Vanth

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

This morning coffee is so good. Lactose-intolerant partner is gone for a week so I bought real cream to go into it. I don't mind the plant-based stuff at all, the occasional real cream is all the better.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

No, my salary is currently around average and I set my effort level compared to my coworkers' levels. Any move/promotion paths I'm interested in would not be made easier by giving that full effort.

I look for smart effort, not max effort. The CEO of my company is for damn sure not the hardest working. Hard work is not the full answer to success in this capitalist society.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Huh? How? This is the problem I saw too. Knowing details about a victims life feeds stalkers and also gives them opportunities to connect to the victims physical location and movements.

Would blocking a stalker's view of their victim's social media solve the stalking problem entirely? Probably not. Would blocking kill off one lane of information that makes the stalking easier / more psychology rewarding to the stalker? Yes.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sub-zero degree sleeping bag in the trunk of my car, plus a jug of water and some MRE-type food packs with water-activated food warmers. I grew up in a very rural area and got stuck on the side of the road in a blizzard for too long; I came out ok but it was terrifying. Now I live in a densely populated area that doesn't get blizzards but I still prep.

I used to let my toilet paper run nearly down to zero before I bought another pack. The pandemic lockdown months changed that. I used paper towels and liberated a couple rolls from work back in the day. Now I keep more on hand before triggering next buy. Never again.

I'm a good example of "we prep for our fears". I also do backcountry backpacking and everyone in that hobby does to some degree. I go out with a nurse sometimes and her first aid kit is nearly three pounds while mine is a couple bandaids and rubbing alcohol swaps.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

They wouldn't want me to give 100% effort. There are too many people around me who are new or poorly trained or incompetent. My 100% would involve addressing the poor leadership, poor processes, poor accountability mechanisms that have us in our current situation. So since they would likley fire me for it, they would need to pay me at least three years of industry-standard salary for my position to make up for time unemployed and the black mark on my job history.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

General Criteria:

Present and potential relevance to community needs
Suitability of physical form for library use
Suitability of subject and style for intended audience
Cost
Importance as a document of the times
Relation to the existing collection and to other materials on the subject
Attention by critics and reviewers
Potential user appeal
Requests by library patrons

Content Criteria:

Authority
Comprehensiveness and depth of treatment
Skill, competence, and purpose of the author
Reputation and significance of the author
Objectivity
Consideration of the work as a whole
Clarity
Currency
Technical quality
Representation of diverse points of view
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Vitality and originality
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Sustained interest
Relevance and use of the information
Effective characterization
Authenticity of history or social setting

Stolen entirely form here . Seems like a very good starting point to me, as I would expect from a Libraries Association.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sooooo, do this but in a language that "counts"?

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 29 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah. I haven't always been very comfortable with it, I made active effort to learn ways to make it easier.

I also lived in the Midwest for a while where asking someone "How are you doing" is an actual invitation to conversation and not just a response of "fine". I learned some people are very open to chitchat with strangers, some people aren't, and it gets pretty easy with practice to tell which is which noting body language and those first few words they respond to you with.

Also, you're doing it now, OP. Way to go. Forum conversations like this totally count. Maybe next level up for you is some IM chatting with someone from a hobby group you're interested in.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 14 points 1 month ago

Oat for most things. Extra creamy.

Almond for a fewthings. Like I prefer almond in a bowl of cereal. Silk has an unsweetened one with extra protein that is my go to.

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