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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I also work 3x12s and mostly love having the 4 days off. The downside is being able to do virtually nothing on those days besides eat and sleep. I think one advantage of the 9-5 week is being able to still do a few things more often. It’s hard to practice hobbies and maintain the house with gaps on days that I’m working.

What you value changes slightly as time goes on. Having the more consistent day might be more appealing now. And if you dont like it, there are always nurse jobs that are in need. Maybe there is something in between the hospital and that gig, like dialysis nursing. Worth a try.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I would also love to see a sepia color scheme option in addition to the dark/light mode. The less harsh contrast is nice on eyes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I think because that to minimize damage for a full acute withdrawal. As I understand it, benzos increase GABA that is depleted from alcohol, because NMDA recovers more quickly and is excitable, causing the twitching, seizures, etc.

This seems like a slow wean off with social and housing support to replace the dependency on alcohol. Kind of makes a lot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I can also confirm two countries in South America that allow this as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The risk for complications due to chronic hypertension is well known by now, and screening would be nice to increase because of this. But are we just accepting that children have more hypertension now? Should we investigate and address root causes? Is it due to increased childhood obesity or high cholesterol? Chronic stress? Could we improve those to lower blood pressure in the first place instead of just screen and prescribe?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

As someone who cares for elderly people sometimes, please please fill out an advanced directive (not just a living will). It’s a sort of “if this, then that” for health scenarios. It’s immensely helpful when when caring for someone not well, and can be much more stressful without one. I have had dying, incapacitated patients wait weeks for guardianship or POA-HC to be processed before care can be changed to comfort measures, because they did not have one on file.

Get one from the hospital you would likely go to, fill it out, give them a copy, keep a copy, and give a copy to who you list as a decision-maker. You do not want to add the stress of logistics to an emotionally difficult time.

I think as a society we should embrace death more. Pretending it doesn’t happen just makes things worse when that reality of mortality unwaveringly stares you in the face.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Try Lemma if you’re on iOS. It’s very smooth and has the right balance of features and simplicity imo.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Picture of tents camping. The text shows: “You can’t run through a campground. You can only ran, because it’s past tents.

Side note, is this because the image isn’t loading or for visual impairment?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For the sake of argument, what percentage are aimed at improving quality of life (not extending someone’s life)? I assume most or all are intended as treatment, but I’m curious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tip for the chamfer. Someone else mentioned that too, so I’ll definitely try that and see if it can reduce the tearout. Im not sure if I’ll put a finish on it, but maybe I’ll try linseed oil. That seems minimal and this whole thing is an experiment anyway haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I also forgot to call out the Mod Zone. That is pretty nice, so I dont need to switch back to mobile browser every time to check for reports.

The only feedback I might suggest on the favoriting is that maybe instead of both favorite and unsubscribe in the same direction, make favorite swipe right and unsubscribe left to avoid accidentally unsubscribing.

Im especially excited for the sepia theme and additional comment cascade options. I think they really change the whole way my brain organizes the content.

Make sure to take breaks and don’t burn yourself out. Projects can be exhilarating but I’ve seen so many people push to meet all the demands and then exhaust themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the insight, I may need to try that

 

Hi everyone, I’m looking to possibly simply my smartphone setup. I would really love to keep it as a utility: phone, text, camera, GPS, web browser, notes, email, music player. Im think of switching to local NextCloud backup system as well. I currently have an iPhone but used to flash ROMs on Android phones, so I would be willing to do that again for more privacy options and less unnecessary changes to the OS.

I have looked a little into it, and I’m wondering about getting a couple year old Pixel and putting GrapheneOS on it. I also searched a little and came across the Purism Librem 5 that has physical kill switches and sounds neat; a little pricy but I’d be willing to pay if it lasts a while and has good privacy options.

What are your thoughts? Are there other hardware suggestions or setups that you like? The idea of FOSS is appealing because it seems like the money aspect seems to skew the priority of smartphones.

 

I haven’t watched the other videos in the series, but I found this one pretty interesting about anxiety and trauma / adverse experiences can lead to “only seeing the bad things.”

Let me know what you all think of it.

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It looks like my post and comment scores read 0 after the Lemmy 0.19 on my instance (lemm.ee). I’ve had upvotes since the update and the comment and post scores still read 0 now. The same thing is showing on another app as well. Is this expected or is anyone else experiencing this?

edit: Now that I added another profile and switched back to my original profile, it loads the scores of the original but not the second profile.

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Things I Like:

  • The new icon and color options are cool!

  • Multi-communities!

  • Still love the sepia theme and comment cascade color options.

  • The gif scrubber is always super helpful, and it feels a bit more tuned now and not so sensitive (some short gifs before were really touchy to scrub).

  • Hide Read button on Feed.

  • I’m not sure if it was present before, but the Mod, Admin, Dev tags are very nice.

  • Switching icon left/right/none and thumbnail size options for Compact View.

  • The Tap to Collapse toggle can be set to only comments. I like this because I never really need to close a post and accidentally close it trying to click a link in the post.

