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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That may be true for some people individually, but I believe if no one at a company is able to build any connection (even on a professional level of base rapport ), that's much more an indicator of the company's failures to build a proper company culture that supports that.

People have been making close friends over the Internet with zero in-person interactions for decades now. And that's even without video chat being the primary way of doing it. I work 100% remote at a company with ~2500 employees. I'm pretty introverted, but I've managed to make a few friends mostly over slack that I would ask if they wanted to grab a drink or something if I were traveling through their area. There's no pressure or expectation of that from the company, there's no "we're family" nonsense, they've just created a company culture where that can happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah this is also one of the bigger fines I've seen coming from the league to a player. Biggest I've seen is Stoudamire getting fined $250k after he got arrested for the third time for marijuana possession.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He's basically on Kyrie's level now. Still a good player as he showed last season, but his trust level is through the floor. Can't be trusted to perform under pressure, can't be trusted to play on a contract he just opted into, makes trade demands not requests. And for they kind of money he's expecting? Who wants that?

ETA: this is a dumb emotional take, but as a Sixers fan I'd rather have Kyrie at this point lol. I'm sure I would regret that though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is a great solution! I was searching around a bit more and couldn't find any other apps doing this. I think I'm going to just create a Keep note for each book I read, then I can use Google lens to scan the text and copy what I want into the note and add the page number for reference.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

+1 on this, despecialized is the only way to watch the OT.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Plex is truly great! I forgot to mention it streams music in addition to movies and tv. The Plex web app is not particularly fantastic for streaming music, but they have a separate app called Plexamp that is really great. So all in all you can use this setup to eliminate all your streaming subscriptions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's actually surprisingly easy! I've done it a few times for my other knives because my wife is morally opposed to having a knife block on the counter. So our knives go in the drawer each with a custom sheath to protect the blade.

All you need is two pieces of wood, each with at least one good flat face. You trace the knife on both sides of one of the pieces of wood. One tracing will be the inside of the sheath (the flat face if you're not using s4s), the other tracing will be on the outside which you'll use as a reference to shape the sheath. You then chisel or route where the knife will go, place the knife in it to make sure it fits properly. Glue the flattest face of the other board to the side you just routed. Once the glue is cured, use a belt sander to give the sheath the general shape you want, then orbital or hand sand to get it nice and smooth. Apply finish of choice, then you're good to go.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's just a little guy! The original knife I started with had a 10" blade and was terribly unbalanced. It also didn't have a full tang so it would easily flex where the handle met the blade. So I essentially shortened the knife so that I could cut a proper tang out of a portion of the original blade.

I always hated how small paring knives are, so I really like this size for doing a lot of things I would normally use a paring knife for while still feeling nice to hold and being a bit more versatile.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think fear is an important part of our development, and sanitizing children's upbringings is rarely the best approach. I love when my child communicates that they're afraid of something because that gives me an opportunity to guide them through how to encounter and process that fear, and how to continue functioning in life when fear is present (which is always for a lot of people).

Also, for kids who are scared of their closet or under their bed at night, if you remove those triggers I would be surprised if other triggers did not arise. It could easily turn into a never ending game of whack a mole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a very handy tool, thanks so much!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, this explains it. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pay for a seedbox and install Plex on it (something like whatbox.ca). You'll have your own streaming service that you can add anything you want to, and it only costs as much as the seedbox. It will give you insularity so you don't get ISP notices, you can access it from anywhere, it's great.

From there it's just finding where you want to get your torrents from and getting used to adding them to the torrent client on your seedbox.

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