/late/ - Late Nights

>>3757 (OP) 
Because I've lost control of my life.

>>3757 (OP) 
Luv possum.

The Quiet Ones: Silence Then Absence

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>>3760
Oh man, I felt this voice thing. Especially with giving up on talking. Rarely do things hit so close home as this thing did

>>3746
They're neat too.

>>3757 (OP) 
Because uni is a bitch.

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Working nights, so no sleep. 

First time I've ever had a night shift job that actually works through the AM into morning. It's pretty miserable and I can't seem to sleep during the day for more than 4 hours, but it's also very quiet at night and I get a lot of studying done for my certifications/degree. 

Never taking for granted getting to sleep at night ever again. We are not designed for this, at least not me. Been at it for months and my circadian rhythm still can't fully adapt. 

Hope you're all having a good night.

This year should be better, but finances have kept me up most nights. I've decided that's not going to happen this next year and will be making some changes.

>>3764
Graveyards change a person, survival for sure. I finally got pulled back to swing shifts after years of it - I still ain't right.Good luck out there.

>>3765
>I've decided that's not going to happen this next year and will be making some changes.
That's great to hear, Anon. Good luck!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, /LATE/

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>>3767
Same to you, Anon. Enjoy my low-art skill tree.

>>3768
Thanks! Mind if we put that in the /christmas/ card, Anon?

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>>3767
Likewise.

Other half has Always Sunny on the TV, sure it was a funny show but it's a half hour of shouting. I grabbed a bagel and am hanging with you guys tonight instead of sleeping.

migraine beats opium, in case you were curious.

>>3776
Have you tried triptans, assuming it's a clinical migraine? Also, you should be using butalbital.

brain has authorized total war cringe bombing

Because of my complete inability to just let things go. Even if it would be smarter to do so for me and also of no real consequence.

>>3757 (OP) 
>Why aren't you sleeping tonight?
Sleep is important so I like to get it out of the way first thing in the morning.

>>3780
^

>>3780
I wake up late and unironically go right back to bed after taking care of stuff like bathing and eating.

>>3757 (OP) 
>Why aren't you sleeping tonight?
too fucking hot, fuck summer in the southern hemisphere

>>3783
true, though it is winter right now

posting

>>3796
Hello, Anon.

>>3783
What are you doing to keep cool? I guess if it's hot enough there really isn't much you can do if you don't have access to a good cooling system.

>>3798
Not him. Thank god, where I work, I have air conditioning.
At home, I only have a ceiling fan, which does the job, since it's not so hot anymore.

>>3800
When it's hot and I'm alone, I tend to strip down to a wife beater and boxers. The hottest part of summer where I live only has an average high temperature in the low 80s, but there are still days in the 90s. I also keep a dehumidifier running that ends up making it hotter.

Most of the year I have the opposite problem and am waiting for the heat to show up.

>>3798
i have a fan and a shitty old ac unit, it works well enough if its below ~34c but going over and it just dies, though its been cooler lately, only needed the fan on half strength to be able to sleep mostly confortably

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tired

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sstv is cool, crazy how it even exists

I don't know what's wrong with me. I get two days off work and immediately I can't get to sleep until past midnight, or stay awake all day.

>>3825
Yeah, that's cool. The Ham Radio crowd has a lot of smart men in it!

>>3826
I hope it turns out beneficial for you somehow, Anon.

>>3827
I wish I knew whether I should be forcing myself to go to sleep earlier or stay up later.

>>3829
That's easy. As the great man said
>“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
>t. Benjamin Franklin

>tl;dr
Go to bed earlier, Anon. Good luck.

>>3830
That's easy to say but the choice is between trying to sleep after less than 12 hours awake or staying up for 20+. I face the conundrum at least once a week.

>>3831
Yeah, I get it. I suffer from similar circadian rhythm issues. But as someone who used Ben's approach in the past, I can tell you the results are well worth it! Good luck, Anon.

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i dont know if i wrote about my job situation in the last thread. I recently finished my software development training and was looking or a job. because of AI and general recession in my country I couldnt find a developer but job but I lucked out in getting a system admin role, without any system admin knowledge or prior experience. 
Starts in march... i enjoy my month off. I am doing more recreational programming, enjoying my free time. 
I hope the new job is not too demanding lol but I think it will be chill

>>3842
Congrats and good luck, Anon. Are they a Wangblows house, a Linux house, or something else? The reason I ask is that there are great playlists out there by White men highlighting sys admin of either.
>tl;dr
You might use this interim to bone up and start becoming a junior sys admin on your own before starting work. Certainly that will increase the likelihood of both success at your new job -- and of keeping it.

Again, good luck.

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>@Grok, is this real?

the sunset was so red i thought there was a massive wildfire, i should've taken a picture

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>moo

>>3850
>"WE GOT COWS!111"

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>>3844
thank you anon. 
Its an asset management company that manages the wealth of the richest family in my city. Not too many employees. The IT department was just one guy but with me joining we will be two. I think they administrate linux and windows server. We will see. 
About to go to the movies. Hope everyone will enjoy their night

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I'm a recluse who doesn't have to confine to a sleeping schedule

>>3854
I feel like it's working evenings that screwed up my sleep schedule. I like having most of my free time after work, but getting off at night leads to me just staying up later and later. I wish I could work a morning shift instead.

damn i want a smoke but smokes are expensive man

>>3757 (OP) 
I wish I had a possum.

i saw a possum last night, very cute

>>3864
Neat! BTW, if you're up /late/ take a look up in the sky tonight. There's a total Lunar Eclipse going on rn.
>>>/comfy/16980

>>3865
thanks for letting me know, its a wonderfully clear night, hoping it stays that way

>>3866
Y/w. It only last for about 2 hours, so you'll probably be able to see it all. Good luck, Anon.

hope you anons have as good of view of the eclipse as i do

>>3868
Thanks, I'm in a mixed development are of a smol city, and it's so-so. but it's still easy to discern. Greatest eclipse in about 18mins, Anon.

>>3868
I saw the moon through some trees and thought someone put an orange light somewhere in the woods at first. It took me a minute to realize it was the moon. Too bad I didn't get a clearer view.

>>3871
I didn't get to see it during the eclipse but the moon looked wild the next night. Like something out of a horror movie or game. It's a shame I didn't have a camera with me.

time is ticking

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>>3873
Can we please slow things down a bit?

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>>3880
have something from the past

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Are you still there?

>>3886
Hello Anon. How're you doing tonight?

