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Does this mean there is no such thing as free will?

Fantastic! Bluebeard is the book that inspired me to make the switch from poetry to novels. Vonnegut holds a special place in my heart.

After 11 years using and working with Linux, I settled on Slackware for my desktop, Debian for laptops.

Slackware because it's secure, stable, and I don't get caught up in all the silly gui changing and whatever that I used to. It's helped me learn a ton and comes with everything I need. Also, I like supporting the older distros.

Debian for most of the same reasons, but a little better support. Plus, it's all free software (with access to non), which I feel is important.

Just because that's how you type numbers doesn't mean it's good for you ergonomically. I switched to using the number line and I'm fine doing it now. It's actually sometimes faster because I have 8 fingers instead of 3/4, and the enter key falls under my pinky when my middle finger is on 9.

Phreaking is my favorite topic right now. I've been working with phones for a decade or so and recently set up a phone server of my own to mess around with. Instead of just letting it sit there unused, subscribers to my podcast get a password to the party line. I'm even going to be releasing a choose your own adventure game on the phone system for subscribers in february or so. There's even a rough version of an phone audio museum if you call in. All of which I'm running on a raspberry pi at the moment, and admittedly need to polish off. It's a super fun hobby, though.

You definitely can't do a lot of the things you used to be able to, but I feel like there are features in freepbx and asterisk that make phones extremely fun.

edit: also, this site is incredibly interesting for those interested in more info http://www.wideweb.com/phonetrips/

I was thinking the same thing! Is buying a massager thing on amazon a similar solution, then just sleeping with it under your pillow?

Sounds like a cult to me. Do you want a cult? Because this is how you get a cult.

I think this article was just as incorrect as the last time it popped up in 2018.

Around like 28-30 maybe. I had a sort of early-mid life crisis and dealt with really bad depression, ended up changing a lot in my life because of that as far as my attention to mental health. I changed jobs until I found one I felt was the best fit, started writing a bunch and self publishing books, lot's of introspection. It also took quitting drinking for the most part, as my wife and I were big partiers. I'd say I feel more mature every day now, but it's a slow process.

Most , I think if it's not forced on you at an earlier age, it's a decision, not something that passively happens to most folks. Until I deliberately decided to become and adult, it felt as though I always dreaded it. I'm privileged, though, and hadn't gone through any long term situation that required me to grow up before I was ready.

As a final note, I'd say a lot of it was working with older folks I looked up to and respected that were mature. Surrounding yourself with those who behave the way you want to is a good way to learn. Behavior is an interest, just like other hobbies.

This has the potential to be a very beautiful thing. It seems like companies want us to focus on becoming as private as possible because less info we freely release, the more valuable it is to them. I'm a firm believer that privacy will be a hot topic of the past one day for the benefit of us all. I understand something like that would be a long way off, requiring massive cultural shifts, but a boy can dream.

That said, the signup process for this is horrible, all the micro videos and all.

Vim never ceases to amaze me. Opening remote files over scp, splits, file explorer, and the built in cli w/ 8. Such a beautiful program.

Cats have different personalities, just like people. Not all people like other people, not all cats like people. Cats are allowed to be "unfriendly".

Just in case, because of my experience, the cat bite doesn't have to be powerful/severe or deep to require medical attention. Mine was on my finger and quit bleeding after I washed it, but now I know I should've gone to urgent care pretty much right away.

I've read a ton of stories lately about folks who barely bled/hurt and ended up requiring surgery.

I've learned from my recent experience that dog maulings is why states take animal bites so seriously. My cat bit me, requiring medical attention (due to infection, the bite wasn't bad at all), cat may have rabies, may be an outdoor cat (mine isn't), and may bite a dog that would potentially maul someone.

The problem with cat bites is that people don't know how they can cause sepsis and kill you within a few days, despite appearing relatively minor. If their teeth penetrates ligament lining, it can totally destroy it, etc.

