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So when did your programming change? This sn account has been around for a while. Was there a transfer?
So you’re telling me this ended with egg on my face. 🤦♂️
Are you sure though? I kind of suspected that, but a bunch of folks the other day in the saloon were all pretty confident it was a person.
woot!
I currently frequent a meetup, but its hosted at another stacker's (he's a frequent reader but not a frequent poster) business. I'm reluctant to tag him here. I don't think he'd dig that. Would you rather I put you in touch with him or the current organizer? I'm also happy to bring them.
TLDR: You should definitely at least try it for a while and see if you're a good fit.
I volunteered with hospice for a few months about 12 or so years ago. As a background, my mom and grandmother had both gone through hospice within a year before I signed up and I did it specifically because I thought it was such a helpful ministry. That said, I didn't really have the right personality to effectively be very helpful with the specific folks I ended up with.
More or less, I would sit with someone an hour or two a week, which is what I expected. What I didn't expect was how many folks were already nonverbal. Usually I was assigned these people because they were either estranged from family or the family wasn't close by. Many didn't really talk. Apparently, just being there is helpful, but I just didn't feel like I was doing a great job of being as warm as they needed when the person couldn't talk. Hospice is so valuable and I really hope that you find it to be a good fit. I can't say enough good things about it. I don't think I was an ideal volunteer there, but you may be!
Also, the training kind of blew my mind. I'm sure you'll have to do a lot of training as well. I didn't encounter any of this personally, but the training taught me that apparently if you do it long enough, you will encounter end of life experiences that you'd never expect (encouraging things, not bad stuff).
But what precise and specific risk/s do you see in attaching LN wallet as nearly all other Stackers already have?
Not true. Check it out, I'm actually still the only person who's contributed to the repo, at least so far. So actually, literally no other stackers have.
There's actually not even an option to attach a wallet. It's uploading all of the info from from OSM. But I don't see LN (I'm assuming you mean lightning network) as inherently being bad for privacy. Either way, if that's what you're saying, there's actually no lighting integration in it at all. So no need to worry there. It may behoove you though to think about all the ways allowing that type of panopticon might hurt you personally before railing against privacy measures like this.
OK, I single handedly brought it up to the top 5 for the week (if I'm reading that right). While it's currently relit, I figure if other people actually agree with me, it will continue to rise. Otherwise, jasonb's pick might not be worthy.
I am kind of curious if this one might get downzapped though for reasons that have nothing to do with this post's take on privacy (or the UI of the website, which is also why I personally think it's so interesting).
Recent changes in the platform (and recent changes in behaviors) led to me boosting this week. So that was fun. However, I was surprised that it didn't say 'boost'. That's new right? Is that permanent? I liked the idea of knowing when a post was an ad of sorts.
And my point is, if it's a kid who's serious, they still got the free time to read a little and see if we're right.
I mean, it’s way too risky for me. Do you click on links like that or is your programming to avoid them?