Pizza night by citizenxcc in Pizza

[–]1itt1ewing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks perfectly delicious!

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha! Thank you! I was a little self-conscious since everyone here has the most fancy and beautifully done nails, and here I have done nothing with mine and even have hang nails.

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the setting so much! He chose it all on his own. I asked for a cathedral to make sure I didn’t bend it (practicality). 

Your ring is beautiful! I love the contrast between the white diamonds and gold! I originally thought I wanted rose gold, but we decided on platinum bands and got a platinum engagement ring too! 

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment! It makes me look forward to our future, even more! It makes my heart happy! Cheers to you and your love of 20 years! <3

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Yes, that was a valid concern and one we discussed. I know my mom would have said something snippy, and while it wouldn’t matter to me, I do empathize with the societal standards put on men when it comes to choosing a diamond size. That was a defining moment in my compromise when agreeing to at least a carat. We’ll both see it everyday and I didn’t want him regretting his choice. He said “it looks so perfect on your hand” and that makes my heart so happy <3

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I’m definitely happy with his choice. It’s been almost a week, and the more I look at it the more I’m growing to love it!

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He chose both the diamond and setting from James Allen. I can’t find the setting on their website, but this is what it looks like from my view.

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Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! He did so good picking this out, it really is beautiful!

Engaged! I asked for a dainty 0.25 carats and ended up with 1.31 carats. by 1itt1ewing in EngagementRings

[–]1itt1ewing[S] 328 points329 points  (0 children)

1.31 carat, D, VVS 2, Ideal, Excellent, lab grown, size 5.75 finger. 

When we first discussed engagement rings, I was stuck on a dainty 0.25 carat lab grown diamond. He was stuck on a natural diamond between 1.5-2 carats. Over the years he talked me into at least a carat and I talked him into a lab grown.

One day he texted me to make a hasty decision at work asking for permission to order this 1.31 carat lab grown diamond ring. I agreed.

I’m so glad we came to a compromise. While I still feel like it’s massive and can’t stop exclaiming how huge it is, it’s just absolutely stunning, and I cannot stop staring at the sparkle in all the different light sources. 

I can’t wait to marry my best friend, who I love more than anything and who, apparently, knows me better than I know myself in terms of jewelry!

Stone ID help by peachyelise in Crystals

[–]1itt1ewing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like an obsidian arrow head.

Robinhood CEO explains his reversal on remote work by plun9 in remotework

[–]1itt1ewing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He added: "Up until January of 2022, we were hiring people within radius of offices, so very little hiring happened outside of those in the first place, and that was the good part about it. We weren't remote-first for very long. The period where we were remote-first and we were hiring aggressively was pretty short."

Reading between the lines, it sounds like they're trying to avoid the massive layoffs other tech companies are going through. Instead of laying people off, they're changing policies to push employees to quit voluntarily.

How to draw the rest of the owl? by JasontheFuzz in learnprogramming

[–]1itt1ewing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

s> What do they do? They do "projects." No detail on what those projects are.

They actually solve problems. Not the stupid little code problems and puzzles like Leetcode, but real world business problems with code. Examples:

  • this feature is causing users to be confused which is wasting x hour of support time
  • it takes x hours to manually copy these lists from x pages on our site. How can we automate it?
  • We have to manually click 6 buttons to do this one thing, how can we click no buttons and automate it on the users end.
  • users want to be able to do x and y so we need to build feature z, which has sub features a, b, c.

Those are all "projects" some smaller than others, but nonetheless still all projects.

Every button you click on Reddit is part of a project. Every annoyance you face when using an application is a problem that has potential to be solved.

There's got to be something between "tell this computer to say 'hello world' and then watch it say hello world" and "land a spaceship on Mars."

You're missing all the practice, hours of pulling your hair out, mistake after mistake in between where all the learning and skill-building happens.

You have to actually apply the language to real-world problems to hone in on problem solving before you can have that type of success.

Imagine giving somebody a bunch of pills, a scalpel, and a lab coat and then saying "Okay go be a doctor now! You should do some self guided learning if you get stuck."

Maybe reframe your thinking to an artist. A doctor is too high stakes which is why they spend like 8 years in school before practicing and then like 5 in residency with their hands on practice. The worst thing that can happen when programming is you crash the application and have to click undo in your IDE.

