Starting today, I have two weeks off work. My mood and energy levels have been particularly low recently, and it has felt like they have been gradually worsening over the last six months or so. I am not suicidal; I don't want to kill myself. However, I frequently find thoughts to the contrary appearing in my brain. I …

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Flatten out like an ironing board, Until he gets what he's pining for. Filling time with his duolingo, Waiting for his turn as a knight, king, lord. Makes his fit, From the petals of an orchid. Doesn't wait, goes for it. When it slows, gives it more heat. He takes a slice of Baron Bigod, Prepared for the end of the big …

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If you want to get better at cooking, You need to cook. If you want to learn how to play guitar, You have to play guitar. If you want to understand how the economy impacts your day to day life, You have to keep up with global politics, and probably a bunch more stuff. But mostly, do the thing you want to do. — ML

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P080 Floofear's diary There's a hag around the corner. These squirrels are fun. We're gonna find the acorn. book gun shield horn acorn KILL THE HAG. I'm a goblin princess. Spider sneak with spider Ick. Lawful Neutral Chaotic Good Ariante (protection, light) Oro (absentee dad, nature, creation) The Twins (crossroads, …

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Warding off the urge To be a new person by Rotating my bed — ML

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Our bodies change as we age What does it mean when they don't? Our bodies change us We change our bodies Is my Thesean body still mine? — ML

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Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower, than curse the darkness. — Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

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I propose to update the standard programming environments from: dev staging production to something like... dev breakable broken janky unreliable staging internal production external — ML

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Windows Subsystem To code like Linux. A good compromise. I use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to code on Windows. That gives me the set-and-forget of Windows, in a Unix terminal. It's occasionally annoying, e.g. when trying to launch other windows from the terminal, but all in all not that bad. I have mine set up …

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