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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When you don’t know what to do, do nothing.

It’s okay to not stay busy.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd like to make sure people understand doing nothing is doing nothing. Not scrolling on your phone. Not watching a movie. Take a moment to just sit and be there. Being bored is important for us

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Was that your comment I read? I didn’t save the post. It had really good advice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'd say go one step further and meditate.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I learned how to not poop for three days

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought shit just works was about shitting regularly???

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Contrary to popular belief, sometimes shit doesn't happen.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh there's a few:

  • use FreeTube

  • Switch to Firefox and use uBlock

  • Toast your muesli

  • A nice list of recommended anime to watch, I'm going through it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate on "Toastyour muesli"? What do you mean? Do you put it in a pan?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes! A pan is an option. Another option is on a tray in the oven, low heat. Another option and my preferred one is add some water to make a paste, and bake as clusters.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Get a bidet

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't care about other people's opinions but when presented with facts, consider them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I would add to this to consider facts but context as well, facts can bring a misrepresented reality when they are presented as an argument without taking into account the whole background that produces them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

So far nothing really but I'll offer a big one here:

Don't let perfect be the enemy of better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, there were a few people I should have listened to earlier about defederating a certain instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna guess either lemmygrad, or more likely hexbear lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Listen to No Such Thing As A Fish

Switch to open source and privacy respecting apps on Android

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So happy I recently got my ex to listen to it even though she already has too much media to consume :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's just a podcast, no thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! Excellent advice, both of them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

A bit of advice I received prompted me to change my resume and start non hunting again. Also helped with the imposter syndrome some.

~[email protected] https://programming.dev/comment/2218092

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Switching from Cloudflare DNS to NextDNS.

And probably other stuff too, but I don't remember.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nah swap to dns.adguard.com . Has all the benefits and built in ad/tracker blocking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whats the reason that made you move away from cloudflare?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

NextDNS gives me more control. It can do stuff like ad blocking, tracker blocking and rewrites (same as /etc/hosts). It has many blocklists available.

Disadvantage is limit of 300,000 DNS queries/month on the free account, but it's enough for personal use.

However, where DoT or DoH isn't available, I still use 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That I shouldn't even watch Danganronpa wallpapers on the web, since those can really easily spoil major parts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Brave browser is bad