My favorite is when I go through this, think I didn’t make it, then open the microwave to see my cup of now cold tea.

The first draft is stream of consciousness

Just hammer it out until it is done

Sentence structure? Doesn’t matter.

Punctuation? If you feel like it.

Spelling? Fcuk it, wing it.

Do the editing and later

Think of the first draft as a rough hunk of marble you carve out of a mountain. You bring it back to the shop to do roughing passes until you can find David within.

Literally this last weekend I hammered out 10,000ish words in one of the many story projects I’m working on. I’ll finish one at some point, I just need to stop hammering these things out at 2am when I need to get up at 9am.

I feel you friend, my meds ain’t working as well as they should anymore but the closet appointment I can get for adjusting them is still weeks out

One of the “perks” of my job is that is basically pure chaos when you focus on the little details. Big picture you’re just loading and unloading trucks with a forklift, but in the thick of it you’re positioning pallets, identifying what kind of freight it is, confirming the paperwork is done properly, determining position for each type of shipment, balancing the trailers, and on, and on. Not to mention that every single trailer throughout the day is a clearly defined goal that I can see the progress of constantly as I approach finishing the trailer.

That chaos for me helps (as crazy as that sounds) because there’s so many little details to track and check that it’s a constant stream of new details.

The only problems I’m having at work really is getting there on time, taking my breaks on time, and leaving on time. The actually grind I’m doing fine at… mostly… at least not bad enough to draw attention… currently.

I think a big factor for why my boss is understanding is that his son has ADHD and he knows what that like.

Now my personal life on the other hand, that’s a trash fire currently due to the ADHD and the meds needing adjusting.

NGL it really is

Plus you get the perks of doing them with other people, which is hella nice

I’m trying, honest!

I just get paralyzed right as I try to start!

It fucking hurts when I finish a day, can’t muster the energy to start on one of my projects, then just sit there hating myself while I waste another day doing shit I don’t enjoy (scrolling memes) rather than doing something I do enjoy (ANY OF MY GOD DAMNED HOBBIES!)

Tomorrow though, tomorrow I’m starting a print job for film holders for my new (to me) 4x5 camera and hell or high water putting at least one brush stroke on my Orc Marauders Battle Truck model (it’s for One Page Rules, an approachable tabletop war game)

And the overwhelming urge to take a nap before the dryer is done rocking.

I eventually got a second bed set just to help me out on that front

But unfortunately they’ve got a different thread count so they have a different skin feel then the old ones so I absolutely can’t mix the sheets with the other ones because the difference is too jarring

Not to mention also hoping that it doesn’t just bounce out of your brain when the next thought pops in

asymptomatic long-COVID

The hell even is that? Asymptomatic means no symptoms. Long-COVID isn’t a contagious thing, it’s literally a description of the symptoms you have from having COVID and the long term effects.

God that makes my freaking blood boil.

Damn @[email protected] that was a hell of a conversation you we having.

Nah man, real men use butterflys.

The flapping of the wings creating turbulence creating small lenses to flip the bits manually.

Relevant XKCD

I support the elimination of copyright in it’s current form

The way it was initially was fine IMO: 14 years, with an option to renew it at the end of those 14 years. ONCE.

Now in terms of patenting medications, if it was partially paid for with public money it’s the public’s patent. In other words it’s open for everyone. Made a new medication but took a government grant to help fund it? It’s public when it comes out, enjoy a nice hearty reward check for your efforts.

NGL though sitting under a tree and watching the clouds drift by in this state is pretty nice

It’s like I shift into a different gear.

The chaos in my head falls silent.

The cool of the shade I’m sitting in, the whisper of the wind in the grass and leaves, the chill of the grass on my skin and the soft caress of the wind in my hair, the soft smells of earth and damp moss, the sight of the clouds twisting upon themselves.

The clouds dancing to the sounds of the wind.

It’s a moment of peace before something pulls me back.

Don’t forget to donate to your favorite distro (and other open source projects) to help them keep the lights on.

Gotta do our part to fight the massive mega corps from devouring every aspect of our lives.

It captures them a shitton of data that they very likely sell or use to get advertisers on board.

Did you at least become Batman out of it?

By the time I noticed the typo in the image I had long since closed the tab where I put together the meme so I’d have to start over.

Kinda fun was that I posted this meme in a few places and it was only here in this thread where people pointed it out, it seems that a lot of people missed it lol

FFS I didn’t even notice the typo there lol

My main gaming rig is my last system not running Linux right now, I’ve been migrating my stuff over on my other systems for a couple months now (I keep getting distracted lol)

But not that I’ve got alts for the software I normally use on my main rig it’s finally time, 2 months ahead of schedule.

If the survey hit for me 1 week from now I’d be on Linux, I’m literally setting my system up properly next Saturday

Only if they chose not to compete

They only did the right thing after getting caught openly doing the wrong thing, so I’d say I’d still be pissed.

They should have never put the system in place with such a simple vulnerability (which to me) says they take such a laxodasical approach to security that I wouldn’t trust them even now.