I may also suggest keeping a notebook and writing it down to remind yourself what your priorities are.
I forgot where I saw this, but making a daily/weekly list of every little thing you are grateful of can also help you get out of that loop of feeling bad.
I don't think I qualify at giving serious life advices, but I want you to know one thing, you haven't failed your son. You are doing your best, and your son knows it. The fact that you are doing everything you can to raise your son, and your son comforting you when you feel down, says to me that you love him and he loves you back. That's not failure at all. The only time you would truly fail yourself and your son, is when you stop trying.
Best wishes to you both!
"Safely" Safe from what exactly?
Yeah, that's also an additional effort lmao. That's why I was quite firm on not going full frame when choosing a camera. Weight is king after all. The Olympus OM5 and even the EP7 were also quite tempting to me before I got the XS10 (maybe they still are). So small!
No entirely surprised. Check on the Great Translation Movement Xitter page, people are vile on there.
I'm a newbie in photography. Just got a second hand Fujifilm X-S10 and Sigma 18-50 lens a few weeks ago, making time to go out and explore new places is now the harder part haha.
Just finding something that you had some interest before but had no time, or go out of your comfort zone and try new things!
I'm surprised no one mentioned this channel yet. Previously known for making top 10 facts of everything, but has since transitioned into long form documentary of mysteries. He takes a long time between videos, but its always an instant click whenever he uploads. Does his own research, cites them, makes the background music and all of the animations for it. Honeypot for react channels too.
Motorcycle related videos. Does some motorcycle reviews, but the explanation type videos they mostly do are awesome. Even if you're not a motor head, you can always learn/enjoy something from their videos. If not the knowledge and physics, then the excellent videography and story telling Ryan puts in there.
The Youtube Appliance guy. I kid, but he does excellent videos delving into tech in general appliances or retro stuff. One of his best videos is about dishwasher detergents, so good he had to make 2 more follow up videos about it. Seriously, go give it a watch.
I live in Taiwan, people here wear masks for whatever reason and no one bats an eye. You can wear a mask if you are sick, have too much acne and want to hide it, or because you are a medical worker and need to protect yourself and patients like OP, etc.
It also helps that we all went through the SARS pandemic, which could be seen as the previous version of COVID. Unlike COVID, SARS transmits via respiratory droplets after symptoms like fever arise, so everyone learned to wear masks during that time, and it worked. When COVID came, we knew what to do.
I see your point. I'm absolutely not saying that the drivers and the team did not do a good job, I'm merely saying that the coin flip was lucky. I can see why the teams thought a red flag would be possible if you put it this way. It still is a guess though, and no red flag could still be possible if it weren't for Colapintos crash, under a safety car no less.
Yeah? The afterwards wasn't the point though.
I don't get how you interpret the interview as him bitching about the team call? In the interview, he did acknowledge that he made a few mistakes, but aside from that he thought they did the best they could, and the red flag was the bad luck.
It is though? I am in no way disregarding Max's drive, he was brilliant today, but the interview question was specifically about the VSC and red flag, which is 100% luck. Red Bull and Alpine got a free tyre change while every other team lost time and positions for the pit stop.
Plenty of stuff the FIA should fix after this race. They should change the rules to not allow modifications to the car during a red flag in the future for a start.
Edit: You can hear what the interviewer asked here. I don't think he's commenting on Max's drive, just pit strategy. He also did acknowledge the mistakes he made during the race, so there's that.
Good luck on your Warframe journey! Where are you in the story right now? I dropped it after the railjack came out, and am tempted to go back and see some of the new stuff. I just don't have that much time and patience for grinding all the resources now, maybe I'll just see a playthrough or something.
I'm ashamed to say I've stepped into the Gacha rabbit hole with Zenless Zone Zero. It's a fun game, combat feels quite good on PC, characters are likable, and the story is intriguing so far. Though I'm not ashamed to say that I haven't spent anything on this game, and I'm sticking to free to play, as the value you get out of spending in game just isn't worth it. There are much better ways to spend money than rolling for a chance to get a character. How much the whales are willing to spend for a character will never cease to amaze me.
I think you're confusing desktops with laptops.
In case it wasn't a joke, I imagine it would be high enough for your finger to just poke under it to push the button, like you would a monitor with buttons on the bottom of the screen.
The price of the storage upgrades. Jesus.
You're lucky there's a higher up that could talk down the even higher ups. Though, sometimes it's not even about the r&d teams.
I saw company wide HR educational emails or courses telling you how to improve you work quality/efficiency, and one of them tells us to "research AI" and learn how to utilize it, talking about how great it is and improved the work efficiency by 30%. Sure, it has its uses, but I won't go touting how great it is. And with how ChatGPT works, you have to be the biggest idiot in the world to upload all your sensitive stuff to ChatGPT just for it to make a spreadsheet faster. But without these disclaimers in the email, I doubt regular clerical staff knows about this, and it's extremely dangerous.