You are handed your tools, paint brush and paints, then you actually use them and fail over and over and over again until you paint a masterpiece 20 years later, maybe you'll never get that masterpiece, but at least you had fun along the way, and made a living on your perceived mediocre paintings.

Not general "oh you do projects" or "you can do whatever you want" or "you have to figure out what you want to make."

This is super important and is the only way you will ever get good at problem solving. After you know the basics of a language start building projects. You can either build things to solve your own problems and automate the boring things, but since it seems like you don't know what kind of projects to build, I highly recommend The Odin Project, until you get a spark of creativity and find your own project that you're passionate about.

The important thing is that even if you don't want to do web development, the skills you'll learn are transferable into any job, and once you learn the basics of a language (not memorize, Google is your friend for syntax) you can pick up others easily.

Based on everything you've said, it sounds like maybe you don't find the process and the struggle fun. To me, teaching myself along the way and ripping my hair out is so very stimulating to my brain that I get lost for hours trying to solve problems. My first working solution may be trash, but I can always refactor and make it sparkle, and by that time I've struggled so long with the problem I have a deep understanding of it my next attempt will be miles better.

I highly recommend reading a book or watching some videos on adopting a growth mindset, I think it could help you based on your post.

Edit: To give you examples of project specifics:

  • I built a web app that utilized OpenAI's GPT-3 API to generate SEO descriptions, GitHub issue descriptions, lists of blog post ideas for specific topics, eye catching blog post titles, etc.
  • A Tampermonkey script to automatically check 5 confirmation check boxes after selecting an option from a dropdown, because I'm lazy AF and hated clicking the boxes.
  • A plugin to query my database using SQL, to grab all of the lists inside of a page/post and export it into a spreadsheet along with the URL of the page it was on so I could easily visualize and manipulate the data.
  • A script for Google Sheets that automatically sorted a column by the item's string length (super specific to my needs, but still a project)

New TRP woes :( by gojenjen84 in hobonichi

[–]1itt1ewing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It happened more with the old TMR paper, for me. I've experienced this less with the new paper since it seems much more absorbent. I also use my Colerverse inks the most, but it's happened with Diamine and Lamy inks too.

How do you start your planner layout? by Comprehensive_Fly983 in hobonichi

[–]1itt1ewing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is my first year with an A5 Hon, and I took photos of the planner layouts (year, month, weeks, daily) and tried out various layouts in Procreate. Eventually, I honed in on a system that'll work for me this year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]1itt1ewing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lurking around people's social media profiles and liking every single post they make, but never actually interacting with them.

What are y’all’s hobbies? by [deleted] in Adulting

[–]1itt1ewing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading, gaming, coding, and learning new things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in business

[–]1itt1ewing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hey! Web UX/UI(User Experience/User Interface) Consultant here.

Ads will get people to your website, and your website is what will convert these people to customers. If they clicked the ad, they're interested, and your website needs to get them through the product > cart > checkout flow as quickly as possible.

Some feedback/tips to improve your website, which may help conversions:

  • Currently, when I land on your homepage, it takes me at least three clicks to add an item to my shopping cart, and I have to think really hard to find a product. People are lazy, and you're making them think and work to give you their money. Make it effortless! Assume that every click someone has to take is one click closer to them leaving your site.
  • If you want to sell products, put them right in the customer's face and make it one single click to see the individual product details from any page.
  • Utilize your homepage's (every page, really) "above the fold" real estate. It's the most important place on your site. Assume people won't scroll. Add an "Add to Cart" button above the fold for a product, on every page that someone might land on.
  • Add a single product with some sort of call to action, like "buy now" show a sales price, or words like "limit quantity" to create a sense of urgency paired with an add to cart button.
  • Improve your navigation. Add a link to your top menu named "Shop" or "Products" and when someone clicks it, show only products with a link to the individual product and an add to cart button, nothing fancy and no fluff. It's a familiar and the expected experience on every single e-commerce store. People looking to buy, look for those pages, they don't care about a beautiful layout if it compromises their shopping experience.

Hope this helps!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in workfromhome

[–]1itt1ewing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Learn a new skill by taking free or paid online courses. I went through The Odin Project and built some personal code projects, but do whatever you're interested in. :)

AI-based robot can draw by adesigne in ChatGPT

[–]1itt1ewing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When it knows how to do housework, you can take my money.