>>3887
quite decent, i've a six pack of beer and watching lord of the rings: return of the king extended, in a word, kino

>>3888
>digits
Sounds relaxing. I've been listening on and off to the 2021 audiobook of The Fellowship by Andy Serkis. Have you any interest in listening to the alternate BTS commentary audio tracks, Anon?

>3889
if i could find it, yeah, but that sort of extra stuff isnt usually avaliable for a pirate such as myself

>>3890
Oh heh, maybe so. I'd expect someone has ripped those audio tracks, given how wildly popular the series has been.

>>3891
they probably have, but i've never come across anything like it in all my years sailing the seven seas, so it'll probably be for private use or buried under 20 years of other stuff

>>3892
fun fact: i was so obsessed with them when they first released the entire deluxe 3-movie boxed set that i learned to rip dvds and extracted all 4 audio tracks of all the movies into separate audio files and put them on my tablet to listen to on the go.

but, just as you said, they are all laid aside somewhere and I haven't a clue where now.  funny old thing, life.

with the credits rolling, i feel many things, most prominent, melancholy, for i have now seen the end of the greatest and shall never something like it ever again

>>3894
Well you know the old adage:
>"Truth is stranger than fiction."
TLOTR is fiction, and "reality is the only place you can get a really good meal".  :D

Sounds like you enjoyed it Anon.

>>3895
i did greatly, no film has made me feel anything, much less sadness, longing, and hope, in so many, many years

>>3896
Glad to hear it did. Good time for reflection.

how do you anons take your coffee/tea? i like mine with two sugars and about 1/8th of milk

>>3900
black/plain

extremely unlikely that you'd see this, but to the guy who gave me directions today, thank you, i made it home safe
such kindness may have been little to you but i shall remember it

>>3902
NTA, just some anon on /late/ . Glad you made it home safe & snug.

>>3902
I'm glad you found help.
>i made it home safe
Were you in danger?

I drank a fifth of tequila tonight.  I haven't done this sort of stupidity in a while.  Hopefully I'll feel okay when I wake up.

Be well, Anon. We understand.

>>3905
Well, I didn't end up with a hangover.

>>3907
Lol. Well I prayed for you, so maybe God extended grace towards you (you do know that's not normal, right?  :)  I'd recommend you don't push it like that ever again. Cheers.

>>3908
you do know that's not normal, right?
Liver strong. 
I've honestly never had one, even after some pretty serious alcohol poisoning.  Almost drowning in vomit unconscious kind of stuff. I had not drank so much in years though, so I figured it would finally catch up to me.  Thank you for your prayers. Perhaps God did, or maybe over and over has sheltered me.  And your not wrong I need to quit this stupidity.

>>3909
>I've honestly never had one, even after some pretty serious alcohol poisoning.
Can't last IMO.

>Thank you for your prayers. Perhaps God did, or maybe over and over has sheltered me.
You're welcome. May He did.  :)

>And your not wrong I need to quit this stupidity.
Yes you do. Please take care of yourself Anon. We need you here. Maybe find some grand vision you've dreamed of as a child and go make it real!  Good luck, Anon. Cheers.

>>3910
>Maybe find some grand vision you've dreamed of as a child and go make it real!
I don't think I can be a velociraptor though.

>>3912
Really though, maybe I should find something to chase.

Haven't been on here in about a year. Thought I'd stop by and see how things are going.

>>3916
Hey there, Anon. How's things been with you?

I felt sick and had to take off work earlier. I wasn't planning on it, but I woke up feeling like I was going to throw up even just walking around. I felt better after sleeping a bit more.

Taking off isn't something I usually like to do.

>>3918
Please get to feeling better soon, Anon.

>>3920
Thanks, I'm better now. I was hungry and ate a can of hash I didn't really want to eat, took a nap, and then woke up feeling nauseous. I don't think I'm going to eat hash again for a while.

easter tommorrow

>>3922
Yep. Planning to go to church?

>>3925
i didnt, i prefer to worship in my own way

>>3926
Understood. I'm happy your mind is on God today! Cheers.

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Every night I hope I can make myself go to sleep earlier, but it never seems to work out.

>>3928
I'm in the same boat. There's always one more thing I want to work on.

12:56
Mom is being a bitch again.
Wants me to wake up early so she can get the early bird special at the pit shop.
Can't sleep.

>>3929
Yeah, there are too many other things I feel like I could be doing. It's gotten to the point where I often don't bother laying down until like 6 in the morning. Last night I got myself to go to sleep at 5:40, so at least that's something.
>>3930
What's a pit shop?

>>3932
I meant to say pot shop.

That stuff is too strong nowadays, and combined with other anxiety inducing things I'll have to take the conspiratorial POV again.

>>3933
>I meant to say pot shop.
Oh, that explains it. I thought "pit shop" might be part of some regional vernacular I wasn't familiar with.
>That stuff is too strong nowadays, and combined with other anxiety inducing things I'll have to take the conspiratorial POV again.
Yeah, from what I've read a lot of the stuff out there is nothing like what the hippies were smoking back in the '60s. I wouldn't trust it not to be laced with fentanyl nowadays either. I've always stayed away from drugs and alcohol, but if I ever opted to try weed I'd prefer to smoke something mild and homegrown.

>>3934
>>3933
I have found smoking to be generally fine but uninteresting. Honestly, it mostly makes me feel sleepy. Edibles, on the other hand, are rough. They do nothing for 40 plus minutes and then all off a sudden they really fuck up your sensory abilities and balance.  The doses are generally way too strong to be pleasurable for me and I can't understand why people enjoy them.

>>3934
>>3934
>Yeah, from what I've read a lot of the stuff out there is nothing like what the hippies were smoking back in the '60s. I wouldn't trust it not to be laced with fentanyl nowadays either. I've always stayed away from drugs and alcohol, but if I ever opted to try weed I'd prefer to smoke something mild and homegrown.
Agreed, I can't trust it. Making it defacto legal just seems to good to be true, so I'm suspicious.

>>3757 (OP) 
>Why aren't you sleeping tonight?
I'm a little riled up, thinking about things.  The passage of time, the future.
>>3900
I oversteep my orange peko, and pour it into two cups of warm milk.

Tasty, but not too strong.

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>>3757 (OP) 
>Why aren't you sleeping tonight?
I've had insomnia now for a few weeks. Allergy meds are either a knockout punch or clamp my eyelids open. But soon, my little friends will be here to sing me to sleep.

Three months ago, I suddenly started having panic attacks out of the blue. First they were all over the place, eventually that became less scary and now are exclusively in the night. When I fall asleep, like clockwork I'll wake up 3-4 hours later in the middle of a panic attack. Sometimes I can fall asleep again, but usually I cannot.

