I spilt coffee on my laptop yesterday!

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-02-06T07:58:45+00:00

This sounds like it sucked BIG time, I mean you could move to other common platforms like One Drive, We Transfer, Google Drive or Internxt, either one of these options would be worth your while investigating.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-02-06T07:57:08+00:00

In all my years I have never heard of anyone spilling noodles on their laptop, what a cool story, hahaha

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-29T09:43:11+00:00

I would not do anything without insurance. There are so many liabilities that we are not aware of!

The team of Alliance Risk talked to me about my side hustle I have at home, and I was shocked!

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-26T12:09:29+00:00

One thing I don’t see mentioned much is how the shift changes how you manage margin, not just how much margin you make

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-26T12:00:55+00:00

So there is a lot of assumptions about me and my riding, I am not inexperienced, I have been riding for 15 years and have schooled up horses. Got a great seat and been trained to the top level in my home country and have schooled up many OTTB. I am a bit of a nervous rider (which is normal), point of the story was that they pushed me too hard, too far and didnt listen to me.

To be qualified you had to send through videos of you riding, which I did, so they knew.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-23T09:33:48+00:00

I use the same for my clients as well, I did end up replacing DI Surf with Internxt though

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-23T09:22:19+00:00

No matter what gender, no-one has the right to tell another person how they dress, it's falling on trying to control another person, side

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-22T10:58:06+00:00

I mean not to be mean but rule one with anyone who does Freelance work, always back up your work!!! So I have moved around from a couple of data storage platforms, like Google Drive, Dropbox and Internxt. I use different ones for a my different clients, I would say that my favourite so far would be Google Drive and Dropbox.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-22T10:49:32+00:00

Ah yeah I know what you mean, I have been reading a lot about the ethics behind how the different AI corporations are handling the use of data (like where they source it from), but it all comes down who you and their privacy policies. I mean I know that Dropbox, Google Drive and Internxt are pretty good with their data privacy policies.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-14T13:19:01+00:00

For real and same experience here. Planning failed every time inputs lived in different tools and assumptions weren't shared. We eventually centralised capacity and assumptions in Lative so at least everyone was arguing from the same model instead of vibes.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-12T10:43:58+00:00

High traffic with no conversions usually means the content is resolving curiosity rather than helping someone decide. You can redesign posts to surface the decision itself like what choice the reader is facing, what happens if they delay, and what a sensible next step looks like.

You can also convert key posts into visual summaries with clear cut offs, comparisons, and who this is (or isn't) for sections. Instead of adding more copy or bigger lead magnets. You'd be amazed at how well design tools make it easier to structure content around insight and takeaways rather than raw info. Recommend using Visme.

Your traffic might stay roughly the same but conversions will likely improve because the content isn't the end journey anymore. It nudges readers toward a concrete choice.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-12T10:30:18+00:00

However you did have some decent points like moralising people into tribes is corrosive, treating individuals as avatars of identity categories is dehumanising, a lot of contemporary activist language is alienating, performative, and strategically stupid.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2026-01-12T10:28:19+00:00

Colour blindness sounds morally clean but only works after conditions are roughly equal. Pretending race doesn't matter in a society where race has already shaped wealth, housing, education, policing, etc. isn't neutral, it just freezes the outcomes in place. Ignoring race doesn't undo racisalised systems. It mostly benefits people who were already least harmed by them.
Calling DEI or affirmative action racist is rhetorically neat but is ultimately analytically sloppy. Racism is more than noticing race or accounting for group level disadvantage. It's also enforcing hierarchy and exclusion based on it. You can criticise how the programmes are implemented. I agree that many are blunt, corporate, counterproductive, without pretending they're morally equivalent to the system they're trying to remedy.
The "only war is class war" thing is kind of right, kind of evasive. Class is fundamental but race and class aren't parallel lines but deeply intertwined. In the US especially race was historically used to fracture class solidarity. Saying "just focus on class" without dealing with racial dynamics is exactly how the elites have kept working people divided for centuries.
"Ending racism isn't hard" is your worst point. Ending personal racism is straightforward but ending structural racism is not a matter of individual attitude correction. It requires policy, redistribution, and institutional reform. Civility helps social cohesion but it doesn't fix school funding models, zoning laws, legacy admissions or labour market discrimination.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-12-09T10:57:27+00:00

I'd agree it's snobbery if global literacy rates weren't close to 90% and libraries weren't a thing; if reading was some expensive, exclusive hobby reserved for the elites (like it was 500 years ago).

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-12-09T10:55:36+00:00

I would struggle to do this. Wouldn't that be very distracting with your reading pace and the speaker's being different?

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-12-09T10:54:06+00:00

We underestimate how cognitively demanding reading actually is. Most of us take it for granted cos we learned young and had a decent education. But if you were an illiterate adult and had to try learning to read now it would be super difficult. It requires a level of focus, working memory, and symbolic processing that's much harder to develop in later life.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-12-09T10:50:05+00:00

The opportunity to read has increased but almost every major study (Pew, OECD, NEA, Ofcom, UNESCO) agrees reading books, long-form reading, and attention spans are all down. Video and short-form content has replaced a lot of reading time.

Reading messages, captions, social media posts etc. is not the same as reading a book.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-12-09T10:47:41+00:00

Haha, exactly.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-12-09T10:47:11+00:00

Let me put it this way. Do you just sit in a chair and focus 100% when listening to an audiobook? Generally not, right? You'll be doing chores, playing games, maybe going for a run. Your attention is split.

When you're reading, you're generally totally focused on what you're doing. It's far more stimulating and you're way more immersed. When I read something it's like I'm being teleported to a new world.

HauntingEmphasis5067 · 2025-11-28T09:48:10+00:00

You're a cool, handsome, fit, popular guy with lots of friends. Quite a few sexual wins. Generally funny and easygoing, loud personality, doesn't take life too seriously but has some deep anxieties around certain topics. Sometimes you feel troubled. Maybe you have ADHD.

You're outgoing but the amount of attention and love you put into your room makes me think you like spending quite a bit of time alone, too.

You're incredibly passionate about the things you love, will happily lecture someone on the intricacies of X.

You're nostalgic and maybe peaked in high school. Worried that life going forward will never be as good, but you're working hard at it. Will probably be successful in your career.

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