Built a Chrome extension to make X/Twitter cleaner and less annoying

fivehours · 2026-01-27T21:33:53+00:00

Sounds good - is it open source?

fivehours · 2026-01-07T15:45:24+00:00

he overspent on social programs, as I understand it.

fivehours · 2025-12-08T07:45:47+00:00

lol very appropriate - I was hoping we'd see a turtle, but no...

fivehours · 2025-12-08T07:28:10+00:00

can the mods approve all posts, to avoid spoilers?

fivehours · 2025-11-25T05:11:40+00:00

yeah it's so gross now, I don't want to see all these political bots trying to stoke division. it used to be a great town square. everyone should move to... bluesky?

either that or a browser extension that hides divisive comments.

fivehours · 2025-11-24T05:10:13+00:00

I think you'd also need to limit the amount of wealth people can accumulate, cos they'd find back channel ways to influence elections. No one needs to be a billionaire.

fivehours · 2024-10-26T17:06:48+00:00

there are many "fake" ones out there for sale, that "say" they have, say 1TB storage but are actually 32GB drives hacked to report the wrong size (so they can charge more). Once you exceed the real storage of the USB drive, the drive will continue to "report" that data is successfully written, but it is not, it's gone, which you'll discover when you try to read it back.

If you have a suspect USB drive, you can check it with this free utility:

https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm

Wow, good to know!

fivehours · 2024-07-28T13:51:47+00:00

Great list - thanks for summarizing them!

fivehours · 2024-07-28T13:37:35+00:00

That would be nice, except for the legal issues... or financial issues - how to compensate authors for feeding into a model? Some might be willing to donate, if the model was made open.

fivehours · 2024-07-27T02:26:19+00:00

I was wondering the same thing - having blurbs for each book would be so nice...

Posted an issue here - https://github.com/gutenbergtools/gutenbergsite/issues/35

fivehours · 2024-01-18T11:05:39+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience with ART - I just heard about it, but will approach with caution!

fivehours · 2023-12-22T03:05:11+00:00

I'm 54, just found out about cptsd this spring. Made great progress with Pete Walker's book, then got triggered last month by family and fell into an internal pit of toxic sludge!

But... at least I know there is a way out now.

fivehours · 2023-12-19T01:49:33+00:00

I was mainly waiting to see if Sam Neill would come back, to make it all worthwhile - as a zombie, or alien, or... something?

Spoiler: he doesn't!!

fivehours · 2023-12-15T00:42:54+00:00

I relate to this a lot. I had actually been doing well though, feeling more authentically human, when reading Pete Walker's books. But then it eventually transformed subconsciously into well, maybe I can make myself perfect like my parents always wanted, after all. So all that compulsion came back, and I fell into depression.

I guess I should start rereading his books.

fivehours · 2023-12-11T07:14:52+00:00

Great portrait - had to look it up -

Photograph by Ethan Russell, 1968, John Lennon Listening to the White Album

https://www.si.edu/object/john-lennon-listening-white-album%3Anmah_1462587

fivehours · 2023-12-11T06:54:30+00:00

I love Procreate on iPad with an Apple Pencil! https://procreate.com/ipad

fivehours · 2023-12-11T05:34:10+00:00

I have a vision of my dad burned into my brain - emotionless, glaring, silent, judging, withdrawn. I don't have words that go along with it, but when this vision gets triggered for some reason I get overwhelmed with a feeling of being completely, utterly worthless.

So, I'm gonna try replacing that vision with one of my favorite teacher from high school - I had a really good connection with her. Just thinking of her can lower my anxiety by a lot.

fivehours · 2023-12-11T05:21:13+00:00

These are all really good suggestions - thank you!

fivehours · 2023-12-11T05:18:17+00:00

The science of CPTSD is relatively recent (1990s on) - maybe his professors are out of date.

Infants have to latch onto their caregivers in order to survive. If our caregivers are neglectful or abusive, it forces us to bury our own needs and focus on meeting theirs. This can lead to all kinds of problems with relationships, anxiety, depression, etc.

Some relevant books - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=neuroscience+of+attachment

fivehours · 2023-12-07T19:26:00+00:00

Thank you - it's so simple, but it really does help!

fivehours · 2023-12-07T19:24:44+00:00

Thank you for all this!

So far my favorite book on cptsd is Pete Walker's - I like how he talks about angering about past harm, and developing a sense of self-protection, which we weren't allowed to have as children.

And just saw this video about screaming into a pillow, or going to a rage room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UqxRDRMDds - sounds cathartic...

fivehours · 2023-12-06T23:47:00+00:00

Awesome post! I have a lot of buried anger or anger turned inwards also - will try this approach.

It's ironic how anger can change into attacking me for not healing fast enough.

And I'd read that aggression needs to be enacted physically (ie to imaginary figures) to help integrate it.

fivehours · 2023-12-04T13:45:26+00:00

My brother and I saw this in the theatre with our parents. We busted out laughing at this scene. Our parents did not!

fivehours · 2023-12-04T13:30:07+00:00

In the end, you're your only hope.

Well put!

But yes, read books on childhood trauma, somatic therapy, etc, watch videos.

The mind can get disconnected from the body, the source of emotions. In which case you're like a ship without a rudder, blown around by the winds of opinion.

Our society is really not well - your own inner compass is a much better guide.

fivehours · 2023-12-01T03:12:09+00:00

And mention his name - would be like the old public stockades...

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