Around 9-10 hours a night and a 2-3 hour nap if possible. MS is fun.
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Mezzie commented on Luxury beliefs are status symbols (2022) robkhenderson.com/p/statu... · Posted by u/mckern
White working class people don’t, others definitely do. You can’t just generalize like that.
Working class people aren’t even inherently apolitical, they just don’t vote and aren’t taught that voting changes things like middle and upper class folks are
It's true that white working class people are the most likely to non engage politically for a variety of reasons, but it's also generalizing to say that working class PoC inherently care or adopt the same political ideas as the professional classes. Even among Black Southerners (who are very politically organized), whether someone agrees with modern social justice/intersectional frameworks is going to depend highly on other factors such as age and level of religiosity.
Mezzie commented on Luxury beliefs are status symbols (2022) robkhenderson.com/p/statu... · Posted by u/mckern
ok - in that case: when I switched to a white collar job suddenly all the world's knowledge was unlocked in my brain, and I knew the meaning of all these terms that had heretofore been opaque to me.
Those with the capacity and inclination to learn such things (meaning academic theory and systems) who are born into working class communities or families are heavily encouraged to leave the working class behind and cut ties. The working class communities are intellectually strip mined, and the kids quickly learn their only chance at success relies very much on learning to hide where they came from unless they're trotting it out for sympathy points/scholarships, in which case you need to talk about your background but make clear that you've ~ transcended it. As a result the only people left in the working class as adults are those who couldn't learn academic theory.
Some exceptions I've seen are people like my mother who grew up higher-class but 'defected'. Another exception is occasional disabled members of the working class.
It has nothing to do with the intelligence or ability of the working class as a population and everything to do with the fact that people in that class who have certain abilities and types of intelligence are offered a way out that others aren't. (e.g. A mechanical genius is less likely to get this treatment than a kid reading several grades ahead ).
Mezzie commented on Ask HN: Did any of you first encounter programming through Scratch? · Posted by u/MarcScott
Hah, I’m a web developer myself and that is exactly why I enjoy it so much! Immediate feedback based on what you’re coding. It’s kind of a fun little loop.
It's so true.
I'm working on a project with a friend that's going to involve back end and I was like 'this is BS where's my immediate dopamine I do front-end for a reason'.
I don't hold much hope. Two days ago we had what I consider to be primary sources i.e. BBC, NYP, CNN all posting unverified information as fact in published articles.
This information turned out (a) to be completely incorrect and (b) has far reaching real consequences both in local politics and with respect to actual harm and violence directed at people.
The sources are incredibly quiet now and are saying literally nothing about this having corrected articles and erased the history.
Their irresponsible reporting caused actual harm to people.
Most news stories are not primary sources. They're secondary at best. The exception would be things like stories from embedded reporters (e.g. Nellie Bly) but those are very uncommon at this point as they cost $ and the ROI is worse than summarizing what is said by other sources.
Mezzie commented on Ask HN: Did any of you first encounter programming through Scratch? · Posted by u/MarcScott
I’ve only seen it from the sidelines, but our 7 y.o. was introduced to it through an activity with Girl Scouts last year.
We went through a number of lessons via a website (which escapes me right more) and she was really into it. So much so, that we ended up downloading Scratch Junior and let her run free with it.
She uses it to make little interactive stories, with movement, audio recordings and the like. It’s pretty neat!
Now, whether that translates into her having more interest: I’m not sure. Her eyes kind of glaze over when she sees a wall of code on my screen when working from home.
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Side note: There is a board game called Robot Turtles that is supposedly good at teaching very basic programming concepts to kiddos, but she has had very little interest in ever playing it.
Try web dev or game mods - when I was her age that was what I did and a lot of the joy was making something that I could immediately 'see' worked or not and interact with + that other people could use and talk to me about.
Mezzie commented on How to cook ground meat perfectly without vision theblindkitchen.com/how-t... · Posted by u/stacktrust
To someone with functioning eyes, this must seem rather difficult. I've noticed that sight is what I like to call a greedy sense, in that if you have this high bandwidth data input it sort of blocks you from being able to pay attention to input from your other senses.
As a blind person who fancies myself as a bit of a cook though, being able to smell, feel, and interact with the food as I'm cooking really does make up for a lot. Also, you just kind of have to get over the initial fear of heat :)
The article mentions this and it's absolutely true: a high-sided pan makes all the difference. I use my 6 qt cast iron Dutch oven for browning meet and this completely avoids spillage.
Also if you ever wondered who buys those weird "smart" kitchen devices, anything with an app is about 15,000 times more useable than the touch surfaces for most modern appliances. It's way easier to set the air fryer or instant pot from the phone, which reminds me I've been meaning to try and reverse engineer the protocol that my Bluetooth instant pot uses before the unmaintained app is removed from the store.
> I've noticed that sight is what I like to call a greedy sense, in that if you have this high bandwidth data input it sort of blocks you from being able to pay attention to input from your other senses.
I'm visually impaired/low vision with some neurological visual issues but I pass as sighted and this is really it. Vision takes so much work - I'm definitely going to describe it as a 'greedy' sense + steal your bandwidth analogy.
Mezzie commented on How to cook ground meat perfectly without vision theblindkitchen.com/how-t... · Posted by u/stacktrust
I'm not blind, but the way I wash dishes, when I rinse I press my fingers against the surface and slide with a bit of force through as much surface as I can. If my fingers don't skip across, it's not clean enough. It ideally should make that audible squeaky-clean sound.
I also identify minuscule stuck pieces of food through touch rather than sight. I need to not feel those for it to be clean.
I'm visually impaired but not blind and I have to use touch to wash dishes. The idea of only using vision is disgusting.
Mezzie commented on A suicide crisis among veterinarians bbc.com/worklife/article/... · Posted by u/rntn
Mezzie commented on A suicide crisis among veterinarians bbc.com/worklife/article/... · Posted by u/rntn
Hmm so the vet doesnt deal with that? what do i actually do to make preparations, as theres no pet cemetaries that Im aware of?
Vets usually have information about cremation services. Some vets offer them on site, but some don't - check with your vet. There are also memorial options (urns, paw prints, etc.) that you might want to look through now as kitty is alive, because trying to decide how you want to remember them right after they go is just asking for ugly sobbing. Also figure out your budget because the last thing you want to do is pick something in the throes of grief and be unable to afford it. "I can't even afford to remember them properly" - > More crying.