Does it really?
So far all the freakout has been due to changes to its terms of service. There's been no changes to the codebase that add any data collection.
wizardbeard
joined 2 years ago
Not everything is meant to. It was made for a specific purpose and works for that purpose.
It seems to be doing just fine to me.
You can change the default search engine in less than five clicks. You're going to be installing the addons you need anyway (uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger at bare minimum).
I used to have that up at my desk when I did tech support.
Because billions is an absurd understatement, and computer have constrained problem spaces far less complex than even the most controlled life of a lab rat.
And who the hell argues the animals don't have free will? They don't have full sapience, but they absolutely have will.
My wife struggles with that second one a lot and I wish I knew how to help her.
Ramble
She's built up this golden fantasy of her childhood and where she's from, and she blames so much of what I file away as "normal life bs" on where we live now. Every time we visit her hometown I see the same problems there that she blames on where we live.
She has a hard time seeing the benefits of where we live now because she grew up in a tight knit extended family that closed the gaps so to speak. But that extended family has drifted apart. People have grown up. The old matriarchs and patriarchs have passed. That same tight knit family doesn't exist anymore in the way it used to.
She basically had a high quality, premade social group and support structure just handed to her growing up. She moved states and life events kept getting in the way of her building a new one. But she blames that on location rather than what is now a lack of effort. Issues she overlooked long ago (and still) with family are things she can't let go of when faced with them in potential friends.
And ultimately, the loss of these things just brings her sadness and depression. She's not in a state where she's interested in trying to make it work beyond saying she wants to verbally. Pretty textbook depression but there's complications right now in the way of her seeking help.
Apologies for the ramble/off my chest shit.
Hey, I think you forgot the link. Sounds fun!
It might be controversial, but I think Twisted Metal would be the perfect fit for a battle royale type game. I'd want it to have a strong single player and local/small scale multiplayer (like the previous ones), but a larger map with the chaos of 100 psychos driving around could be a lot of fun.
Outside of the car though? Maybe some bonus points for how long you can run around without getting popped like a party balloon.
Edit: but we all know this would have been just a shit live service game. So not much lost. Can't believe no indie dev has come out with a good successor.
Man, I still regret not getting in on it in the begining when you could mine with consumer hardware you weren't using. Back when it was almost entirely hypothetical and nowhere accepted them for anything. People treating them like play money and "tipping" posts on reddit.
Lol, your mom isn't a doctor, and doctors aren't supposed to diagnose that sort of thing in family.
So what's your plan to fix your habits then? "I'm just going to do better" is not a plan. Either way, you need to learn how you function and where your personal shortcomings are, and plan around them rather than planning to somehow magically charge through them.
If you have a broken arm, you don't plan to do pushups.
Do you have an answer to why you're skipping classes if you know it's a problem and want to pass? Or is it just a vague "somethings changed"?
If you don't think you can pass, drop the course and try again next semester. If you still can, and this is a matter of "I don't know how to force myself out of bed on time, I don't know why I keep choosing to skip" then you need to see a doctor about this. Maybe it isn't ADHD, but it is something.
My mother thought she knew better because she was a teacher. She was wrong, I definitively have ADHD and being medicated contributes massively to my quality of life. ADHD is an executive function disorder. Knowing what I need to do but not being able to consistently get myself to do it. The meds don't make me not me, they make me better able to stay on task and follow through with plans.
Look, I'm not a professional, but this sounds very much like a lot of peoples' stories of discovering they have it. Sounds similar to mine as well. When you had people around you assisting in imposing structure, you shined. You probably didn't have much trouble in school to speak of, and now suddenly you've hit a wall now that it's all on you.
That could be normal struggles to adjust to college and the massive leap in personal responsibility, but what you've posted sounds quite a bit deeper than that. If you can, go talk to a professional.
Edit: Also, holy fucking shit. I know you probably don't know any better, but saying this with my full fucking chest:
GETTING DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD AND GETTING MEDICATION TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS IS NOT A CHOICE TO AVOID FIXING YOUR OWN HABITS AND OFFLOAD PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ONTO MEDICATION. IT IS CORRECTION OF A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE IN THE BRAIN THAT DISRUPTS EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. CORRECTING THAT IMBALANCE ENABLES A PERSON TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE STEPS TO CORRECT THEIR HABITS.
From personal experience, sysadmin/engineer work. Unfortunately some places use sysadmin to refer to high level tech support, but I'm talking about the people who keep back end infrastructure running. If the back end systems are kept working and you have a project that is simultaneously technical enough and sounds important enough, people will often just leave you to it.
There is a lot of downtime. I'm paid for my knowledge and ability to solve complex problems quickly when they arise, not to be cranking out manual work 40 hours a week. However, there are absolutely times where I've got to full focus in, full hours. They just are the exception rather than the norm.
The biggest tool for this is learning the automation tools and systems your company uses. More you can automate, the more actions you can take in a shorter time, giving you more down time. This also increases opportunities to break shit exponentially, so you're trading knowledge, risk (especially while you learn), and up front time for time later.
Always remember this table as well. Automation can free you but it can also be a trap.