[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just like an alcoholic has the problem, that he can't just stop after a beer or two.
It's the same mechanism.

Everything you use to cope with emotions can produce that.
Like nicotine itself isn't hard to quit - not much of a physical addiction. But as one used cigarettes as little self rewards and uncomfortable situations, you can't just give up your tool to manage your emotions.

The only way out is to face those emotions and solve the original issue. Else you'll just be hopping through different "helpers"

Edit: maybe to give an even more extreme example:
Cocaine doesn't produce any physical addiction, but because it gives you the feeling of being awake and you suddenly can handle the stress, you'll fell completely lost and alone without it in those situations.
That's why trigger situations are a thing.

With food, just like cigarettes, it's even worse, because you use them for good and bad times.
So the association with feeling good is much harder to break.
As we need food, this addiction is probably even worse, because you can't just stop eating all together and face your emotions. So you're daily tempted with it.
I personally can't relate with overeating/"food addiction", but having spent a month tapering opiate teas (which I used to still be able to work during my burnout), I understand the feeling of constantly looking for an excuse to still do a bit more - just today...
Because this day was especially bad and I desperately need the crutch, or especially nice and I feel like I wanna celebrate it somehow.

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes I work on a larger project that is split up in different sub projects, that were sold separately and are maybe paid by different departments. So I need to at least spilt those up.
Also it's often easier to follow what exactly was done, when I differentiate more between my tasks and not just put a collective line there - just like small commits are more helpful than one large one.

But maybe I understood you wrong...?

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Those USB adapters always seem to damage the USB port (or their side of it breaks) when I put the phone in my pocket.
Tried several of them, because I have some expensive headphone pairs. I even tried to use a Bluetooth thingie with a jack, but having a second device to charge wasn't really convenient as well...

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks, you just gave me something to watch :-)

(Although I'll finish my current season of doctor who first)

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 7 months ago

I'm still searching for a politician that does something for the benefit of people and not just tries to get rich themselves or are on a power trip.

Any kind of political authority is about to fail over time

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

And you put the piss in your own freezer?

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

Well, the Laptop is still not released. Not sure what I can say more about it :⁠-⁠\

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

I can never differ between am and pm, because we don't use that here - well, at least I always mix it up

mn instead was very intuitive

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not quite sure where this happened, maybe it was Colombia. I saw a documentary a few weeks ago about the same issue (was a country in South America, but can't really say if it was Ecuador, Peru or Colombia). Those mines were used by the locals to earn some money. Then the state sold the rights to an Australian company and with that the locals needed to leave.

So, I guess it's not really about the environment...

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's usually called optimization ;⁠-⁠)

Also don't know how much stuff runs in the background on W11, maybe there is now more stuff needing memory and CPU time

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

So, they also don't use WhatsApp, Instagram and so on, because they would need to install an app? Oo
Why even bother with a smart phone? WAP and MMS should suffice...

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks!
I have this bug with Firefox and Thunderbird on my laptop, but not the workstation. Already re-installed and was equally puzzled as I didn't saw any load either

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