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Audentes Fortuna Iuvat

  • Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”

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  • Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change” ...because of a few stubborn, greedy governments who have done everything they can to get us all to believe it's because we didn't recycle enough.

    No ordinary person ever had any power to change this. We could only make change happen if we all came together but we won't because apparently we're the problem.

    Also worth noting that getting people to feel apathetic and fatalistic using messages like this post is actually a well known strategy to destroy motivation for change. The battle is definitely ongoing and we may yet win it. Don't give up hope or they win.

  • Do you like working from home? Yes or no, gimme some reasons.

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  • I get to work from home exclusively. My right to do that is never questioned. My boss is super understanding and my work gives me holidays whenever I want on short notice. I get raises all the time and if any of our clients start being toxic I'm allowed to shove them out of the nearest airlock. Yes, I love being self employed 😁.

    Everyone should at least once, seriously consider starting their own business and working from home permanently. Specially now you can literally put everything you love doing, whatever it is, into ChatGPT and it'll tell you the best business for YOU to start, how to structure it, what you'll need and how to make it all work (Yes, yes AI will be the end of us bla bla but in the mean time it's a goldmine of free information and inspiration).

    Having a job can be nice and cosy but working for yourself is incredible. There's no HR, no KPI's decided by someone else, no office politics and you can work from home wearing scuba gear if you want to. It really is worth trying to find your bliss and not just accepting things as they are.

    Couple of little success nuggets I will add... Only buy hardware/software as you need it, not before. In fact, don't buy anything until there's a clear need. No office space, no business cards even, no cool e-ink tablet to take notes with or other vanity silliness. Nothing you don't need. Don't offer services you don't need to offer. If you behave like a swiss army knife, you'll be treated like one forever.

    Whatever you're selling, make it a monthly subscription. This might be the most important bit of advice I have if you want to work happily from home for yourself successfully. Try out a bunch of networking groups and join a couple that focus on friendship first and business second. Those are your office pals who will bring you clients, be clients and give you advice and all you have to do is the same for them.

    I guess no one's reading this far down but that's ok. For some reason your post inspired me 🤭

  • I think I've just figured out a possible ADHD thing I've done all my life...

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  • Oh definitely. In fact it's maybe dopamine hoarding so I get to experience it all in one go? But I've had that panicky feeling of being discovered before I finish a positive task forever.

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    I think I've just figured out a possible ADHD thing I've done all my life...

  • Are we done with business cards?

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  • This line is interesting from this article (no paywall or ads).

    "Thinking about business cards in the future, they are destined to go the same way as the tie. Some people will use them but they will not serve any real purpose other than to simply establish an image about the person or the company they work for".

    I think that feels about right. It hadn't even occurred to me to compare it to tie wearing, but I think it's true. Maybe 2 out of 30 people now wear any kind of suit or tie to the groups I go to and it used to be the standard. I haven't had to order any new cards in over 2 years and it used to be every six months.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Are we done with business cards?

  • Everyone Hates Windows Right Now

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  • That guy's so funny "If you think that's insane hit subscribe!!" Wait what? These idiots reveal their agenda so quickly. Windows is fine. Honestly, I'm speaking to you from outside the bubble and we're all ok. Everything's running fine and updates are happening without any issue for most of us. This sweaty bearded salesman is just dog whistling Linux users and "mentally vulnerable" Windows users. If you think switching operating systems is going to go smoothly for you, boy do I have a bridge I want to sell you. "Everyone Hates Windows Right Now" yeah right 🤣

  • What's your opinion on prostitution?

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  • The only thing more certain to exist till the end of time than prostitution is people complaining about it. I like it because it makes something explicit that is implicit in so many apparently non transactional relationships. There are so many people who say prostitution should be banned, who are also in relationships/marriages where they expect sex for shelter, food, safety or whatever. Prostitution makes the transaction clear. People point to the exploitative nature of it, but then reveal their real agenda by also rejecting the idea of making it safer for the people selling access to their bodies. The whole thing is a massively hypocritical pile of double standards. Mix into that cultures with backwards patriarchal religious doctrines and that's where you get the really angry people who talk about dishonor and stoning and all that jazz. Prostitution has been around since there were people and will always be around. When the puritans are in charge it just hides for a bit. This has been my TED talk, thanks lol

  • How many of you are interested in one single genre of porn your whole life?

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  • For some reason it's always been "Landlord vs. tenant late with the rent" for me. If it involves the phrase "Are you sure there's no other way I can pay the rent" I'm in lol (btw... looking at the community guidelines in here your post might be more at home in Ask Lemmy NSFW).

