That looks so relaxing and cozy! Thanks for sharing!
@piefed.zip
I've gotten into camping solo with my motorbike at an absurd pace this year and it's basically become my main way to disconnect, reset and chill. I think 3 months ago was my first trip and time camping? With a popup tent that sets up in 1 second, chair and self inflating mattress, sleeping bag and pillow, stored in a big bag on the passenger seat of my bike. Since then I've gone camping whenever the weather permits. Last week I did a 5 day tour, travelling from campsite to campsite. I have 4 tents now, 3 different chairs, 3 types of tables, a cot, 3 inflatable mattresses, the self inflating mattress, a foldable fire pit, ground sheets for every tent, fire sheet, food prep utensils, 3 power banks, a portable fan (MVP in Japan's humid weather), 2 sleeping bags (one for winter), a tarp, 2 side bags to haul more stuff on my bike and a firewood stove. I don't really regret any purchase because I can make use of everything by mixing and matching depending on my mood and wants since everything I take multiple off usually has trade-off between convenience or space e.g. if I feel lazy I put the popup tent on my back (it folds into a neat circle and has back straps), meaning all my space can go to an instant setup chair, large table and self-inflsting mattress.
My 4 tents:
Haven't even used the stove and the tent with the chimney chute yet, literally just got them in anticipation of winter camping and vibrating with excitement at just the thought of finally using it. Same with the tarp, I didn't realize that's what those roof structures I saw others use were called (I'm ESL I thought tarp was just used for something you sit on) and I'm excited to use it next time to shield from rain.
It's so relaxing. Nothing feels better to me than sitting on my chair, chucking Soju while the fire rages on for hours, then cooking on the coals (just sausages and potatoes wrapped in foil), eating, drinking more, burning more light firewood trying to get the biggest flames on the site that my fire pit allows for, then once I've burned through it all, retreating into the tent, turning on the fan and sleeping like a brick. Oh and during setup and pack down being able to listen to an audiobook.
God just writing this makes me giddy. I prepped my setup for my next trip, just need a break from autumn rain and catch a sunny site not too far away one of these weekends.
At the same time they are also pulling towards it because of the potential recursive self-improvement has. It's not about just the training data anymore, it's AI finding new training techniques, new kernel architecture and so on. It's a separate, potential scaling vector as the training data vector has pretty much been maxed out in terms of big benefits.
for real tho... for me this year it felt like I was being drawn back outside. I don't really like outside and stuff, but I even bought stuff for, planned and then did my first ever multi day motorbike camping trip - and it was the best thing ever to just... not be connected to tech, but instead experience...life lmao. On the second day after sunset, sake bottle in hand, I looked up and saw a star, then the realization hit me that I can't remember the last time I looked up at night and saw stars (live in Tokyo, so too much light pollution), and I just...started crying. Such basic shit man but I just forgot in the endless stream of data and news that algorithms bombard at us. Fuck man, I've been even reading books. I look forward to the weekend to start up an audiobook, do some chores and maybe chill in the hammock on my balcony.
EDIT: the fun part is turns out it wasnt a star, just venus lmao. did see some actual stars a bit further after dark tho, so counts.
Since then I've also found myself catching myself going "shut the fuck up this is just annoying noise" at YouTube more and being able to disconnect easier.
delayed by car because of traffic is much higher… but nobody complains about that
Because if you are running into a car delay, it is your fault - you made the decision to take a congested route or not re-route before an obstacle sudenly appeared.
When you travel by train, you give up some control over how that travel goes, thus, if shit goes tits up, people will complain about the operator fucking up.
People might argue "you also made the decision to use DB to travel!", but it's only valid a short while, since using a third party to travel, you trust them to hold up their end of the deal, relinquishing control and responsibility.
If I'm in control of a car and making the choice to take a route, this is all on me. Sure, I can "curse" the idiots causing delays, but it still comes down to me.
https://www.nap-camp.com/ is what I end up using the most.
Truth be told I'm usually not the one finding the sites tho. I have an agent set up to monitor the weather, then look for campsites that allow my bike, then signals me if a good match happens in a certain radius around where I live. I know it looks at more sources, but nap-camp seems to come up the most. It made a skill for weather and site search in case I have requests outside of the usual monitor. So I can check a weather radar myself and go "find me some candidates for camping tomorrow near X".
I haven't gone enough to have a no-no list when it comes to campsites itself, enjoying the variety of them all so far. As much as I hate insects, I notice how vastly different insect life is on different sites, the constant cries of them at night now helps me sleep lol.
If you don't care about reserving things or dealing with other websites, honestly zoom into any place on google maps and I notice now theres tons of campsites, or just going to a part of the map and putting in キャンプ場 should highlight tons of options.
My yesterday:
Wanted to do:
Ended up doing:
Not a total loss, the gear having a place is a win, but I now face start of the work week with tons of cardboard preventing me from working out and a still messy table and glass bottles everywhere. I'm really bad when it comes to keeping my place clean...
I have the X3 and it comes with a magnet ring you can stick to it, now I can literally stick it to the back of my phone, I love it. Although I really wish it had usb charging and not its own proprietary adapter. it also came with screen protector and sd card.
That's probably what caused me to post, especially to a safer space like nostupidquestions. I had an impulse feeling, I was already falling asleep, but really wanted to ask. Pretty great to see all the information condensed in this thread!
having you fucking SEEN my nightmares?
loved ones getting killed brutally, unable to escape when someone wants to fuck me up.
Sleep paralysis?
Fuck the first paragraph. Sleep paralysis is me experience fear, no…terror in my dreams.
When I was suffering from it, I noticed a pattern. Shit goes quiet, I hyperfocus on something in the dream and a serene melody starts playing. Every single time that would be followed by a sleep paralysis event.
It happens a lot less now, but I can tell it still tries maybe twice a year. I’ve gotten to realize those triggers and force myself awake, but that doesn’t mean I am less terrified from the event. I am fearful of those to the point I can counter this shit years after my stint of consecutive months of sleep paralysis. There has even been an instance where it has affected me enough regardless that I had to take the day off work to recover.
It's a reflection of patriarchy, unfortunately.
I pondered adding some text in the body but wasn't sure how to correctly put my feelings on a possible "why" into words, but I think this really represents how I feel why it could be.
thanks for using Leebra!
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