It was a pretty big shift for me when I realized that a big part of my mood was tied to my sensory load. Using tools like earplugs or shades makes life go better when my nervous system decides to flare up and make everything loud, bright and annoying.

OK, yeah I will give these a shot. I really don’t like the disposable factor of the earplugs, but the 3M ones I likes are the only ones that arent uncomfortable and fit well. If i can find a reusable that does the same job, I’d like that.

I fricken loved this aspect of the COVID times. People were so much more friendly toward me by default when we all wore masks.

These are the things that help me: Earplugs. I prefer these ones https://www.amazon.ca/3M-Non-corded-Disposable-Earplugs-Pairs/dp/B000I7LH8Y but you might have some luck with Loops as well. I would like those except they don’t fit one of my ears very well.

Light-filtering Glasses. Sunglasses are good for outdooes, but I also have a pair of FL-41 coated glasses. They are meant for migraine sufferers, but I swear they make processing easier when I wear them. https://www.theraspecs.com/fl-41-glasses/

Stop trying to live your life according to the standard, accepted template. It’s really important to decide what you value in life and reject the judgments of others. You have to figure out how to be okay with, or enjoy, being outcast. It’s not so bad once you figure that out. https://www.amazon.ca/Courage-Be-Disliked-Phenomenon-Happiness/dp/1668069539

Can you give an example? I don’t quite understand.

Oh, so you agree with me then? This is effectively the problem that I’m pointing to.

We have so many natural resourced that we could make into products. The wholesale of raw materials to other countries is the stupidity.

Just stop all that. We can, and should make high-quality goods.

You need to care about how others are feeling. Understanding what it is they are feeling and why, using mainly non-verbal cues, is the hard part.

Fuck what others think, though. You really don’t wanna get wrapped up in that.

I’ve gotten a lot better with this by understanding that I don’t always need to share (or even have) an opinion on things. In fact, actively choosing not to have an opinion on the things that don’t need one is pretty healthy.

It’s so much easier to just shrug than make up a lie of any kind.

Yeah most routers will allow you to configure the traffic policy through their admin console. Some of the ISPs equipment won’t, if that’s all you’re using.

Lots of good suggestions.

The simplest answer assumes you have a router with a firewall that you can configure.

The basic idea is a deny rule targeting the ‘source’ IP address from reaching the ‘destination’ ip addresses.

There are various ways to do this, the best way will be very precise. Some folks have said separate VLAN, very good practice but not required. Some folks suggest pihole, thats really hit or miss unless you know your device relies explicitly on DNS and you also know how to manage that.

It will be easies for you to learn the basic traffic policy before proceeding to other more advanced suggestions, but you will have to probably at least learn that bit of network security to attempt this task. Low difficulty in the grand scheme of things networky.

Moron-worshipping cult of troglodytes.

Translation. Better performance on Linux.

I will load up Cyberpunk 2077 and judge for myself.

OK. Well then pay cheeto-man his bribe and get your own subsidy. it’s not hard to figure it out.

I dunno. 13-year old me was pretty edge lordy and thought inapproriate things were very funny. I’m pretty sure I’ve popped off a few sieg heils in the wrong situation as a young-un.

Not that I would ever have been part of the ideology. I would have just thought it was SO funny for the absurdity of it when, actually, it was just cringe.

Crank the dial up to 11 and then break it off trying to go past that.

Elon Musk has the personality, maturity, insecurity of a 13-year old kid with Asperger’s / autism.

I relate.

I mean, I’m about 30 years removed from the experience of a 13-year-old sperger and I would probably be just as fucking cringe as this worthless dildo if I never figured out how to grow the fuck up. If I had to trade places with Elon, and take on all of his personal baggage and lose all of my life’s wisdom in the process… Hard no. Nope, not for a trillion.

TLDR:

On Linux, older AMD GPUs will benefit from stability enhancements

What a difficult article to parse; must be man made.

Yes. I had one on my ankle last year. I think I paid $200. That wasn’t even to the hospital, is was for my crutches and aircast at the pharmacy.

When it launched, I had it Day 1 on PS4.

It was fuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccked. Crashing, performance was shit, bugs galore, janky textures. There were a lot of people who ended up with a dogshit product from a playability perspective.

I played through it and beat it while it was still in rough shape, because I loved it so much anyway. Obviously, it improved later and it ran well when I upgraded to PS5 (and better when there was a PS5 version released). This game is currently on my PC, because I bought it again just to keep playing it there. It runs great on Linux.

CDPR used to just be a name you trusted because they built a reputation. They hurt their rep with the launch for CP2077, especially after their marketing “Out when it’s ready.” But they have also done the woork to rebuild it, we’ll see with Witcher 4. Big promises to fulfill for that one.