  • What was the most under rated British TV show ever for you?

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  • That was actually the show I had in mind when I asked the question! 😁 It's another one we quote constantly. If I ever want my wife to come see something cool I did, I'll ask her if she's marvelling "Did you marvel?! Are you marvelling?".

  • What was the most under rated British TV show ever for you?

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  • I n..need to do a wee! 🤣

  • What was the most under rated British TV show ever for you?

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  • Definitely worth mentioning but also definitely not underrated! We still quote it almost daily "Awright, 'arry? D'you see that ludicrous display last night?" 🤣

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    What was the most under rated British TV show ever for you?

  • "Not A Single Pixel" Of The New Ecco Game Will Be Generated By AI, Insists Series Creator

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  • Watch... They'll make money by virtue signalling "no AI use" and then the second AI inevitably goes mainstream pivot to showing off because they use "the best AI". The trick is to make money no matter which way the wind blows.

  • Side Projects

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  • If you replace "houses" with "beginning of songs I started to write" that is very much my situation. I thought it was just because I lacked discipline or just couldn't get my head around song structure until I found out about ADHD.

  • Vinyl on the road, UK, 1976

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  • ♫ Kisses for me, save all your kisses for sskkrkrrrreeeeeeeeeet... So long, honey, ♪ so long skkkkraaaaatttchh... So long, honeyhoneyhoneyhoney.. kkrrrwweeeeeiiiitttkkkksss... Gonna walk out the door ♬

    Geezer: "I reckon this bloody recawd player's a flamin pain in the arse mate!"

  • Games @sh.itjust.works
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    What have been your top 3 games played so far during this break?

  • What wisdom from someone else has stuck with you?

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  • That there's an aspect of every relationship that always starts the same. It's two people bringing richness to each other, almost like Kings and Queens coming together bringing their lands and wealth with them.

    Over time though that richness can fade and instead of bringing richness they start begging for it from the other person. If you find that you're in a relationship with someone and that both of you have turned into "beggars" whose life can only be complete if the other person performs a task or meets an expectation, the relationship will weaken and that weakness will invite other problems.

    The solution, if you have become a "beggar" in a relationship, is to mentally detach yourself from the other person and spend some time alone trying to reconnect with what made you a rich resource in the first place. You must remind yourself what it was that made you a King or Queen and focus on regrowing those seeds of richness and independence from the other person. Then, once you have placed that crown back on your head you can return to the other person and offer your richness once again.

    I've never forgotten that and it's led to a happy marriage for 14 years. Also works with friendships and working/business relationships.

  • YouTube will stream the Oscars -- exclusively -- beginning in 2029 | TechCrunch

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  • Dying industry pats itself on the back one last time.

  • Rob Reiner Dead: 'All in the Family Star' and 'When Harry Met Sally...' Director Dies at 78, Along with Wife in Apparent Homicide

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  • And Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, A Few Good Men, Misery, Stand By Me and many others. Wow...

  • NSFW

    Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer

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  • Sadly that is the trend, but not always (thank goodness). I do think people are getting wise to this smoke and mirrors garbage though. Anyone can make a sexy looking rendered scene. Without a hint of what the actual gameplay will look like, it's just pointless.

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    Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer

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  • Visually stunning? check Meaningless? check About as relevant to the actual game as that Witcher 4 Unreal Engine tech demo? check checkety check.

  • Please brain

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  • I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    I get a lot of ideas in the shower. Do any of you use any kind of waterproof note taking pad and pen so you can catch those ideas before they vanish in the steam?

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Anyone try the demo for Tavern Keeper on Steam yet? It's....... yeah.

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Is it me or does it seem like review bombing on Steam has become so much worse recently?

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    I just want to rush down a steep ramp, jump, hear whooshing sounds and land (with skis on my feet and in first person) for points.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    I want a wall of various news informations that updates live in my browser (like in some movies...) is there one online somewhere?

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Been getting more and more obsessed with supermarket simulators recently 🛒. These are my favourites, what are yours?

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    What's your go-to method when the big overwhelm hits you with that ADHD + RSD one two punch?

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss - Closest modern equivalent?

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    The ADHD genie ain't ever going back in the lamp...

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Any tips on loosing weight when you've got ADHD?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    So... apologies if this isn't the right place to ask and I will immediately go to the right place if there is a better one... but I have a question about fedia.io

  • memes @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Sleep tight!

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Because of my extroverted ADHD behaviours I assume that every social group I join will eventually have "had enough of me". Anyone else experience this?

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Novamdomum @fedia.io

    Suggestions for a top down game that is genuinely different to all the others?