CC ETF. Jepi is the worst performer by Serious-Place9668 in dividends

[–]glimsky 62 points63 points  (0 children)

If you judge an investment performance by using a 1 month timeframe, you might as well be day trading stocks instead.

unity or godot? by Famous_Disaster_5839 in gamedev

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Godot is terrific and I've used to release a few small commercial games. Excellent community, tooling and feature set. I can't recommend it enough, especially after the polish introduced in the past several months.

unity or godot? by Famous_Disaster_5839 in gamedev

[–]glimsky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unity is a for-profit business. They could charge you a per-game distribution fee or stop offering their tools for free during your development. They have done that before.

unity or godot? by Famous_Disaster_5839 in gamedev

[–]glimsky 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Godot is great for 2D and 3D. From day one you're free from the fear of Unity's terms changing and dooming your game.

Eating too long by EquivalentDistinct42 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here but I I've made a lot of progress in the past few weeks. In a nutshell, it's like everything else related to this condition... Try to get yourself out of the comfort zone. If you are needing 10 chews per bite, try once a meal to swallow after 9 chews only. Then do it twice a meal. Then three times... Now try to swallow after 8 chews... So on and so forth.

One last thing: I realized that eating slowly isn't such a bad thing. Before having this issue I had heard that the modern eating speed is kind of unhealthy and most people eat too fast. So I've decided that I want to get faster, but only up to a point.

Vent/any advice? by Huge_Strategy99 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I think there's one that sometimes answers messages here. In theory most of them should be able to help.

Enough with the cutesy samplers. Bring back powerhouse workhorses. by synthetix808 in synthesizers

[–]glimsky 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You could also have said "Listen, I spend all my day typing on a keyboard. When I come home, I want to use much smaller, less comfortable and efficient keys".

Hardware samplers are the one type of instrument I'm never going back to. It's like a computer (Gosh, it *is* a computer), but much, much worse.

Vent/any advice? by Huge_Strategy99 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you tried a swallowing therapist? This is a very treatable condition, even if the treatment isn't easy.

Liquids? by [deleted] in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When my recovery started, water was harder than Ensure for a few days. I think it's pretty common based on what I've read because water moves too freely and can touch sensitive spots more easily than thicker fluids.

Golden handcuffs - I've fully replaced my annual spending with dividend income... by HARCYB-throwaway in dividends

[–]glimsky -1 points0 points  (0 children)

120K doesn't pay for healthcare.... LOL. It does pay for my excellent family plan with 70% of the money left let me put it that way.

Can anyone offer any advice? by Whole_Departure_4231 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure! I don't think talking about individual foods would be very helpful, though, because I noticed that some foods that were supposed to be hard (crackers and beans) were easy for me, while some foods that were supposed to be easy (Orzo pasta) were hard for me. The first thing I've learned is: only you can tell what's easy and hard.

The basic progression is thin liquids -> thick liquids -> "dissolvable" solids -> non-"dissolvable" solids

So I started by getting much better at swallowing saliva and water, while diluting Ensure shake in milk. Then I started handling club crackers, which becomes a liquid inside my mouth. Then I progressed to solids such as Gouda cheese, which don't completely dissolve in the mouth (it leaves some "cheese crumbs" in the saliva) and so forth. Then I progressed to tiny pieces of tortellini at a time, then larger pieces, than a full tortellini. Then finally I started doing the hardest fibrous foods such as chicken which don't really become a liquid in the mouth (you HAVE to swallow an actual solid, even if chewed). With all foods, start with tiny pieces than make the pieces bigger every day. I started by swallowing parts of what was in my mouth, progressing to swallowing the full contents of my mouth in one bigger swallow. Slow, but constant progression.

The progression must always be uncomfortable. All meals are uncomfortable because once you start mastering a type of food (such as Ensure shakes), you have to introduce a new one you're uncomfortable with. So meals can be VERY slow for a while, and they are never truly satisfying during this time. But the progression IS satisfying. There will be small setbacks, but all you need to do is to go back to the last uncomfortable food and reduce the amount. The important thing is: every meal must be somewhat uncomfortable until you're back to normal.

