burnedbyhell

Eh. Between the 40% price increase and this, I cancelled.

So many times AI has been misleading at best for cooking. I don't doubt there could be benefits but at this point the trust factor is completely missing.

Got into tech from help desk (to be fair it was partially supporting UUNET and Usenet so it wasn't a clueless end user all the time), all the way to top level engineer doing devops type work.

Left to work in the arts.

I started on a Ti-83 and better yet could take other programs online and load them and then modify to my desire.

When the teacher said show your work I wrote out the program I made to calculate the equation. They banned calculators altogether.

Once there was a computer I traded sleep to stay on it. I worked professionally for almost 3 decades and it ultimately cost me my health and mental health. It was often my own insecurities and anxiety that led me up the ladder.

I left the field and went to work for something I believe in and my tech skills are like wizardry to these folks.

There is a lot of blue sky to explore for people in tech.

They also keep the masses busy with frequent, mundane, repetitive tasks.

The basic install of Kodi on LibreELEC blocks the ads on YouTube. I left Roku after using it for a long time, and the experience with Kodi is far better. Simple setup, too.

For mobile, I use NewPipe which allows background YouTube as well.

Might not work for everyone but I never see an ad on YouTube.

The acceptance that life has to be primarily work as a sociatal norm is the true issue. If the norm was ~20hrs/wk work this issue would vanish. I have no illusion it will improve from here.

I invite friends over. I love to cook and I also am a single father of three all ages kids. Even parents with kids rarely come over. Not only are they busy but my availability is very narrow.

It is lonely out there and how do folks expand a friend group at this age with how busy they are, especially to include people who want to come over for dinner parties?

The better alternative is to reshuffle what teaching means.

Right now teacher largely execute a curriculum this is predefined and do behavior management in US public schools at least. There is not a whole lot of creativity and a lot of rigid administration.

Given that teacher salaries are one of the biggest expenditures it makes sense to try to gain efficiencies while trying to improve results.

Under the current scheme, the results are headed downhill. More of the same won't solve any problems.

Thanks. Work has always been a means to get out of working. With so many hobbies and interests, work has always been a drag. I don't want much and what I do buy i do my best to 'buy it for life.'

Be careful with this nest egg it can be shattered at any time before you choose to retire (unemployment, sickness, getting swindled, divorce, bad investments, ....).

If you do FIRE the jealousy and resent and other people being embarrassed for you while you enjoy your life can be a little isolating.

The fucking moon.

Creativity takes time to get into the right mindset before it manifests. The demands of life in the modern era leave little room for self.

Work alone is an unavoidable sacrifice of quality of life for the majority of people.

Burnout happened to me because I lost my way.

I had worked 25 hard years to LeanFIRE which ag the end burned me out but I knew why. Less than two years later divorce happened. This forced me back into the workforce. I chose a job that fit my values. I have no reason or understanding of why I matter anymore and that has led to significant and severe burnout.

Find a purpose in life and protect it. In the end you can only rely only on yourself.