Sometimes my heart races, sometimes my body is shaking sometimes the panic is just in my head. It is actually the scariest when there are no physical symptoms and the heart is beating calmy because I feel like I'm about to faint and never wake up again.

Last year was very shit and I blame it on that. It's almost as if my brain figures out when one strategy to cause the dread doesn't work anymore and it comes up with a new one. I also cannot shake the feeling that there's something very wrong with my heart but there's absolutely no proof of that.

I was doing so well going to sleep on time for about a week; but as always I've been drifting half an hour or so later every day, and now it's all over.

>>3944
Looking to the Lord can deliver you from fear, Anon. I'll pray for you.
https://www.derekprince.com/word/c-w037

>>3945
Don't give up, Anon. You can do it!  :)

I don't sleep I only take small naps.

>>3947
>only take small naps
interesting, are you one the people who sleep 2 hours for every 4 hours? or do you have a different schedule?

>>3947
rn I seem to be following a similar schedule maybe 3x cycles per day

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the whole internet feels... slower than usual, something is happening, something big

>>3948
>>3849
I take a 3 hour nap around every 12 hours.

world is a juck
i am lain
20,000,000,000 hugged baers

>>3757 (OP) 
add a nintendo logo and that possum is a soyjak

I feel like I upset some goofy anon on another board. It's irritating. Anyway, I'm playing solitaire and sipping whiskey.

My mom's dog has cancer, and will die soon one way or another. It has a huge tumor in it's abdomen and it is putting pressure on it's digestive tract. There is no chance of survival. Everything and everyone dies, but It feels weird anyway.  That dog has been around for half my life.
>>3953
D I S G U S T I N G   P E R S P E C T I V E

>>3954
will die soon one way or another

It feels like something isn't right, or missing. We put ours down (kidney failure, pushed all the organs to the front) and the noisy animal that was always around suddenly isn't. 
Coworker died this week too, strange not having that interaction anymore either. 
Life's weird., not what I thought it was when I was in college or whatever.

>>3954
Sorry to hear about your doggo, Anon.
>>3955
That happened to me at my last job, it's a really strange feeling. We'd been working close for a few years by that point, and just as I go on vacation, he needs a few sick days. Doesn't sound serious, he says he'll see me later. Never comes back.

>>3955
>>3956
I'll miss the silly doggy.
The first time I had a coworker die was on one of my summer jobs durring college.  I had only been there a week or so and he was supposed to be training me. He had a heart attack and died after he got home one evening. I think he was in his early 40s. It's funny, I can't remember his name.

>>3953
Do you say that every time you see an open mouth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mng2fgPH4dg

>>3757 (OP) 
I woke up late. I'm not employed. I got bored and wanted to know how this place was doing.

>>3969
This place is OK. I hope you're OK too.

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>>3953
Please do not defame the possums like that.

My insomnia is getting out of control again right when I need to be.awake during the day. In don't know what to do. I think I shall try seeing if Incan stay up long tomorrow with caffine. I hate caffine.

>>3972
I personally find that adding beef into my diet (even just hamburg) helps my endurance for staying awake for extended periods. Don't know why it is, just that it is.

By the way, I DON'T mean a goyslop "burger" at fast food joint. I'm talking about grilling one of those yuge chuck burger patties from a frozen pack of a dozen of them (~US$35 from Costco).

Regardless, don't despair Anon. Just keep at it and you'll eventually get this turned back around. I'll pray for you. Cheers.

>>3973
Excuse me. The pack has 15 patties in it. They're about 5" - 6" across.

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fuck, working out is so fucking annoying, i want to just stop doing it so often, but i know if i stop even for a day, i'll stop completely. have an avery

>>3977
Stay strong. I just got my new pullup bar & setting it up today. I'll stay strong with you, Anon!  :D

well i did it, after only 3 something hours of procrastination. 290th day i've worked out by my program's count, first time in a couple weeks i've fully completed my sets too. man i could go for a chicken sandwich but i'm already at my calorie limit for today, have another avery

>>3981
Great! As promised, my pullup bar is now assembled, and I've begun my own routine. Glad you're counting your calories, Anon. I'm improving my own diet rn too. I have an excellent wok/steamer shipping to me rn and plan to increase my natural veggie intake.

Thanks for the based Avery! Cheers.  :)

I'm feeling tired, not sleepy, just tired.  So many anons are basically parasites who contribute little but expect to be entertained. I wish things were not this way.
>>3957
>I'll miss the silly doggy.
It's been eight days now since she was euthanized, but I don't think I miss her at all. It feels weird.

>>3988
Too be clear, I'm not criticizing anyone in particular or this board.

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>>3977
It took me a bit to find it, but I believe this first image is the original. A lot of Averi images floating around are edits. Have some more if you like Averi.

>>3990
>Have some more if you like Averi.
Politically-incorrect Avery  is based & red-pilled. Thanks, Anon!  :D

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>>3991
Am I missing something with the intentional? misspelling?

I had to move back to my parents house for reasons and i am filled with soo much rage at the situation i am in, i don't know how i will calm down. 

Right now, i am finishing fluff romance mangas trying to keep my head off life (also since post midnight is the only time in the day where i have a minute to myself), it is already 1 and not a drop of sleep in my eyes.

>>3990
>the beach that makes you yiff

>>3993
Nah, just playing silly buggers with you mate.

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>>3995
R E P E N T  Y O U  M O T H E R F U C K E R 
>>3994
Good luck with your troubles.

A new facto ha been added to my inomnia. The complete inability to breath through my nose. It'dard to sleep when you feel like you're suffocating.

>>3997
thanks

>>3998
Hope it gets better, fren.

visiting

>>3999
>>4000
Noice.

>>3999
After i got blessed with trips here, i improved my situation a bit.

>>4002
Glad to hear it, Anon!

>>4002
But you're not me!

>>4004
sorry for confusion, i meant i am 3999.

anyone else having a hard time connecting to archive.org over tor? it seems like almost all connections from exit nodes are being dropped, which is very rude!

>>4009
yes

>>3970
I could be better. I wish I were. It's so hard to find a job. I have plans to be more focused and systemic about it after I finish a project, but I'm worried that I'm just getting my hopes up and that the effort I put in will still amount to nothing.

Hi!!

>>3973
Probably heme iron.

>>4020
Hello.

>>4020
Hiya.

>>4020
>Hi
-ho, the derry-oh!

