marcinreal

It's crazy that prisma had 40k github stars last I checked. I haven't followed the js ecosystem that closely, but I thought stars would be some indication of quality, but no. It is totally unsuitable for any serious application. I've heard good things about kysely.

Glad I'm not the only one who finds Prisma an abomination. Claude suggested it to me in December. I hit half a dozen bugs within a day, one of which wiped my DB. I switched to drizzle and it's been smooth sailing.

Edit: actually I think it was ChatGPT that recommended Prisma to me.

Do you know about Bear? It means "to endure", but it also is the name of a note-taking app in the Apple ecosystem.

That's interesting. If you think it could be a nervous system issue, have you tried herbs that calm the nervous system or looked into ayurveda or relaxation techniques? Sorry for the random unsolicited advice.

I'm curious, have you lived in the same place this whole time? If the pain came back when you returned home, maybe there is some environmental cause for it, possibly something poorly-understood. I hesitate to even mention any examples because this can be controversial (and murky) territory, but I'm thinking of things like EMF exposure. Maybe you are really sensitive to something like that. Not sure, but could be worth experimenting with different environments and collecting data.

I really resonate with the "Acceptance" section. I came to a similar realization, that having strong negative emotions about the pain just made everything worse. Stress causes inflammation which doesn't help, and only hurts the situation.

As for actual strategies to manage emotions, I would strongly recommend reading books about REBT (the precursor to CBT) such as "How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything-yes, Anything!" It's honestly been life-changing, and I think a lot of folks here would appreciate the rational approach to adjusting one's beliefs, feelings, and actions. Being able to avoid unnecessary negative emotions, and irrational beliefs that upset you, can be a superpower.

From what I can recall, he does encourage people not to stop exercising when they experience psychosomatic pain. The idea is that stopping exercise because of pain gives it validity.

But I would add that one should be careful when exercising and stop as soon as the pain is more than a nuisance. I have pain in my ankle and after trying to sprint through the pain I couldn't walk for a couple weeks. Then when I started going on really easy runs and slowly ramping up the time/pace, it finally started to improve.

  Location: Kansas City, Missouri
  Remote: remote or hybrid
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: Rust (4+ yrs), Typescript (3+ yrs), Node, Go, Python, CI/CD, backend/frontend, Emacs
  Résumé/CV: https://signor.dev/resume
  Email: marcin at realemail dot net

I know of such a community: https://ledstrain.org/

While it's informative, I would proceed with caution. Many users there indulge in a level of obsession that is not helpful. The basics of reducing eye strain are actually simple:

1. Don't use a display at unnecessarily high brightness. 2. Make sure there's plenty of natural light around you (avoid LEDs if possible). 3. Take frequent breaks and look off in the distance. (If you're in a social setting, assume an air of mystery with your ponderous gaze.) 4. Reduce your level of stress. Stress makes nothing better and everything worse. Enjoy life! Stretch regularly to reduce muscle tension in the body. 5. Probably diet helps, but that's a whole can of worms. Don't obsess over it, but try to reduce inflammatory foods.

Hello fellow KC resident! That's some impressive experience - wish you well in your search.

  Location: Kansas City, Missouri
  Remote: yes, can also work in Kansas City
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: Rust (4+ yrs), Typescript (2+ yrs), Node, Go, Python, CI/CD, backend/frontend, Emacs
  Résumé/CV: https://signor.dev/resume
  Email: marcin at realemail dot net

Is there any evidence for these accusations? I'm impressed that they pay people to take the tests. They (seem to) do things the right way.

I didn't like frecency in this and similar tools. I would often get put in directories that I didn't want. I wrote my own simple script that just uses recency, and if there's multiple possible matches you get to choose which one you want (though this is configurable).

https://github.com/mrcnski/compnav

I had the same thought for a restaurant website that served multiple languages. I figured customers might glance at the URL when it's being shared, and appreciate it being in their language.

What do you do when the translated slug happens to be the same in multiple languages? I ended up still having the country code in the slug.

I simply need wide support. I made some websites for a client who receives many 1. older customers and 2. customers from all over the world. I was conscious of the possibility that these customers could have either ancient devices or some highly obscure foreign devices not reflected on caniuse.com.

Now, if your domain ends in .dev you can just assume that your users are up-to-date techies, but otherwise I avoid anything newer than flexbox (which is just so useful).

