History. It’s so much more interesting than school would have you think.
Yeah, I never learned about the great molasses flood in high school. You’d think stuff like that would be taught.
I’m not sure where I’d heard of this (likely a podcast), but I recognized it before I looked it up and found the wikipedia entry. Thanks for the reminder.
I love helping people build their own PC. I love building them myself, so helping others is just as fun.
I used to love doing this too, until I realised that helping someone build a PC is the same as signing them up for a lifetime of tech support for free.
“I bought a new printer and plugged it in and it’s not working? Why doesn’t it work? You built the PC, it’s your fault.”
“My ISP told me I need a new wifi router, so I plugged in the new one they sent, now my PC doesn’t have any internet. You built the PC, why doesn’t it work?”
“My colleague told me I need to upgrade my antivirus so I got a Norton subscription, I installed it and now I can’t receive any emails. Come and fix it, you built the PC.”
All 3 of these are real experiences I’ve had. There are countless more. These days I say “I’d love to help you build a PC, but it’s been 15 years since I’ve used windows, I don’t really know how to install it or set it up or use it. I’d be happy to build a PC with a Linux based OS for you.” By that time they’re already finding someone else.
Haha. I basically do the same thing. I tell them I can help build the PC for them, and install Windows, but I have no idea how Windows works. Last Windows I used was Windows XP.
Writing: Specifically fiction writing in terms of structure, POV, plotting, etc…
History: Especially early societies and how much everything really stays the same, despite the advance of technology. No matter where or when you go, humans are gonna human.
My art! I’ll also provide feedback to other artists too. I love giving advice and watching them improve! 😃
🚫 No AI is used in my process. I upload progress pictures here!
I like the biblically accurate angel chain.
Thank you so much! I have fond memories of that one because it’s one of my first ever drawings that I’ve uploaded to social media. Can’t believe a year’s gone by already!
Hi Color! :D - typo
Beannnsss!! Lol I loved that goodie video, so cool seeing your process and watching a character come to life! Thanks for sharing, I love your style
Hi there typo! I’m glad someone remembers my old username hehe! 😃
Thank you so much! I might do more of those in the future and no problem! I’m glad you love my style, honestly comments like this just make my day! There will be a lot more to come!!
Astronomy. I’m a merit badge counselor. But every time I set up in my yard I invite friends and neighbors.
Genealogy. I’m working on trees for several friends. I’d like to do it for money, but the pay isn’t there.
Advocacy of various (non-violent) “lawbreaking”:
Piracy: [email protected] (blocked by lemmy.world instance)
And this is my favorite, I kinda came up with this method myself (although, others on youtube have also come up with similar techniques, when I looked around):
Here’s an Encrypted Communication method that’s “Off Grid” (Encryption over Radio is illegal for some reason):
So…
Rattlegram is an app on iOS/Android that alllows converting a string of text to audio and play it over your phone’s speaker
Secure Space Encryptor (SSE) (known as Paranoia Text Encryption on iOS) is an Open Source app that can encrypt text, turning any string of plain text into ciphertext
So, a smartphone with these apps installed, and a ham radio is all you need. (Or if you want to test it all by yourself, you’ll need two radios, two smartphones with Rattlegram installed)
Procedure:
- Use SSE to encrypt text (both the sender and receipient need to share a password over a secure channel beforehand)
- Copy-Paste the Ciphertext that SSE spits out into Rattlegram (Rattlegram will convert the ciphertext into an audio)
- Play the audio over the radio
- On the other end, use Rattlegram to turn the audio back to the ciphertext
- Use SSE to decrypt.
Or replace SSE with OpenPGP, but the problem with PGP messages, is that they are much longer and you need to send multiple Rattlegram transmissions to send the entire ciphertext, basically its more time consuming. You want to finish your transmissions as soon as possible.
Voila! Off-Grid Encrypted communications.
(Again: Encryption is illegal over Ham Radio in many jurisdictions. I will neither confirm nor deny that I have tested sending an encrypted transmission 😉
Ususally, most governments will not care unless you started to use it for insurrection or something like that.)
Also: Hello, to my FCC Agent. Fuck Your Rules
Brilliant, commenting to save this and totally not try it. Have you looked into meshtastic? I believe its legal to encrypt on that
It used to be the French Revolution when I was in my 20’s, but I’ve always liked talking about musicals. I’m not musically talented in any compacity, but I enjoy the stories and picking out repeating motifs, digging into the source (if there is one).
Also 🏴☠️- Reading and writing. Philosophy, history, literature.
- Journaling [email protected] (that’s not self-promo, that’s legit share of useful info)
- Cinema.
- Cooking.
- Being bald, speaking English with a terrible French accent ;)
Any advice for getting started with journalling? It’s been recommended to me but it’s not something I’ve ever really done before.
Any advice for getting started with journalling? It’s been recommended to me but it’s not something I’ve ever really done before.
It’s excellent advice (that’s coming from a 50+ years old dude, so you know) as a journal can help you a lot in many various ways (memories of events, putting some order in your thoughts, facing personal difficulties,…).
How to do it depends a lot of things like what are your existing habits (do yo write already, or not much? There is no right or wrong answer but a need for shorter than longer wirting sessions for example), what you want to do with your journal (memories, pretty pages, thinking self-reflecting assistant,…) and even who you are as a person but as a general rule:
- Keep it as simple as you can,
- Be fine with your journal not being perfect, and with you not looking perfect in it either.
