Bob Robertson IX

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Cake day: 2023年7月13日

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  • As a tourist to many large cities… this would be amazing. Nothing worse than being out and away from your hotel and suddenly you have to find a restroom, and there’s none around.

    Just a tip, I’ve had a lot of success just walking into a nearby hotel and using their lobby restroom. It probably helps that I’m white and middle aged and I’m comfortable entering a place like I should be there (and I’m usually dressed ‘business casual’).




  • Great points, and there’s some amazing discussions going on here!

    One thing I’d like to add is EVERYONE needs to start setting up some meshtastic nodes. It’s really easy to setup (just hook up a USB cable from your computer to a esp32 board, visit a website to get the configuration, and that’s pretty much it), it’s cheap (as little as $30) and it is secure. Build 2 nodes (one to leave at home, and another for your backpack). This way you’ll be able to communicate should the Internet become unavailable or unsafe. You can also use this at a protest so that you still have a means of communication without needing to bring your phone that the Feds will be able to track.




  • Last year I was trying to get a new job and I wish I’d had your convictions to end the process when it was clear things weren’t going well. Instead I let them string me along for a total of 6 onsite interviews (on 6 different days) with around 20 different people. When I had an interview with the CIO I was certain that the job was mine… only to be told the next day they were going with someone else.

    After the 3rd interview I was already thinking that it was excessive and when they asked me at the last minute to come in for the last interview a voice in my head told me that I need to tell them to either make me an offer or fuck off. Instead I showed just exactly how desperate I was, and ended up hating myself for it.

    Pride doesn’t feed a family, but you should hold your head high for this decision.






  • I still have my facebook account because it’s needed for some very specific things (such as local groups and businesses that use it for mass communication), but I rarely ever open it unless I need to check something very specific. Even then, it is so easy to accidentally start doomscrolling once that page opens. I’ll see an update from an old friend, so I’ll scroll down and there’s someone making some recipe or some shit, I’ll keep scrolling, looking for that next friend update, but nope, there’s some woodworking video, or resin pour… next thing I know I’m zoned out watching some video where someone is cutting up a shoe and using it as an overly complex way of solving something that isn’t a problem. That’s usually the point where I snap out of it and hate myself for falling into the trap again.