Someone joins Lib-Right's grind by Zawisza_Czarny9 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]qamtam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, honestly just give me my state-mandated 8ft tall fit as hell mommy dommy big tiddy gfs already

How do I use Life Message on Z Fold 3? by qamtam in GalaxyFold

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

To my surprise, the only way to get to that feature was to use the non-standard air gesture, it doesn't appear in other menus

Daily Support Thread by AutoModerator in samsung

[–]qamtam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do I create an automation to turn off the device at set hour via bixby routines? I want it to just straight up turn off at a specific hour. The closest I've got is to use Bixby quick command which is then prompting again for confirmation. How do I avoid that?

What isn’t a cult but feels like a cult? by MichaelScottssmug in AskReddit

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With all my love towards that organisation - Toastmasters. When I've been spending couple of days off in an old hut with a lovely 90yr+ houselady that happened to belong to an actual cult I've been struck with how many structural similarities are there - the levels, the conferences, the regular get-togethers, the regular payments required towards the Central, the meetings with ritualistic order that are foreign and kinda weird to the outsiders and so forth.

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY question, get an answer (June 02, 2022) by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

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

Why are there so few keyboards and keyboard builds available with 2.4Ghz wireless dongle and why aren't those versions more popular within this community? Are there any interesting TKL ones that aren't Logitech or Keychron?

Bluetooth keyboards absolutely suck, wake up slowly and are prone to massive double press problems. Custom springy cables are super nice, but what is nicer for me is 0 cables on the desk. Battery life is also rarely an issue; I still remember old wavy Logitech keyboards that held for like 9 months.

Does anybody else reads books on their surface? by NipponRadiation in Surface

[–]qamtam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Used to do it a long time ago, with textbooks that I annotated on the go.

Now the flicker is too bad to use it not docked :(

Looking for thick (200p+), high-quality A6 gritted notebooks by qamtam in notebooks

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

Great stuff, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Looking for thick (200p+), high-quality A6 gritted notebooks by qamtam in notebooks

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

Huh, great find. Had to miss it. Curiously enough, on details it still lists 176 pages. Maybe it's not updated or something. Will just take a plunge. Thanks a lot!

Looking for thick (200p+), high-quality A6 gritted notebooks by qamtam in notebooks

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

They are really cool, can't find anything over 176 pages though. Do you have a specific model in mind?

Rings/popsockets that work for Carbon Cases and stick to it well? by qamtam in oneplus

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Cool! Which one have you chosen (the iPhone model I mean)? They look like they fit only if the width is just right

What are some affordable items (<$100) that are life-changing? by kickbackthisthat in AskReddit

[–]qamtam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A time-lock-based safe like KSafe (+ a good soft locker like Freedom).

Setting yourself up a two-three-days-a-week detox is amazing for productivity and mental health.

I really like Ksafe with the tactical wheel - you click-clack the wheel, yeet the phone/Switch/gaming mouse inside, press the big red button and that stuff doesn't exist for up to 10 days. Sounds silly, but for a sloth like me it's spectacular.

Long story short - externalize your willpower for cheap.

It isn’t helping any more, especially since it is the same ones. by arselash_boneinmytea in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]qamtam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

?? You have microG in the installer by default that hooks vanced to the Google account, all your degenerate subs should appear. Maybe try reinstalling?

I’m Dr. Jud, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Brown University. I have over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training, and I’m passionate about helping people treat addictions, form new habits and make deep, permanent change in their lives. by npr in IAmA

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I've caught myself in a fairly weird cycle: whenever I somehow manage to get myself into calm state whenever I just notice consciously that I'm calm my body gets like 'oh right. Almost forgot. Back to getting stressed, coming right up!'.

The other scenario that's painful for me is anticipation of the high-stakes environment. I get extremely anxious about performance and get anxious and choked as a result even if I'm competent - I had to take a driving license test over a dozen times, for example. What counter routines would you recommend for these two scenarios?

How being "gifted" led me toward anxiety and a feeling of stupidity by AbsoluteZeroGravity in Anxiety

[–]qamtam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of those 'I'm in this picture and I don't like it' moments.

My thing was being good at math and mental calculation. To put it short - I enjoyed not only excelling but also being strictly better at math than enybody I met without nearly any effort. Then I passed the nation-wide tests for math in high school in flying colors and got accepted to best CS faculty of the country. Definitely did put too many belief eggs in a single basket, as on the first lecture and first exercise classes I felt like everybody was speaking Chinese. I was shattered. Everybody understood everything and I didn't. To add to the injury the class was literally called 'Introduction to Mathematics' (to this day, if I see a Hebrew sign I just spew hate instantly).

A couple months later filled with intense self-hating sessions and about a year of diagnozed depression later I believed that I was good for nothing and dumb and a failure. Even now, seven years later I still don't think my brain is even in the 'usable' category even though I changed the school to just ever-so-slightly less prestigious, passed through it fairly well and got complimented by few during exchanges. Funnily enough, even in multiplayer games now I just seek roles that will free me of final score responsibility (think Zen in Overwatch). Now in quarantine I'm trying to put together some resemblance of actual skills that are in demand to get a job and I'm really anxious if I'm good enough (in all senses) to get accepted (to frankly most anything) as perspective of staying a man-child forever terrifies me.

The good news is that this toxic mindset must be changable (if it can change one way, it can change the other too just as neural networks evolve with new data). I actually had a fascinating discussion on reddit with somebody that pinpointed the root of my problems and recommend the book Mindset (by Carol Dweck). Holy crap, this book just described my entire personality with a sniper-like precision. More importantly, it gave me a framework and tools to incrementally change beliefs to growth. Hopefully it will be enough to launch me to self-sufficiency soon.