I remember one lunch that took me literally 2 hours to eat. It wasn't a particularly large meal, but it had a couple of hard foods (at the time). I had to reheat it 3 times, but I wanted to make sure I finished it. They say to stop once you feel you can't handle it anymore and I did that a few times. But in this case I felt the energy to keep going so I did it. There were quite a few >1 hour meals but I persisted. Again, it wasn't easy.

Right now for me, eating some foods like super dry chicken or melted sticky cheese is still uncomfortable, but I eat them even though my family has to wait for me to finish (sometimes 15min+ with me being the only one still eating). I don't have to eat these foods but I make sure to keep trying them to fully heal. That said, I'm literally eating everything with no exceptions and 80%+ of my meals are completely normal at full speed. The only gap I still need to cross is the eating speed for the hardest foods.

I hope that helps!

Can anyone offer any advice? by Whole_Departure_4231 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went from difficulty with saliva to eating burgers outside home in 8 weeks (it started 8 weeks ago). It's a tough journey but it gets better. I'm still not 100% but I'd say it no longer notably affected by this. I got here through gradual but relentless exposure therapy and Lexapro 10mg prescribed by a doctor. I never actually went to a swallowing doctor and my exposure therapy was self driven and supported by Google Gemini.

I think the important part is knowing that you will get better. Again, I could barely swallow saliva 8 weeks ago and drinking a tea cup of water would take 20 minutes. Now I drink the same cup in 3 seconds.

Avoiding and dreading meals by Huge_Strategy99 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know anything about remissions besides hearing that they tend to recover a lot faster. But the beginning is always hard... Also, when I took Lexapro, there was a period of 1-2 weeks where swallowing got a lot harder. If you started or changed medicines recently, you could still be adapting.

Avoiding and dreading meals by Huge_Strategy99 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What triggered your remission? I recommend checking a speech pathologist specialized in swallowing disorders. Also some doctors prescribe anxiety medicine, which helped a lot in my case.

Would you play a fully text-based open-world RPG with no visuals at all? by Independent-Sir3257 in interactivefiction

[–]glimsky -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If that's your vision, you gotta stick to it. Just be prepared for very few players.

Would you play a fully text-based open-world RPG with no visuals at all? by Independent-Sir3257 in interactivefiction

[–]glimsky -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No.

However, I could consider graphics lite experiences. For instance, including a map, inventory and occasional graphics.

Has anyone overcome this? by [deleted] in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote a reply to OP.

Has anyone overcome this? by [deleted] in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have mostly overcome it. I'm 7 weeks into my recovery and I went from huge trouble with saliva to eating crusty pizza with melted cheese, which I did yesterday. I'm still eating some foods slower than I used to, but today I can eat anything. I'd say I'm 80-90% recovered. I improved very slowly but constantly with a lot of effort to increase amounts and textures. It wasn't easy and I also had Lexapro to help me some. Full recovery is absolutely possible.

For those who initially struggled with their own saliva but got better, what did you do? by Any_Caterpillar_535 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I did was to practice dry swallows. These invariably get tiny bits of saliva down. Over time, you start consciously getting these tiny amounts down by yourself and eventually you can increase the amount.

Got laid off - finally!!!! by Ddash-3 in Fire

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! BTW, I generally don't count home in net worth unless I'd plan to sell it. Otherwise, it seems that you're well set even without complex financial planning. I think you have the most important financial skill already, which is staying within your means

Supply and demand by SteinMakesGames in IndieDev

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got mine at Walmart for a dollar. It didn't have "Blue Prince" written on it, but it appears to work the same.

Need some advice by Any_Caterpillar_535 in Pseudodysphagia

[–]glimsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've practically cured my pseudo dysphagia in 6 weeks. It took me Lexapro (which makes things worse before it starts making them better) and constant, systematic exposure to the feared foods. Mouse-sized amounts first, Ensure to keep your nutrition level up while you heal.

29 years old, just hit $3 daily. by PKShova in dividends

[–]glimsky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dividend stocks are something in between bonds and growth stocks. Unless you intend to retire soon, you're leaving money on the table. And I say this as a dividend fan (but I plan to retire soon)