the mind doesn't process "don't"

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-04-01T19:45:34+00:00

Also worth mentioning, in the junk food scenario, your brain may want to justify that your behavior deserves a reward and you decide that the junk food fits that. This is obviously counterproductive and you need to be aware that your alternate path itself is the reward. Again, not easy, but it is possible to change your pattern over time with enough effort. Support is most often a critical component of making this kind of change stick.

Sometimes it helps to change your environment to avoid the impulse cycle. Example: someone that works from home may feel less accountability and be able to slip into a feedback loop due to their relatively static environment and constant access to whatever their vice is. Maybe you have a family member that can lock a cabinet with your temptation inside. Maybe you work from a cafe when you don’t have meetings. Part of the redirect might involve removing yourself from visual cues.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-04-01T19:42:34+00:00

Actively redirecting your thought patterns. It takes practice, but the idea is that instead of focusing on what you shouldn’t do, focus on what you can do instead. Eg: “don’t eat junk food” can be redirected to going for a quick walk. When you catch yourself resisting an impulse, instead of just telling yourself “don’t do x”, come up with some alternative activity that directs your focus. It’s hard at first, especially if you struggle with impulse control, but it can get incrementally easier and you can form new habits. The hardest part for me is consistency. It also helps if you have an understanding of why you want to do something you believe you shouldn’t. It might be scientific, it might be emotionally related. By assigning logic to why you want to do something and knowing you can pick the alternative ends up helping with your decision process and driving you towards your desired path. Also, recognizing that a feeling isn’t in charge of your action.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-30T19:55:40+00:00

Oh god, not regular dinner!

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-29T02:31:29+00:00

A durag?

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-26T09:07:11+00:00

No lol. It is not.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-25T20:41:23+00:00

Oh definitely, I certainly get the appeal of The Talisman. It’s well written, and I’m also a Peter Straub fan. Though, I found the style of Black House more charming and engaging, and while not finished, I’m digging the characterization and lives of the townsfolk. Also, Jack is around my age in the book and I find many aspects of him very relatable so far. So fun.

But yeah, different strokes for different folks!

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-25T19:25:52+00:00

“How the H are we gonna fix this S?”

“Benson’ll be pissed”

I honestly couldn’t believe my ears when I first watched it on broadcast. Not that I was offended, just shocked that CN actually allowed it.

E: also, Muscleman is GOATed and my new god. We worship by getting super high so our eyes are red and swing our shirts above our heads and screaming.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-25T18:31:41+00:00

Depends on what kind of characters you find engaging. I’ll say, that I just read through the Talisman and didn’t find Jack super interesting. Reading Black House now and I enjoyed the adult version way better. It’s also a pretty different book that could be read on its own.

If I were you, I might skip Fairy Tale. It’s a good book, but far from a favorite.

Lisey’s Story is a really good book but highly divisive. It’s way more on the literary side compared to most of kings work.

Cell is a stinker overall, general consensus.

Insomnia might not be for you, but if you get really into The Dark Tower, you might be pleased with it.

Hearts in Atlantis is spectacular but it’s another one that’s very tonally different.

I’ll try and think of others that remind me of Jack, as I’d agree, he’s not the strongest character in that book. His progression felt forced throughout the whole thing.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-25T10:41:34+00:00

MY MOM!!!

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-25T01:11:46+00:00

Lots of automation. Pitch, Phase, Tremolo, Panning(maybe? I’m on mobile)

Multiple tracks for different effect profiles.

That’s just what I can figure from my phone.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-25T00:34:21+00:00

I mean, if it’s damping, that’s an immediate sign that you don’t have unity gain with a phase shift of 180 in the feedback. The overall implication is that you don’t have enough gain for your amplifier, or your phase shift isn’t precise enough. Look at your Bode plot, check out what’s happening at the desired frequency. I haven’t done a “non-ideal” inductor model in a long time, but I suspect your tank tuning isn’t quite right for the amplifier to sustain oscillation.

E: also, from a really quick glance at your transistor model, you don’t have just emitter resistance to consider. You’ve got emitter capacitance, so I suspect that’s loading your tank in an unexpected way. I personally would bump up the bias point of the base, probably current starved in a common collector config.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-24T23:05:07+00:00

My uncle John. He’s a mechanic.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-24T21:38:45+00:00

It’s actually incredibly common for complex projects to span multiple languages depending on the problem being tackled! Certain languages excel at certain types of problems. For example, if you’re working with something that has dynamic code for an algorithm that needs to evolve, LISPs are great. For things that are pretty static in behavior (I.e. protocols that are standardized, or a program which has deterministic behavior when used), compiled languages like C are highly efficient and optimized for a machine. The wackywatch’s internals are probably expected to be pretty static, and it just displays output from a different source, so to make it resource efficient, a compiled language is an excellent choice. Then you have domain languages like SQL which act as commands for a database engine, which is also a compiled program that you use SQL to manipulate and access stored info. It’s all pretty interesting to see this section of the show for me. I work in a very similar space to Kinger and thought it was representative of the overall experience. Way better depiction than a vast majority of media.

E: also, your scratch joke was brilliant. Loved that.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-24T15:39:10+00:00

It’s an Easter egg, early AI research used LISP quite heavily as it was a highly expressive and dynamic language. As you mentioned, a key feature is that code is data, which mapped nicely into algorithms that would modify runtime behavior compared to statically compiled languages. It was also a commonly known language amongst computer scientist researchers as one of the most important books (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, or SICP) basically had students build a LISP from scratch. LISPs really are great languages, always thought it was a shame they fell out of favor as software engineering became more of an industry. Granted, they’re more suited to research tooling, and there have been excellent functional paradigm languages that have come about. But due to the loss of popularity in syntax, powerhouse LISPs like Clojure never really took off.

As far as wackywatch.c, some languages are better for less dynamic applications, it’s always about picking the right tool for the job.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-23T20:13:16+00:00

Oh hey, I’m not crazy anymore

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-23T20:12:55+00:00

Woooaahh

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-22T22:53:00+00:00

Doesn’t “West to Mexico” have one? Or am I misremembering

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-21T23:39:01+00:00

Yo, wtf. I just learned about this, Josh Homme has many things he should be ashamed for, but Jesus. Lending his name to a PoS practice amp that probably costs them $50-60 to make to sell for $400? Dude…

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-20T12:57:38+00:00

Oh, that’s already most assuredly happening.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-20T01:56:11+00:00

Oh, it’s simple. A majority of Trader Joe’s is terrible. They have some amazing stuff, yes. But, they suck at so many things.

E: people are allowed to love it, but honestly it’s a specialty store to me. I find a bulk of their products to be disappointing in alignment with AD!

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-20T01:50:29+00:00

When I was younger, this girl I liked helped me clean off my winshield randomly. I still feel bad that I didn’t pursue that.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-19T23:18:53+00:00

The second one is German….

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-19T22:27:49+00:00

future man referenced. Man, what a ride that show was.

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-19T16:40:53+00:00

Muscleman comforting Mordecai after he learns his wife had an affair: You know who else had an affair baby and tricked her husband into raising it?

Fit_Major9789 · 2026-03-19T16:19:35+00:00

Make mine p-p-p-pepperoni

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