You know, “hatch”. But it’s funnier saying door. Could a ship just dock with it, equalise pressure, and open the hatch? Or is there some sort of security? I tend to think ‘no’ because of a macabre situation where the crew are dead and the station is being recovered. But it’s amusing to think in space they don’t need to keep the doors locked.

“Lockpicking lawyer here, and this one is a doozy”

Behavioral mirroring is often a sign of trust or comfort, and applies to levels of eye contact as well. If someone is subconsciously doing the same things you are doing (e.g. longer and more direct eye contact if you initiate, more or slower blinking, more smiling, more relaxed postures to mirror yours), those are good signs of interest.

The converse is also true. If you are doing a lot of direct eye contact, and it seems like the other person is often looking away or closing up their body (crossed arms or rotating their torso away), that’s a sign to reduce some of those behavioral signals to match.

I’d say there isn’t a “This exact amount” to most things, as people are all different in their preferences, and it’s more about adjusting up and down with someone, in response to their small non-verbal or body language signals. They will likely be doing the same with you. Also, as others have mentioned - you can be more direct with words. If this is something you’re unfamiliar with and there’s someone you trust, you can say directly that you’re uncertain and ask something like “I’m not great at knowing how much eye contact feels correct, could you let me know if you notice too much or too little?”. If they are friendly with you, they’ll also likely be comfortable with the small request.

Also, just to say it - eye contact can mean the general eye area - it doesn’t mean your exact pupil to their exact pupil. I find that if I focus on the literal eye/pupil, then I get strained trying and keep attention on that specific small area. If I focus on the general eye area (nose/forehead/eyebrow/general eye) - they both can’t tell that it’s indirect eye contact and it’s easier to let my body auto pilot focus

and there’s so many DIFFERENT purples! Lavender, fuchsia!

I think the people that spend their time focusing on this are really creepy. They freak out about something that genuinely isn’t an issue and demonize people who are just trying to live their lives. There are better things to focus on

See, I feel like this was written by a coder. WAY too accurately specific.

That’s cool. I had no idea there was a python variant for visual novels! https://www.renpy.org/

I know it’s a typo, but I like the idea of composting code. A lot of it is turning to shit and has gotten moldy, so the metaphor is apt. Gotta mix it up with some fresh stuff, and turn it around every so often and you’ll end up with gold if you can give it the proper time

Oh this dude makes good motorcycle videos.

Another unfun fact (dunno if it’s mentioned in the video) is that Teflon is a PFAS that is currently in our environment and ground water in harmful amounts, is definitely giving us cancer, and can’t be easily extracted or broken down :(

I hope we can go back to waxed coats and boots or something, soon.

edit:// the video does mention it. Cool video

I like gitpod.io and GitHub codespaces

The Arch Wiki spit in my mouth, pulled my pants up to my chest, and called me names.

Learning a new hobby right after getting partway through another one

Ha. Amateurs. I disappeared YEARS of my files by self-hosting.

Oh god, please for the love of god use a spoon and not a knife tip, though

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VliJZhEqWzc I’m a robot, beepboop

that feels WAY over complicated

Show me the butterfly, you god damn liar.

honestly the “god I don’t wanna do this, but I’m going to do it” feeling has gotten me through more than a few gym days. Do you like podcasts or TV or music? Bring it with you and focus on that.

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My general advice though - start small, and build up what works for you. Move your body, drink water, try to establish healthy eating habits with all the colors (greens, vegetables, whole grains, etc).

Whatever you do won’t be wrong. It’s always a good thing to do a good thing for your body, whether its big or small or a regime or a once-in-a-while thing.

A beautiful day in Tuscany, you with your love. Nothing could be better. A small child approaches. You hear the sound of a polaroid, and you know what’s coming next. “$10? Photo?” the child says, holding out their hand. You are appalled. The nerve. The audacity. The sheer brazeness. You would never stoop to such a low as analogue film. You hawk back and summon your finest flem, to grace the small child. You spit on the image.

That was the day everything changed…

God I can’t imagine why anyone would every do that intentionally. What about when you need to update the file…? How do you know which version is served??