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The realization that... Okay seriously this blew my mind. The realization that the majority of the rules/regulations/laws/policies that we have in place are directly connected to the suffering of a human being. Our society is reactionary. We enact new rules in response to negative outcomes. Any time we try to pre-empt a bad outcome, people claim conspiracy and/or believe that the problem is being over dramatized. It…
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I think there are two points: first, 'all lives matter' is a typical dog whistle for a lot of people who are racist , even if you are not. If you're going to argue that line, you have to try and put some clear water between you and them. The second point is that, in an unjust society, not accounting for the effects of that injustice on people (say candidates for a job position) compounds that injustice. So like, if y…
That's the core of the issue. Instead of addressing rhetoric at a face value, people put their projection of disagreement into your words and judge you by that. After all, what is the difference between people who use "all lives matter" as a thinly veiled excuse for discrimination and people who use "it's a pride month and you're homophobic" as an excuse to attack you when asked to stay on technical topic? Addendum:…
Don't confuse mostly American language and culture with "Western". The UK sometimes follows some of these things, but not always, and the rest usually don't. For instance in France It's forbidden for government entities to categorise people by how they look. There are no quotas or statistics per skin colour. There's still racism here and there of course - be it in some police actions/accidents, or political parties, or whatever. There are poor neighborhoods (which tend to be prevalently with immigrants or close descendants of immigrants, be they from Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe), and there are efforts to help the people living there ( improve schools, provide jobs, etc.), not "people from Arabian/Western African descent living there".
EMDR trauma therapy at 42 years old. Feels like my life is only just starting.
This is really interesting... Are you able to describe more without undue distress?
It stemmed from seeing comments here about a book called 'The Body Keeps the Score' reading the book and subsequently self identifying as suffering from trauma.
So I sought out an EMDR qualified psychologist in the city and started seeing them. It's been just over a year now.
Benefits so far have included an increase in self esteem and of quality in my relationships with my partner and my child, a promotion at work(due to increase in ability to be present without zoning out due to anxiety) - along with increased social awareness.
Am basically now less inclined to withdraw and hide from life.
The mind melter is how absent I've been for basically my whole life - and not for lack of trying either. It would be terrifying - all those years - basically a lifetime lost, but I am so glad to have some semblance of a life now. I didn't think it was possible TBH.
This 2nd US Civil war issue is melting my brain actively. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/5/31/the-civil-war-t... https://nypost.com/2022/06/14/squad-rep-bowman-warns-of-civi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_American_Civil_War I don't agree with the cold civil war thing, but seemingly many people believe the civil war has already started. Glad I have no intention of going to the USA. I would agree with…
War in Ukraine. I've always been proud of being European, but this event is exposing how shambolic the EU can be in some situations. Fuck, I just saw the headline "Germany says it can send rocket launchers in August"...
You should have seen the war in ex-Yugoslavia... Many parallels with this current war. Describing the EU (and UN) as "shambolic" is not the word I'd use... :-/
Not sentient yet... but already capable of deception, this trend will only "improve". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNvj7ku5pY Is my job safe from GPT-3? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_EF42H2ZC0 Probably, AI is an energy hog just like Crypto ;)
https://kk.org/thetechnium/alloception-i-saw-someone-in-ther...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApUl4_QgaeU
https://twitter.com/weirddalle/status/1537094117729218563
https://www.reddit.com/r/weirddalle/
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High net worth individual is >$1M seems low. I mean the Portugal number are clearly due to it's Golden Visa which is for retired people. Having $1M in assets (house included) isn't that rare at retirement.
Tell me you're from a high-tech city (probably SF) and work in software, without telling me you're from a high-tech city :)
Reality check I got after being accused of having anti-minority opinion while arguing for protection of all categories of people, just without double standards and without giving priority to some over others. This got me instantly banned from a community I had professional interest and participation in, which made me realize the damaging effects of culture wars that are about to get worse for major corporations. With…
How is this even relevant to tech work? Minority, inclusion,etc... do you work in HR, legal or PR? If not how does writing code or engineering systems include that subject? Honestly curious.
There is an infographic floating around at the moment that maps the migration of millionaires in 2022. I have not dug through the data to see if everything in the infographic is accurate, but as I think most people would presume: it shows loads of wealth holders are making their way into the western world from Russia, China, India, Ukraine (you can predict the others net negative countries). However what's got my min…
Is a 'millionaire' a 'wealthy citizen' these days? In the UK this means you can buy a decent home for cash and still have to work for a living?