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That was my thought too. I’ve been dealing with similar symptoms my whole life, and they got worse after covid.
This eventually led to me investigating histamine intolerance, because viral infections can exacerbate all that. The lifestyle changes I’ve made since then have helped.
There was one house in particular where a lot of weirdness happened. The house was actually two structures that were relocated from a nearby mining town and joined together. That town was mostly abandoned and had a weird vibe.
When I was on one side of the house, I sometimes heard a voice calling my name from the other side. Electronics turned themselves on. This was back in the 90s and the appliances were already old, so there was no remote control that could be malfunctioning, it was all mechanical controls.
One time I was staying at a friend’s place, and the phone at home rang. When Mum answered she heard the conversation in the room I was in at this friend’s house, but nobody had called from there.
A lightbulb that wasn’t even turned on spontaneously exploded above me when I was in the toilet.
We later moved to another house, and I don’t know if it had its own haunting or whatever it was followed us, but that place had some weirdness too. I often heard breathing sounds from the walls. That could have been possums, so I didn’t think much of it until I saw a pile of clothes breathing like there was an animal under it. I watched Mum slowly remove every item, and there was nothing under there.
Years later I passed through that town and drove by those old homes. The first place was demolished, and the other had burnt down. I can’t help wondering if later residents decided it was the best way to deal with them.
I’ve had people tell me I have a gift of manifestation. My own observation is that I’ve had some good fortune in my life, but it’s balanced by my fair share of struggles. I keep the negatives to myself so people only see the gains.
I wouldn’t say I believe in it, but in dark moments the confidence of others has convinced me to try willing things into existence. If there’s any truth to it, I think the universe has a way of balancing it all out. If you ask for something, be prepared to give up something of equal value. If you ask for anything that affects the agency of others, the price is especially high.
Who knows if there’s anything to it. I try to be a reasoned skeptic, but I’ve seen plenty in my life that borders on the paranormal and I can’t explain, so I keep an open mind.
It’s not just printers. Laptops recognise people who are willing and able to crack them open. I’ve had multiple family members claim their problems disappeared the instant I gave their device a stern look.
Pebbles were the best. Having one taught me a lot about the best tech not having all the bells and whistles. It’s better to have only what you need done well.
Three times in my life I’ve been in proximity to large bushfires, alone with no transport.
I did the whole routine with stopping gutters and getting hoses ready, but in a couple of those places there wasn’t much water pressure to work with.
Lucky the wind never turned in my direction.
My current location in rural Tasmania has some advantages. There would likely be a delay in the zombies getting here, so that gives us prep time. Low population density means fewer zombies to deal with when they do. Plenty of natural resources, food, and water.
My main issue is a lack of defensible buildings, but there are lots of wood mills so maybe something could be constructed.
The wildcard is Tassie devils, being a powerful scavenger species. Would they go for the walking corpses? If so, would they end up turning themselves, because I don’t fancy dealing with zombie nocturnal marsupials with a bite that crushes bone.
When I started doing this work it was scary how fast they progressed. I thought I’d be redundant in a few months. Then they hit a wall very hard. The models might even be getting worse now. That could be my perception because a big part of the job is steering them toward failure and correcting the mistakes, so now I’m in the habit of exploiting their weaknesses.
They aren’t going away, but if we can figure out the niches where they’re actually useful, maybe the big AI companies will stop pretending LLMs are a digital panacea.
That’s exactly what my main income is these days. I signed up with DataAnnotation a couple of years ago, chipped away and started getting more access to a bigger pool of higher paying projects. I get online whenever it suits me, do work, claim time, get paid. No meetings or time wasting.
It’s not perfect, feedback is minimal, technical issues exist, but the flexibility is such a huge advantage that it’s hard to give up. It does mean you’re contributing to the whole AI… situation. My moral justification is that we’re actually making the models better at sticking with what they’re good at, and getting more efficient with it.
Specific professional skills like legal seem to be in high demand too. I’m a software engineering specialist, but they keep giving me finance projects just because I have that domain on my resume. They also gave me some referral codes specifically requesting legal, medical, and STEM pros. I don’t know if using my codes would give you an advantage in the application, but I guess it couldn’t hurt. DM me if you want one.
I stopped using Windows on my own machines many years ago. It was probably about the time when the games I was playing ran well enough, so dual booting was just taking up space I could use.
I live next to a very popular MTB town. Everywhere I look it’s adults going out on bike adventures. It’s driving half the economy around here.
My therapist specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, so we started out by trying to identifying things in my life that I was overreacting to. It turned out I was dealing with Real Shit, and remarkably chill under the circumstances. We had to abandon the CBT approach.
That was still helpful though. By asking the question, it validated my behaviour, so I didn’t doubt myself as much going forward. It helped me make some big life changes.
Why would anyone want something that provides the olfactory promise of bacon, but never delivers actual bacon?
She doesn’t spend the cash. It’s her ID card.
Now I want to know why Sabaton hasn’t done a song about the Emu War.
It’s not all Australians, but those who do it are all over social media for some reason.
I’ve been rolling up my clothes for years. I thought it would leave wrinkles, but it doesn’t. So much faster than folding, and much easier to pack when travelling.
I’m going to guess, based on the pattern of other misuses, they use it like “ultimate”, but with emphasis?
Good summary. It’s complex, but a good diagnostic starting point is looking up headache diets that eliminate a huge range of inflammatory foods. It’s very strict, but within a week or two it should be clear whether there’s a difference, then you can proceed to figuring out exactly what your body reacts to, and how to assist the DAO process.
In my case, there’s a genetic basis for low DAO production, so you can confirm it with a DNA test, but sometimes there’s dietary reasons.
Some people get relief by using antihistamines, but I didn’t notice much difference there myself. That might lead you to think allergies are a part of the problem, but not necessarily. You can be negative across the board on allergy tests, and still accumulate histamine in the body if it’s not getting removed efficiently.