Normalize it for age. How much did GenX spend at 22 vs GenZ? It could be similar, but it’s not clear. Of course old people have more disposable income once the mortgage is paid off and GenZ can’t get a mortage, just an expensive rental.

There’s a big drop off in drinking overall and it’s a good thing. Yet genZ is back on nicotine.

No idea. Apparently this https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-loss

Leaving the theatre with zero seats sold is so much better than spelling rude things.

RSS is just early doomscrolling. RSS is not a feed of my choices for articles, it’s my choice of content sources.

With that said, I’ve used these readers before and simply can’t get on with them. I just procrastinate whether it’s a new tab or saved in an app. Some people like them though.

Find something that releases dopamine and that has a cost to missing (it could be social, like hockey, or financial, like a class). A free membership 30 min away isn’t that. Home, with some bands and a bike, requires a mindset that’s often difficult to get into.

For me, CrossFit has an intensity and “I can do better” aspect along with getting to know the people in the class that helped me adopt a fitness regimen. Hockey players are irritatingly good at many aspects of that form of fitness so it might be fun for you. Lots of posterior chain work and short bursts of intensity, and a social aspect. None of that “sit on a fucking bike and stare at the wall/tv for an hour” (I now do this but that’s a longer story). Unfortunately, Crossfit™ is a steaming pile of shit, is full of born again Christians and thin X line people; I was fortunate we had none of that when I started and I was able to just get moving; since 2020 I’ve been doing it at home. My partner does it with me and that helps with accountability.

It doesn’t get better with the kids. When they’re older, the sleep schedule gets later and the activity schedule fills up. You’ll also get more prone to aches and injury. Now is the time to get after it.

The most expensive fitness decision you can make is saying “I’ll start later.” Your body doesn’t stay the same when you stop training. It adapts downward. Start small now.

I created a text file with all the IPs, server name, and function and some general notes. I don’t use good passwords in my home network, sue me. But my master password should go into the will stored with lawyer.

It’s enough to get started but my family will have to find someone to help them at some point as they don’t have the technical skills I do.

I have snort running on my firewall monitoring my LAN port. Does it help? No idea. Does it make me feel good because it blocks stuff? Yup. It does enforce IP blacklists from a feed, so it’s a start.

Keeping an loose eye on things and watching for extra network traffic, cpu, ram usage is what I do.

The advantage to using something like terraform is repeatability, reliability across environments and roll-backs.

How much fucking work do you do at home anyways? The last thing I want to see when I clock out is another terminal screen. I’ve been doing this too long.