GIMP is shaping up to be (and actually already is IMO) the best editor out there for nondestructive work.

Why should they change the name just for the vanity of Americans who have a dual meaning for the word, and make it difficult for the whole rest of the world to find tutorials and documentation going back decades?

Enticing harassment sounds kinky. Good rule imo.

Thanks, that’s good to know.

I think I could go from my current 40c to 45. 50 might be a bit of a squeeze though.

I suppose the other thing I could do is let a bit of air out!

I’m not sure how much bigger my frame will accommodate - I think my current tyres are 40c and I could go up to 45, or 50 at a real push.

Do you think moving up to 45 would be noticeable?

Even more so by talking to the other people who work there.

Perhaps even more relevant is that when when people are desperate/afraid/confused they look to strength and power to solve their problems. I can’t remember the name of it but it’s a documented psychosocial phenomenon. It is essentially being a sycophant or bootlicker but the academics have a more neutral term for it.

I’m not sure if I get this exactly but I’ve definitely noticed my spacial awareness has decreased when I’ve been hyperfocussing.

I also forget why I’ve gone somewhere by the time I’ve arrived because I’ve been thinking about something else on the way. I have to run through the top level mental list of my priorities and see whether any of them could involve that place. If not I try and find something useful to do there anyway, so it’s not a wasted trip.

And having to rewind videos/podcasts by several minutes searching for the moment I tuned out and started thinking about something else…

YEAR 😠

Great, thank you 👍

I like seeing you use the thorns - please don’t stop!

I’m thinking of trying this as I have a similar combination of symptoms. Would you tell me the exact product/s you’ve been using and the rough dosage? Thanks

I’ve come full circle with this and concluded that the best source is local people. I’ve spent so much time messing around, hungry, on the internet. Now I try to just ask a random person or two for a recommendation.

Sounds like you’ve been looking at All:Hot.

Re-sort by New, scroll, subscribe to communities you like, and then look at Subscribed.

I have this even with friends and family…

Yeah, I’ve found everyone to be kind, patient and helpful to me since day 1 - not a single bitchy reply that I can remember. Been using Linux for about 3 years now.

Right at the moment when the US has become the most unappealing place to visit as a European…

I think payment is a really good idea for deterring bots, and making people behave better too. It does leave a paper trail to your real identity though (unless instances are willing to accept cash or crypto), which many people would rather avoid.

A fixed fee is also relative to who pays it. To a company who only care about jacking up their share price it could be nothing, but for a person working in a very exploitative economy it could be several days wages. I would say that it’s the poorest people whose voices are most suppressed, so I wouldn’t want to be part of that problem.

Now, having said that, if there was a mechanism for distributing back the surplus from signups after running costs to good users of the instance I would be in favour of it. Per-user instance costs are very low on medium and large instances, so most users would get most of their money back, and perhaps even make money. Making it a cooperative would mean low costs for genuine users and incentivise participation in making it a good instance. If OP wants to do something like that let me know - I’d love to get involved!

I think in a lot of cases people have not much choice but to continue working in their job. In order to not go insane in that situation, a lot of those people willingly maintain the self-deception that they do actually want to be there and it is good. It allows them the make the best of the situation and to bond with colleagues etc.

When someone openly undermines that shared illusion there is actually quite a lot at stake emotionally for those people, and they don’t like it.