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slippery_salmons @lemmy.today

IT nerd from the Pacific NW

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Bipolar Community Check-In Mar 3-9: How Are You Doing?
  • Missed another appointment with my provider. I know he said meet in exactly two weeks at our normal time, which was an hour and a half ago. The first two times I missed were my fault, although I didn't get the normal appointment reminder email, the appointments were at our normal scheduled time so there isn't an excuse. Now this is just ridiculous and is no longer my fault alone. I'm just questioning everything from this guy now. He's the one who first diagnosed me back in December. Everything has been so much worse since then. Now I just want to ditch the meds and go back to how things were before. But I know if I just stop taking my meds that will go terribly. But I'm tired of dealing with this guy and finding a new provider is so fucking exhausting. I already put in a referral request to my main provider and they just mailed me a letter saying reach out to these places if they are in network. Cool thanks, more work for me to do. I fucking hate dealing with insurance and trying to find a provider. Then starting over with a provider and going over what is wrong with me and being worried about over or under emphasizing certain parts of myself. Everyone lists they are open to patients on their website but then you call and they aren't taking new patients. It's exhausting navigating this, and then this costs me hundreds of dollars a month even when in network. It's fucking stupid and I don't want to participate anymore.

  • Made a Cymbal Clock

    Picked up a cheap clock kit and threw it on a high-hat.

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    Home Improvement @lemmy.world slippery_salmons @lemmy.today

    Replacing Bathtub Faucet - Pipe Recessed in Wall

    The shower diverter in our spare bathroom doesn't really work. The faucet is also gross and I want to change it.

    I took the faucet off the wall and the pipe doesn't match what I'm seeing in videos. My faucet doesn't quite match the ones at Home Depot.

    Most instructions I'm seeing show the pipe coming out of the wall:

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    My pipe is recessed in the wall:

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    My faucet has a piece of pipe extending out of it:

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    All the faucets I see in stores or online don't have any pipe on them. They're expecting the pipe to be sticking out of the wall.

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    Do I need to find a piece of pipe to make an adapter? Or is there a type of faucet I should be looking at that has this connection?

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    Ergodox arrived. Yikes!

    Top is Das Pro 4, bottom is ErgoDox EZ

    Love the customization and quickly learning to love the split keyboard. The non-staggered keys are going to take me a long time to get used to. I'm struggling with the bottom row and outer-edge keys the most.

    Still happy with it but it's going to be a while before I can use it at work or for anything useful.

    Edit*** Already doing a lot better! To be fair, this was an easier sentence... !

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    homelab @lemmy.ml slippery_salmons @lemmy.today

    You Don't Need to Keep Every Electronic Box!

    Just cleaned out mt garage, closet, and attic. No clue why I kept every single box of anything electronic/tech based in the last ten years. I just tossed boxes for phones I haven't had in years, old CPU and heat sync boxes, boxes for 100mbps nics, old modems I don't have anymore. I've never needed any of these and have brought them with me through too many house moves.

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    Started Playing 'The Talos Principle'

    It's been in my library for years and I didn't know much about it. Randomly started playing it a few days ago and I've been having a blast solving the puzzles. It's been a while since a game has really made me want to finish it and see what is at the ending.

    I'm at the end now working on the final (I think) puzzle.

    (this is also my first ever lemmy post)

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