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[hector13]

I quit my job. I was growing increasingly frustrated so I kind of had to. Even so it always makes one uneasy

I handwrote a resignation letter today for my job. I have it hidden away in my work-cubby. My friend wants to reassure me that I just need a two-week vacation; I really couldn't get a word in edgewise as to how I feel I'm wasting my life and that I'm certain to disintegrate psychologically over time, and that I'm already disintegrating. She's very well-meaning though, she doesn't want me to cast myself out into joblessness without a plan, when that's exactly what I want to do, as I want to establish a new baseline of living for myself before making another move; and she's worried that I'll waste all the seniority and shit I've built up over the years, though I don't really give a fuck about that I'm in a deadend job anyway.  *(EDIT: To be clear, I have 10k in the bank, so I definitely could live on my own for a while)*

Also, I can't help but think that that is very cowardly logic, and that if I'm going to do anything I need to throw what is logically the "good, safe idea" and just destroy my own identity. I can't do that with safe, step-by-step, methodologic planning; I need the force of suddenly, intense change to do that, to shatter who I am, so I can become someone else. Naturally I can't think of something like that to say in the middle of a conversation, but that's how I was feeling, and I couldn't really retort her optimistic reassurances except with an exasperated "...._huh...". She really does want to give support, and she intuits that my motivations are partly suicidal, which they definitely are, so I can't be upset at her.

Still have this resignation letter, and thinking what to do with it, and I just hate the idea of taking things slow, I want my future in my hands right fucking now goddamnit.

Well, you don’t need to do anything that drastic. You have the pennies to survive joblessness for a time, but... you don’t need to be jobless immediately to change anything.

Equally so, your job is not your identity. What you do doesn’t have any bearing on who you are, unless you want it to.

If you’ve truly given up on your job, you look for another one. If you’re not sure what industry you want to work in, research. What do you enjoy doing is a good start. What happened to the careers dude you were seeing?

[hector13]

Perhaps the better question(s) would be why you think taking such drastic action is necessary to achieve your future in your hands right now (and what that would entail)?

Why you think you doing so will make you a completely different person?

Why do you think being a completely different person is desirable?

Is it even achievable? I mean, you’re you. You’re always going to be you. What joy will it bring you being not-you? What even is not-you?

[Ulfarr]

Nexus is really going out of it's way trying to nag their free users into buying a subscription. I understand that they have have expenses to meet, but throwing three different messages about "how much better it would be if you subscribe" before each and every download, is just petty!

If they no longer want or can't support free users then they should just make it a subscription-only service and be done with it.

[Naturegirl1999]

I play Warped, so when I first read Nexus, I immediately thought of the Uploxed. What kind of stuff is downloaded on the real Nexus?

[NullForceOmega]

Mods for videogames.  It might be the single largest repository of player-made content on Earth.

As for their issues with free users, it probably has to do with the rise in adblocker usage.  I for one would whitelist them if they'd make sure that the ads being displayed aren't resource hogs, but they can't or won't, so they get adblocked.

[Eric Blank]

Thats so true for so many websites. If the advertisers were trustworthy and their ads weren't obnoxious videos and gifs that insist on loading before everything else, I would gladly whitelist them. Hell, I might even occasionally purchase their products or visit their site. But no, they link to tracking cookies, virus downloads, pop ups and waste huge quantities of my data, which I have to pay for, and prevent my desired content from loading.

Really, it's always been the advertisers who shoot themselves in the foot

[pisskop]

So i went to go DL the latest version of DF, and it directs me to a 2018 released version?

Whats the deal?  Are the new developmentals moving strictly to a retail game?

[Doomblade187]

So i went to go DL the latest version of DF, and it directs me to a 2018 released version?

Whats the deal?  Are the new developmentals moving strictly to a retail game?

Villains update, plus tileset release.

https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress

[Eric Blank]

there just hasn't been a release since then. It's still being worked on.

[pisskop]

hunh.  So that happened.  Well, I know theyve planned it out to make the best of it, so good on them.  Would be happy to drop $20 on the game anywho

[methylatedspirit]

My main phone's battery is pretty much dead. It sorta works; it thinks that it's charging all the time, the flashlight doesn't work, and the thing reports its health as "Unknown". At least I happen to have a spare phone to work with, so I'm not too upset.

[overseer05-15]

the thing reports its health as "Unknown".

same

[scriver]

Phone control to major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong

[wierd]

either the cell is toast, or the charge logic is in a not-sane state.

try a battery callibration first.  if that does not work, yank the battery, wait a few minutes, then reconnect it.

if it persists, replace the battery.

[itisnotlogical]

Ugh, I can't force myself to do anything productive. When I think about coding, writing, drawing or playing guitar, I just get this tired feeling in my bones.