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Weirdfish

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  • I like my job too.

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  • If my company is looking at my Lemmy posts all I can say is what a huge waste of time and resources.

  • How to get started as a freelancer?

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  • I did it for a few years, and blew through all my savings in the process.

    Had to start an actual business, LLC, and deal with all the parts that as an engineer I absolutely hate.

    Had done about 15 years in the industry with a small tech company, had all the skills, leads, etc, and wanted to do it on my own.

    Way underestimated how much time and effort the running of a business part takes, and while I had projects, I didn't have the time to do them right, payment was always late so my profit shrank, and I burned out in two years.

    Hired an admin to help with managing the projects and clients, but it was too little too late.

    I'm not saying don't do it, I'm saying be sure to have all those other elements well in place, cause the actual time spent programming was pretty small.

    In the end I took a role as the on site guy for a very large company, making decent money, and I'm back doing the parts I enjoy.

    Best of luck to you.

  • how are you able to care more about your job itself than the people at your job?

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  • I take great pride in my work. The results are appreciated by the whole company. I'm lucky that now I'm on a small team of good people, but that isn't always the case.

    I tend to ignore the dead weight when it's there, because I know I'll get my part done, and if I have to work extra to pick up the slack, I'm not shy to draw attention to it.

    My whole chain of command knows what I do, and not being in management, dealing with lazy ineffective people isn't my problem.

    Focus on you, talk to management about the issues you face, but don't point out others failures, just let it be implied.

  • Trump says Memphis is next target for National Guard crime crackdown

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  • Why is there a next target? Are we at war? We used to declare war on everything, drugs, poverty, crime, but we didn't send in the Marines.

    This can't be the new normal.

  • Middle Aged Folks with no social group: How do you do it?

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  • This is a big part of it. I'm 50, and still skateboard a couple times a week. Sure, they aren't close friends, but the people I hang out with at the parks give me all the personal interaction I need.

    Granted, I am a bit of a hermit by nature.

  • What prevailing theory in scientific circles do you think is likely to be replaced with a new understanding by 2050?

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  • Always felt the cosmic inflation theory was a place holder until we better understand the early universe.

  • How to relax and most importantly stop thinking about the things i could be doing?

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  • I've found the best way to achieve both the mental break, and the relaxation, are hobbies that that are physically and mentally taxing.

    In the summer, its skateboarding and motorcycles, in the winter its snowboarding.

    Wears you out enough to get proper sleep, and they require all your mental focus not to get hurt.

  • Highest temps recorded this year in each (US) state, as of August 7th.

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  • We've had plenty of very hot years, including up to a week of 100+ days.

    My first thought was "Did they not get data on IL?".

    This year has been cooler, but a lot more storms.

    Still plenty of 90+ days this year.

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  • One of the key elements my girlfriend tells me is that I'm the only one to call her on her bullshit.

    Guess to each their own.

  • What's the funniest film you've ever seen?

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  • Lot of great answers here, I'll add Blazing Saddles and Hudson Hawk.

  • Anyone know a good modern day MP3 player?

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  • For snowboarding and skateboarding I've always used the Clip by Sansa, works in any weather, pretty damned tough, and if I lose or break it, at $32 I just dont care.

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    What video game have you always wanted to play but havent yet?

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  • I watch plenty of game stuff online, but there is no way I'm spoiling a game I've waited 20 years to play.

    I'll never get the chance to play an OG Zelda for the first time again.

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    What video game have you always wanted to play but havent yet?

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  • I have the N64 version, as well as the switch.

    Think I'll probably play it on switch just to have wireless controller.

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    What video game have you always wanted to play but havent yet?

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  • Majoras Mask. I've bought it, but am too wrapped up in factorio, another one I waited far to long to play.

  • What form of entertainment, movie, music, tv, video game etc that you were excited about only after it came out did you realize it was trash?

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  • The thing that immediately ruined it for me was the leveled enemies and weapons.

    Ok, so I can head shot a guy in this region and he dies, but same enemy one zone over takes like 10 shots.

    It's a lazy way of forcing artificial difficulty and making you follow a certian path through the game.

    Did the same shit to the assassins creed series as well.

  • Men who feel like fully functional people, how did you get there?

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  • Nothing wrong with having one sexual partner, and a small but relyable support group consisting of friends and family.

    My girlfriend is an amazing woman, but I certianly don't rely on her for everything. We live together, and she hears about most of my stuff, but there are hobbies and technical things I save for the people who are into those things.

  • Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? The Movement Is Growing — and It’s No Longer a Joke

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  • The Beeblebrox paradox

  • What form of entertainment, movie, music, tv, video game etc that you were excited about only after it came out did you realize it was trash?

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  • The two that come to mind are Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Farcry 6.

    They might have been ok games if the previous ones hadn't been so damned good.

    At least with Breakpoint they tried to make it right with a new mode, but still don't enjoy it as much as Wildlands.

    Leveled enemies and weapons are just not something I'm going to play.

  • Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time

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  • Look up game mechanics and progression to see what style of char you want. 3rd person cover shooter w classes, squad mechanics, and RPG elements.

    Avoid story and character spoilers as best you can.

    Your save files carry over through the three games which was unique at the time and really ties the games together in a meaningful way.