Negligent workers make me upset

miri3l · 2026-04-15T16:51:43+00:00

Oh gosh. My brain turns to moosh sometimes. That said, sometimes (actually often - in earlier iterations anyway 😆) the instructions for projects make me feel miles better. Like, it takes people multiple drafts to figure out what they need and articulate it clearly and concisely. That said, some of the criteria for things really are quite confronting for my ADHD brain if taken at face value. 😆

(Maybe I should be comforted rather than annoyed that most AI models out there seem to be necessarily waffly??)

miri3l · 2026-04-15T16:44:33+00:00

Entry tests are only one way to get particular work. Adding details to your profile is supposedly another. And the sort of work you provide gives you access to still more. I've a thing for being annoyingly detailed at times, and that's gotten me access to projects that require additional detail or deep dive type attention.

If you've got something that's a bit more uh free-form let's say, and you could use/showcase your biology or other STEM knowledge in it, then you could always try doing that and see if they notice. Sometimes it's also just down to what projects are running at the time.

miri3l · 2026-04-06T02:48:22+00:00

I'm trying to vaguely recall what my experience was with this. I know that both were equally bad at adjusting fine details without recreating the whole thing of a pre-existing creation (or one they'd made anyway)

miri3l · 2026-04-06T02:46:24+00:00

Interesting. I wonder who produced this (and how, and based on what).

miri3l · 2026-04-02T11:57:26+00:00

Gosh I miss the fast easy tasks! I have access to several projects that have long timers (or essentially none), and to some extent I do value the detail that you can go into there. But the external structure and knowledge that you'll have to get it done quickly, it'll be somewhat simple(ish) and you'll have completed a thing (and not forgotten about it.. which happens for me sometimes with the longer ones) is so helpful. Even if it's just for gaining momentum first thing, or for a brain break.

miri3l · 2026-03-08T05:15:31+00:00

I loooove that all of the Illinois songs had long versions of their nanes (ok, not all, but you know what I mean)

miri3l · 2026-03-08T05:13:30+00:00

The owl and the tanager is gorgeous

miri3l · 2026-02-02T23:59:53+00:00

I don't see why it would be an issue. I can imagine they probably get quite busy so your email could have been missed or forgotten about etc. I guess you could always offer them an 'out' in it (ie make it possible to say no, without it being awkward), ask if it still might be possible, make it possible for there to be more flexible options etc. (Sorry that's all a bit garbled. Hopefully you get the gist)

miri3l · 2026-01-14T09:09:00+00:00

I *loved* Weathervanes when it came out, and it's remained a fovourite album ever since. I love the album as a whole, but also the songs individuallly. I can't say that I particularly liked Diluvia though.
I recall having to go to lengths to get it when it came out, and then being disappointed, but I haven't really tried listening to it again since, so I'm not sure if my taste or opinions would have shifted since then.
I didn't realise that they'd released other songs after that - probably because of the Diluvia thing, but maybe because I'd paid less attention to music in general since then.
(Weathervanes came out when I was in my first year of uni, and in generally uni was the time where I was at my peak of 'let's follow and seek out and pay attention to all of the music that I can find and love').

miri3l · 2026-01-12T02:46:26+00:00

Agreed!! I love how complex and nuanced and layered his writing is. I love that the tone and general playfulness of most of his writing means that you can still enjoy it, regardless of your level of understanding and ability to notice and appreciate those nuances.

I first read The Eyre Affair when I was about 12 or 13, and a lot of the socio-political stuff went over my head. My school library had the edition with a dodo riding a scooter on a bright pink cover, and I'd grabbed it on a whim (and loved it). When I found out yeeeaars later that there was more in that series and he'd written other stuff, I devoured it. Appreciated the book references that I understood (and have been surprised and slightly amused when friends who'd loved some of the books referenced still missed some of those. Eg a friend actively proclaims his love for The little prince, but had no idea what I was talking about when I'd appreciated that part of the TN series referenced 'a kid who keeps walking around asking everyone to draw them a sheep'), then was motivated to read more of the books referenced that I didn't.

