SgtSilverLining

joined 1 year ago
[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In your android settings, go to network & internet > advanced > private DNS and paste the link dns.adguard-dns.com into the box. All ads will assume you have no Internet connection. Doesn't appear to work on YouTube, but covers anything from the Google Play store banners/videos/etc.

 

So... During covid lockdowns I pretty much didn't leave my house. I did contract work that required zero human interaction, my groceries were contactless pickup, and none of my hobbies required other people. I recently started a new job and my social skills are downright awful. What are you supposed to do with your hands when you talk? What facial expressions should you make? How is your voice supposed to sound?

I did some internet research and found out I'm not the only one who lost their social skills after being isolated for 3 years. But anything I can find for advice is either generic/unhelpful, leads down the alt right rabbit hole, or is ungodly expensive. I'm hoping to find some basic introductory acting courses - voice training, method acting, improv, etc - that could help me stay flexible in conversations without freezing up. Is that possible? Are there any acting courses available to torrent?

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would anyone be interested in a comic book community? It seems like the other comic communities are being camped on by "mods" with empty accounts. I'm not sure if @literature.cafe would allow a majorily image based group.

When I was in middle school, a girl did in fact get a bug bite on her eyeball. It was blood red for a week and she couldn't see well, but long term she was fine.

😂 leave that shirt as it is. Use it to decorate your house, and as a reminder of your hubris.

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, you're right. You said I had ASPD, not ASD. Sorry about that.

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Hey, Abigail here. I just want people to know the reason this guy got banned is likely because of a deleted comment not included in that thread. OP called me autistic for not liking politics. THAT kind of behavior is not acceptable on lemmy.blahaj.zone, so I reported the comment and let Ada handle it. Ada tried in good faith to reason with OP but it was clear they just wanted to fight. So yeah, they got banned. Ada's a fantastic lady who's been great at keeping the trolls at bay.

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like this analogy!

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If an employee delivering pizza harassed me, they would be fired. They couldn't be hired at that same pizza place again - they'd have a blacklisted ssn.

If a gig work worker harassed me, they could easily resign up using someone else's info. In fact, that's a common method for harassing women - they sign up with a fake woman's profile so you let your guard down.

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've got an app called SmartNews that pulls news from lots of different sources and aggregates them. My feed is set up to pull news only from the front pages of AP and Reuters - which seem to be mostly unbiased sources that both sides get info from for their articles and they use unbiased titles. I skim to the end of my feed (which isn't very long, maybe 20-30 articles) read a half dozen of them, and that's my news for the day. Every other media source has news and politics 100% filtered out.

I feel like it's enough info for informed decisions and topical conversations with my coworkers, but not so much that I dwell on news in my off time.

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 87 points 1 year ago (8 children)

At my org, edge for all outlook links rolled out last week. Not only does it not let you use your default browser, half of the screen is taken up with a popup asking to make edge your default every time!

 

Or at least, can the delete button get a confirmation? I'm not the best typer and edit most of my posts 3-4 times. I've also deleted a ton of them by accident.

 

I haven't updated my music instrument library in years, especially since newer official software doesn't play well with pirated plugins. The last time I downloaded VSTs was 2012ish, back when PB and KAT were still good sources. Music technology (and the instruments people like to listen to) have taken a huge leap since then. I do mostly pop and jazz, so I've got East West, Session Horns, Session Strings, Broadway Big Band, Kontact, and a couple miscellaneous Native Instruments plugins. Does anyone know of production level VST sources for newer versions of these or better software?

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