Camera lens version of the Project Management Triangle
Focal length range, Optical quality, Size & weight. Pick two.
Sequential/sweeping turn signals on cars should fully turn on then dim down, not the other way around.
I've been holding on to this thought for quite some time and don't know where to share this. Too long and not random enough for a shower thought, so here it is I guess.
Car manufacturers really like their LEDs to be as fancy as possible lately, and more and more turn signals on cars have this "sequential lighting" show they do. Basically, the type of turn signal I have a problem with is the one that gradually fills up the turn signal light bar, then turns off everything when the bar is full, i.e. Audi cars in this video
IMO, not only does the animation feel clunky, I also think its a safety issue, albeit a relatively minor one. The point of indicator lights is to tell other drivers your intentions. They should be fully noticeable the moment you turn on your turn signals, and should not be halfway lit first. It probably would also introduce a delay in driver response, but I have no scientific evidence to back this claim up, so take this as just my opinion.
Instead, they should do it the opposite way where the light bar fully lights up first, then gradually shrinks. Or the Mazda way of turning on quickly then dimming down slowly like in this video. Or the combination of these two, where the light bar has a gradient end that tapers away when shrinking. (Seriously, having a gradient or a gradual dim is so much more elegant. Why don't more cars do this?)
Okay rant over. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Are there any green alternatives to asphalt in development?
Asphalt used on road surfaces are byproducts from fossil fuel. With the ultimate goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuel to combat climate change, are there any good alternatives for road surfaces? I don't think I've ever heard of a viable replacement of asphalt in the works, or even a plan to replace it in any environmental discussions before. At least, not enough for me to notice.
Extented question would be: what are some products derived from fossil fuel that are used in everyday life, but still lack viable alternatives you don't see enough discussions about?
These battery stats on my 6a has been... interesting...
I've been using the 6a since the start of this year, and alongside it Accubattery to remind me to unplug my phone whenever it reaches 85% charge.
I know Accubattery stats are just an approximation, and I've only been using this phone for half a year, but still quite amusing to see the battery health go up instead of dropping.
FYI, disable aptx HD if you are experiencing glitches with Sennheiser Momentum 4
I'm on firmware 2.13.18, using a Pixel 6a.
After updating to the latest firmware a few weeks ago, I've been experiencing audio glitches quite often compared to when I got them new, which had no glitches whatsoever. One of the update was adding support for 24bit/96kHz aptX Adaptive, which in hindsight is probably the most obvious thing I should've tried investigating.
There is a toggle in the Sennheiser app that toggles High resolution audio mode. Turning that off does not fix the problem! Looking in the developer options, it's still using 24bit/48kHz aptxHD, and the glitches still happen. Turning off aptxHD in the Bluetooth options fixes the problem, but it will revert back to SBC and not stay at aptX, so it won't do either.
What you should do is go to Developer options in Settings, scroll down to Bluetooth Audio Codec and switch to aptX. It will now switch to 16bit/48kHz and the audio glitch should be resolved. Downside is that it seems you would have to go there and switch to aptX everytime you reconnect to your headphones.
My phone has no problem playing 24bit aptXHD audio using the BTR5, so the issue is most likely with the headphones itself.
TL;DR: I suspect the Momentum 4 couldn't handle 24bit audio, so switch to 16bit to avoid audio glitching.
When you set profile default sort to TopDay and switch accounts and back, this happens
I was so confused when I was seeing posts 4 years old. "Old" isn't even supposed to be an option lol.
Tested with other options, seems like TopWeek becomes TopDay, TopMonth becomes TopWeek, TopYear becomes TopMonth, and TopAllTime becomes TopYear.
So for now, you can enjoy seeing the creation of the Fediverse and read posts in reverse with this hidden option.
What do you use for photo backups?
I'm considering setting up a NAS to backup my stuff and replace Google Photos. Currently I'm looking at Asustor AS6704T and Synology DS923+, with the former having more powerful hardware and hardware encoding, and the latter having a better first party software experience.
Some quick comparisons show me that Synology Photos is infinitely better than Asustor Photo Gallery. AI face recognition, content tagging, and reverse Geocoding are features I've gotten used to in Google photos, which Synology has and Asustor doesn't. I'm also aware of but not really familiar with other photo backup/management solutions, namely Immich, Photoprism, Piwigo, and Lychee. Immich would probably fit me the best, but Piwigo with plugins would support Photosphere photos that I occasionally take with my Pixel.
So I guess I'm asking you guys what your preferred photo backup solution is? I probably should mention that I personally take photos with a Pixel (jpg and MP4 files), but my family uses iPhones (heic and mov files). No RAW photos for now, but for those who do and would edit photos, how would you manage them?