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Thanks for sharing this. I always get excited when I see the coelacanth pop up in the news.

It was amazing to get to see one at the Smithsonian. It felt like seeing something that I shouldn’t be able to see, like something of this world, but not, at the same time. I can’t imagine how thrilling it would be to see them in person and to learn about them directly.

Found it!

I was visiting someone at Yale, and as we were walking through town I saw a car with an actual BORT license plate.

I was the only one who got a kick out of it though.

It was 2 phones ago, so not sure where the picture lives these days, but I have proof somewhere!

That helps me understand what the other person was saying in response to my comment now, thanks!

Seeeeee…we all get confused without it!

Always use it.

If I’m listing this, that, and the other, the commas are just a horizontal series of bullet points, so there should be a comma for each item in the list.

Nobody would go:

• This
• That
  The other

This has really been a fun thread and I’m glad I participated in it! With a post like this, I never know if the intent is serious or silly, but it’s been cool learning everyone’s pillow-tech.

The sleep pros may all say we should be using one thin pillow and all sleep on our back or whatever the general rules are these days, but I can’t for the life of me fall asleep on my back. I don’t sleep textbook perfect, so I’ve got to find a practical solution for me.

Lol, glad you like it.

For some greater details, I’ve recently switched to shredded foam fill pillows. With the slant stack method, they kinda form into wedge shapes, adding support to keep the structure in place. The top sinks down to hold the pulled out bottom one out, and it keeps the bottom tier fluffy when I work my way down to sleeping in that.

I don’t think that’d work quite as good with traditional polyfill pillows or solid foam slabs. I do feel I’ve had less neck pain this way though, and it worked ok with the limp ass pillows I had at a recent hotel stay.

A third pillow is propped on the nightstand for when I want to sit up in bed. That one goes almost vertical against the headboard.

Two, with the bottom pillow pulled down a bit giving me 2 tiers.

I have wide shoulders and go to sleep on my side, so I need the height, but I tend to roll into my stomach, where 2 is too high, so I wake up on the bottom pillow.

Having 2 in a slanted stack just allows for the perfect height adjustment for neck alignment.

Ouch, that’s disappointing to hear.

This summer sadly ended my work from home period, but I felt I saw noticeably more monarchs this year than in a very long time. I’m on the East Coast though.

I did also take notice that I never see near the amount of fireflies I did as a kid too, which also makes me a bit sad.

No reason in particular, and technically it’s still my most used OS if we’re counting Android.

Most of my work is on company Windows laptops, and most of my personal things are just done on my phone these days.

I do have a few old laptops I keep alive with Linux LiveUSBs of various things, but I did live from the end of the XP years until Windows 7 with just Linux at home.

Still a lover of FOSS, and always try to find a solution there first when I need new software, but I never became a zealot. The older I get, the more I want stuff to “just work,” so I don’t mind if the solution is open or not, for example.

I would like to play around with a current “full power” distro again, but the next computer I actually purchase will likely be for music production, so it will also probably be Windows just so I don’t need to worry about compatibility.

This has been my favorite dried pasta! I used to get it off Amazon before my grocery store carried it, and I can still get more shares online. I like three orrichetti and radiatorre(sp?)!

I used Tux Guitar in my Linux days, and that worked well enough for what I needed it for as a Guitar Pro substitute.

I was all set to scrap my Facebook account as I never used it anymore. Then when I starting posting daily to !superbowl@lemmy.world, I basically set it up as a news feed for 50+ animals rescues to get me content.

I think my last post on Facebook other than responding to birthday wishes was 2 years ago.

The algorithm was recommending me a lot of crap for a long time, but lately it’s gotten better actually.

It’s still a pain to use, but for many rescues, it’s the only way to get daily news about them, so I use it more than ever now, but I’m not contributing anything back into it, other than hopefully increasing traffic to the rescues.

Of course! The hardest part is usually just getting started, so there’s no need to overcomplicate.

For those also saying “well look at this rich person with money to invest over here,” you can also read this stuff and be a step or two ahead when you do get to invest, because one of the first things it explains is prioritizing where to put money. Fill up one level before moving on to the next, but by reading ahead, you know what to do when you get there so you are prepared.

Money for us non-uber rich folk works best with time, so the sooner you get in the game, the more success you should have overall. They call this “getting rich slowly” which doesn’t sound exciting, but that’s the point. Most people don’t want to be on an emotional roller coaster with their money, they’d rather be on a lazy river ride that gets then where they want to be.

