Social Media House Cleaning

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I’m doing some social media house cleaning as I revamp one of my twitter accounts. I created this account when I was learning to code, for the purpose of immersing myself in all things development, and to connect with others working through the 100DaysofCode challenge. Over the four years it’s been active, I’ve accumulated an interesting mix of coding, crypto, and cybersecurity accounts I follow....
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skisby:
I purge at least once a year, all social media accounts.  A few years ago I killed off most of my investigative accounts, I’d created & built them since MySpace & Netscape were a “thing”.  It was surprisingly painful in some cases but the change was good….

Virtual Machines are Your Friends

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I went looking for Radical Edward wallpapers for my pen-testing virtual machine (VM) earlier. I was supposed to be working through a cybersecurity certification course, but damn did I need a solid distraction after staring at the screen for a couple of hours, completing module after module. I figured Radical Edward would make the perfect background. Also, I wanted a way to easily tell what...
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sorcerer333:
I’ve always hates the concept of doing free work for a company for the sake of earning cred or “exposure” as a vile practice. Everyone should get something more than a pat on the back for the efforts they put in for these entities, unless it’s a family business and the person volunteers to help or some such.
nonsensetwice:
I agree, @sorcerer333. I can see the value in two creatives exchanging services to mutual benefit, or a group of people coming together to launch a startup. But when it comes to companies offering experience and/or exposure in lieu of pay, that’s just exploitation.

Gotta Get Back to Resident Evil

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I’ve been so lost in Tower of Fantasy I have completely left off all my other games for the moment. Early December, Resident Evil: Biohazard went on sale, and it was the whole fuckin’ kit and kaboodle—the main game, the Village expansion, and all the add-ons for it—and of course I bought the bundle because it was hella cheap and who was I to pass...
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nonsensetwice:
@suzuki187 ah that’s good to know. I’m a stickler for working through things, so I’ll end up muscling through Biohazard anyway. Knowing this makes me look forward to Village even more now, thanks!
sorcerer333:
They essentially tried to make it so that 3rd party content creators for D&D had little-to-no rights to their own works via a small, quiet change to their licensing agreement. If you look up “Hasbro D&D controversy 2023”, it’ll all be laid out there.

Netflix Fumbles Pokémon

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I always have the Pokémon theme song stuck in my head after watching a few episodes. It never fails: I finish watching the show for the night and then I find myself singing random variations of it the rest of the night and into the next day until about the early afternoon when it tends to dissipate. Then I watch a few more episodes in...
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ollix:
Such a cute set! I loved your montage!
nonsensetwice:
Thank you, @ollix 🙏♥️

Deadlines

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Deadlines, being what they are, are both blessings and curses simultaneously. Setting a deadline may work in your favor one moment, and then work against you in the next. Motivation, being the fickle master that it is, makes friend and foe of anything and everything we may utilize to arrive at some stated goal.

I am speaking, of course, of self-directed operation. Taking personal goals...
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Borderlands 2. Thrice.

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I have three games of Borderlands 2 going on. When I originally played it, it was well after all but the Fight for Sanctuary DLCs were out. I played as the Vault Hunger Gaige with an anarchy character build and just ran around wreaking havoc with a Torgue shotgun. Good times.

Actually, no, that wasn’t the first time I played. I started with Maya, and...
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ravenivy:
My sweet @eveowl

The Dark Side of Meditation

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Meditation is a fascinating study. I find it interesting that in a billion-dollar industry, they rarely, if ever, discuss some of the more distressing challenges that arise over the course of practice. Interesting, isn’t it? I’ve read stories of people having to be institutionalized after a weekend meditation retreat. And it isn’t uncommon, just extremely under-reported.