I guess that most applies to the Prophets, who were warning a sinful nation of impending destruction, but it still seems like an oversimplistic view of the scriptures. Even in the Prophets, God's love and mercy are emphasized many times.

In the NRSV and ESV it says "a root of all kinds of evils".[0] That seems more accurate to me, because there are different roots of evil, including pride and lust. But if I understand what you're saying, it is true that money itself is not evil. In the early church, it was the glory of the rich to share their possessions with the poor. Rather, to my current understanding, it is evil to obsessively desire something beyond what God has given you, and that's not limited to just money. I wouldn't say that I'm a greedy person in terms of money (open to being wrong about that), but I've always felt unsatisfied wherever I was in life, and that led to all kinds of bad fruit. Anyway, thanks for the comment. :pray:

[0] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+tim+6%3A10&ve...

If possible, I would highly recommend going part-time. I wasn't close to burn-out, but my mental health and stress levels are much better since I made the switch. Worth it for that alone, even if it wasn't the best move for my career. In any case, I'd also recommend cutting down on unnecessary screentime and spending more time in real life - walking outside, talking to people, doing hobbies, and so on!

I've never used PS and still think Gimp is probably the most unintuitive UI I've ever used.

Didn't know that about flickering, interesting. Maintaining the candle properly by e.g. trimming the wick does help with a clean burn. Beeswax has almost no flicker and gives off light that's the most similar to sunlight, but it's quite expensive.

I had a very similar experience with insomnia. My whole life I couldn't fall asleep on time. At one point, having tried everything, I just stopped caring. If I didn't sleep much one night, then whatever, I've survived many sleep deprived days. So I totally stopped thinking about sleep. Then I just started getting sleepy around 10pm every night and falling asleep soon after. I think that insomnia is perhaps the most mental of all ailments. I also started reading by candlelight at night and that helped too.

I had a similar thought. It seems like an attack on morality, implying that there is no true morality or God-given conscience, only fear of consequences.

After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the audience. Everyone ran away, to escape an actual confrontation.

Hard to judge from the wiki page, there are so little details, but this sounds fake and staged. I think there were less stunts back then so people were more trusting. At any rate, I get strong vibes of some kind of agenda here, and you're right that it's probably not a godly one.

Thanks, good to know. I had two citronella candles next to me but I guess it wasn't enough for the mosquitoes. I haven't had a problem with soot, maybe it depends on the kind of candle, and I only blow them out outside.

Recently I got some anti mosquito candles. They didn't really work for the intended purpose, but they had the unexpected effect of making me sleepy in the evening. So I stopped using electronics and artificial lighting at night and use candles instead, and my sleep has greatly improved. Nothing else ever worked for my mild insomnia.

I was able to click on the video to view it full screen, then there is no text. (Also took me a while to figure this out.)

Thanks for mentioning Jummbox, I was just looking for something like that! Though I'll start with Beepbox since it looks even more constrained.

Make sure to check the value of `undo-limit`, as the low default value greatly (and needlessly, on modern machines) nerfs undo. It also applies to extensions like undo-tree and vundo I believe.

undo-limit is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.

Its value is 10000000

Original value was 160000

Speaking of extensions, I find undo-tree pretty buggy. I might be one of a dozen people who actually love the default undo/redo mechanism.

The Bible does say we were supposed to live in an idyllic garden, Eden, before Adam's first sin. All the animals were tame, and will be tame again. Now I tend to take the Bible literally, but the important thing is that this story indicates how desperately fallen we are. It points to our need for a savior, Jesus -- who is God, because only God could get the job done.

The bible is a big, heterogeneous book, you can find a bit of everything in it

Concerning the animal question, the Bible is clear and consistent: mankind was supposed to faithfully steward God's creation and all that lives in it. Man has utterly failed, which is why you can't even go in the woods without getting 20 ticks, and practically every plant you find is invasive and not good for food. The present Earth is falling apart, due to man's imperfect sin nature.

The confusion in this discussion arises from a conflation of mainstream Republican thought with what the Bible actually says.

Edit: "God destroys those who destroy the earth." ~ Revelation 11:18. We see a consistent message from the beginning of the Bible (Genesis) to the end.

I've found that few adults think this way. A lot of them avoid exercise and healthy eating because they perceive these as hard and complicated, and they are afraid of doing the work and likely failing anyway. Mainstream advice doesn't help this situation at all.

I get a lot better results at helping people when I show them that health can actually be fun and easy.