Mesa

joined 2 years ago
[–] Mesa 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've recently been trying to train myself to lucid dream frequently. The first thing anyone will tell you is to keep a dream journal, and holy shit does it help. Started journaling them on the 2nd of January, and even just a week later I started having very vivid dreams every night. All senses included; and as of a couple days ago, fairly critical thinking (mental math). I haven't managed to have a "lucid dream" yet, but I'll get there.

For the sake of completeness, a lucid dream is a dream in which you've become aware that you are dreaming. Whether you can control the dream or feel that it's vivid is a separate concern.

Pretty cool stuff.

[–] Mesa 1 points 2 weeks ago

Although this wasn't really what I was asking at the time, it's good general advice, and I'll try it out. Thanks for your time and input.

[–] Mesa 2 points 1 month ago

I've actually been off my meds for a minute. I haven't had serious issues, but I definitely need to go refill...

[–] Mesa 2 points 1 month ago

Good analogy. Thank you for the thoughtful response!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Mesa to c/[email protected]
 

Hi! Unfortunately I got sick for Christmas and had to stay home; but as I was trying to rest, it almost felt like I physically could not keep up with my mind. It felt uncomfortable to think idly, and of course there wasn't much I could do to help that. Not sure if I tried meditating, and if I did, I didn't say "I'm gonna meditate now," if you know what I mean.

I've tried looking it up and the results mostly talk about "brain fog," and while that may have been a small part of it, I wouldn't describe this experience as such.

Has anyone else had this experience? Like normal ADHD brain is exhausting and hurts while sick?

[–] Mesa 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (16 children)

I've absolutely done it before because I'm weird. Entering 1:90 (on my Kenmore microwave) ticks down 1:89... 1:88... etc. until it hits 1:00 at which point it will continue as normal to 0:59.

1:60 behaves similarly.

I have a feeling the "add 30 seconds" button will correct it to proper time format, but I'll test it for science.

[–] Mesa 5 points 1 month ago

Only one in this thread willing to talk about the real problems.

[–] Mesa 9 points 1 month ago

All the computer mice, headphones, and keyboards...

The connector cable it comes with will spend 10,000x as much time in my hand than the item you intended to give me.

[–] Mesa 3 points 1 month ago

This is the way.

[–] Mesa 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I guess left-leaning white males are just as underprivileged and oppressed as people of color and women. We should rename it to "conservative white male privilege."

[–] Mesa 3 points 1 month ago

My high school had a pretty big exchange program (up until COVID) mainly from China, Vietnam, and Spain, and I hung out with them all the time after school, and some of them even more 😅. Very pleasant experience getting to know about them and where they came from, and it was always super fun and interesting to see how they would react or approach American customs or even that of the other exchange students.

Was super bummed out when COVID disrupted that.

[–] Mesa 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why are you conflating "ghetto", "gangsta," and black? 95% of it is about where and how you grew up.

There's plenty of white guys who, although will never experience and understand what it's like to live in America while black, understand the struggle of growing up in the ghettos, being socioeconomically alienated, and being pressured to look to the "gangsta" lifestyle.

These three can often overlap, but are importantly separate things. A white guy in that situation won't know what it means to be black like I do, but I will never have a fraction of their knowledge and experience of what it means to grow up to the streets.

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Compliance (programming.dev)
submitted 4 months ago by Mesa to c/[email protected]
 
 

I'm mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist.

I only have two monitors—one directly in front of me, and another to the right of it, angled toward me. For web development, I keep my editor on the main screen, and anything auxiliary (be that a dev build, a video, StackOverflow, etc.) on the side screen.

I wouldn't mind a third monitor, and if I had one, I'd definitely use it for log/output, since currently it's a floating window that I shuffle around however necessary. It could be smaller than the other two, and I might even turn it vertical so I could split the screen between output and a terminal, configuring a AutoHotKey script to focus the terminal.

What about y'all?

[ cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13864053 ]

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submitted 1 year ago by Mesa to c/[email protected]
 
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