I got forced into getting rid of loads of stuff when I ended up homeless and sofa surfing for a while. When I got my own place again I really like not having heaps of junk ill never use and have tried to keep my home minimal since. Obviously I have stuff, but I try to really think about what I 1) buy, do I really need or want it, and 2) keep.

Congrats on the job, sounds fun!

Watchy, it was a pain to get started as I ended up with a v2 and the docs only apply for the v3 but I figured it out in the end

Made a webcam, programmed an e ink wrist watch to make it look sexy (notosans), and about to finish the last novel in le guins hainish cycle

Danced? Jesus this feels like an overachievement to me 😅 not even joking, I feel so fucking uncomfortable dancing in public

Its sire levels of humour here

As a brit id say blimey they got it spot on

I used to. It was curable via exposure for me. Had to do it at work a lot and just got used to it.

Lol, yes, it can feel like everyone has it sometimes as you just always seem to find each other without trying.

Awesome. Funny as hell. Wish I’d seen it in person!

Ooh right. I looked at a few of those apps. They seemed a little invasive on the permissions and data collection to me

So to use Teams for my workplace, there’s a shit load of security OS shite that needs to be installed on your phone in order for it to work, I’m not doing that on my personal phone. They give out work phones, but my role differs enough from most peoples that having a work phone is a waste of time and pocket space. But I can join a meeting from a chromium type browser without issue. Also screen sharing can be useful in meetings. But yeah, you’re right, 90%+ of the time, a phone is the better option

Looking in terminal, it doesn’t look like it can put out more than 30fps. It defaults to 1080, I have the camera 3 module. That said, there is some lag at both 720 and 1080, although it doesn’t seem worse at 1080 than 720. Still, plenty good enough for it’s purpose, which is just to put my face in the teams call.

When you learn how to nest lists in your favourite word processor

It used to be ‘chelmsford average’ when I was a kid

From working in a youth centre, it seems like sterotypes arent as big a thing as they used to be and have all kind of blended together. The only term I ever hear along those kind of lines is road man which the kids use as a general term for anyone who breaks the law or is in a gang (im in london, the definitions could probably alter slightly outside of the city). Nowadays they seem to find identity and categorisation in their sexual orientation, skin colour or cultural heritage, and nuerodivergence instead of stereotypes.

Im sure its because IV and VI are probably tricky to distinguish when they are upside down

Took me a minute

I dont even personify people. Headline made me laugh though

Speak to them about putting the rent up just enough to pay for a cleaner to come in once or twice a week? I used to rent out rooms and it was an unpleasant situation for me too

Id need a healthy amount of beer to sleep so close to the insects myself 😆