>>4024
Wouldn't that boost only happen if anon was iron deficient/anemic?

>>4027
>Wouldn't that boost only happen if anon was iron deficient/anemic?
I myself thought of that too, after Anon's comment. I'm ordering iron supplement.

>>4024
>heme iron.
Is that a special kind of meat-only iron, or will any typical iron supplement do?

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>>4027
>Wouldn't that boost only happen if anon was iron deficient/anemic?
I think. Maybe the boost in iron could help your blood get extra oxygen? I'm not a doctor. I don't know.

>>4028
Heme iron is different in... Some way. It's found in meat. I'm not sure if it's mostly considered so special because it's found directly in food, and vitamins are often more easily absorbed, for whatever reason, from food, or what. There's dessicated beef liver pills. My mom takes those. She has an iron deficiency, it's more common in women, but her dad regularly did too. Over the last few weeks I've been starting to think I have one too, hence my vague knowledge on the subject. Certain fortified breakfast cereals have lots of iron too. Strawberry Honey Bunches of Oats has like 80%, but others have like practically none, and it's basically at random. 
Cheerios? Plenty of vitamins.
Honey Nut Cheerios? Well, those are just Cheeriod with a dusting of honey nut flavor, no? So they should have the same amount of vitamins. Wrong! No vitamins!
A lot of the kids themed sugar blasted fruit and marshmallow fuckery cereals actually have a good spread of vitamins while the "healthy" grown up targeted slop is as nutritions as cardboard. Probably due to regulations forcing these companies to mineralize the kid's cereals, so it might be different if you live outside the US.
Seriously, though, next time you're at the store, look at the vitamins in different boxes of cereal. It's maddening.
I long for the Diberito. It is truly the answer in this obese malnurition food replicator society. Anyone who insults the Dilberito is an agent of the Demiurge and likely evil.

>>4029
>Heme iron is different in... Some way.
Animal sources of iron are dramatically more bioavailable.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9219084/
>Certain fortified breakfast cereals have lots of iron too.
I watched a teacher in elementary school pulverize corn flakes of some kind in a food processor and then pull the powdered iron out as a demonstration of magnetism.  It's just powered metal added to the mix. Cereal is a somewhat ridiculous food that arose from the cult of Sylvester Graham and the experimentation of Kellogg's sanitarium.  None of it is especially healthy, and it was designed specifically to be bland and uninteresting in the belief it would promote moral behavior and inhibit sexual immorality.  It was thought to "cure" things like masterbation.

>>4030
>Sylvester Graham
Interesting character. He was on to some stuff.

>>4030
I don't actually thins that iron is digestible, it has to be in some salt form in order to actually do anything for humans. I read so.etching years ago about how the american flour supply is laced withbiron shavings that have no nutritional value, in fact are quite harmfull. It's listed as enriched flour on ingredient lists here and is many many times more common than pure flour, especially in cheap bread.

>>4028
>Is that a special kind of meat-only iron, or will any typical iron supplement do?
<"Two types of iron can be found in foods, including heme and nonheme. Heme iron is present only in animal products such as meat, fish, and poultry, whereas nonheme iron is found in fruits, vegetables, dried beans, nuts, grain products, and meat.4 Heme iron is absorbed with better efficiency from the intestine than nonheme iron"
https://web.archive.org/web/20241221060518/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9219084/

>>4032
It has low bioavailability, but some small percentage of it would be absorbed, probably single digit numbers. The page that has been linked twice has information on what factors contribute to iron absorption. As a example, calcium will interfere with iron absorption, which would further reduce what you actually got.

We could use some good fun threads.

>>4036
/origin/ (on junku) and /comfy/ might have threads you like

>>4037
They do, but I want some /late/ fun. I love /late/.

>>4036
Make one?

>>4039
I don't have any good ideas...

>>4040
Give me a day or two to think about it.

>>4042
Heh, naicu.

ffs, did the captcha get harder or something

M*A*S*H is such a good show, real glad someone reuploaded the series without the laugh track

>>4046
The movie is really weird.

I feel retarded due to lack of sleep and have swollen lymph nodes.

>>4054
Y-you too!

>>4054
Please get to feeling better soon, Anon.

>>4056
I feel a bit better tonight. Now if only I could get my sleep schedule back on track.

Everyone drink water right NOW!

>>4059
Yes sir!
>*gulps a swallow*

>>4059
nah fag

>>4059
I'm drinking ginger tea.

>>4062
Sounds good!

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>>4063
I do find it pretty good. I've got several more boxes after my current one is all gone.

>>4064
I might have to try that. Thanks, Anon!

>>4061
Then curse yourself to dehydration, faithless fool.

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>>4066
Behold! The Hierophant of Hydration has spoken!

I drank some umeshu earlier and now I'm drinking whiskey. If I make a martini, am I gonna dry out and die from unhydration?

>>4068
If you pee enough without drinking water you might. But the diuretic effects of alcohol consumption (especially overconsumption) is generally a self-correcting state: you're thirsty, so you drink water.

The metabolic malaise from the interruption of the Krebs Cycle is much more complex, and typically takes several hours of time to correct itself naturally.

>tl;dr
I'd suggest you stop drinking when you know you're over the limit. Cheers.  :)

>>4069
I made a dumb joke and then ended up learning how fatty Liver deposits form.

>>4071
>I made a dumb joke and then ended up learning how fatty Liver deposits form.
Lol.  SCIENCE! in action.  :D

>>4072
>SCIENCE!
Science strikes again. First its fish with tritanopia now it's recessive levels of  NADH and acetyl-CoA.

>>4073
>recessive
Whoops, excessive.

>>4073
>>4074
Heh. A fun paradox of SCIENCE! is that the more we learn, the greater the number of unknowns we discover.

An example case:
https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/some-fish-deep-and-dark-may-still-be-colorful

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>>4076
>Most remarkable was the silver spinyfin fish, which had a surprising 38 rod opsin genes.
Some sort of super low light color vision, neat.

This appears to be the study if you'd like further reading:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6628886/

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>>4078
>that graph
THIS FISH IN PARTICULAR

Took a night walk because I was bored to death and could see and hear some people at another house hanging out in their driveway. I wanted to approach, to just say, "Hi," but I couldn't do it. I just walked to various street lights.

>>4081
Hopefully it was otherwise pleasant, Anon.

I'm not sleeping because I couldn't get to sleep on the first try. I'm trying to be more disciplined and structured but I'm not really seeing success

>>4092
Hopefully that improves for you soon, Anon. I'll pray for you. Cheers.  :)

Staying up to watch the football

https://yle.fi/a/74-20234959
>"It has been pushed into the direction of Venus and should hit Venus at some time."
And so the first interplanetary war begins...

