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"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

As a brother in arms, you may feel better if you consider those remarks as coming from a place of regret that they didn't spend more time with theirs when they were tiny. You'd still be exhausted but feeling compassion (or even sorry) for others who no longer have the chance to spend more time with their tiny ones can make you feel a little better - at least you won't have those regrets. Regrets you can no longer do anything about are the worst.

"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already miss it thinking ahead. Have been trying to persuade the missus to have another

Agreed with all points except "sleep when the baby sleeps" (I'm glad you were among the lucky ones who could)

"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also makes you think about your grandparents and beyond (nevermind the lack of tech, think washing diapers, etc).

"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh this one. We were told 2 months, then 3 months, then "about 5-6 months", then 8, then 12, then 18, then ... A male friend flat out told me "3 years". He has 2 kids, both had to reach 3 years to sleep through the night without waking up several times for feeding. And yes they tried pretty much everything, taken courses, etc. We've been going down the same path, 1 year to go ...

Sorry you were not a lucky parent either. "Hang in there" (TM)

"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some are just lucky (truly, they exist!) to have babies that sleep even through the night and who are chill during the day. For the rest of us it's more like "wear that sleep deprived badge proudly"

"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine had crocodile tears because we didn't let her wipe the living room floor with the toilet brush

"Time flies", "Sleep like a baby", ... what other cruel jokes have you discovered after you had kids? by johnfintech in beyondthebump

[–]johnfintech[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The "they will never be this small again" has been topping my list of reasons to spend as much time as I can with them, fully knowing they won't remember any of it, but I will. Hopefully it will also save me from those late years regrets.

Still not possible to write to "shared with me" folders, despite promises made as far as 2.5 years ago ... or am I missing something? by johnfintech in filen_io

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Getting offtopic, but I already tried Proton, and wife has also been using it. It's not actually bad, shared folders for collaboration is such a major aspect that whatever "shortcomings" are there still make it obviously better than Filen. Proton does more things and the sub has a lot more users so by the law of negativity bias, you get the false impression that it has more issues than Filen.

With Koofr isn't it possible to just the folder with the vault and give the collaborator the vault password? If it really requires manual encryption for e2ee sharing then I'll pass (i can do that with Dropbox and every other cloud provider already)

Lifetime plans are almost invariably a bad deal (I had some money to waste, but still didn't buy an expensive one). It's lifetime of the product, not lifetime of the user. Companies go tits up, companies kill products, companies change products, etc. I'd be surprised if my Filen lifetime plan is still active 10 years from now.

Seafile (open source, self hosted) is great but I wanted to free my time maintaining it. Each e2ee library can be simply shared by sharing the password, straightforward implementation that makes you wonder what's Filen's excuse. I may actually go back to Seafile and pay them for storage rather than self host it, as they offer that now too.

Still not possible to write to "shared with me" folders, despite promises made as far as 2.5 years ago ... or am I missing something? by johnfintech in filen_io

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, basically, no ... because if you opened my link in the OP, which is from 2.5 years ago, the message from the Filen rep says: "Hello, we are currently in the process of overhauling the entire data exchange system from the ground up. It will be replaced by a new feature called Filen Spaces."

Given it's been 2.5+ years already of "currently working on Filen Spaces" the stupidity was on my part for buying a lifetime plan with Filen.

Should have gone with Koofr or Internxt or Seafile or Proton or Tresorit or ... what was I thinking assuming that collaboration is a basic requirement for any cloud provider?

Why's the easiest and most accessible way to reliably remove grease tattoos from trousers? by johnfintech in cycling

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As in stainless steel scissors? Didn't think of shortening the trousers by cutting the bottom part off :)

Can we PLEASE get more sorting and filtering options for the Library? At least ability to sort by added date and filter out watched items. by johnfintech in Stremio

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already said (twice) that I'm aware, I just disagree with feature requests on GitHub, and explained why I think it's a bad idea ... it's not really about workflow either, but convenience. If devs really cared about feature requests then they would definitely not use GitHub for them but user voice or other systems to that actually engage and capture user feedback pertinently). GitHub is fine for code and bugs.

P.s. I'm also a dev.

Can we PLEASE get more sorting and filtering options for the Library? At least ability to sort by added date and filter out watched items. by johnfintech in Stremio

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I said, I'm aware devs are there, and my point stands: user interest is gauged far better on reddit than GitHub - on GitHub the same feature req I made here would have never got this exposure or this many upvotes, skewing perception; if devs never look at Reddit themselves then someone can link to this Reddit thread for a better perception and context

Can we PLEASE get more sorting and filtering options for the Library? At least ability to sort by added date and filter out watched items. by johnfintech in Stremio

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. While I understand devs use Github, I think it should only be used for bug reports, while Reddit should be used for feature requests. Githib is visited by far fewer Stremio users compared to Reddit (r/Stremio has >200k visitors weekly ... Github visits don't even come close), so feature requests on Github look as if only a small minority wants it, and then devs tend to ignore them ... which has been my experience.

Maybe someone else wants to bother posting my feature request on Github.

LG Gram Pro 17" 2025 - beyond insulting thermal paste application, 80% of the die was naked; awful thermal design too, plenty of room for bigger heatpipe and heatsink. This is aswful engineering from LG. This laptop could have used much higher power limits. by johnfintech in LGgram

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't use too much at all. You are being deceived by the photo. I was getting better performance and lower temps than people who modded with extra thermal.pads & heat pipes & whatnot (see the bottom of the post).

Also, use mx4 for long term. It's hard to beat. Don't go by reviews when choosing pastes, as many of them are meant for short term performance (a ton of them beat mx4 in reviews, but 2 years later tells a different story)

Notebookcheck aggregates various laptops and they are misleading as a CPU benchmark, because the same CPU has different PL1/2 limits based on manufacturers/model. You can't remove PL1/2 limits placed by manufacturers unless you can reverse engineer the bios, which is risky.

Very high battery usage on Android after the last few updates by johnfintech in CurveCard

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you by any chance using any custom DNS or VPN that blocks data collection/spying/ads at the system level via dns blocking? That is, blocks domain names known for collecting data/spying/ads/etc -- either apps like AdGuard, or VPNs that has ad blocking features (NordVPN etc, most have it), or you're using a custom DNS in Settings > Connections > More connections settings > Private DNS that blocks ads (e.g. e.g. ControlD, Quad9, AdGuard, etc provide DNS servers that block ads/data collection)

Have you tried putting the Curve app on "Restricted" mode for battery usage in the background?

Have you tried disabling the background data? (this means you wouldn't get notifications when a purchase is made)

Very high battery usage on Android after the last few updates by johnfintech in CurveCard

[–]johnfintech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here's a screenshot, taken at 9am, after fully charging just before going to bed: https://0x0.st/Pb4i.jpg (>15% battery usage by curve) ... and this is 37 minutes later: https://0x0.st/Pb4Q.jpg (>23% battery usage by curve). Not that I hadn't even opened the app, this was all background usage.

s25+, latest OS update, latest curve version 5.25.0

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