DickCaramel

The C Word

This is essentially the Serenity prayer as used in 12-step programs:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference.

“All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustimed.”

Right now I’m just using it for an AirGradient dashboard, which is an open hardware / open software air quality monitor. I used claude to rewrite the firmware to send the data to prometheus instead if their own servers, and countless other frustrating changes because they make the whole operation dependent on a connection to their servers…anyway, I didn’t want to pay a subscription for something so simple. I’ve thought about using it for some other projects, but for a lot of stuff I just don’t see the need for a dedicated dash.

Dan Carlin did a mini episode of Hardcore History about torture and execution and the first like 20 minutes is him talking about the morality and psychology of consuming it as entertainment and hypothosizing how that could come to be in modern times. Aaannd we’re here.

The drives for my media server are recertified enterprise grade 16tb instead of brand new consumer 8tb. doubled the capacity for like only 20% above what consumer is selling for. RAM screwed me tho. Couldn’t find a way around that one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echoic_memory

Here’s a study that claims night owls are “cognitively superior” and that whatever chronotype you are, you must organize your life around that.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/study-finds-night-owls-have-superior-cognitive-function-compared-to-early-risers

Here is a study that claims you are not beholden to whatever chronotype you think you are, and can retrain yourself.

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive/2019/night-owls-can-retrain-their-body-clocks-to-improve-mental-well-being-and-performance

And here’s a study that suggests there are actually 6 chronotypes.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-say-there-are-6-human-chronotypes-not-just-morning-people-and-night-owls

brb, i need to decide if I am a moderately active chronotype or a daytime sleepy chronotype and what effect that will have on my chances of requiring a disability pension or developing diabetes.

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• Fleet: 4–5 devices · 21–50 TB
• Motivation: Independence from Big Tech & subscriptions, Learning & experimenting, Cost savings

There’s no such thing as Cubs fans, there are only Wrigley Field fans

“All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”

You look the way I feel.

Because if you want to see anything outside of your constructed bubble, you will have to add it intentionally. There are plenty of communities i wouldn’t know about because I’m new. By using all or popular, i can stumble upon things from time to time.

“I pretended to be the person I wanted to be until I became that person, or he became me.” Attributed to Cary Grant. On the days I wake up feeling miles away from the person I want to be, I can pretend.