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I can’t stop thinking about her. I honestly didn’t think I’d ever be able to fall in love again. She makes me doubt it was even love I experienced before. I went to the park over the weekend, hoping she would be there, and she came by hoping to run into me. I will never forget the way she called my name when I walked past her sitting cross legged with her daughter. It was like being called home

What a relevant website and board for me to stumble into while I dodge sleep. How's life going for you lads?

>>4111
Hello, Anon. Just churning away at my studies. I'm also trying to learn to cook a little recently. You?

>>4111
Good enough. I've been working on a furniture rearrangement for my bedroom.

>>4113
>I've been working on a furniture rearrangement for my bedroom.
NTA. Neat! I'm currently working on a better arrangement for my wee little lab. So far it's working out well...getting a new desk was the key here.

>"We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us."
>t. evil, fat guy

Huh? Did I get another post deleted? What's going on?

every time i remeber the burning of the library of alexandria, i always get so sad, just, so much knowledge, so much history was lost

>>4117
Yeah it seems a shame. OTOH crying over spilt milk wont help any. Just keep moving forward, Anon...you gotta let it go. Cheers.

ive got to throw a mattress out in my apartment building, but i dont think im supposed to so im doing it in the middle of the night

>>4119
>supposed to
Well Anon, I'd guess there's the landlord's "supposed to", and the city's "supposed to". The city is alright with it (and they make the local laws); OTOH the landlord probably has his regulation against it b/c it very-slightly reduces the amount of sheqels in his purse. Simple as.

aww i posted my new phone number for a voip phone i set up but jannys deleted it :( thought it could be fun

I just watched Angel's Egg. I loved it. It was so beautiful and haunting throughout. And... uh... wut?

>>4123
Never seen it before, I don't think. What's it about, Anon?

>>4124
I don't know.

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I have to work in the morning. It doesn’t feel like my job is going anywhere, it felt so promising in the beginning but it’s been feeling more hopeless every passing week. I guess at least now I have someone to look forward to seeing at the end of the week, maybe it’ll motivate me to put aside some of my tiny paychecks to one day leave this place.

>>4126
I hope you find a good outcome soon, Anon.

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>>4125
adam & eve but japan

>>4129
That's definetly not it.

>>4130
ok  retard

Back to work tomorrow so I'm staying up late to enjoy what time is mine. They're back to witch hunts anyway so I'd rather be half asleep for that nonsense. 

>>4119
Don't they have cameras up? I guess if you didn't hear back you're in the clear. I tossed a Christmas tree over the fence to the adjacent lot and it was found by the (corporate) property owners when they finally cleared the brush a few years later.  Minimal foul there, I assume they just burned it.

>>4126
Staying afloat; I hear ya.

coming to you live from debian live its me, posting from my new pc while i figure out what distro i want on this thing

>>4133
Have any ideas what you're looking for?

>>4124
It's not so much so about something as it about creating atmosphere and eliciting an emotional response.  It is best to watch it without knowing the plot points. 

As for the movie's plot:  Basically, God went to buy cigarettes and never came back.  Everything else in the movie is a response to, or perhaps a result of, this seeming abandonment. One character finds hope in an inexplicable egg and the other rejects it as empty and meaningless.  Both end up being right in a way, leaving the viewer to draw their own conclusion. Explaining anything further would ruin the movie.

>>4134
not really, i've been using debian since i switched to linux about 7ish years ago, and i would like to see what else is out there, my only real requirement is xfce4, everything else just looks ugly to me

>>4135
That's definetly it.

I can’t sleep because short girls with cigarettes

I am less of a human being. Many are able to enforce their will on the world and themselves. I am able to do neither. Every time I am presented with doing something I should be doing or giving into my basest desires, I choose the latter. I don't know if there is any escaping this. I used to be able to hide behind myself being occupied but now I am free and still exactly the same. If I could have anything it would just be to have some self control and concentration

>>4145
>If I could have anything it would just be to have some self control and concentration
I'll pray for you along these lines, Anon. Please listen to God's quiet voice and do what He says. Please keep us up to date on your progress.

wieghed myself today, i've lost almost 15kg since last year

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>>4143
In the song Laughing Boy by Pete Atkin and Clive James, he says "I've seen a girl hold back her hair to light a cigarette, and things like that a man like me can't easily forget."

>>4148
Congratulations. 

It was nice of god to invent alcohol. It helps take away the shame and self hatred and lets you have a good time.

>>4159
>It helps take away the shame and self hatred and lets you have a good time.
I've been drinking for about 18 years, and there hasn't really been much of anything good about it.  If you are drinking because it causes you to act in ways you would normally be ashamed of, I would say that is a negative thing altogether.  Try not to debase yourself.

>>4160
>If you are drinking because it causes you to act in ways you would normally be ashamed of, I would say that is a negative thing altogether.
I am normally ashamed of most things I do, regardless if I should be or not

>>4165
Shame is actually a healthy instinct...especially if it helps lead you to repentance.

I tried rosehip tea for the first time last night. It turns out that I'm not a fan.

>>4167
Try again in November, I’ve heard it’s better then

I gave weisswurst a shot earlier. It's interesting. My first thought was that it tastes like a more deluxe version of breakfast sausage. It's pretty good for what it is, but it's not my favorite form of sausage or anything. I had it with sweet mustard, which I'm not sure I like very much. I thought it was pretty decent with soft pretzels, but I still don't think I'm very keen on the sweetness.

Kraut food is something I plan on exploring more of.
>>4168
I'm not growing my own, if that's what you mean. I just saw some for sale and just decided to go for it, not knowing anything about the flavor. I like it a bit better when I'm reusing a bag. It cuts down on the sourness.

>>4167
I've never had the tea but I've eaten rose hips. They're tasty but kind of not worth the effort unless it's your source of Vit C for survival purposes. You know what else is really tasty but not worth it? Sumac tea. You need access to a lot of the fruit and the processing is just a pain unless you have purpose built yourself something to do it or found something that will work.

>>4169
>I'm not growing my own, if that's what you mean.
I should have read further before I replied.
>I like it a bit better when I'm reusing a bag. It cuts down on the sourness.
Oh if that's the issue for you, you can always add sugar to balance the sourness. Doesn't have to be like white sugar either if you're trying to keep away from that.

