What are some habits or skills that you've recently(or not so recently) learnt that improved the quality of your life or made things more fun? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Had seen a question like this in another sub, thought about asking it in lemmy too.

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[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Practicing mindfulness through the lense of stoicism. Aurelius really had some good advice.

I've also been learning the dvorak layout which has been fun and better for my fingers.

Also learning a bit about how to work with docker containers as they seem super handy for self hosting and whatnot.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I know of two people that switched to Dvorak and both have regrets. Mostly because it's a pain to switch to any other machine and not look like you're just learning to type.

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I haven't had much of a problem switching back and forth between QWERTY and Dvorak between work and personal usage. I feel like you would have to be using Dvorak exclusively for a long time to experience that kind of problem.

For me, it seems kind of like learning to ride a bike in that just because I have learned another thing has not meant I forgot how to walk.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yea these people have been all Dvorak for years, so switching back is difficult.

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I see, that makes sense. To try to avoid that, I have a hotkey configured that remaps my keyboards between the two layouts so that I can maintain a sense of both.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I thought about learning Dvorak, but at this stage my fingers just do what I'm thinking, I'm not sure I can unlearn Qwerty.

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I touch typed with qwerty for over 20 years before learning it, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. It's just a matter of consistent practice.

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