This kind of thing is seriously the best that life gets. Being able to recognize those moments and appreciate them is one of the best skills somebody can obtain. Mindfulness meditation and stoic philosophy have helped me immensely in being able to appreciate these types of situations for the real value that they have.

In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn't that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?

It definitely seems abandoned. Here's an issue in the GH repo asking the same question https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/issues/2453

There are 1.5k forks, seems like somebody could carry the torch forward if they were interested. Could be a good way to build experience and reputation.

Different companies have different broad cultures, and different subcultures within teams. Some companies just don't have a sense of camaraderie built into their broad culture.

One thing that people don't always understand, and I always point this out to people I work with, is that your professional relationships are much more important than the company itself. Everybody is going to move on from their current job some day. When that day comes, they will benefit from having strong relationships with past team mates, either by knowing folks who can help them get new work, or by knowing folks who they can bring in to tackle projects at the new job.

Your professional network is one of your most valuable assets in your career. The people you work with are real people, with real families. Relationships with great team mates are more important than the company you both work at now, and will outlast your time at that company. Camaraderie is key to that whole scenario. Make sure you reach out to people you respect and enjoy working with and tell them how much you value that professional relationship. You will both be better off for it.

Bought an ebike. I've wanted one for over 10 years, and finally the circumstances were right for me to justify it.

You're basically asking "do you check for red flags on everybody who is not raising red flags?"

In comment threads, I usually only check post history for people I am considering blocking. It makes sense to check post history if people are instigating. If that person is just starting shit everywhere then there's no reason to listen to them, but if they have a history of reasoned discussion then maybe what they say is worth considering. (I realize how ironic this is coming from somebody who has almost no comment history on a new account)

At least he wasn't wrongfully executed and lived long enough to see justice.

1st world needs doors. 3rd world gets bags, baskets, or just their legs.

Anybody who has been to SE Asia knows that two-wheeled vehicles already have plenty of cargo space.

Here's a woman with a dog

Here's a woman with a goat

Here's a couple with all kinds of stuff, probably on their way home from work and did some shopping.

Here's a family of four, with one kid taking a nap

I could go on.

Dr Pepper and kumquats.

There's a Japanese place in Novi called Nagomi that is pretty great. When you walk in it looks like you're in the wrong place because what you see barely looks like a restaurant, just an empty event hall that is a bit run down. The ordering process is confusing to everybody on their first time, but it works really great once you figure it out. The food is awesome. My family goes pretty regularly. I love the pork misoitame, the ramen can be amazing on the right day, and I love the chicken katsu curry with cheese. Their sesame balls are hit or miss. They have a rotating selection of Japanese drinks, with ramune always in stock, and sometimes suntori nonalcoholic beer. They usually play funny Japanese shows with pranks or fails. It's pretty common to see groups of con-goers dressed up after attending a con of some kind. Also there's a public access RC race car track right across the street by the water tower, which is great for families to spectate at, or drive on if you remembered to bring an rc car.

This is brilliant. Saved! Will definitely be sharing this.

For a few years my wife and I were thinking of moving to Saigon, and this was one of the biggest reasons we chose not to. When we were considering it, they were even reducing the amount of green spaces, which is obviously the exact wrong direction.

EG this article from 2017 https://saigoneer.com/... and this article from 2019 https://saigoneer.com/...

Remember what they say though: a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. I'll be interested to hear a more thorough analysis of the charges. Sadly, this stuff is rarely as simple as it seems.

Geocaching is a conduit to so much fun, so definitely keep that one up. When I first moved to SFBA it was the top activity that led me to discovering awesome places to return to. It's an excuse to get out with friends, and at the same time an activity to do when you're already out with friends, or solo, on a first date, or when you're watching your nieces and nephews.

Photography is another hobby that helped me find cool places. The wikishootme site shows places that need CC licensed photos, in case you need a photography sidequest goal. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiShootMe

Taking geotagged pictures wherever you go also lets you see where you have been on a map, and also where you have not been, which can give you ideas for new places to explore. Use an interval timer to make sure you take photos every N minutes while you're out, then look back on what you did. Or have everybody in the group photograph the same thing, then see how different people used perspective.

If you're in an area with lots of shops, spend at least 2 minutes in every single shop on the block, no exceptions.

I love The Book of Questions for conversation starters, so that's always good to have handy. Take it out with you on a walk with friends. Also if you have a flipper zero there's a questions app that is similar.

I keep kites in my trunk, because if it's ever windy and you have nothing to do, you might as well fly a kite. I also keep a picnic blanket in my trunk too, for spontaneous picnics and park naps.

Find or make a list of parks in your area and visit every one of them. Same for other geographical things you maybe interested in, like lakes, book stores, ramen restaurants, hilltops.

Have your whole group each make an alter ego and spend an hour or afternoon getting to know each other's alter egos. Explore personality traits that your real personality doesn't have.

I feel like this could easily be solved with a spreadsheet.

I am also on the hunt for a good self hosted journal for life journaling (not note taking like some other links in other comments). Here's what I am trying to replace:

I've been using DayOne without subscribing. I've had a lot of ups and downs with DayOne over the years, but I've finally found a way to use it with the free plan that I'm happy with, that kind of fits into a self hosted setup. I journal on my phone, and also in my laptop. I love that it captures location, weather, music, step count, and activity. After a month or so, I export the journal entries as json, and put them into a private hosted view and search interface that I'm in the process of writing in Python.

The DayOne journal data does not need to be synchronized to the cloud, and can even be encrypted by you, but who knows how much of your metadata is sent to them.

This setup is far from ideal because it's not entirely private (metadata is probably leaking to the company), but it does have solid data liberation, is free (as in beer), can be encrypted, and the format is just json so it's easily inspectable and transformable. It's been working fine for me for several years (I actually have over a decade of DayOne journal history). It's kludgy and not turnkey, so definitely not for everybody.

Side note for anybody who is using DayOne: I highly recommend making sure your backups are working, and saving a copy of the backup periodically. I store my exported entries in git and over the years have observed lots of instances of corrupt data due to sync problems with their sync server, which is another reason I want to move to self hosted.

high price of public transportation

lol, compared to gas, insurance, maintenance, parking, parking tickets, tow fees, replacing broken windows, and the cost of the vehicle? Really?

U.S. manufacturers’ EV cost $70,700

Yes, that's been the problem the whole time! We don't need self driving and we don't need fake exhaust and shifting, we need an electric base line Honda civic!

100%. a good portion of my favorite memories of SF are when i did not own a car.

I lived on that street for years, as in my address was on Great Highway, and I loved it when the highway would close due to sand drifting over the road. Sure, cars flowed into the neighborhoods and drove like assholes, but for me, I loved the closed highway. I have so many photos, videos, and great memories from those days.

I used to take my 2 year old daughter out on the highway to scoot and kick the ball around.

I know a lot of folks in that neighborhood probably hate the overflowing traffic, and I can see why. On weekends when the upper highway was closed traffic on my street (lower great highway) was awful, mostly because impatient drivers are assholes, but IMHO it was worth it for having the highway closed to cars and open to people.