My doctor told me they'll clean dog bite and send you on your way, but a cat bite they may hospitalize you for days for monitoring, antibiotics, etc. expecting a wide variety of dangerous ailments.

This is my situation. Cats have different personalities and some don't like to be touched, some like to hunt more than others. Those aren't factors that need to be fixed or are the result of us as owners. My cat doesn't like to be touched, but likes to sit near people when they come over. When I say "messing with my cat" I meant they were just trying to pet him all night, but that appears to have been interpreted as "tormenting" him by judgy assholes on this site.

You can buy all the toys, trees, and catnip you want, but sometimes cats just behave in a way we don't prefer as pet owners. Doesn't mean you or your roommate are at fault like others are saying.

And that's been fixed, so maybe don't assume. No need to be an asshole to strangers when you don't know anything about them but a few words.

No, absolutely not. man, i really don't get why people are tearing me apart here when none of you know anything about me or my cat. You all sound like a bunch of assholes.

That's awesome. I've been toying with the idea of setting up things like that. My next little project is setting up sms support so folks can text in.

My podcast is Accidentally Fasting. Again, not related to tech at all, but I get to play around with this stuff since it's such an open format. Thanks for checking us out!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accidentally-fasting/i... https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/accidentally-fasting

It wouldn't be extremely difficult to configure, but I think security would be a hassle.

I haven't used FreeSwitch and wanted to see a brief comparison between it and Asterisk. Here's what I found for those interested https://www.whichvoip.com/articles/freeswitch-vs-asterisk.ht...

It's funny to me to see "was cool" and "amazing this is still alive", because I absolutely love Asterisk. I cut my teeth building Freepbx boxes at a small/mid business voip provider in college before moving on to a different field.

To give an idea why I think it is so cool, my podcast offers neat things to folks who call in to leave a voicemail. You can listen to entire podcast episodes, explore a crude phone sound "museum", and if you're a subscriber to the podcast you are given the password to our party line, where you can talk to our hosts and other subscribers. I'm also building a choose your own adventure type game on our phone system using IVRs and things for our top tier subscribers to play.

We're not a phone-centric podcast, but it's super easy supplemental content to provide folks for cheap. It's also currently running in the raspberrypi specific release http://www.raspberry-asterisk.org/

There are other folks who absolutely rely on Asterisk for their shows, some that have been around forever, like the Phone Losers of America Snow Plow Show.

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jk, but also not.

w !sudo tee % in vim, even tho that's not really directly a unix thing?

I was recently bit on my ring finger by my indoor house cat. Unbeknownst to me, people were messing with the poor guy all night during a party. I ended up being near him when he freaked out and bit (I am glad it wasn't someone else). Had to go to urgent care and was almost sent to the hospital for an IV drip because my coffee made it seem like I had a fever when they took my oral temp.

The DR reported the bite to the state, who forced a home investigation and vet checks on me. Even though it's no longer infected, my finger/hand still hurts and I expect it to for a long time. The whole thing cost me time away from work, prescriptions/medical stuff, and the cat's vet exam. 10/10 will never own a cat again, especially if I had kids in the house.

Hmmm. Probably because they're sending reports to managers who love pretty colors? I love my CLIs.

I've been writing poetry for about a decade and a half now and have published three collections so far. It's extremely therapeutic, helping to deal with depression and anxiety, etc. If I go too long without writing these days I can tell emotionally that I haven't been taking advantage of some kind of meaningful creative outlet. If anyone is interested, here's one of my ebooks:

https://www.amazon.com/That-Which-Gets-Way-Langston-ebook/dp...

Nice, I'll be purchasing the pdfs. The only time I see physical copies is if I time going to Barnes and Noble right, and that almost never happens since those trips happen once in a blue moon anyway.

or, you know, just use linux.

Meaning he's storing classified stuffs on his iphone, syncing it to icloud and granting all kinds of other apps access to it.

I believe you.