Makes sense. I removed on FB from time to time and most of my posts get 20-30 engagements from close friends.

Anything pro-Palestine gets maybe 1, at best.

My Brother B&W laser printer is a beast. I’ve had it probably eight years now and am only, two months ago, on my 3rd toner cartridge despite my relatively low use. That counts the starter cartridge which I am told isn’t full.

My Brother color printer on the other hand is a pain. The yellow toner always runs out first and it won’t print without it. Well, it can, if you finagle things, but then it only does for like 3-4 weeks. Annoying as shit.

But, overall, better than any HP or Canon I’ve ever used.

I’m down if you’re near Portland, OR.

Went in with zero expectations and legitimately and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Correct. It’s documented.

Probably going to be Lost. I’m 3 episodes in as of 2008 and haven’t gone back yet…if I ever do, it will be the longest to get into for me by far.

In seriousness though…As others have said, The Office and Parks & Rec took me about a season to get into.

Arrested Development, I admit, took me a few episodes.

Always Sunny took me about a season…I think just to get into a groove of the style or something, I dunno.

I charge at home for $0.058/kWh. The company that provides it is also local and it does create local jobs.

I resemble this…sort of. Except my car is already paid for and I really don’t think it’s a wise decision to just blow money on another car simply to get out of a current vehicle that more than meets my needs.

Same! I currently use Sync (was not a Sync fan historically), but I’ve tried Liftoff, Connect, Jerboa… others.

Ultimately, I miss Relay, but is what it is. I don’t miss reddit.

Satisfied enough, I guess. I make a little over half a million a year. Thing is, I burn about $30k/mo right now trying to keep my small businesses afloat (debts from mid-covid, payroll, medical benefits for employees). A little less than $10k/mo goes to my own bills, savings, retirement, health, etc. Rest usually goes back to the community or local charitable causes.

I take zero money out of my businesses and haven’t for 3 years or so now.

What would be great is if I could get back to where the businesses are self-sustaining, but the last few COVID years changed so much that I’m beginning to doubt it’s possible and at the moment I don’t have the heart to just shut them down or leave the employees without a job.

But, I can’t work 80 hours+ a week forever. I have a family too. I think it will help once the debts are paid off, but just trend/trajectory-wise it will still take some additional foot traffic and sales growth that I’m just not sure will happen anymore.

Maybe it’s regional, but Instacart use in my area straight up says which stores are priced the same or which are priced at a premium when you click on it. It isn’t hidden at all.

I have 4 different bank accounts that I use primarily (technically 10 total). What I do is split up my direct deposits and/or schedule transfers so that everything is bucketed. One account for fixed monthly bills, one for variable things like groceries, one for savings, and one for whatever I want, etc.

I put a little more than necessary in each account each month, so every so often I may have a surplus for a given bucket, too. This will either go towards the accelerated payoff of something or I’ll split the difference and move half to my fun bucket.

For the most part, this keeps necessary money (bills and savings) out of sight or mind and it’s easier to control my impulse spending when the only account I can/should be spending from has a low limited amount.

Dude, that’s fucked up. What the heck…can you host your own servers like…I dunno, CounterStrike? Or is it dead-dead?

I actually encountered an issue earlier today where my important wasn’t working…and it was because another dev had already added a more specific important.

I deleted their important.

As a tech worker, I do almost jack shit and make deep into the six figures. Honestly, I’d be fine if UPS drivers made more than me, good on them.

Frankly, in terms of total compensation, pay them more.

I’m sorry you couldn’t finish it, but…for whatever reason, this comment is the funniest thing I’ve seen and hardest I’ve laughed at anything all day, so thank you for that!

Personally, I disliked Sync for Reddit and did not use it. And, personally some of those quirks still bother me with Sync for Lemmy.

But…Jerboa, Connect, Liftoff, etc. currently also don’t work as well or are as customizable as I’d like. Liftoff is definitely the closest, though, and I still switch back to it after each update to see how it is progressing.

For now though, Sync ticks more of my hot button boxes despite its flaws than any other app I’ve tried (so far).

…holy crap, same. This makes me uncomfortable.

$20 one time for a well developed app that I use multiple hours a day is inexpensive.

I pay almost as much to multiple streaming services PER MONTH for a shitty experience and sometimes not a completely ad-free experience.

Anyway, in all honesty I chose the $1.99/mo because it gives the dev $24/yr into perpetuity. I also donate to instances. I also use Connect and Jerboa and Liftoff. It’s whatever.

Or for any major treatment or injuries you have to watch 6 ads first, if you bleed out before they’re done, so be it.

Here in the US, there are a plethora of web dev jobs available once you hit the mid / senior level. I’d say on a high-level that about 80% of them offer pretty good work-life balance. Every web dev job or gig I’ve had in the last 7 years has been extremely flexible.

Happy to answer any other particular questions you have.