Bogleheads Guide to Investing - First Edition PDF

Book Summary on Bogleheads Wiki

Bogleheads Wiki

This is somewhat of a speed run of the book.

The Bogleheads philosophy is basically to buy everything with a 2 or 3 fund portfolio.

• Total Stock Fund
• Total Bond Fund
• Total International Fund

The linked documents will explain those in more detail, but the concept is to buy everything so you always have bought the biggest winners, not to bet on a handful that will all lose or win, but at bigger expense to you.

They’ll tell you how much to buy of each and what type of account to keep it in to max tax effectiveness.

It’s not complicated once you read the source, and anyone should be able to understand it, it’s not written to be cryptic or to sell you something. You can put your money anywhere you choose and it works the same.

I’ve followed it for about 15 years or so and have been very happy. There’s no checking on stock news or any of that BS, you just develop a plan you’re comfortable with, and then stick to it. The more hands off you are, the better honestly.

I look at the Lemmy.World Communities page, and I’m on the front page sorted by Users/Month. I’m bordered by what I would consider some very big groups, and I just think, am I doing good or is Lemmy doing that bad outside a few major players?

It feels like a busy place to me, because I’m putting the work in. But when I go to some of the things I’d think would be popular, they come up blank for Top 6 Hours. Even c/Dogs, when I made a crosspost there the other day didnt have anything for the day. I expect that to be way busier than SuperbOwl. I used to hang at Beehaw for the positive vibes, but when I would sort by Local, there’s be like 10 posts with no comments for the day, so I stopped signing on.

I really want this to work. I like the smaller setting, I like recognizing the names of the regular commentors, but a channel can’t be a one person show forever. I just feel it would get stale. I feel it still has the potential though. I feel my activity and comments per subscriber is much better than the Reddit version. They have 435000 subs and their upvote averages and comments per thread are not proportionately bigger than what I get with 2400.

I never posted at Reddit because I felt I couldnt stand out among millions of users. It isn’t hard to post, just share something you like. I do some in depth posts and will research stuff and all that, but still many posts are, hey, here’s a cool photo. People just have to step up if they want this place to stay around. It isn’t hard, it isn’t more time consuming than just scrolling through everything. Just try it and be the change you want to see.

I feel you. I’ve been pretty much the only poster 1-3 times a day for months trying to keep the group going.

I’d love just one other person who could post maybe 3 times a week to take the pressure off a little.

Looks like the office version of anti-homeless architecture. Most likely intended to serve the same purpose.

I’m becoming less convinced feudalism ever actually ended…

This is what I try to do with !superbowl@lemmy.world to spread the word.

You can also look for related communities, like when I stopped by to say hello on !birding@lemmy.world and let them know !superbowl@lemmy.world was having the first annual Owl of the Year bracket tournament, going on now, that they might enjoy participating in.

I try to find times to let people know !superbowl@lemmy.world is a place they can always go for a daily shot of positivity. I see a number of depressing stories in the top posts, do it’s good to know there’s a place to go to swish those depressing things out of your brain.

Other times people might not know !superbowl@lemmy.world isn’t just pictures or memes like you may expect. We go into a lot of education, information, and awareness of animal resources too, as well as where you can go to see real live owls near you.

But it’s also important to spam tastefully. I posted a friendly post on LemmyBeWholesome, which I don’t typically go to, but guy immediately downvoted, so I just deleted the post and moved on, so I didn’t bother anyone if they didn’t want to see it. I feel organic growth is the way to go, so I try to get the word out fairly regularly while being careful I don’t mention !superbowl@lemmy.world toooooon much.

So I just try to keep my spamming limited, try to target an audience, even if it’s just a few people at a time, and try to make the post friendly and entertaining so even if you didn’t go visit !superbowl@lemmy.world immediately that !superbowl@lemmy.world might get stuck in your head for later it you just noticed it more when !superbowl@lemmy.world pops up on ALL, which it does a lot because we have a ton of fun there, especially now with the Owl of the Year, as it allows everyone to participate even if they don’t feel like they have anything to add to the conversation, which I don’t feel is true, but many people feel that way around themselves. Then when I see new people comment on posts, I try to welcome and acknowledge them all and upvote everyone who is polite so they feel like a party of the group.

So I hope this was helpful and entertaining for you, and if you want to check out some cool birds and learn about bird things, check it out !superbowl@lemmy.world today!

It definitely came as a shock to me. I’ve had really short hair for the last 20 years and decided to grow it out last year for funsies. It’s at my shoulders now and I didn’t notice the time creeping up as it grew, but I can see it on the clock now!