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Cake day: June 19th, 2023
  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Lemmings who can fall asleep within minutes of their head hitting the pillow, what's your secret?English
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    18 days ago

    I have also had great results with meditation aiding my sleep. For me it was mindfulness meditation, and recognizing when my mind was buzzing or going in circles, then letting the thoughts go and coming back to my breath or just observing my empty mind and watching for the first sign of a thought.

    For years I was hugely skeptical that saying words in my mind would make a difference, but when I tried a sleep meditation, like a yoga nidra, mentally saying things like “i have nothing else to do, and nowhere else to be. i am here to relax.” really helped. also, when my mind starts going off on a crazy line of thought and i recognize it, i can usually get it to stop by mentally saying “i can think about this tomorrow.” i’m still amazed that it even works. the idea that you can so easily trick (or i guess vocally control?) your own mind just sounds ridiculous. I suppose though that different minds work differently, and the mental words may not work for everybody, or not all the time.

  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•El Niño is here, and it’s already looking like it could be 'mind-blowing'English
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    24 days ago

    the video in the article does a great job of explaining it, but of course not everybody can or wants to watch the video.

    the video said that El Niño is when the ocean between south american and australia heats up by at least 0.5ºC above long term averages, and can cause warmer weather over the next many months, in this case through the end of 2026 and into 2027. it said that they expect the average temp to be above 2ºC higher than long term averages. it also said that wildfire season in canada would not be affected by it, but wildfire season in australia, which is around december 2026, could be especially bad.

  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted appsEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You should take notes about how you set up each app. I have a directory for each self hosted app, and I include a README.md that includes stuff like links to repos and tutorials, lists of nuances of the setup, itemized lists of things that I’d like to do with it in the future, and any shortcomings it has for my purposes. Of course I also include build scripts so I can just “make bounce” and the software starts up without me having to remember all the app-specific commands and configs.

    If a tutorial gets you 95% of the way, and you manage to get the other 5% on your own, write down that info. Future you will be thankful. If not, write a section called “up next” that details where you’re running into challenges and need to make improvements.