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14 days agoVoyager calls them “tags.”
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On this type of latch (mortise) the third screw is often stripped (because it’s a set screw that holds the lock cylinder in place and often the notch in the cylinder is misaligned / on the wrong side) but _un_screwing it should be easy.
The cylinder itself, however, is usually finely threaded and can require a fair amount of torque to get started, especially without using the key for additional purchase.
Important caveats:
(1) Measure expectations
To know oneself is a personal journey one must travel themselves. You can accompany them to a nearby milestone and/or encourage them to find the next, but ultimately you can’t fight their intellectual battles on their behalf. Expecting to will lead only to frustration.
(2) Be forewarned
Note that even in the best case, proceeding will almost certainly alter the dynamics of your relationship, and perhaps end it altogether.
(3) Consider the safest approach
If you’re interested in maintaining the relationship, it would be far better if they were supported in this long journey by a professional (a cognitive behavioral therapist / social worker) rather than a friend/peer. This is especially true for anything so extensive as what you’re describing.
With these caveats carefully considered…
I have found that most people are receptive to a method of periodic open-ended questioning, a common technique of active listening.
I don’t mean confrontational interrogation or leading questions (to which there are “correct” answers). I mean precisely the kinds of unassuming questions someone with more developed introspection might ask themselves internally. Questions of clarification or contemplation, for example, and general curiosity regarding others’ motivations, as well as one’s own.
This method, used carefully, seems to work by temporarily donating perspective to someone, via simple demonstration, which aids them in cultivating their own.
Over time, you may find that they begin to anticipate your questions (perhaps with friendly exasperation) which is the first sign that it’s working.
Best of luck.
Focus on maximizing empty horizontal surface space.
Explanation
Have you ever noticed that restaurants and bars often decorate their walls with stuff that would easily be considered clutter on the floor?
Apparently “clutter” is a highly relative descriptor, and the visual-spatial bias behind it privileges horizontal surface space.
You can leverage that knowledge to quickly de-clutter spaces without investing in lots of new storage furniture and organization systems.
It’s by far the cheapest trick I know.
How (basic)
Move and reorient items from horizontal surfaces to vertical ones.
Horizontal surfaces include table tops, floors, chair seats, and so forth.
Vertical surfaces are everything else: shelves, hanging storage, stackable cubes, upright bins, baskets that can sit on top of cabinets, boxes that slide under beds, wall-mounted anything, shelving beneath any horizontal surface, any storage above eye level, etc.
Even just stacking things can make a space look less cluttered.
How (advanced)
Once you start getting creative with this concept, you can build it into the planning of your living space.
For example, you might figure out what stuff can live in wall-mounted dispensers instead of occupying the space of a counter/vanity/floor.
Similarly, you might find visually appealing ways to store “clutter” out in the open, such as a ceiling-mounted pot rack or a stainless steel prep table used as kitchen island storage.
One of my favorite side-effects of this technique is that once you’ve minimized the footprint of items lying on horizontal surfaces, cleaning becomes a snap.
For example, fewer obstructions on the floor lets you use cheap sweeper bots on a schedule that keep interior dust levels low.
Likewise, wiping off counter tops and bathroom vanities takes mere seconds when you don’t have to move anything.
ETA: tldr — “picking up,” interpreted literally, is an endlessly useful principle of housekeeping.
Ah yes, the synostics
Detention for “smiling.” Teacher took it as disrespect and told me to stop, but given the ridiculousness of the request and my classmates’ giggling as I repeatedly tried and failed to put on a serious expression, I was kinda doomed.
Also not saying I deserved it, but I had broken plenty of rules and not gotten in trouble so it felt fair enough.
5·1 month agoIf you keep pinging yourself you’ll go blind unless you enable spanning tree protocol
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I’ve been involved for less than half as much time and haven’t been through what the older ones have, but one of them told me something I’ve been thinking about lately.
They said the political and legislative fights are important but the true battles are for hearts and minds. They take longer to win but those victories are final because once people see a world in which we belong they can’t unsee it.
So it’s a fact that hard-won rights now can be taken with the snap of a finger, or simply ignored, but it won’t stand for long because most people won’t accept anything less as just. That is, it’s too late to undo what you fought for. The battles you won are won.
11·2 months agoConversely, when I read about the Holocaust as a kid, the last thing I would have expected future Jewish people to support was killing neighbors and taking their property. How are we making the same mistakes?
Yes, however…
- Many people you meet online are not, strictly speaking, people.
- Of the remainder, many are there for a reason.
I would wholeheartedly agree with the deprogrammer with one clarification: “known to you IRL” refers more to anonymity than to whether your interactions take place online, and the reason for that is important to consider.
Just like mom used to make.
To corroborate with personal experience, I got a third round in 2019 for grad school, but post-vaccine blood test showed only a moderate increase in resistance to measles.
Doc said immunity to measles in particular can be resistant to training for many individuals and recommended postponing another booster unless traveling to a country where measles was a problem. Guessing he didn’t imagine that country might be the USA.
Since I live in a city with a lot of tourism from states with burgeoning measles epidemics, I’m getting my fourth booster in April. Oy vey.
Me too. Uh oh.
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the uncommon thing is uncommon because that’s how it became uncommon
OK but that’s why OP asked for examples in the first place.
Only if you have stored files locally and select “also delete local data” when deleting the app. You can check this in the Files app or by connecting the device to a computer and browsing the books storage section.
Anything backed by icloud storage (and of course anything purchased from the store) can be redownloaded later.
As a compromise, you can “offload” the app until you’re ready to use it again from the apps section of settings. This has the side effect of retaining existing data while uninstalling the app itself.