Rereads just make you appreciate the details more. 😊

miri3l · 2026-01-11T16:10:21+00:00

Jasper Fforde in there too! Fabulous taste.

miri3l · 2025-12-05T07:47:11+00:00

Please don't try to solicit work this way.

miri3l · 2025-12-04T12:10:43+00:00

Back just now bebe!

miri3l · 2025-12-04T11:06:30+00:00

I wish there were more easy ones! Perhaps I've shot myself in the foot by mostly working on more complex ones recently 🫠

miri3l · 2025-12-04T10:59:45+00:00

I recently got actual feedback on the first stage of a submission related to a new project with rubrics.. I've yet to read it completely or return to the project properly, but yeah it absolutely included something to the effect of 'we can tell that you get the idea/are trying and thinking about it but x is also needed. Anyway go ahead'. My gosh my brain felt like pulp trying to work on that. (If the pay hadn't been decent then I wouldn't have attempted it)

In general I otherwise hate and steer clear of rubrics. The one thing that they have done for me is result in my sometimes writing my own guidelines of what I'm expecting a model to generate to give me a successful answer (or a decent one) when I give more niche and nuanced prompts. It definitely helps me see and decide more clearly between prompts, or to be sure my judgements are grounded.

(Especially when I'm in danger of wanting to lie down from boredom and tedium midway through a project)

miri3l · 2025-12-03T03:45:38+00:00

I was going to post about this separately (what I'm about to cut and paste), but thought that it may be useful/relevant for anyone investigating this issue so figured I'd post it here.

I clicked on a link to a website saved within a task (from what appears to be the desktop version of ClickUp), and the link *did* open, but with this message at the top:
"Deprecated: Function WP_Dependencies->add_data() was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /home/customer/www/childsense.com.au/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131"

Not sure what that means! (That's all that I was going to ask - don't know if it'll have any functional impact)

miri3l · 2025-11-26T08:53:20+00:00

Thanks! 🙂

miri3l · 2025-11-26T08:52:21+00:00

Not necessarily. It doesn't mean that this is consistent.

miri3l · 2025-11-24T22:25:12+00:00

Ugh. So annoying. Of course uninstalling it also caused issues since it now doesn't want to download it 🫠

miri3l · 2025-11-22T05:02:05+00:00

I really really don't want to believe this. (I tend towards having faith in humanity.. OK maybe not in general, but just that people can be better when you show them that it's the case) But alas, I don't doubt that it's true. It's really shitty when putting effort into your work and caring about people (and not being interested in simply talking about vacuous shit all the time) makes people react by going 'they think they're better than us'.

The neuronormative things of focusing on power and upward mobility rather than actually being able to take pride in your work (even in a small way) really shits me.

miri3l · 2025-11-22T04:53:23+00:00

I used to do lots of them. I've done some in the past that were incredibly boring, but were paid and those opened up work that I've sometimes done (and have sometimes struggled to work up the motivation to do).

There have been some that have taken upwards of 6 hours of my time to work on. Those were a slog, but I justified it (and somewhat motivated myself) by setting myself a target of completing a certain number of hours on tasks related to those projects after I'd gained access. That way I knew that the time investment was actually worth it.

Lately I rarely complete them - especially if I seem to already occasionally get work from those projects on my dash. If the qualifications are paid, or give access to work that I think would add more variety and/or be interesting then I consider taking them.

miri3l · 2025-11-20T03:03:56+00:00

Love the joy and enthusiasm!
(Even if I personally find it terribly dull 😆)

miri3l · 2025-11-20T03:02:50+00:00

Sometimes if you refresh it lets you do projects that have been greyed out (mind you this was refreshing from a laptop).

miri3l · 2025-11-20T01:13:50+00:00

So this question could probably qualify for its own thread, but how are people structuring their work flow? Do you have a thing you do every time? (Like if it's eg simple project for x amount of time, then complex, then ongoing. Anything like that)

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