keepcarrot

joined 3 years ago
[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

For whatever reason, I've seen fascists try to claim they are not fascists because they haven't done anything yet or are not close to the levers of power.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Why would anyone care about what other people have as desktop wallpaper? I don't even look at my own wallpaper that much

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

I found I couldn't do it. I have a set of traumas that means I go into a weird fugue state where I massively undercharge by an order of magnitude and take on every liability. I think it's some sort of rejection dissociation thingy, or like just trying to end the situation as quickly as possible. This meant I had made very little money and promised a lot, and also came to hate my hobby.

Now that I have a job, the stakes are much lower, I get regular pay, and I also pretty much never have to negotiate directly with clients.

It took a really long time to get that job though, given that job searching also requires skills I do not have

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

I remember for quite a while, the only thing keeping me going was spite. The worst people in the country wanted me dead (or at least starving in the street), so I had to keep hanging on or they'd win

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I'm not entirely sure what it means enough to give a summary.

The first usage that pops into my mind is when someone has said a silly joke regarding your situation and you want to acknowledge the joke but also move on quickly.

Second usage is someone has suggested something, you want to say you understand but you have a different opinion.

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Yeah nah" - Australian proverb

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What did they say?

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Mid-hundreds. idk, way higher than I was getting for forgetting to delete random game of thrones episodes

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I am keeping some torrents alive and have mad seed ratios on some of them. If it goes under five seeds and I've downloaded it.

To OP, the more seeds a torrent has, the easier it is for everyone to download it, and the less each seeder has to contribute. Think of it as a sort of giving back to the community.

Obviously, the latest episode of popular TV show doesn't need your help, but obscure bits of media can actually die out. Or stuck at the same 40% for months.

Since the files are just kept on everyone's computer, if no one has that file while online, no one can download it. No central file repository.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

I honestly don't know what you're talking about. Do you think that a random party guy in Siberia can just say "Nope, the USSR cannot get any oil now" and nothing would be done and he'd be showered in women and coke? Or... Yeah, what the fuck are you talking about?

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Politicians were paid around the middle of the income scale in the Soviet Union.

Unless you're talking about like the occasional free beer or taxi ride for competently administering your job, which I gotta tell you, however much you think Communist party members did it... Like, have you had a job and talked to your boss and their inter-business negotiations? Holy shit

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