Nobody is both that bored and that motivated. Unless paid.

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Well maybe they aren’t experienced info security professionals :)

I get where you’re coming from but is he managing his risk or not?

Does he understand the risk? If yes, good. No? Bad.

Is he ignoring the risk? If yes, bad. No? Good.

Is he weighing the risks against the benefits he receives of using these apps and taking appropriate steps to mitigate those risks? If yes, then good. No? Bad.

Cyber security isn’t “lock everything down at all costs”. Otherwise I would insist you throw your phone in an incinerator along with all your computers, live in a bunker reinforced against nuclear attack with a small army to guard you, never leave it, never talk to anyone… Etc.

It is enabling one to achieve their goals with a tolerable amount of risk. That level of tolerable risk is different for everyone.

Best I have ever had was this, but on cibatta with a spicy Cajun mayo type spread. From a local deli chain in Denver.

I guess they’re good for a core workout?

Totally agree. Have been there and done that quite a few times too.

That first one is where I feel I’ve seen myself and others get downvoted more than anything else listed here. Maybe it is recency bias from that one thread the other day lol.

Yes. Every single time. Even if it is just walking around the block at a swift pace a few times a week (light to medium exercise). Usually the depression reduces after the 3rd or 4th time, sometimes sooner: fewer negative thoughts, less anhedonia, more motivation, less negative attitude, etc. If I keep at it, usually I actually can find myself in a good mood. Why the hell do I stop exercising then? I’ll have to get back to you on that.

This makes me want to rip my eyeballs just thinking about it. Jesus.

I’m imagining when they type, it is at a speed of approximately 100 words per week.

I get #1 from my family rather often. And I set them up with password managers. SIGH

That’s what I’ve started doing. Blu-ray and DVD are pretty cheap (for now) at the local thrift stores and eBay. Totally worth it for our favorite movies.

It would be technically illegal for me to burn those movies and put them up on a dedicated Jellyfin server running Linux on a 4th gen MicroFF PC where we could stream them from the local lan, kinda like rolling your own totally offline Netflix with slick UI and cross platform support (Mac, android, Linux, windows). It would be cool and I’m sure it would work brilliantly, not that I would know.

I’m not sure of the legality of putting all my CDs on there as well along with copies of e-reader compatible books.

I haven’t left the dock and hoisted the Jolly Roger but I totally understand why one would. Last time I sailed I was not an adult and couldn’t afford all those great C64 games. With the bullshit streaming companies are pulling they deserve what they get.

I have adblock too but definitely better at home. Very glad I installed it.

If only there were a vaccine for that, too.

Load average of 400???

You could install systat (or similar) and use output from sar to watch for thresholds and reboot if exceeded.

The upside of doing this is you may also be able to narrow down what is going on, exactly, when this happens, since sar records stats for CPU, memory, disk etc. So you can go back after the fact and you might be able to see if it is just a CPU thing or more than that. (Unless the problem happens instantly rather than gradually increasing).

PS: rather than using cron, you could run a script as a daemon that runs sar at 1 sec intervals.

Another thought is some kind of external watchdog. Curl webpage on server, if delay too long power cycle with smart home outlet? Idk. Just throwing crazy ideas out there.

Not just you at all. I read the Top 6-Hour usually, so I have been blocking communities and filtering out keywords left and right to try and reduce the constant deluge of doom. (Yes it is working)

It’s like, yeah I know we are totally hosed, I don’t need reminders every 10 milliseconds. All it leads to is learned helplessness and depression.

What is the goal? Is it to drive more comment engagement? To ensure that posts with comments outrank those without, if vote metrics are comparable? (Look at me, gathering requirements like a little business analyst, aww)

If so then I would say incorporating some sort of comment metrics (even simply comment count from unique users) seems like a good way to achieve the goal.

I admit I get a bit disappointed seeing posts with no comments. Sometimes the post is cool and I’m glad I saw it. But most of the time I don’t have anything to comment on, either. I am kinda here for the conversation more than anything.

Exactly what algorithm would work best requires some trial and error I suppose. And I guess we would have to refine what behavior we want. Would it be better to have a few posts with boat tons of comments, or many posts with a small number of comments? I vote for the latter. In which case one could maybe boost posts with some middle range of comments, suppress those with either “too many” or “too few”.

Idk I’m just brainstorming here

Refrain from doing useless opinions.

I do.

That’s a terrible thing to go through. It’s not universal. Because I also speak from experience. I got diagnosed at 40. I suffered for years thanks to underdiagnosis. Socially. In school. At work. You name it. The psychologist didn’t push diddly shit on me. I didn’t want meds right away I wanted better coping skills. I got them. Got the meds after a year. Turned my career around, got a lot of my shit together.

None of that denies your experience. What happened to you can happen to others. But so can what happened to me and I is more likely.

Caution people all you want. That’s helpful. Blanket statements with no supporting anecdote or date aren’t. And I will call it out every time I see it.

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