[-] stinerman@feddit.online 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I graduated from high school in a small town and in order to go to college of my choice, I had to move. I could have hung out and commuted to a community college, but I wanted the college experience.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd have stayed at home.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 3 points 3 days ago

I've literally done rm -rf / while root. I thought I was elsewhere and did rm -rf . and I was in the top level directory. When it took way longer than I expected, I hit CTRL+C about 10 times and looked at the damage. Oops.

Luckily it didn't get to /home, but it did wipe out /bin and /etc. I had to rebuild the OS. I learned.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 4 points 4 days ago

I learned to touch type on QWERTY in middle school. I do it mostly conventionally except for some reason I never really used the right shift key.

Same! Not sure how that came to be? Perhaps because right shift is too far away compared to left?

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 1 points 4 days ago

I never use the right shift key for anything. Any time I need a capital letter, it's always the left shift even though that's not 100% correct.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 2 points 4 days ago

I was in the last class in my high school that was taught to type on an actual typewriter. So yes, I can touch type on QWERTY.

My wife (then girlfriend) took a typing class in college at my insistence that it would help her immensely. She agrees to this day that it was the best decision she ever made with regards to electives. I strongly suggest that everyone should take a typing class, be it free or paid.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 15 points 1 week ago

I'm from a small town that has 3 factories in it. They employ a good portion of the area.

A friend of mine who was pretty socially awkward but really smart worked in one of the factories in the summers while he was going to college for accounting. He got his degree and...moved back home. He still works at the factory full time on the floor. We graduated high school in 2002.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 19 points 1 week ago

Guys, if you don't want to watch the halftime show, don't watch it. I don't know why people feel the need to announce that they won't and get upset that other people will still watch it.

I mean, my brother in christ, I don't watch Dave Chappelle's standup specials anymore, but you don't hear me posting about it every time he's got a new one out.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 15 points 2 weeks ago

Oddly enough, the old joke was "it says My Computer because Bill Gates thinks it's his."

I do agree with the sentiment of the meme and your comment.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 11 points 2 weeks ago

Buy a professional sports team in the USA.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 12 points 1 month ago

These are my experiences in Ohio in a privately-run in-patient hospital. I had two stays of about 6 days each.

  1. No cell phones or electronics of any kind.
  2. You can call family at designated times on a landline.
  3. All of your belongings will be itemized when you arrive. All clothing with laces will either be locked up or you will be required to remove the laces from them before you can use them. Yes including shoes. Best to bring slippers. Everyone wore slippers.
  4. There will be lots of programming from the staff there. Tons of group therapy. Art therapy. Music therapy. Sometimes the therapy dog would come around.
  5. You will be very bored unless you do something. Bring a book. Bring some playing cards. Be prepared to do a lot of drawing if that's your thing.
  6. You will also talk a lot to your fellow travelers. It will be weird because you will know the most intimate secrets and biggest fears of complete strangers.

The time is for you to get better and figure out what is triggering your mental health issues. The most important thing to remember is that you will probably never be 100% "fixed", but you can learn to live with your condition.

[-] stinerman@feddit.online 52 points 2 months ago

And Slackware is no clothes at all.

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