullshit. The bible also says that "And God said, vengeance shall be mine." It's time for religion to die. Thankfully, I am an #atheist.
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@alice@lgbtqia.space @farooqkz@mastodon.bsd.cafe Agreed! It should be. The fact that it is criminalized makes it dangerous for women. It pushes sex work to the underworld and encourages sex trafficking, rape, sexual assault, etc. A Puritanical law intended to "preserve the dignity of women" backfired drastically.
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@davidculley@hachyderm.io @mago@climatejustice.social Palestinians have a right to a homeland as well. I am 100% Jewish and I want a homeland for Palestinians.
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Please help the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) stop the age verification movement. Nothing good will come from it and freedom will be undermined.
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-oppose-the-guard-act
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@davidaugust@mastodon.online It looks like old Putin is repeating the mistakes of the Soviet Union. The USSR's war in Afghanistan killed and maimed a generation of young men. But the true psychopath that Putin is, he doesn't care. In his mind, young working poor Russians can be sent to the front lines of his war to die.
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social Microsoft ruined LinkedIn. I left when they tried to gaslight me into paying $50 USD a month for a premium membership. I was so insulted, I canceled my account immediately.
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@theleftistlawyer I agree with you 100%. I’m Jewish and very anti-Israel.
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@Nagaram@hachyderm.io Correct. Part of human nature is holding on to core beliefs tightly. This is largely an instinctual carryover from millennia ago. I know I struggle with it from time to time. But in the end, I hate being patently wrong and I love learning. I think if we can encourage the devout to learn, we might be able to help them think critically about their own beliefs. Ridicule will only make them defensive.
I’m now seriously thinking of starting a non-profit dedicated to helping communities build their own networks to interconnect with the internet. The internet is meant to be free for all. And free from government surveillance.
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@nicole@tietz.social Sometimes an LLM can be useful to help generate ideas. And then I realize a duck duck go search can do the same. 😂
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social The only thing I have found AI useful for is generating outlines for papers. That's it.
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@eff@mastodon.social It’s time for community networks to be built. Networks that are owned and operated by volunteers in the community are much more difficult to be subjected to government surveillance. I would like to help build one in my community.
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@Linux@planet.moe @Linux@mivatter.com @nixCraft@mastodon.social You're just mixing metaphors. It is a sippery slope to the goal. I remember that piece of legislation. So, I simply virtualized OPNsense and I have my own router. Stupid fuckers. A tech pro will never be held back.
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@Linux@planet.moe @Linux@mivatter.com @nixCraft@mastodon.social Yeah, I saw that article. With the possible exception of Netgear ProSafe managed switches, most of the stuff they churn out sucks.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I'd like to show this to a MAGAt
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@Linux@mivatter.com @nixCraft@mastodon.social This is the beginning of the slippery slope towards building in spyware and backdoors into the cryptographic subsystems of Windows and Mac OS. It has literally jack-all to do with protecting children. It is the early steps of fascism in the United States.
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@someguy@beige.party The level of cruelty here reaches all new and unprecedented levels. How does this not constitute a 4th Amendment violation!? Hopefully the courts will see fit to nullify this.
The only thing I use #chatgpt for is to help generate ideas for computing and my home lab. Everything that it generates must be thoroughly checked but it is nonetheless useful.
Just got the official word down the pike that starting 1 June, my hours at work will be reduced to 16 hours a week on the weekends. I work in security and I was splitting my time between two sites for a total of 32 hours. This is going to hurt. I have a lead driving for the VGM Fleet under Uber. It pays $23 an hour under 1099 and no benefits.
I hate the US of A. We're the shit hole country.
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@kevinrns I really dislike AI. It is wrong well over 1/2 the time and it feels like cheating. I'd rather do good old fashioned research. I am not young either. I am a 49 y/o GenXer.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social I am very tired of fighting. I have the kind of exhaustion that does not get cured by sleep. I am fighting battles on too many fronts.
Public transportation in Delaware is an absolute quagmire. I depend on it and there’s no accountability for drivers that show up 10 minutes or more early or very late. They get a slap on the wrist and a , “Don’t do that again! Bad!” Meanwhile the consequences for me are real. I face punishment for being late. To avoid being late, I must take Uber or Lyft. Being poor is not easy.
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@nixCraft That gentleman's son is wise beyond his years. Monday is, in fact, not real. It's a social construction. I know some Native Americans whom openly question the concept of time. They maintain that the only "real" concept when it comes to time is that the sun rises and sets.
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@jbz@indieweb.social pffffft. Bwahahaha!
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt That’s hella disturbing.
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@Thorium@social.linux.pizza Sad but true. Socialism for the wealthy, rugged individualism for the poor and working class.
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@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social EOFLMAO!
I’m hoping someone out there can help me or direct me to a resource about setting up WireGuard on OPNsense. I’m behind CGNAT and want to remotely access my home network so I have a cloud VPS. I am able to get a handshake between the the endpoints but cannot do anymore than that. Halp!
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social It certainly feels like it could be. Or at least a harbinger of what will happen if the greed of the wealthy continues unchecked.
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@avilewis@mstdn.ca I’m half Canadian as my grandparents were born in Canada. Canadians want their economic independence from the United States. For that matter, they want complete independence from the US. They don’t want to be inside of any sphere of influence or iron curtain.
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@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social I almost think real opposition will be taking up arms to overthrow the government. I am not advocating this. It's simply an observation.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I am a Norfolk Southern train wreck. 😸
@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Please keep up the good work! I love the browser you guys put out. It is, hands down, the very best.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I guess its called necessity?
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social This is probably one of the worst years of my life. And it's only 1/2 way over. Ugh!
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@emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space @someguy@beige.party HIPAA, unfortunately, may not apply here because it generally applies in the private sector. But, IANAL.
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@nixCraft And very often wrong ones. Well, they’re good at mathematical precision.