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  • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Lemmings who have personal experience with bipolar disorder (self, family, or friends), how hopeless is the situation, really?English
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    6 months ago

    I don’t have bipolar disorder myself, but I have friends who have it and have dated women who have it.

    So, without speaking from the POV of someone actually dealing with the issue, all I can say is that in my experience, it’s absolutely manageable.

    The issue I’ve noticed seems to be with the medication. I’ve had a friend tell me he hated the side effects so he didn’t keep taking them, and would thus swing into a manic or depressive episode until he’d start back on the meds. Similarly, I’ve heard of people (but not met personally) who take the meds for some time, decide that the meds worked and they don’t have the condition anymore and then stop taking the meds. Only, of course, to swing into bipolar episode.

    It’s definitely got to suck, but I think if you all listen to his doctors (even though one made a mistake by taking him off the meds, they’re human, too) and he is able to manage his medications you will all be ok.

    I can’t speak to his relationship. That’s gonna be between them, but it’s probably best for all parties to read up on bipolar disorder so they can better know what to expect and what not to fear. I have a coworker whose husband is bipolar and not the best with his meds from what I understand, and while she has some interesting/funny stories and long nights sometimes, they still seem very happy together.

    I guess all that is to say: It sucks, but his life definitely isn’t over lol. Listen to the doctors, maybe get him into some sort of therapy (if he’s open to it), and stick with meds that work. My bipolar friends are all kind, mostly successful, good people. For some, I wouldn’t even know had they not told me.

  • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What drug do you wish you were rich in?English
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    7 months ago

    With the profit margins on alcohol you really don’t need to be rich in it. The issue is acquiring a license to sell it.

    But really, when you buy a single shot at a bar, (price and liquor dependent, ofc), it generally pays for 1/4 to 1/2 of the entire bottle, considering the bottles are normally purchased in bulk.

    When I was bartending years ago we’d get bottles of Jameson whiskey for ~$15 a bottle, then sell shots for $5.00 each. 3 1.5oz shots sold from a 750ml bottle paid for the whole bottle and left another 14.5 shots to sell.

  • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?English
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    7 months ago

    “Department / Corporate Retreat”

    As in, “we’re holding our annual corporate retreat next Wednesday! It’ll be offsite, you’re all required to be there, and we’ll be spending the day having a 6 hour meeting about absolutely nothing, just like we do every year. But dont worry, when we’re done we’ll play a game no one wants to play, or do a craft no one wants to do, but everyone will pretend they enjoy it because if they don’t, they’re not ‘team players.’”

    This year, our day-long-nothing-meeting was about how management is working to secure everyone’s jobs despite budget cuts, and we have nothing to worry about. Then we took a personality quiz that said I was a character from Stranger Things. Then the next day, they told me I’m getting laid off and have 3 months left at the company.

    Fucking RETREATS are so relaxing.

  • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What is Docker?English
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    7 months ago

    You’re asking a lot of questions at one time and will be better served understanding you’re knocking at the door of a very deep rabbit hole.

    That said, I’ll try to give you the basic idea here and anyone who can correct me, please do so! I doubt I’ll get everything correct and will probably forget some stuff lol.

    So, self hosting really just means running the services you use on your own machine. There’s some debate about whether hosting on a cloud server - where someone else owns and has physical access to the machine - counts as self hosting. For the sake of education, and because I’m not a fan of gatekeeping, I say it does count.

    Anyway, when you’re running a server (a machine, real or virtualized, that is running a program connected to a network that can - usually - be accessed by other machines connected to that network), who and what you share with other machines on your network or other networks, is ultimately up to you.

    When using a “hosted” service, which is where another entity manages the server (not just the hardware, but the software and administration too, and is therefore the opposite of self hosting. Think Netflix, as opposed to Jellyfin), your data and everything you do on or with that service on that network belongs to the service provider and network owners. Your “saved” info is stored on their disks in their data center. There are of course exceptions and companies who will offer better infrastructure and privacy options but that’s the gist of non-self-hosted services.

    To your specific questions:

    But how does that work?

    Hopefully the above helps, but this question is pretty open ended lol. Your next few questions are more pointed, so I’ll try to answer them better.

    Is it just a network on which you store your stuff in a way that you can download it anywhere or can it do more?

    Well, kind of. If you’re hosting on a physical machine that you own, your services will be accessible to any other machine on your home network (unless you segment your network, which is another conversation for another time) and should not, by default, be accessible from the internet. You will need to be at home, on your own network to access anything you host, by default.

    As for storage of your data, self hosted services almost always default to local storage. This means, you can save anything you’re doing on the hard-drive of the machine the server is running on. Alternatively if you have a network drive, you can store it on another machine on your network. Some services will allow you to connect to cloud storage (on someone else’s machine somewhere else). The beauty is that you decide where your data lives.

    I mean, to me that’s just a home network. Hosting sounds like it’s designed for other people to access. Can I put my website on there?

    Like almost anything with computers and networking, the defaults are changeable. You can certainly host a service on the internet for others to access. This usually involves purchasing the rights to a domain name, setting that domain up to link to your private IP address, and forwarding a port on your router so people can connect to your machine. This can be extremely dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing an isn’t recommended without learning a lot more about network and cyber security.

    That said, there are safer ways to connect from afar. Personally, I use a software called Wireguard. This software allows devices I approve (like my phone, or my girlfirend’s laptop) to connect to my network when away from home though what is called an “encrypted tunnel” or a "Virtual Private Network (VPN) ". These can be a pain to set up for the first time if you’re new to the tech and there are easier solutions I’ve heard of but haven’t tried, namely Tailscale, and Netbird, both of which use Wireguard but try to make the administration easier.

    You can also look into reverse proxies, and services like cloudflare for accessing things away from home. These involve internet hostng, and security should be considered, like above. Anything that allows remote access will come with unique pros and cons that you’ll need to weigh and sort for yourself.

    If so, how do I go about registering my domain each year.

    Personally, I use Porkbun.com for cheap domains, but there are tons of different providers. You’ll just have to shop around. To actually use the domain, I’m gonna be linking some resources lower in the post. If I remember correctly, landchad.net was a good resource for learning about configuring a domain but idk. There will be a few links below.

    I’m not computer illiterate but this sounds kind of beyond my skill level.

    It was beyond my skill level when I started too. It’s been nearly a year now and I have a service that automatically downloads media I want, such as movies, shows, music, and books. It stores them locally on a stack of hard drives, I can access them outside of my house with wireguard as well. Further, I’ve got some smaller services, like a recipe book I share with my girlfriend and soon with friends and family. I’ve also started hosting my own AI, a network wide ad-blocker, a replacement for Google photos, a filesharing server, and some other things that are escaping me right now.

    The point is that it’s only a steep hill while you’re at the bottom looking up. Personally, the hike has been more rejuvenating than tiresome, though I admit it takes patience, a bit of effort, and a willingness to learn, try new things, and fail sometimes.

    Never sweat the time it takes to accomplish a task. The time will pass either way and at the end of it you can either have accomplished something, or you’ll look back and say, “damn I could’ve been done by now.”

    I’ll go search Jellyfin, weird name, and see what I can find. Thanks again!

    Also check these out, if you’re diving in:

    YouTube:

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    Hopefully this helps someone. Good luck!