>>4170
>>4171
I just got the tea because I wanted to try something different. I've been switching between two different flavors of tea for a while and felt like something else would help make things a bit more interesting.

I have thought about using fake sugar. The main reason I haven't is because I didn't want to have to wash any gritty particles out of the steel bottle I drink out of, but I can always switch that out for a mug.

>>4169
> I'm not growing my own, if that's what you mean.

I was referencing Vashti Bunyan actually, I highly recommend her music

Some drunk or prowler just knocked over my fence. In a way it's good, I think it flustered or injured them judging by the shouting and they left pretty quickly. 

Enjoying herbal tea at 3am to pass some time.

>>4173
I'm honestly not that big of a folk guy, but I'll give it a download.

>>4175
I ended up listening to it and liked it a bit better than I was expecting. I tried listening to Joni Mitchell not that long ago and was pretty underwhelmed, but I found Just Another Diamond Day to be more tuneful than most of what I remember of Joni Mitchell's songs.

Just had some Swiss kalberwurst. In terms of taste it reminded me of the flavor of weisswurst, maybe because they're both white sausages, but I think I liked the flavor a bit better. The fact that the skin is edible and that you don't have to peel it back is nice too. 

I've read that the Swiss get butthurt over people eating it with condiments, which isn't something I necessarily believe in complying with (pretzels with mustard isn't really authentic to German eating habits, but I don't let that stop me), but I decided to eat it the "proper" way this time. I found it to be pretty enjoyable  even without condiments.

>>4181
What's the worst wurst you've ever had?

>>4180
Yeah I’ve never been able to get into Joni Mitchell either. I’m glad you liked it

>>4173
I will check it out

>>4182
Maybe Italian sausage.

I'm not flavorist. I just don't like 'em. Except on pizzas.

The past week or so I've developed a new and novel sleeping issue. Nap for two to three hours (I physically can't resist it) and wake up exactly when I want to go to sleep, only being able to actually go to sleep five hours later. Then I wake up about six hours after.that to piss and half sleep for four PR five more hours while being harassed by flies and the rising temperature as the day begins. Finally I get up miserable and groggy and repeat the cycle. It's miserable.

>Why aren't you sleeping tonight?
drunk again...

Tonight I'm wondering how different my life would be if I had or chased any real goals or dreams. I suppose it's pointless to contemplate things that aren't part of reality though. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya9sSlAYR1s
>>4197
That sounds pretty shitty.

>>4203
I had a very good boss who warned me off of the "coulda, shoulda, woulda" mentality. That turned out to be some great advice for life.

>>4204
>advice for life.
That was undoubtedly sound advice. The problem I have isn't realy with my past though; it's with my present.  I'm stuck in my own inability to envision a desirable future. I'm not aiming for anything, so it turns out I'm not going anywhere.  For a long time now, I haven't realy had impactful desires.  I don't seem to be able to form ambitions like most people can.

>>4200
 im so drunk today too lol 
and yesterday 
and even the day before 

so hard to go to sleep peacefully, but I don't it's the alcohol fault

>>4205
it's okay 

if you can't imagine your future you're just extremely tired and/or burned out or /any big bad emotion/
I think the ability to dream is something the comforted people can do

the only path is to do your best in the state you're in

может ли кто-нибудь показать признаки жизни

как бороться с одиночеством
помогите

>>4209
Hello Anon.

>>4209
>как бороться с одиночеством
Everyone has to deal with loneliness in their own way. I'm accustom to being alone and I think it fits my personality, so my perspective probably quite different from yours.  There's nothing I could say that will truly help you, but I'll pray for you.  I assume you are unable or unwilling to reach out to anyone around you?
 
>>4207
>I think the ability to dream is something the comforted people can do
Maybe it's so. I've been more or less like this for the last 19 or 20 years.  Maybe I've just been depressed all along or something, but I wouldn't realy know.  It's not easy to understand yourself.   
>the only path is to do your best in the state you're in
That's quite true.  I have no real options beyond moving forward one way or another. 

>>4206
Anon, I've willfully overindulged for years.  It took me I while to realize I realy was hurting myself.  Nothing good will come of the pattern you are forming.

Found out today unexpectedly that the career path I wanted to pursue is unavailable to me. Now I don't know what to do. I'n now thinking about becoming a lorry driver.

Glad to see Trashchan is back up.

>>4226
Me too. How are you doing, /late/ ? Anything special happening?

>>4227
About to go to sleep.

>>4228
Good night then. May you sleep well, Anon.

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>>4226
It’s, like, always down man. 
It’s always a treat when it comes back temporarily. Reminds me of that site that only opened after a certain time every day. Maybe we should be like that too.

>>4227
Nope! Nothing special ever happens. I hope I have a spectacular Christmas this year.

>>4212

>Nothing good will come of the pattern you are forming.

Maybe my wording was bad here. Doing your best it's not just overacheaving, in the darkest times just existing and being alive is enough to be the best. No comparing with other people, just you and your life right now. Being kind to yourself, just acknowledging that's being literal trash is okay and existing in reality - because at that moment you just can't be something else. Its like giving up but in a healing way somehow. Maybe it's what I meant.

I'm tempted to waste a bunch of money on a guitar that I don't really need.

>>4236
>don't really need
Just say no. Try to focus on what's important to you instead. Good luck, Anon.

>>4237
I actually have a really good beginner guitar of a similar type right now but would like an upgrade for the longer term. I'd like something made out of solid wood.  I might just end up biting the bullet. At least it would only be a Yamaha.

visit

>>4244
observed

I am in an airport at midnight, having slept very poorly the night before. I will not sleep this night. Looking forward to returning to my bed in 9 hours time, sleeping uninterrupted, and then doing nothing but eating my comfort food and playing vidya

>>4250
safe travels, anon.

I don't even know why I'm up this late. I don't eant to be. I'm tired. I cpuld go to sleep at any time.

>>4252
Hopefully you're getting some peaceful sleep by now, Anon.

>>4251
Thank you for your kind words. I got home safe, and found than home was the same as it ever was, but not as good as I thought it could be. I need to get out of here asap. I wish I could be like those neets that never get anhedonia, but i definitely am dissatisfied with being unemployed to fault. I wish everyone who reads this a happy life

>>4254
>Thank you for your kind words.
yw
>I got home safe
glad to hear that
>and found than home was the same as it ever was, but not as good as I thought it could be.
interesting take.
>anhedonia
woah, totally new word to me. thanks! as I get older, I find my ways of experiencing pleasure both deeper and more internal.