- Be ok with making breaks. I’ve been journaling for almost 50 years and I’ve been not journaling some times for a few years. That’s OK. A journal is a tool, like a hammer is and would be surprised if I told you and I don’t carry my hammer everywhere I go and don’t use it all day long? ;)
All you need to start is a decent pen (aka something you find pleasant to write with and that will not tire your hand too fast), a cheap but decent notebook or an easy to use app, if you’re more interested in digital (an app you can quickly open and start writing in), some calm spot where you can wit and write and some time (not much). I shared some advice here, but there are other tidbits spread in the other discussions too. The idea is simply to remove as much friction as possible between you and actually writing in your journal. Be it analog or digital. It doesn’t matter how and with what tool you want to journal.
Also, be fine with making mistakes and with writing some real stupid shit. We all do. I constantly do. That’s legit part of a journal… it’s not a novel, or an essay. It’s not a work of art. It’s notes to your (future) self.
Related to making mistakes: not worrying about being judged helps a lot.
It’s ok do do mistakes. In fact, it’s even an essential part of learning anything (that is worth learning, I mean). We all learn through trial and error, by experimenting. So, be happy to experiment freely (aka as stupidly or as daringly as you want) in you journal, because it is yours and no one else. What anyone else may think of it should not matter the slightest.If you want to discuss more about starting and keeping at it, you’re welcome to join. We’ve gotten quite a few new members those last weeks but we’re still real short on people sharing content which, in my opinion, includes beginner questions and doubts about starting a journal, and how to journal. The invitation is open to anyone else, obviously: [email protected]
Weightlifting, specifically barbell training. My whole life I was sort of intimidated by the gym and heavy lifts, but I always wanted to get big. During Covid I finally decided to pick up a barbell and a rack and learn how to do it. I couldn’t believe how straightforward it was, the secret is that there is no secret. Lift + eat + sleep + repeat = become the brick shithouse you always wanted to be.
Reddit had a few really good and active lifting communities. There were interesting program reviews, sometimes everyone would run super squats together and report on the various effects of drinking a gallon of whole milk per day on the digestive tract. And I could help others join in and start lifting themselves into their best selves, since not many people in my real life circle are interested
I wish it really were that simple. Maybe you are still young but as middle age rolls around so do the stupid fucking injuries that appear from no where xD
I’m in that demographic hah. It really does protect you from injuries, make you more resilient, and improve your health markers. My cholesterol, blood pressure and everything else related to the heart are perfect, in a family riddled with heart disease. Chronic lower back pain all but gone (herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, arthritis and lumbar lordosis…) honestly I feel better than in my 20s
Oh yeh I 100% know it is beneficial and like you I have staved off issues my family seem to all suffer with by strengthening and generally staying fit. However the last couple of years I have broken each foot (1 running and the other kick boxing) and coming into my third year of different shoulder problems.
I’m seeing a physio and sorting it all out but in my 20s and early 30s I was either lucky or just didn’t seem to get injured. Now it looks like it will be a regular occurrence and it is super demotivating. I will however, not give up, every time an injury stops me from doing one thing I’ll pick up another in the meantime!
Let’s get you and @[email protected] from above into a community somewhere hey?
Ha, yeah wow we posted that at the same time
Lifting weights!
Becoming stronger has such a powerful positive effect on people’s lives. One of the world’s strongest men right now, Mitchell Hooper, is a professional exercise physiologist. He teaches elderly patients how to deadlift, progressing them from whatever point they are capable of initially. Many patients can barely bend over to begin with, but little by little, the practice of resistance training restores their mobility, alleviates their pain, and improves their quality of life in countless other ways.
Literally their bones will get stronger, and their balance will improve, thus reducing the likelihood and severity of falls. Which is a huge killer as you get older.
What’s cool is that anyone at any age has a ton of benefits to reap. But I think everyone generally understands a 20 year old can go hard in the gym and get results. Far fewer people in their 40s, 60s, and even 80s consider getting started which is a shame because getting started at those ages can TRANSFORM your life
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Math, physics, and to a lesser extent, software engineering.
I got degrees in math and physics in college. I love talking about counterintuitive concepts in math and things that are just way outside everyday life, like transfinite numbers and very large dimensional vector spaces.
My favorite parts of physics to talk about are general relativity and the weirder parts of quantum mechanics.
My day job is software engineering, so I can also help people get started learning to program, and then the next level of building a solid, maintainable software project. It’s more “productive” in the traditional sense, so it’s satisfying to help people be more productive, but when it’s just free time to shoot the shit, talking about math and science are way more fun.
I really enjoy sharing my knowledge of writing, academia, law, literature, and history. I am a complete dumbass in many ways, but it’s because I put all my points into those topics on the character making screen before start.
I cannot remember what 7x8 equals for sure, but I am a wizard at helping students sort out what colleges to apply to, how to write their essays to best present themselves to universities, and then what school they should go to once they are accepted. I can make teenagers love Dante and Shakespeare, Homer and Twain. I have a stupidly deep knowledge of London…ok, too much sharing, I will stop!
Do language lessons count?
Music and food, core necessities of life.
