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[franeridart]

The Housecat Philosophy - Ep 44

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[girlneuter]

holy shit corporate work is so hilariously disorganized. my supervisor told me to check my work email for updates on when my device will be here. i ask him if it's the messages in the online program i was trained on. he said it is a separate work email on outlook. i have not received any information about this work email on outlook as part of the online training. like it didn't mention it at all. so on tuesday i emailed hr to ask how i'm supposed to get in. it's saturday and i still haven't heard back. i told my supervisor the same thing and he hasn't responded in a few days. today i reached out to the person organizing the training and she gave me the default password for the email. i go to log in and it hasn't been set up. she asks if i've done the two step verification. this was also never mentioned before. she said i'll need my device nearby for it. i do not have a device. and i cannot check the shipping status of it because i don't have access to this email. that i need the device to access.

so i'm downloading an app on my phone and calling it to set it up so that i can get my work email set up. so that i can check the shipping status for my new device. that i will be using to access my email. that post that was like just log on to weewoop and log your hours in to TimeyLog and then report your mileage to Udrive.... it's so true

[qqueenofhades]

I am now being actively courted by TWO master's programs at the university. Terrible dilemma, etc.

[unpretty]

idk man. from 2008 to 2019 i was self-employed. i dropped out of high school in 2006 and then dropped out of college in 2010 and moved to a swamp to watch my great-grandma die because that was the only thing i could afford to do. then i went back to college and lived off student loans for a while. if i managed to scrape together $500 in a single month, that was a very good month. i applied for a gamestop credit card i shouldn't have qualified for and used it to buy taco bell gift cards for when i couldn't afford groceries, then paid a stupid amount of interest on the cost of my taco bell gift cards because i couldn't afford to pay off the balance.

during that period i bought over 2000 ebooks and 600 steam games. i like to believe that i'll read or play them someday. i probably won't, with most of them. but it was nice to have the option. i paid $10 a year for a domain name that did nothing but show a single image when you went there because i thought that was funny. i bought every sims expansion. i bought a ps4 and pretended i was in debt for a ps4 instead of taco bell gift cards and the sims. i barely ever played anything on the ps4, but it was nice to have the option.

when i got a part-time retail job in 2019 ($12 an hour! 20 hours a week!) i felt RICH. i was getting $200-$300 a week! that's so much fucking money! i was spending most of it on gas, and food that i could eat in a store break room without dying. but it was still so much money!! i paid off all my credit cards and then immediately ran them back up. i bought matching couches for me and my cat at tj maxx. i bought a ferris wheel for mini cupcakes. i bought cute dresses and shoes that i never had a chance to wear because the only time i went anywhere was to work, in my work uniform. i was 29 and that was the most money i had ever had in my life. now i'm 32 with a full-time office job and most of my money goes toward debt but the rest of it ends up being spent on dumb shit. every month i look at my budget and try to figure out where it all went wrong and every month the conclusion is, "spent too much money on dumb shit". you would think that i would try to stop doing that, and yet.

it's like. i was poor and now i'm lurking somewhere near the low end of middle class, and in both cases buying dumb shit was simultaneously proof that i would be rich if i could just stop buying dumb shit, and that i couldn't possibly understand true poverty if i was capable of buying dumb shit. i do not know how to explain to people that i will always waste more time and money than anyone ever should on dumb shit that i think is funny. there is nothing i want more than to spend my last dollar on a laugh and my last minute laughing, and no one's insistence that they would use them better will change this.

[pollenallergie]

“do the hardest task first”

no. just… no.

hot take: this doesn’t work for people with adhd (in my experience/from what i’ve heard from other people with adhd in my life). i recommend doing the easy/moderately difficult stuff first, that way you can convince yourself that it’s all going to be this easy and undemanding. then hyper-focus will kick in because your brain is like, “yeah, we can do this, we’ve got this.” then, before you know it, you’ve completed both the easy tasks and the hard tasks while hyperfocusing.

like, on a serious note, it’s always been easier for me to convince myself to get the most difficult tasks done when i’m already working/in the working frame of mind, not when i’m laying in bed or sitting on the couch, mindlessly scrolling through stuff on my phone, and struggling to start at all.

if the choice comes down to you not starting at all or starting with the easiest task first (which, for me, it often does), always, always pick starting with the easiest task first. sometimes you need a small victory, a little bit of an accomplishment, to give you the courage to take on bigger challenges.

[xdraonarts]

found out league has a new pause mechanic in quite possibly the most scuffed way possible

[discordiansamba]

I guess I should discuss the AU that's been rattling around in my brain in a little more detail, rather than just making shitposts about it. So here's the basic gist of it:

We all know there was one surviving universe at the end of Honerva's rampage in VLD's (pretty bad) finale before everything was restored to normal- but could it really survive everything that happened around it unscathed?

The answer is no. Of course it's no.

In a twist of irony, given Honerva's goals, Lotor is deleted from a universe that would have otherwise been very close to the canon universe as we know it- which is... kind of a problem, actually. As in 'the universe could fall apart if this event doesn't happen' problem. But don't worry. The cosmic forces of the universe has a stopgap measure of its own in place to protect itself.

After all, what could go wrong with the universe using one half-Galra to replace another?

Keith is born to Zarkon and Honerva in Lotor's place. He's always felt out of place in a way that simply only being half-Galra can't quite explain. He has a strong sensitivity to quintessence, and knows from a young age that his father and the witch that stands by his side are corrupted.

He knows he's corrupted too. he can hear things that are not him whispering in his head sometimes, telling him things. he ignores them.

(this is sometimes harder than he would like)

(on very rare occasions he hears a different voice from the rabble- one that calmly tells him not to do things. he listens to this one a little more.)