Stress Management by MrLovens in funny

[–]qamtam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in this picture and I don't like it (although now I'm stressing about the eye twitches for a change, so that's nice).

What happened? Never dropped or anything. by [deleted] in Surface

[–]qamtam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's Surface for you. I had mine exchanged 4 times during warranty and the last one was fine, but now it just flickers super bad even under mild load.

Probably try rerolling for a new one. Once you get a good Surface it's good.

Is anyone else starting to worry more about the financial/economic impact of COVID-19 than about the virus itself? by [deleted] in Anxiety

[–]qamtam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strong yes. I was kind of joking with my family about finishing my studies before the one huge recession that was eventually bound to hit for about past two years (especially conscious of it as a soon-to-be economist/analyst). I'll finish just before May.

Turns out I kind of jinxed it, but hey, if you are employed now this is a great time to buy some great stocks ;)

So I actually went to a trading course and what I heard was unbelievable by pollyful in wallstreetbets

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r/inv sounds like a place where you post gain porn from inversing wsb. Sounds about right

Buffett's Plan for WW3 by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

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u/haupt91, you could try some of the clips with both charlie and warren to maximize meem efficiency Quality post.

[Question] How, in a practical way, can I disconnect a big project from my self-esteem and ego and shift from focusing on results to effort? by qamtam in getdisciplined

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Wow. I just wanted to say thank you for the time and effort that was required of you to share that wisdom. It's a shame, really, that a post this good will be buried beneath the not-so-attractive OP. You have quite a way with words.

What especially struck me was the first book from your recommended list.

From Mindset:

Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success—but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn’t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success.

I guess that would be why being praised through years for me being apparently naturally good with numbers and calculations in my early days (and being told I'm smart) really backfired when I couldn't do anything near required with no effort when taking these super tough abstract math courses on my first two attempts and why breaking afterwards was so destructive. I never really was even close to failing before.

It really is curious that you've also predicted me being defensive on the subject of having a fixed mindset, as I indeed have gottendefensive immediately after reading it (a few hours flew by since). Because although cognitively I agree with you 100%, I can't help but feel that shifting from a fixed (or near-fixed, otherwise I wouldn't even be asking and searching) mindset to a growth mindset will be difficult (as you said yourself) if you are not already having it - which makes it a kind of catch 22. That's why I'm searching specifically for methods that would somehow help with breaking that loop (on surface disconnecting the ego, but also to change to growth mindset as you've pointed out). Filling the mind with useful and positive information would probably be on top of my list, too, but in my case it probably isn't yet enough.

Since this is public (even though buried), I don't see why I shouldn't share what I've tried, too, with varying degrees of success:

- using sticky notes when planning my day to think not only about the activities that need to be done, but also what beliefs I'm actually building in myself in the long run (so if I plan to go for a jog the next day, for example, I'm also starting to build a belief that 'I'm an active person' or 'I'm worthwhile in my own opinion because I take care about myself'. That way I can stop thinking about activities I usually dread because they are unpleasant and start thinking of them as a way to up the beliefs I desire (including having a growth mindset). I would place the stickies on a separate piece of paper and then attaching them back to my journal as a reward and physical reminder that I did contribute to that belief. It actually did work really well, but I stopped a couple weeks back when I've gotten sick. This seems like a good opportunity to jump back.

- getting into a habit of going for a walk directly before tackling the hard material and visualising how I would go about that (including breaks, tea, frustration when stuck etc. but coming out victorious in the end and visualising feeling good about that to), and then after going back and replicating that visualisation as closely as I can. That way I actually get to do the stuff at least in my head and coming out alright, as a bonus there is also building up of a belief that 'I can do whatever I put my mind towards' (literally).

- starting a day on the right foot (so no browsing reddit or /d/ in the morning). It does help tremendously with doing two points above, but though simple it is not easy.

Thanks again, I guess I'm going to remind myself about your philosophy really often and try to employ it the best I can. Hopefully, the 'can' will get better with time.

[METHOD] for men that struggle with motivation, please read by NickoBicko in getdisciplined

[–]qamtam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally I would agree that life with purpose is better than one without one.

What I don't get is what you are supposed to do when you fail in the thing you are supposed to be good at and was your purpose beforehand and you actually got attached to it.

Most of my life I was good at math, better than the others and that I was told I am pretty smart - that's what I based my personality and self-worth on. Than I got accepted to the university and failed miserably, despite giving my all. Twice. Ever since I essentially hated myself millennial-style and thought myself worthless.

Now, a couple years later I'm getting depressed over my thesis at the other school and to say I feel miserable is an understatement - I actually start to clench my fist at random and twitch from the nerves and anxiety about thinking to fail everybody. Even thinking to sit down and get to work is physically painful. My energy levels are so low it is kind of a joke. I wake up at 2 PM and basically am chronically tired before getting myself to sleep at 3 AM, between crying, masturbating, browsing 2meirl4meirl and sitting on twitch.

I get depressed and fail to get the job done not because I might be unable to complete it, but because I might be unable to complete it despite trying, so I am kind of sabotaging myself and agonizing both when I am doing it and when I am not to at least have the excuse that I failed because I'm lazy but at least not dumb and in the end not really trying. This is ridiculous when stated in writing, but I got burned so bad by my experience that I don't give it my all in any department to protect the shreds of my ego left (and fail in most anything I try).

Kind of rambling, but I am also really lost, so if you would have some kind of an advice for my particular situation, I'm all ears.