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Cake day: June 9th, 2023
  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoGaming@lemmy.ml•Wish I could retire now actually
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    1 month ago

    That’s true. I think the best thing anyone can do for themselves is mitigate as much of that as you can. Obviously you can be dealt a shit hand and get a physical or mental impairment as you get older that’s out of your control. But if you can stay as mentally and physically healthy as possible you can definitely raise your chances of being one of those 70 year old tanks you see destroying the rock climbing walls and stuff.

    And unless you get severe parkinsons or something I still think there are many fulfilling things you can do at home.

    But at the end of the day it’s about working with what you have. I understand it can be a huge adjustment when someone that has done the same thing for 40 years is forced into retirement and their world is turned upside down. I know it’s not all simple. But I’ve seen a streamer that can only move their head playing COD with a mouth controller. I think just about everyone can find something if they try.

  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoGaming@lemmy.ml•Wish I could retire now actually
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    1 month ago

    I substitute socialising with small streaming channels. Like the ones that have less than 5-10 people watching ever. You can come and go as you please and no one cares, and you can make real connections and have actual conversions with both the streamer and other viewers. People with channels that small aren’t doing it for the money, they’re doing it to have people to chill with while they play.

    Some would say they aren’t real friends but I think there’s a point you can get to where I would disagree.

  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoGaming@lemmy.ml•Wish I could retire now actually
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    1 month ago

    Guess everyone’s different. I’m a stay at home dad with a wife that works and I’m incredibly happy doing chores for a couple hours then indulging my hobbies until school pickup. I have time to exercise. I have time to cook good meals (and learn to do so). It’s been 13 years and no sign of getting sick of it yet. She has a high paying job that she’s happy in and is someone that would tell me if she had an issue. This was suggested by her.

    I don’t know how anyone can get bored without work. There are 1000 things that you can do as “work” that surely there must be some that any given person would enjoy. Learning music, language, gardening, coding, makeup, design, art, games, woodwork, exercise I could go on and on and on.

    I could somewhat understand 50+ years ago. But we have the INTERNET now. We have unprecedented access to entertainment and knowledge. Anything you could ever want to know or learn or watch is available to you. And if you find the online resources inadequate for learning to play that obscure instrument or practise speaking that language, I bet you you can find someone to teach you over video call.

    Judge away but I’m happy and don’t know how anyone could find working better. The only thing working truly gives you is money. Any sense of fulfilment or purpose I guarantee can be found elsewhere as well.

    That’s not to say work CAN’T be fulfilling or meaningful though. Just that it’s not the only path or unique to working like people like to make out.

  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Asking for…umm…a friend. How long before Meta deletes your content after you request to delete your account?
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    1 month ago

    I find it hard to believe any given post would have enough information to link it back to a specific person when viewed in isolation. Even “I’m Mary and going to visit my friend Sarah in New York City.” isn’t going to tell you who that belongs to if the profile and history itself is gone. It would have to be ridiculously detailed and all contained within a single post to actually reliably point to a specific person.

    Containing personal information in general and even having an AI spit it out (which good luck, that’s not really how LLM work unless there’s something SUPER niche that essentially only you have spoken about) isn’t enough to say it isn’t anonymized. You also have to show it could specifically be linked to you by other people, in other words, that it can be de-anonymized.

  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoLinux@lemmy.ml•PewDiePie has switched to Linux
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    1 month ago

    He was born in 89 which is very close to my age. Most people my age that are kind of techy but don’t do it as a job or main hobby probably tried Linux around 2010 or so, at which time it was rubbish for gaming, and wrote it off as impractical. It absolutely makes sense for someone that hasn’t tried it since then to say “now” when referring to its ability to play most games well, because it’s relative to when they last tried it.