M30s, Milwaukee County, WI. If you’re in town, let’s grab a meal at Naf Naf Grill!

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Cake day: February 18th, 2025

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  • Oh. Yes, then it is absolutely the numbers game at work. Out of 5-10 gatherings you attend, you might strike it off with 1 person… to be just an acquaintance at first. We have to put on really thick skin, and if any certain group just isn’t working out, move on to find another; don’t try to keep hoping things will improve (I mean, they might, but it’s typically faster in my experience to just try different groups altogether).

    I think you’re on the right path and just gotta keep going. Sorry that last event was discouraging, but don’t give up!


  • Here is your problem:

    hang out

    It should be more on a regular basis with a focal point than just random meals. Board-gaming, glass-blowing, rock-climbing, something—what do you like or would be willing to try?

    When you have another topic as the focal point of your meetup, there is less weight on you to have to purely carry the conversation nonstop. Join or start a movie-watching or hiking group, etc. There’s so much out there. Forming a new group takes a lot of sustained effort over years, but if some new additions get interested enough to help run events, it gets way easier. Accept help quickly, after some brief vetting.










  • macOS blocks tools like Espanso from viewing or modifying login input fields.

    I wonder if SikuliX may be of interest to you, then. I just invoke KeePassXC’s built-in autotyper; it’s not too much more painful for me. Anyway, thanks for sharing! We certainly use it for very different things. Here’s a Reddit search URL generation script that I use sporadically:

      - trigger: '`rs'
        replace: '{{output}}'
        vars:
          - name: form
            type: form
            params:
              layout: |
                [[subdomain]]
                Subreddit (optional): [[subreddit]]
                Query:
                [[query]]
              fields:
                subdomain:
                  type: choice
                  values:
                    - www
                    - old
                  default: old
          - name: output
            type: script
            params:
              args:
                - python
                - -c
                - |
                  if '{{form.subreddit}}':
                    print(f'https://{{form.subdomain}}.reddit.com/r/{{form.subreddit}}/search?q={{form.query}}&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on')
                  else:
                    print(f'https://{{form.subdomain}}.reddit.com/search?q={{form.query}}&include_over_18=on')
    

    I wanna make a Lemmy equivalent of this, eventually…

    Update: Okay, just did for my instance!

      - trigger: "`lemmy"
        propagate_case: true
        replace: "https://programming.dev/search?q=%7B%7Blemmy.query%7D%7D&type=%7B%7Blemmy.search%7D%7D&listingType=All&page=1&sort=%7B%7Blemmy.timeframe%7D%7D"
        vars:
          - name: "lemmy"
            type: form
            params:
              layout: |
                Query: [[query]]
                Filter: [[search]]Time Frame: [[timeframe]]
              fields:
                query:
                search:
                  type: list
                  values:
                    - All
                    - Comments
                    - Communities
                    - Posts
                    - Users
                    - URL
                  default: All
                timeframe:
                  type: list
                  values:
                    - TopWeek
                    - TopMonth
                    - TopThreeMonths
                    - TopSixMonths
                    - TopNineMonths
                    - TopYear
                    - TopAll
                  default: TopAll
    

    It’d be nice to be able to improve the layout’s appearance, but I don’t know how to do that…