Hi,

When I try and login to my account on lemmy.sdf.org, I just get the loading 'beach ball' spinning infinitely, with no progress or errors reported or anything else.

I'm not presently working but I trained, and worked as, a software developer. I struggle a lot with work and my working life has been very chaotic due to shit mental health. It seems like a really stupid idea, as being a chef is meant to be really stressful. However, the idea of it being fast-paced, immediate, physical, intense, sensory seems really really appealing to me.

I'm sorry if this isn't a lot of information to go on. I'm trying to reduce details, partly for privacy's sake, partly because if I don't wind myself-in this could be a novel long.

Sorry but I don't have anyone IRL to share how happy I am about this. All my real-life drafts have been really disappointing and I was feeling down on myself.

Deck was Red-White with a focus on roles and enchantments. I got [[Archon of the Wild Rose]] and [[A Tale for the Ages]] Pack 2 Pick 1 and Pack 2 Pick 2 respectively. [[Savior of the Sleeping]] is a card I have played with a bunch but have never utilised properly before now. My two Saviors were probably the MVPs, I managed to frequently get them quite buffed-up.

Looking back over my draft and I realize now that I didn't wind-up using my first three picks! I realized late into the first pack that White seemed really open, so when Pack 2 came around, and I got those two really helpful rares, I got the sense I was onto a good thing.

Hello,

First of all many congrats on releasing the app. I imagine it's been a tough few months since Reddit screwed over their community.

As far as I can recall, I used 'Small Cards' as my layout for the Reddit app. However using it now and the cards are far too large for my taste.

Is there any chance of us being able to set the max height of image previews, so we can tweak it to our preference?

Thanks,

Wat

EDIT: Now claimed.

Hi,

I attended two pre-releases this weekend and got two codes for WOE MTGA packs. I believe you can't redeem multiple codes. I've tried and the website says I can't.

In case anyone else can use it, it's:

CB8B3-1A366-1BD91-99850-13A17

Please be sure to comment when you've claimed it, so I can update the post.

Hi all.

I'll try and be succinct but as I'm sure you all realize that's often easier said than done.

I don't feel like I ever hear my fellow ADHDers discuss how negative an experience hyperfocusing can be.

First off, I never feel like I'm 'enjoying' myself when I hyperfocus. It feels a lot like I'm dreaming. Time moves weirdly, all my senses go askew, and it never feels like I'm in-control.

Then when the focus fades for whatever reason, I feel exhausted. I usually have a headache from the hours of intent concentration. Oftentimes I haven't eaten, had a drink or used the toilet. As I start to come out of it I often feel quite confused and borderline hungover.

It gives me such an existential crisis. An activity is either so boring I can't summon myself to engage with it or it's so absolutely engrossing that it feels like the activity is partaking of me rather than the reverse.

And when I come out of it, to an extent I do feel as if I've been consumed. I don't feel happy or satisfied or fulfilled. I feel tired, confused and uncomfortable.

Can anyone relate? Does anyone have any advice?

As nothing else has been posted, I figured I'd open this up to discussion.

A brilliant race, I thought. Lots of fantastic battles. An intelligent strategy from Ferrari. Not too chaotic or arbitrary. Albon fighting on 40-lap old tires for a huge P7.

How'd everyone else enjoy it?

Watched my first ever 'historic' F1 race today: the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, in anticipation of quali today.

::: spoiler spoiler I am disappointed to say that I didn't feel it lived up to its reputation. Everything seemed reasonably uneventful before the red flag and a very large amount of the race was behind the safety car. I didn't get the impression there was ever a moment of 'different teams; different strategies; how is this going to play out?'. Maybe there would have been, if it were not for the red flag.

Undoubtedly the final 20 laps were exciting. Heidfeld (IIRC) running over his own front-wing. Schumacher's double over-take of Kobiyashi and Massa. The three-way battle of Schumacher, Webber, and Button. Webber's final lap off. Massa beating Kobiyashi at the death.

It was undoubtedly a good race but without having lived the era, maybe I am missing the context to really, truly appreciate it. Button being from last to first with six pit stops feels more like a fun trivia fact than a titanic achievement, given all the disruption.

I'd be interested in the views of other fans. Has anyone else re-watched it and been underwhelmed? If I watched it will full knowledge of where the sport and the competitors were at the time, would I have enjoyed it more? :::

I don't know if it's due to over-exposure to programming memes but I certainly believed that no one was starting new PHP projects in 2023 (or 2020, or 2018, or 2012...). I was under the impression we only still discussed it at all because WordPress is still around.

Would a PHP evangelist like to disabuse me of my notions and make an argument for using PHP for projects such as Kbin in this day and age?

Hello all,

Wanted to open a discussion on Lemmy's post sorting options right now. I don't have any experience with implementing this type of thing but right now the algorithm appears... Off? For example, 'Active' gives me a lot of posts over a day old but 'Hot' may as well be 'New' i.e. more recent posts with little engagement.

I don't know if it's due to Lemmy still picking up steam or a fundamental flaw with the algorithm. Like I said, I'm really curious to hear the opinions of those more knowledgeable.