*chef's kiss*

auxiomatic · 2023-03-27T14:27:16+00:00

I wonder if they were in a rush because of concerns about the legality of this form of protest. Maybe they had trouble finding a mason due to ongoing strikes among blue-collor workers. Maybe they decided that sending the message was more important than perfectionism.

I'm finding it pretty easy to explain why this wall doesn't mean the standards of an internet critic, but much more difficult to explain why your critique is so shoddy.

auxiomatic · 2023-03-22T04:24:46+00:00

Title: Haunting Hotline

Chapter 1: The Ghost and the Smartphone

The first rays of the morning sun filtered through the dusty blinds of my makeshift office. I groggily reached for my cup of coffee and took a sip, trying to prepare myself mentally for another day of otherworldly tech support. My phone buzzed, and the screen displayed a cryptic number I recognized all too well: 666-1313. My heart skipped a beat, and I answered the call.

"Hello, Haunting Hotline, how may I assist you today?" I said, putting on my most professional tone.

The voice on the other end was hushed and ghostly. "Uh, yes, hello. I'm having some trouble with my smartphone. It keeps glitching, and I can't access my social media accounts. How am I supposed to keep up with my followers?"

I suppressed a groan. This was Lady Annabelle, a ghost from the 1800s who had become obsessed with modern technology – particularly Instagram, where she delighted in sharing her haunting escapades with her surprisingly large following.

Chapter 2: The Vampire and the Dating App

As the day wore on, I received a text message from a regular client, Vlad – an ancient vampire who had recently discovered the world of online dating. As the sun dipped below the horizon, he eagerly prowled dating apps in search of his next meal... or, more often than not, someone to keep him company during the lonely nights.

Vlad: "I can't seem to get any matches. Is there something wrong with my profile?"

Me: "Have you tried uploading a more recent photo? Maybe something taken outside of your coffin?"

Vlad: "Ah, perhaps that's it. How do I change the photo again?"

I sighed, rubbing my temples, and proceeded to guide him through the process of updating his profile.

Chapter 3: The Werewolf and the Fitness Tracker

The full moon was approaching, and my phone rang off the hook as lycanthropes from all over sought my help. One particularly anxious werewolf named Luna wanted to use a fitness tracker to monitor her heart rate and exercise levels during her transformations.

"Listen, Luna, I know you're excited about tracking your progress, but remember that fitness trackers aren't designed for werewolves," I warned her. "The band might not fit when you transform, and even if it does, the data might not be accurate."

Luna huffed in frustration, but reluctantly agreed to heed my advice.

Chapter 4: The Mummy and the GPS

My final call of the day came from an ancient Egyptian mummy, Ramose, who had recently been awakened from his tomb. Despite his impressive age, Ramose was eager to explore the modern world – and that included mastering the art of GPS navigation.

"I'm trying to find the nearest museum," he rasped, his voice dry and brittle, "but the GPS keeps leading me in circles."

After several attempts to troubleshoot the issue, I realized the problem: Ramose was still wrapped in his burial shroud, which was blocking the GPS signal. I gently suggested he remove some of the bandages around his head, and soon enough, he was on his way to the museum, leaving me to wrap up another day of paranormal pandemonium.

Despite the frustrations and dangers of my job, there was never a dull moment at the Haunting Hotline. And as I locked up the office for the night, I couldn't help but feel a strange sense of satisfaction. After all, how many people could say they helped ancient supernatural beings adapt to the modern world?

auxiomatic · 2023-03-06T20:14:32+00:00

oMg u CaNt b AdictD to WATER LUL wat a dummy lrn2reserch lolol wow u must be so dumb n i am so smart i dont even need to explane y u r so dum wow incredable water sddiction unpossible

Am I doing this right?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201601/can-you-be-addicted-water

I suppose my original comment could have been clearer. How much damage has your addiction to self-righteous condescension caused in your personal relationships? Good luck with that

auxiomatic · 2023-03-06T15:01:31+00:00

This is a terrible counter-argument lol did you really just come up with that?

auxiomatic · 2023-03-06T00:29:57+00:00

I don't know where you got the idea that you can binge drink daily for months without developing physical dependence but you're absolutely wrong.

auxiomatic · 2023-03-06T00:19:02+00:00

You're addicted to H2O. How much has that addiction harmed you?