>I wish everyone who reads this a happy life
Thanks very kindly, Anon. You too!

man, i could go for a smoke

>>4257
proud of you for resisting that urge, Anon. gg, keep it up.

another trash world kitchen win, marginally fancy instant ramen is really fucking good
>drain ramen
>crack an egg into it
>mix it so its even
>nuke it for 10-15 seconds to set egg
>eat
wild you can pass it off as real cooking

>>4262
Naicu, I like where you're going with this, Anon. Please share more you find along the way.

>>4263
if i come across anything worth sharing, i will but i cant say i'll ever find anything again

>>4264
no worries then. i'm going to try your ramen egg dish tonight though.

>>4262
>>4265
Yeah, that significantly-improved both the flavor & nutrition of my ramen. I think I'll stick with this approach! Thanks again, Anon.

>>4266
glad you liked it

beer and a ciggy, no better way to start the day

martinis are good, fuck i love martinis

day drinking in the park hts different

I'm going bananas with my music downloading. I made like 5 or 6 new folders in the past 24 hours.

>>4286
you could do worse things, anon. rn, i'm currently listening to some beeth oven.

>>4287
I've mostly been listening to mellow '60s music. Less than a week ago I was listening to also extreme metal and punk,

I didn't get to sleep until like 7 or 8 in the morning. My circadian rhythm must be FUBAR at this point.

>>4289
Do you have any responsibilities that require you to be at a certain place at a certain time? If so, maybe you can use that as a lever to help control your schedule, Anon. Ganbare.

>>4290
I have a job, but I only have to go to work in the late afternoon. I wish I had a morning job like I used to.

>>4291
I hear ya, working 2nd shift myself and it's a blessing and a curse. 

>>4286
I need to get back into that - thanks for the reminder Anon! I don't mind iTunes for new releases and supporting the artists and all but sometimes it's nice to just have a big pile to sift through.

Often I come to this thread to complain but I think it remiss of me to only have negativity to offer. There is and will remain beauty in this world and the world prior, and there will be happiness in the future.

For no particular reason, I'm staying up to watch a few episodes of Solitary Gourmet.  I might need to slide on over to fridge for snacks in a bit.
>>4296
Thanks for being positive.

>>4298
I decided to melt some cheese on tortilla chips with some fresh jalapeno and tomato. Of course, this sort of meal needs alcohol, so I'm having a bit of tequila.

I just tried some of those black bean "burger" patties. They actually weren't bad. They were better than the imitation chicken nugger I tried a few years ago, which tasted more like fish nugger to me.

>>4305
Probably OK as long as all it is is black beans. I eat them all the time in rice dishes.

>>4305
It's probably best to avoid eating a lot of fake meat things as they are heavily processed foods. Eating whole plant foods is generally a better choice.

>>4306
It wouldn't surprise me at all if there was  soy and stuff in it too.
>>4307
I don't plan on making a habit out of it, but I do eat more processed stuff than I should be eating.

>>4308
Contrary to the scizobabble rants you see, eating reasonable amounts of soy will not harm you and the isoflavones will not affect your hormone levels.

>>4309
Its a known phytoestrogen substance and a potent one. When you can knowingly avoid it, you should. At the very least you should strive to keep consumption to a minimum. Heaven knows the kikes put plenty of the goop in our processed foods already.

>>4310
Anon, phytoestrogens are found in pretty much all fruits, vegetables, and seeds, so you better eat only meat from male animals then. Jews didn't create food, try to be less of a retard.

>>4311
Which part of the word "potent" was the hard one?

>kikes didn't create food
They didn't create gold or silver either. But we all know how that's working out in the Earth today.

>try to be less of a retard.
Sure thing, schlomo. Try to be less of an evil fuck. Deceivers and usurpers the lot of you.

Also, I think it's worth mentioning, dairy products are known to affect hormone levels much more so than any plant foods.  I have yet to see anyone point this out or worry about it.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19496976/

>>4313
There are very few other products in our food supplies more potent than soy, and those are absolutely dwarfed by the volume of the latter. It is by far the primary source of estrogen in our diets during Current Year. Now fuck off.

>>4314
>>4312
Wew, basically called me a kike and now you are saying eating actual mammal female hormones has less impact than soy bassed on what, your feelings? This shit has been studied, and no, all research is not some mystical kike plot to destroy the west.

>>4309
That's what I figured. I just don't want to eat too much of it.

Why am I awake? The answer to that question is my life story, and who wants to hear that? I shall give a deflective answer, to which is alcohol. Alcohol gets a bad wrap among alcoholics, but I am yet to be one, so for now I shall sing its praises. 

In the process of figuring out the captcha for this post, I have decided to change course. Alcohol isn't all that great, but beauty is. Beauty can only be found in one's recollection of the past. I miss the past, even though the past I miss might have never have existed, I still miss it. It's all I have. What else is there to love? Nothing.

I made oat milk last night using a nut milk bag and some other ingredients. It was surprisingly filling. I'll probably do it again.

>>4319
>nut milk bag 
I had no idea this was a thing before today. What did you do with all the solids you filtered out?

>>4320
I put the little bit of oat pulp into a jar and am going to throw it into a smoothie as some extra filler.

Speaking of food, I'm getting an Instant Pot and am going to try to make tempeh. Hopefully it turns out and I like it. If not, then I can always just use it to steam rice or something.

How we doing tonight, /late/-bros?

>>4323
I'm doing good because the work week is almost over.

>>4323
feeling alright, having a drink for the first time in months and beat ace zero on expert, which was cool

why are the slots you're supposed to plug ram into labelled a2 & b2 instead of a0 & b0 if a1 & b1 are the secondary slots, fuck

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I several years worth of torrents I had loaded up in my client for seeding and ended up losing the links due to a shutdown error.

At least I still have the files themselves.

>>4333
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>>4334
I guess it's not that bad since not many people seemed to be interested in the torrents, but I wanted to help keep things in circulation for people with niche tastes.

Since the first incident happened I've been having the same shutdown error repeatedly, which indicates that it wasn't a problem of user error. I've decided that I'm probably going to do an OS reinstall and have been lamenting the fact that Devuan wouldn't be a very user-friendly alternative, but earlier today I serendipitously stumbled across this new Devuan-based distro:
https://spacedlinux.com/
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=spaced

I’m going to look into it further and maybe switch over in the near future if it sounds good. I’m kind of leery of rolling releases (it’s based on an unstable branch of Devuan), but I also know people who have used them without much of an issue.

>>4335
>spacedlinux
Sounds really interesting, Anon. Please give us a report here if you decide to try it out. Cheers.