  • The Lemma scroll distance was a fun little finding.

Things that didn’t work:

  • I could not logout of my account. I added a second account from another instance (I didn’t see a toggle to switch between, I think it just logged in “overtop” of my first account). I was able to remove the second account, but when I tried to logout of the original account, the Logout button didn’t log me out. [cue Sword Art Online - “Guys…there is no…Logout button…”]

  • Directly clicking the link/image from the Feed sometimes only marks it as read and does not actually open the post or link/media.

  • I think the No Subscribed in All option resulted in not loading my Subscribed posts at all. All and Local worked, but Subscribed only loaded when I disabled the No Subscribed in All toggle.

  • Switching to a sort other than the default for the Feed switches right back to the selected default sort.

Things to maybe change:

  • Please please add text size options, at least for comments and posts’ text.

  • Disable Hide the Scroll Bars while in the menus. Sometimes I need to pull down quite a bit to get them back to exit the menus.

  • With Show Username at Top disabled for posts, they disappear from comments as well.

  • The Search is generally very nice and actually finds things I’m looking for. I think the filters could be a bit more clear though. If possible, maybe add No NSFW as a filter; because even with it de-selected, there are NSFW results that appear.

Thanks again for all of the work that goes into this. It always amazing me what people like you can accomplish to share ideas and experiences with each other. Or cat memes or whatever ya know. This update makes it by far one of my favorites to use.

 

I went on a mobile app to check a post I made and it said “No posts.” I used the mobile web browser to check my profile and it again shows comments, but not posts. I checked the mod log for my username and found nothing.

I can view the actual posts from an account on another instance, but seemingly not from the actual lemm.ee instance. Is this some sort of server error or were my posts removed or something? It’s very odd.

 

Asalaam alaikum

I was attending a Tafseer class recently that talked about one of the 99 names for Allah, Ar-RaHman and some interesting things about it that I thought I would share.

The name Ar-RaHman is most often translated to The Most Merciful, although most of the Surat the name is mentioned in talk about punishment. And as someone asked in the discussion, “How is it different than Ar-RaHeem?” RaHeem is only referring to mercy and compassion, while RaHman includes the power and authority of Allah. True mercy is only possible if punishment is also possible. This really resonates with me that truly fearing and respecting Ar-RaHman comes from knowing that punishment is possible, as well as knowing the unlimited mercifulness.

It is also very freeing not to fear worldly things that often get too much attention, like “What if I don’t get that class I need?” Or “What happens if this person doesn’t like me and make my life worse?” Fearing Ar-RaHman makes everything else so much easier to approach. I know it’s a weird concept for non-religious folks to conceptualize; “If this being is so amazing, why would you fear them?”

The discussion also pointed out that the root word of RaHman is RaHim, which is womb. A way to think about mercy and compassion is how a mother shows compassion for their baby, as the baby is helpless and could easily be harmed by the mother, but the mother chooses to love and provide for it.

Insha’allah I hope you find this to be helpful or thought provoking. Let me know what your thoughts are or anything else to share.

 

After first trying Mlem, Memmy was my main Lemmy app for a good while, until I have been trying out some other ones. Coming back to using Memmy, I am pretty happy how well-rounded it is.

For me, the most important things are functionality and readability. The customization and font options are very nice. I especially like having a theme like the Golden Hour that is easier on the eyes, and still get to pick a theme color! With the red, it gives me a chocolate factory vibe that I enjoy.

The automatic reader mode for links is great for minimizing distractions on links, ability for switching feed link icons to the right is nice for being a lefty phone user, and the icon options are nice to have. The actual communities’ pages having the banner makes it feel more complete. The markdown editor seems well done and the Jump button is great for reading efficiently. The concise UI is very pleasant. And most importantly, the function of the things that are implemented are seemingly all working and are pretty snappy.

Having the post click first before the going directly to the link is actually really nice, because half of the time I try to click a post on other apps and end up clicking a link to somewhere. Also, the saving of a post draft is nice, although I wish there would be some pop up message or small banner that would say so.

Some things that could be improved: the favorite icon on the left list of communities does not seem to work, the Moderates feed does not load (but is a great idea), adding a Mark above as read button for the Feed would be very welcomed, the read messages do not appear in the Inbox, and lastly I tried to post this using the app and it only blinked and did not post.

All of that said, I’m really happy about the balance of features and functionality and will stick with Memmy for a good bit.

 

I know there is usually a “target demographic” that is profiled for what kind of products that they may buy. I was listening to an electro swing mix online and I kept hearing ads for different kinds of soaps, and all I could think of is “damn, a lot of people must clean while listening to this.

 

I’m working with only hand tools at the moment and also interested in the green wood work, with axes and such, and restoration of hand tools. I have the book Wood by Eric Meier, which is great so far for wood properties and identification.

Are there any other books that you guys can recommend? Ones especially for green wood work, hand tool restoration, or hand tool identification and usage would be fantastic. There are many good videos and books out there, but sorting through which ones to try can take some time.

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