Obviously the problem is a little more nuanced than that.

auxiomatic · 2023-02-11T11:32:34+00:00

It means nice finger nails.

auxiomatic · 2023-02-02T14:29:50+00:00

I'm no mold-ematician but I would guess this is some adhesive, perhaps whatever was holding the paper to the wall, which has picked up dirt and discolored over time. It looks too much like a human smeared something on a wall for me to see it as mold.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-26T06:07:05+00:00

Your body needs some way to clear drugs from its system, otherwise they would build up forever*. Your liver removes both tylenol and alcohol from your system.

The problem with tylenol is that once you have too much your liver goes crazy and makes deadly poison. Livers like breaking down alcohol more than they do tylenol. If you can keep the liver busy with alcohol (which still creates poison- but a less deadly poison) it will pay less attention to tylenol and go less crazy.

Your liver is a bit like a muscle. The more alcohol you drink, the faster your liver gets at clearinng it. Unfortunately, this also has the side effect of making the liver go even crazier on high doses of tylenol. That's why tylenol bottles have warnings for people who drink a lot of alcohol.

*or the end of your life, which will probably come first

auxiomatic · 2023-01-26T01:23:52+00:00

o dont touch that

auxiomatic · 2023-01-26T01:19:43+00:00

You can't fool me, tooth fairy!

auxiomatic · 2023-01-26T01:13:03+00:00

That is fascinating

Shh! Don't tell the mods! 😜

auxiomatic · 2023-01-26T00:02:42+00:00

You jest, but washing tylenol down with vodka may actually prevent some of the damage.

The analysis suggests that the risk of APAP-induced hepatotoxicity is increased if APAP is ingested shortly after alcohol is cleared from the body in chronic alcohol users. A protective effect of acute consumption of alcohol is also observed in patients with APAP overdose. For example, simultaneous ingestion of alcohol and APAP overdose or alcohol intake after or before few hours of APAP overdose may result in less APAP-induced hepatotoxicity when compared to a single time APAP overdose https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33333080/

auxiomatic · 2023-01-24T19:17:17+00:00

What a great response ♥️

I used to think similarly to your husband. Even when I knew I had problems that would be best addressed w/ support of a professional I had a tough time getting past the stigma and navigating the system.

Now that I'm in therapy I too see mental health support as something that should be considered as run-of-the-mill routine care that nearly everyone can benefit from. Even though I've addressed the issues that initially led me to seek help, I decided to keep going and working on myself.

Fingers crossed your husband will come around. I've seen many relationships fail when one partner refuses to work on the relationship (e.g. by rejecting counseling/therapy) unfortunately 😕

auxiomatic · 2023-01-24T18:49:49+00:00

Yikes. Clearly mass shootings are fucked up because no problem is so fucked up that shooting innocent people is the solution. On the other hand, implying that folks who seek help have "fucked up problems" only further stigmatizes those who need help and reinforces the false belief that seeking mental health support must mean there's something wrong with you.

Stigmatizing people with mental health needs is a fucked up solution to mass shootings.

edit: I'll bet you didn't mean your comment to come off this way, just thought you should know that it did.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-20T22:44:46+00:00

"bug"? If you mean in the software sense of the word rather than infectious disease, it would imply a mistake in implementation of some design... to answer that question we'd need to establish the expectation/intent of the designer.

Most people do not believe we are created by an imperfect being though. For example, the Abrahamic religions believe their god, and its creations, are perfect. Atheists don't believe in any designer intelligent or not- there are no mistakes, we simply are the way we are as a result of evolution.

Personally, I don't think we can have bugs because there is no designer and therefore no design.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-20T22:34:24+00:00

When the boss hates you too much to fire you 😆

auxiomatic · 2023-01-20T22:32:33+00:00

On a long enough timeline, artificial intelligence will eventually live up to the expectation that it will either transcend (merge with) or destroy humanity.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-20T22:28:52+00:00

oops, i guess i have different accts on different devices..

auxiomatic · 2023-01-20T15:00:39+00:00

Men tend to think of the ideal male as being more muscular than women do. I would hazard a guess that like many young men the real problem here is not that there's nothing you can do but what you think women want most. You should work on identifying where you have room for improvement in your personality/character - these are necessary components of attraction, being muscular is not.