>>4322
Any luck with this?

>>4337
I didn't do it yet. I've got some red lentils ready that I plan on trying it out with, but I might try to find some easy recipe to whip up before trying tempeh. I'm going to have to leave the tempeh sitting in there for a while, so I think it pays to make something else first to make sure I've got something else to eat beforehand.

>>4335
>but I wanted to help keep things in circulation for people with niche tastes.
But that's exactly what we need, Anon! Such ppl that look for such stuff probably aren't too 'vocal' about it in general I imagine.

I hope you can solve this and recover them. Good luck, Anon.  Maybe use a more durable approach this time?

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>>4336
I did a live boot from a USB stick last night, and it seems like it could be worth my time. I tried installing a systemd-free-version of my VPN, which seemed to install the GUI application properly. It just like it could be much less of a pain in the neck than proper Devuan is. I’ve been using Mint on and off since around the middle of the 2010s, and speaking tentatively it seems like it could be a comparable “just werks” distro. I do like the fact that the developer is also a former Mint user and aims to create something similar in terms of user friendliness but leaner and more secure.

Two concerns I have about the distro are that it’s so new and that it’s the product of a single somewhat eccentric guy who might be biting off more than he can chew. Check out this non-Linux-related site of his and then remember that he’s also putting together his own Linux distro in addition to this other, arguably very quixotic, ambition of his: https://openairships.com/.

I should have more to say once I actually take the plunge and install it. It might be as early as tonight or tomorrow.
>>4339
I was using magnet links instead of saving torrent files. It would have been helpful to save the torrent files themselves so I had access to the links.

What I feel bad about is that some of the torrents didn't have any seeders other than me, although as I said very few people seemed to be interested in downloading them. It just kind of feels like a shame considering that every once in a while someone would be interested in the files and also just how many torrents I had loaded up. I tried to exclusively seed the ones with few or no seeders, so at the very least a few people should have benefited from what I did.

>>4342
>torrents
TYFYS.

BTW, I think you can generate torrent files yourself, even if you didn't have them otherwise?

>>4342
I ended up screwing up my computer last night trying to get Spaced Linux working. Grub was completely messed up and wouldn’t boot, but I managed to get into my Wangblows partition and try the ISO with Rufus. That ended up fixing the Grub issue, and I was able to get Spaced Linux up and running successfully. Unfortunately, I discovered that Spaced Linux is not actually relevant to my interests. I just can’t get used to MATE, both for the interface and how broken it feels compared to Plasma or even Cinnamon. There were all kinds of scaling issues I experienced that would mean I’d have to make serious compromises in 4K. I also couldn’t even change the menu items without installing an additional program, which glitched out when I went to open it.

Since then I’ve tinkered with the Debian edition of PCLinuxOS, which wouldn’t boot for me, Peppermint Linux, which seemed janky, and before that had considered just giving Devuan a try on my desktop. Eventually I settled on MX Linux with KDE, which was something I’d hoped to avoid due to the political controversy involved with that AntiX guy. I’d really prefer not to have someone like that involved in developing my operating system. On the other hand, he’s just one guy. It’s also lacking in systemd, which was one of the reasons I even considered it in the first place. It seemed to be systemd that had something to do with my shutdown problems, and that’s even besides any other issues there might be with it. And so far I’ve had a smoother time running it than I have even with Mint, which still had some visual wonkiness. I riced it a bit to give more of an old-school Windows appearance, and so far I’ve found Plasma to have the right combination of usability and easy tweakability than I have other desktop environments (although this isn’t my first time using Plasma, I find it more satisfactory this time around).

Hopefully my quest will end here.

>>4346
>Hopefully my quest will end here.
Glad to hear it! Good luck, Anon.

>Eventually I settled on MX Linux with KDE
>that AntiX guy
Lol, no thanks. The world has had quite too much ((( pozz ))), without my contributing to it!  :D

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BTW, Anon, I too am about to embark on a machine (re)setup. I need a 'throwaway' box that doesn't need to interact with my other boxes. It currently has wangblows 11 pro on it rn (it was given to me that way). I mean to 

1.  Get all my files off it.
2.  Nuke it back to a stock-standard wangblows install, to use as a platform test box.
3.  Dual-boot with a bog-standard Ubuntu install, to use as a platform test box.
4.  Work on my latest coding project, ensuring the same build code works on both platforms.

Wish me luck, /late/ ! Cheers.  :)

>>4346
>and try the ISO with Rufus.
I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for the mention of it, Anon! Cheers.

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>>4343
I could just make a new torrent file, but I'd rather not do that unless maybe I know there would actual demand.
>>4347
>Lol, no thanks. The world has had quite too much (((  pozz  ))), without my contributing to it!  :D
I feel better knowing that it’s not a purely AntiX-derived distro. Plus it’s not exactly easy to avoid the poz in the computer sphere. With Linux you’ve got tons of programming-socks aficionados to contend with, for example.

As far as the overall user experience goes, I’m way more satisfied with it than I was with my Mint Cinnamon install. For whatever reason, it seems to run noticeably faster on my computer despite having a PC with better specs than average and also in spite of it now also looking nicer.

There are still a few things I’m not fond of with coming from Cinnamon, but overall I’m glad I made the switch. It checks my boxes of being a Debian-based- and systemd-free distro with a desktop environment that feels polished. My Mint install was going to stop being supported early next spring, so I’m glad I got this over with now. I was panicking on Saturday when I accidentally my bootloader and wishing I hadn’t started messing with my computer that night, but now I’m glad I was able to see the whole process through.
>2.  Nuke it back to a stock-standard wangblows install, to use as a platform test box.
Is it going to be Wangblows 11? I personally just stick with 10 and refuse to go another further unless I'll be forced to. I usually just keep it offline unless I have a decent reason to use the Internet on it.
>Wish me luck, /late/ ! Cheers.  :)
GOOD LUCK
>>4348
Rufus is really handy.

I've messed up friends. I've been going to bed super early recently, and finally it caught up to me. I stead of sleeping 11-14 hours and waking up at a reasonable time, I slept seven hours plus two hours laying down trying to get more and woke up at two in the morning. It's foing to be a long day.

>>4354
Hopefully you can get the problem sorted out, but it's tough when your sleep schedule is all screwed up.

I've been in the habit of going to bed at 6 or 7 in the morning, getting up at 11, and then going back to sleep for hours until I have to go to work in the afternoon. Sometimes I'll even take a nap at night to tide me over until I truly go to bed. I'm doing something like triphasic sleep at this point. It sucks.