• NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orgMEnglish
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    29 days ago

    I don’t really know if I have heroes. There are people that have done impressive work but I’m never really one to raise a person above all of us generally. Everybody has periods of being deeply shitty, and most of the best people in history are completely forgotten. If you’re privileged and you do some great work in what sense are you worth admiring more than some nameless parent who struggles through getting their kids out of a famine or a war?

    I can’t concentrate on work, a week of storms coming up which means a week of terrified dog and no sleep. Surely this will help my productivity.

    Made a library in openscad (unpolished, interface is bad atm) for making boxes for small card games when fed an array of widths of slots. More generally I guess it makes boxes with slots of whatever dimensions you want. I’ll figure out how to publish it soon ™ but if anyone wants the file hit me up.

    edit: https://github.com/naevathecat/openscad-cardbox code here if want rough work.

    • WhereDidMySpinachGo@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Very much relate to the scared dog and not being able to sleep. The dog we said goodbye to last week (old age) was like that. Hope things go relatively well with storms. As far as concentrating one thing that helped me was starting using a pomodoro timer. Basically try to do distraction free focusing for 25 minutes, then take 5 minute break. After a few intervals you get a longer break. It was hard actually staying focused for 25 minutes with things out of my control (dog), but it has helped me from getting off my phone and such. Still need to get better at consistently doing it though

      Also neat about the CAD! Hadn’t heard of openscad before

      • NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orgMEnglish
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        27 days ago

        I have pretty debilitating adhd and fussing with a timer would honestly shred my mind but I appreciate the suggestion. I know that system works for lots of people and I’m glad it helps you. My wife, bless her, has been handling most of the dog sitting-with even though she’s also swamped. I’m just working through the weekend and have done cooking in advance so if I do become productive I can ride the concentration till exhaustion.

        The bottom of the box printed and works (I didn’t include enough clearance for the sleeves so it’s a bit snug but eh. Measurement rather than design problem.