Now a networked device I fucking wept when I showed that off to my wife. My thinking was the spindles would be a simple wiring matter. Nah. a dozen dual-layer terminal strips and four fucking switches. Mulling over buying a sound company.
not joking.... Imgur gave me the following warning when I clicked on your first link: "This post may contain erotic or adult imagery. By continuing, you acknowledge that you are 18+ years of age." I mean... these pictures are sexy and all but I don't think they're that kind of sexy... ha~
Was good to meet NikolaiFyodorov last week! Hope you had a good time in Amsterdam. I let my physical therapist know that I'm good for now. I've had a ton of energy the last few weeks (although most of that is going into job hunting). My regimen seems to work most of the time so I wanna know what it's like without the training wheels. The weather has been fantastic lately. We planted a bunch of sun-bathed plants, some of them are immediately growing while others are unmoving and/or wilting away a bit. Gotta find out what works and trial & error is our way to go.
It was terrific to meet you too, veen. Thanks for the background info on the Netherlands' energy profile (which was useful to bring into the conversations with TU Delft) and thanks to kleinbl00 for the introduction. It was terrific meeting you both and ButterflyEffect on my travels. Flew back in to Melbourne on Monday night. Work has not let up.
Feeling fried. Behind at work, been sick for a week and a half. Taking Thursday through Monday off for some climbing, which won't help with getting fully past this illness. Then climbing again Tuesday and maybe Wednesday, and a trip north next Saturday and Sunday. It's all really, really exciting stuff, but I'm getting in a bit over my head right now, and it's stacking up. Really I just need to not be sick. Still not very interested in dating? Have a couple of friends who want me to meet their friends, in a very complicated way, because one of these people splits time between TX and OR, and the other splits time between VT and elsewhere. Both are climber-first kind of people. So there's that.
On the other hand, there can be benefits in a relationship that's at least partly remote. Allows plenty of self-care time.
My understanding is that postmodernism is taking what was built by modernism and tearing it down, showing how it doesn't work, and otherwise deconstructing it and examining it piece by piece to the point that it loses all meaning. It is disillusionment with the modern world, and admitting that it's all bullshit. In a word: nihilism. Then, Metamodernism is taking those pieces and using them to construct things, just not the things you started with, and not using the pieces in the same way. And thereby adding meaning back into the thing, just not the same meaning as before. So you are still admitting that the original was bullshit, but instead of blowing everything up and leaving, you're constructing something that works for you, with full knowledge it is arbitrary. In a word: existentialism.
I don't think I've heard the term metamodernism before.... but I think no matter our circumstances we can choose to enjoy the ride. someone smarter than me said “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” I'm not always a good practitioner... (I worry, fret, over-think, stress, depress, etc) but it's front of mind.
The surgery I had three weeks ago was not successful so now it's "do minor fixes until you can't anymore and then more intensive and invasive surgery" really the cherry on top of the month of May for me.