Just a guy shilling for gun ownership, tech privacy, and trans rights.

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  • I always tell the interviewer what they want to hear. Its very obviously a game of correct answers.

    I lie on my resume too, but not in ways I can’t back up.

    For instance, I imply I have a degree because I did go to college for 4 consecutive years for a multitude of degrees. So I have different resumes with different majors depending on what job I’m applying to. I mostly use my CS/Engineering degree now-a-days. I’m able to talk the talk enough that they’ve never checked or asked for a transcript.

    But it sounds more like your job wanted to, on paper, be compliant with workers rights stuff

    “We offer a break at X and Y hours.”

    But had a cultural expectation to not follow it. Which is dumb and they can, in my humble opinion, get fucked. Nursing has a massive burnout rate and shit like that is why.

    I think you should recognize you dodged a bullet more than you should think about “lying” in an interview.


  • You didn’t ghost her first of all. Inadvertently or otherwise.

    This is a pretty easy way to gauge someone’s interest by just seeing if they ever message you first.

    Really you should just take this as a sign to move on and work on relationships that are two sided. Ones where the other person texts first.

    Sorry its happened to you, but its always better now then after you’ve invested a serious amount of time and emotional energy into a relationship.











  • I’m a week into using GrapheneOS and its been great. It is a little restrictive in that I seem to have to explicitly allow apps to run and apps like my Bank app or Spotify don’t work.

    However, most apps are just Web Apps at this point and I’ve noticed very little difference in the use of the app versus the pinned browser version.

    I’m also trying to curb a phone addiction so Graphene + Lemmy + Mastodon + Jellyfin is all I’m using on this thing.

    I assume google headphones would cease to work if I degoogle the device

    I’m using my Pixel Buds. They work just as well. Remember, its just a Bluetooth device just without all the QOL stuff like voice control.

    I recommend trying it. Graphene OS install also has instruction ions to revert if you change your mind. And it’s pretty easy. Maybe a touch harder than installing Linux generally, but if your dailying Debian, you’re fine.



  • I got my Vasectomy at 26. I wanted it sooner, but insurance sucks.

    I believe firmly that regret is something you make yourself feel or are made to feel. So your family members don’t regret having kids because they haven’t been made to regret that decision.

    I haven’t told my family about my snip because I think they would have tried to make me regret it.

    That makes sense to me because they want that constant reassurance that their decision was correct. So someone NOT making that decision means it may not have been correct.

    If you wanna talk about it more, I’d happily chat with you and be the support you’re not getting.


  • Fully agree. I tried to make the SC work and wrote off a lot of it as “I’m just not used to it”, but it really is asking a lot. In its defence, it was a first run product. The fact that it’s still ass usable and as weird is impressive enough to me. But it’s better as a piece of gaming history than a good product. It was just a good try.

    I also agree with the Steam deck controls being actually good. I want the SC2 that’s just a steam deck without the screen or computer.

    So I guess the opposite of the steam brick.

    I’d gladly pay $100 to have a steam deck like control scheme for my desktop. Rechargeable batteries and a Linux first design would be awesome. I don’t mind just using cables all the time, but I would like better wireless options for Linux gamepads (though to be fair, I haven’t tried connecting a wireless controller to a Linux box in 5 years).