bradboimler

After convincing my employer to move away from MS office

I’m curious how you managed that

This is sad news but I respect your decision. Thank you for what you’ve done for this community.

Reddit still seems like a big one, unfortunately. I don’t contribute any longer but I haven’t been able to stop lurking.

I’ve noticed your username and I’d be happy to talk to you about Java, if you’d like. It’s my favorite programming ecosystem.

I’m in a Discord server. I’d love for some folks in there to try out Matrix but I’m too scared to ask. Even if I wasn’t there’s still the issue of Matrix being too techie.

0.999… (infinite nines) and 1 are equal. They are two representations of the same number, like 0.5 and 1/2 (one half) are.

https://mastodon.social/

I do have a smartphone but I tend to only use it as a consumption device. I prefer to use a laptop connected to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse to produce stuff.

I prefer the laptop even for simple things like filling out online forms

A habit I learned from Reddit is to keep a gratitude journal. One of my daily tasks is to update it with one thing from that day that I’m grateful for. It can be a big thing; it can be a very small thing like having a tasty muffin that morning. I update it even if my day was miserable and I struggle to think of something.

I’ve become a lot more mindful of things I’m grateful for (so I can update the journal). When I’m grateful, I worry less about sad things like death.

For me it was the UI. Replies to comments on Lemmy are offset by, like, a single pixel. They’re more obvious here. Yup, that was the biggest thing for me.