I recently read a study where a group of...
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sorcerer333:
I do enjoy being in the altered state of consciousness. Like with just about everything else under the Sun, though, too many Alpha waves can be a bad thing, as you've so clearly stated. It's important to start small and discover your limits before they become a problem, and this is no exception.
nonsensetwice:
@sorcerer333 complete immersion and instant gratification keep many people from making informed decisions, methinks. You hit the nail on the head with regard to starting small. I would add to that focused study so that awareness is present during the practice. There are certainly lots of lucky people who throw themselves into the practice and manage to come out the other side okay. Not everyone is so lucky though. That’s great to see you have a good understanding of your own process when stepping into altered states of consciousness.

Gaming and Running and Deadlifts

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These past few days have been incredibly draining and the most randomly mixed bag of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Mostly good though. Yesterday, I managed to PR on my deadlift at 205lbs, which is stellar for me. I’ve been stuck at 195lbs for the past few weeks, and I finally managed to pull heavier for one solid rep. Sunday, my lady and...
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Blog Galleries, Niche Membership, and General Appreciation

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I wish we could create gallery sections within blogs on here. I don’t like stacking multiple images at full size because then you’ve got a long scroll ahead. If this is in your feed and you tapped that “Read More” out of your curiosity, now you’re fucked having to roll through however many images may have been published whether you wanted to view them or...
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nonsensetwice:
@cerebus666 lol, maybe? It seems like by the time you arrive at a point you can activate it, you’ve already scrolled way past the point it would have been useful.
nonsensetwice:
@sorcerer333 agreed! The written form gives us the benefit of being heard and the opportunity to really listen, in a sense. There’s no talking over each other. Conversations have a greater chance of being cohesive. It’s pretty great.

Into the Ether

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Games so involving you can completing disappear into them. Isn’t that the dream? As technology moves forward, games appear to be ever more realistic. Narratives are created that draw you in and spit you out. It’s the thrill of a lifetime, but with unlimited saves and undo. Play it hard, play it stealthy, play it brutal, play it clean, and the only consequence is the...
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Of Heaven and Hell

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I’ve read a number of theories regarding reincarnation. One idea suggested that we’re all really just one soul experiencing itself through every single human, that each incarnation is just the experience of a different person throughout the world and across time. Honestly, that sounds terrifying. For as much as you live the good life, you experience the worst of it as well, and all at...
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sorcerer333:
In his book “A Conversation with God: an Uncommon Dialogue”, Neale Donald Walsch describes your first concept, more or less, that we are all just permutations of God trying to understand the Everything that is God via perspective, via experiencing the Is and Is Not. Though I understand where you’re coming from with regards to your terror at the prospect, it’s worth noting that without contrast, without a basis of comparison, everything simply is. To put it simply, how can one enjoy the splendour of the night sky without the void that houses and exists in between them?
nonsensetwice:
@SORCERER33 ah, thank you! I couldn’t remember the source for that concept. With regard to everything simply being, isn’t that just the way of it? By removing attachment and paring away the extremities of emotion, we learn that nothing is inherently good or bad, that we shape those concepts out of perspective. It’s funny to consider that we might work so hard to cultivate that understanding, to uncover the simple truths and experience them, only to move on and get thrown into the rollercoaster of life all over again. How often do we, as souls completing a lifetime, get off the ride only to get back in line for another round? Masochistic in many ways, methinks.

Slow and Steady

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My lady and I went out for a run this morning. We ran about 4.5 miles over some easy hills. I’ve been trail running for the better part of two decades now, so this was no problem. I wouldn’t exactly call 4.5 miles a long run, but it can still be taxing depending on the terrain. What helps me keep my mind focused on the...
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sorcerer333:
I, for one, thank you for making that call and getting out of there. It sounds like you know what you’re doing in this department, so I have no doubt you’ll endure the trek. Remember to take pride in all of the small steps you make towards your final goal, as those successes will help propel you forward. ‘One step and one breath at a time.
nonsensetwice:
@sorcerer333 Indeed! These reminders help. It’s often too much to look at the total scope of the work. ‘One step and one breath at a time’ is what it takes.
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