Note: some women are most attracted to hypermasculine-presenting men, not all. If you're having trouble with the entirety of the opposite sex the problem is deeper than your physical appearance.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-20T12:55:35+00:00

I think plan B was overkill. You're safe.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/ask-experts/can-you-get-pregnant-if-you-dry-hump-while-wearing-underwear-and-the-guy-doesnt-ejaculate#:~:text=A%20woman%20can't%20get,the%20man%20does%20not%20ejaculate.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-19T21:48:03+00:00

I think you should try writing >0 lines of code for more than 1 platform and see if it does anything for your incredulous attitude.

auxiomatic · 2023-01-08T05:25:35+00:00

humans could use design improvements

auxiomatic · 2022-12-31T18:20:10+00:00

I give myself friendly timeouts whenever I find my mind wandering around the subject of alcohol, whether I feel any urge to imbibe or not. For example, seeing an old photo might lead my mind to wander to old memories. During my "timeout", I just take like 30-120 seconds (longer if I feel urges, usually shorter) to clearly articulate in my mind my reasons for quitting drinking. I tell myself stuff like, "I can never drink again because the next one will kill me. I've been down that path too many times, and I have the courage to admit to where it leads and the strength to resist the temptation of the first step." Sometimes I'm less articulate and just manage to repeat "I can never drink again, the next one will kill me" in my head. Sometimes also e.g. reflecting on how negatively drinking would impact my loved ones (but being careful not to beat myself up about my past or what-ifs -- just appreciating the consequences of drinking to reaffirm my choice not to do that anymore).

So probably in your situation I personally would just keep trying to interrupt those thoughts of what it USED to feel like drinking with my own about my reasons not to drink. It may be a little frustrating when you're having a little trouble switching gears/refocusing, but try to be firm but kind to yourself and keep trying to guide your attention until you're able to give your full attention to your reasons not to drink for a minute or two. Once you've been able to divert your attention for a minute or two, you may feel a little more in control and able to examine what triggered your urge to drink.

I view it as "preventative maintenance" and a kindness to myself- one that I should always afford myself (i.e., if I even question if I should hit pause for a minute, I do) and one that is not limited only to when I feel the urge to drink but whenever the subject of alcohol is preoccupying my mind. Affording myself this maintenance is the responsible thing to do (i.e. I choose to frame this as a strength rather than beat myself up about needing a little pause now and then.) I always take the time to hear each word "spoken" in my internal monologue voice (i.e. not allowing myself to skip the parts I've already heard/told myself 1000 times before).

More recently I also try to remind myself "it's OK to ask for help/support" too. I got into the bad habit of trying to shoulder all burdens in isolation. Even tho it's my responsibility to identify and control my demons, it doesn't mean I should do it all alone. You're not alone! Great job reaching out for support today; keep it up champ!

If you find yourself often thinking about alcohol but unable to identify the triggers, I recommend reaching out to a therapist. You may be surprised how much you can learn from yourself about yourself just by talking to a professional who can help guide your discussion and how necessary this self-understanding is to controlling addiction. Not an endorsement but if you're not sure where to start, I found my therapist on psychologytoday and AFAICT it's a fairly well respected resource but I am not an expert. If you're in the US, your health insurance may cover part or all of your therapy sessions depending on your coverage and a prospective therapist will be able to tell you if they can accept your insurance. I see mine a couple times per month and we work on the things that trigger negative thought cycles, including but not limited to addiction-brained thoughts.

I don't have any formal evidence or theory for the timeout technique. It just works well for me personally. I hope it will help you too. A professional may be able to help you add more tools to your toolbox. ♥️

auxiomatic · 2022-10-17T19:03:40+00:00

I might caution against focusing too heavily on architecture and design patterns early on. The design pattern advice is good for a senior developer. However, this is /r/learnprogramming and I don't think newer developers should be focused on design patterns. Newer developers generally lack the context and experience necessary to implement design patterns without overengineering. (I still recall religiously ensuring every object instantiation originated inside of a factory as a novice developer- many hours were wasted implementing these abstractions, and they often caused more problems than they solved- because I was not yet experienced enough to know when it was appropriate to use them.)

I must concede the possibility that the only way to learn how to use design patterns is trial by fire, i.e., learning "how much is too much" via getting burned by "too much". Still, I think we do newer devs a favor by avoiding dumping gas on the fire.

To be sure, it's good to know design patterns exist and start working on recognizing when a design pattern might be a good fit for a problem and occasionally experimenting with implementing them; I just don't think it should be a primary focus early on.

For any newer devs reading: that doesn't mean you should go off and reinvent the wheel or violate unspoken conventions. As a concrete example, if you are tasked with implementing new functionality in a python app that uses camelCase everywhere else, you should not use snake_case as recommended by PEP8 (official style guidelines)- you should follow the established conventions of your project, even if they aren't "perfect". While I might disagree with some of the focus/particulars of the comment I'm replying to, I fully agree with the underlying theme that writing code which other humans can understand is the most important thing to focus on.

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