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Expectations are one of the biggest pitfalls for me. Whether they be mine, a friend/family member, a work manager, coworker, or sometimes others. It gets to me and can make me feel very frustrated and/or overwhelmed.
It’s been a loooonnnngggg journey for me to better understand that this is one of my triggers and how to best prevent it and work with it when it happens. (It’s not pretty at times but showing up to fight the good fight is better than cowering to it IMO.)
Bush is actually a band.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
162·18 days agoYeah, I don’t struggle with boycotting Amazon. The only times I’ve really used Amazon in the past have been for PC parts, audio headphones, and a random thing or two. I do my absolute best not to buy needless things as it is, and I know that there are plenty of other websites to use if I really need to get something online. (I knew this was gonna come in handy one day ha.) Here’s a website called amazonalts.org. It’s curated websites/online stores for the ethical consumer in mind. The categories are Food, Home, Clothes, Beauty, Books, Electronics, and Miscellaneous.
Actually, he’s an ‘angel’ that has fallen (or returned to Earth because ‘God’ got so tired of dealing with him) from heaven. That’s why they play church choir music during the intro scene.
15·25 days ago‘You won’t believe what happens in the year 2026.’
(FYI: You can link to any community using this little trick. (exclamation mark) ! then community name (at symbol) @ Lemmy instance it’s hosted on. More often than not, a dropdown menu of all the related communities to select from will appear.
Example: [email protected]
Yeah I read this like twice and wasn’t sure if the OG maker had it right. But I wasn’t feeling inclined to look into it. Also… an old saying from the website that shall not be named, is that if you post a question or comment using incorrect info, terms, etc, someone is bond to correct you. Then in a short time, you can know if you were right or wrong with your assumption of said info or claim.
If you make a community or group, they will come. (…Maybe…)
3·30 days agoBasically, yes. Accurately, no.
According to this NYTimes article, Valery V. Polyakov has the record for spending 438 days in space.
(paywall removed) https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F03%2F31%2Fscience%2Fspace%2F31mars.html
If you want to know the ten longest human spaceflights, here is a Wikipedia page section for it.
And here is a list of spaceflight records
5·30 days agoI was looking for positive things that have been accomplished in the sciences when people from across the world come together.
A few things to comment on.
| I didn’t get an iPhone until 2021 or so and all of my android phones before then ran slow in a year or so.
Like your computer, smartphones slow down when you have a lot of things running/idling in the background. They also slow down with bloatware. Cleaning your phone’s memory every so often is a smart practice to incorporate into your ownership of the device. CCleaner is the one I download every so often to do a scan and clean what I can. There’s bound to be a better app option, but that’s the one I know about and have used before.
And just so we’re on the same page, I bought a refurbished Pixel 2 back in early 2020 and it’s been running fine for me. Haven’t noticed any issues with operations except for the screen and the battery not holding its charge as long as it once did. But to be fair, my screen has a few hairpin cracks in it from dropping it on accident a couple of times. And the battery hold on any smartphone degrades with age and usage.
| That never happened with my iPhones.
You’re either super lucky or you’re the kind of person that gets a new smartphone every year or so; for some reason or another.
As I mentioned above, smartphones naturally and unnaturally get slower as they age. But let’s not forget that planned obsolescence is very much being used across the board.
What’s the conversion rate of one MeowMeowBeanz to one Schrute buck?
I believe you meant that you have an internet speed of 81 MegaBytes vs 81 Megabits.
From back in the day, there was a settings section for limiting your download/upload speeds, to make sure you didn’t max out your data cap/plan. I would suggest looking into that to make sure you’re not self-capping your DLs.
Also check to make sure that your ISP isn’t throttling your internet connection after you hit a certain amount of data. Look at the contract you have with them.
But like others have said, it could be a list of other reasons.
Edit: Just thought about it. Make sure that you’re connected with a Cat 5e ethernet cable or higher. You might be limiting yourself through your hardware.
If you need to get a newer ethernet cable, I highly recommend Monoprice.com as a place to buy online. Far more often, I have found that they have better prices (even after shipping,) and a wider selection of things than Newegg or Amazon for that matter.