He grows up loathing his father- it's a mutual feeling. He knows that even before he was born, his mother loathed him as well. He grows up with no strong connection to their either side of his heritage.

(perhaps honerva subconsciously realized the child she was carrying was not her own)

He breaks away from the Empire on his own at an early age- he knows in his bones this is wrong, and wants no part in it. He ends up safeguarding a pocket of space from the Empire, but his motives remain erratic and he stays aloof from the other forces against the Empire, so he's not exactly trusted by them.

After all, he's not exactly not still a part of the Empire himself. Zarkon's not going to let his only heir walk away that easily.

He still ends up meeting Acxa, Narti, Ezor and Zethrid.

He's born with the Altean talent of shapeshifting- though he's better at it than most. He wears three faces- the Galran prince, the Altean wanderer, and then a third face, one of a race he has never seen before, yet feels oddly familiar to him.

(Sometimes it feels more natural than the one he was born with.)

He later learns of a planet called Earth, and its people known as humans, who so resemble his third face- and the blue lion with them. He decides to keep an eye on the planet with the excuse of trying to protect the lion... which is surely the only reason he feels such a strong draw to this otherwise backwater planet.

Which is great, because it turns out replacing Lotor with Keith created another problem the universe has to deal with- there isn't a Keith anymore to pilot the red lion.

He just kind of gets swept up in everything when the blue lion awakens, and before he knows it, he's on the Castle of Lions, and Princess Allura of all people is telling him he's a paladin. They all seem to think he's human.

Somehow, he senses it would be a very, very bad idea to tell them all he's actually Zarkon's son.

Great job Keith. You signed up for the universe's most stressful double life. I'm sure this is going to work out real well.

(I am lying.)

[askagamedev]

Sometimes I need to reboot my games because of “memory loss”. What is it? Why does it make my games run faster after rebooting?

I don't think there's a term called "memory loss", but you're probably thinking of a "memory leak". A memory leak is when a program grabs more memory for use while looping than it releases. This results in the machine using more and more memory over time, thus having less and less available memory to use. This causes slowdown and eventually crashing once all of the available memory has been used. When you reboot, all of that claimed memory gets released and becomes available for use again. That's why your games run faster after rebooting, the games have access to more memory after the reboot.

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[izicodes]

Improving Your Time Management Skills

Hiya! This is the part 3, and final post, of what I talked about in part 1's post (LINK) where I talked about tips from my manager, who's Senior Software Developer, about 3 top skills to work on in the workplace, and I wanted to share them here! She mentioned; Work Ethic, Communication and Time Management.

Today, we will go over improving your time management skills in the workplace - but remember, her tips can be applied to any other environment that this might be useful to apply!

Time Management?

Time management skills at the workplace mean being able to use your time effectively and wisely.

It's about knowing how to prioritize your tasks and make the most of the time you have. Helps you stay organized, meet deadlines, and accomplish your work efficiently.

It's important to plan ahead, break down big tasks into smaller ones, and avoid wasting time on distractions. By managing your time well, you can get more done and feel less stressed at work.

Tips To Improving Your Time Management Skills

Just like last time, it's a long list but worthwhile to think about! Here are all of the tips that my manager gave me and some extra notes I made afterwards:

Prioritize Tasks

Identify the most important and time-sensitive tasks in collaboration with your team. Focus on completing those tasks first. Consider the frog method!

Set Clear Deadlines

Make clear deadlines for your tasks and communicate them to your team members. This helps everyone align their efforts and expectations. If for some reason there is not urgency or no deadline to get it done, make one up to keep that productivity up!

Break Down Tasks

Break larger tasks into smaller, more manageable subtasks. This makes them less overwhelming and easier to handle within the allocated time.

Regularly Assess Progress

Continuously review your progress and adjust your time management strategies as needed. Sticking to one type of method at all times is something not the best strategy. Different tasks may need a different type of time management strategy.

Keep Your Team Updated

Provide regular updates to your team about the status of your tasks. This helps maintain transparency and keeps everyone informed about progress. They can even help you if you need any! This is one place I personally need to work on since I like working alone and forgot to update people on how I'm doing! Oops!

Learn From Past Experiences

Reflect on past projects or tasks to identify areas where time management could have been improved. Learn from these experiences and apply the lessons to future endeavors. Don't repeat bad habits...

Well, I hope this was helpful to you! If you want to read the other two posts, here are:

Part 1 "Improving Your Work Ethic" - LINK

Part 2 "Improving Your Communications Skills" - LINK

Remember, time is a precious resource, and how we manage it can make all the difference in our productivity and overall success!!

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[savetheghost]

im gonna need more meat

[couthbbg]

Mantra I need to memorize for pens games: I must not have hope. Hope is the mind killer. Hope is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my hope. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the hope has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Amen 🙏

[fereldanwench]

yanno when i left this job the first time around one of the things i mentioned in my exit interview was how frustrating it was to work with outdated and unstable software every goddamn day and forking over some cash for at least a few upgrades would make their illustrators much happier ergo more ~*productive*~

and of course they did not take that advice

so every morning i launch (among other application travesties) 14-year-old versions of photoshop and illustrator on my work laptop which are sorely lacking INCREDIBLY USEFUL FEATURES that even slightly newer versions have and i'm forced to find weird ass solutions to things that shouldn't be problems in the first place!!!!

[xannerz]

cousin texted me last night asking if my job's hiring b/c she wants to leave hers and i was like it's funny you ask that b/c no, and i'm thinking about finding a new job myself LMAO

[23meteorstreet]

anyway since im always bitching abt my life on here here's a pretty cool thing: i made a list of goals last week & one of them was to try to make a diner dash style minigame in rpgmaker bc I had an idea for a game to build around it and after a little less than 17 hours of work (according to steam) I finished it!!!