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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • The only way I get the equipment or maintenence time that I need to do my job efficiently is if I make my immediate superiors strategically miserable on occasion. If I did what the article insists is the ideal, I’d be doomed to silently perform the same temporary, time-wasting fixes every week forever.

    You can’t count on your work to ‘speak for itself’ if the company isn’t specifically examining your contributions in the first place. They will happily presume that your work is exactly interchangeable with everyone else’s because most middle managers aren’t experts at data collection and analysis and don’t spend 8 hours a day seeing what floor workers do.

    It’s even worse if they’re an outside hire, with potentially no relevant experience to compare it to. I swear companies do this on purpose to avoid elevating people with institutional knowledge and any sense of ownership in their area of expertise: they might end up accidentally paying someone what they’re worth.


  • MacroFactor - I really like its rolling expenditure calculation, specifically that it doesn’t nag you if you miss your targets, it just adjusts your goal slightly for next time to keep you at pace. And as per the name, your personal diet plan can be adjusted for protein, fat, and carb preferences. I find its low carb (by %) to be quite tolerable, for instance.

    The database isn’t as thorough as MFP, so sometimes you have to manually add or double-check the math, but otherwise it’s been my favorite so far.

    It’s subscription-only, but has a free trial. No ads or upsetting and the fee is reasonable, with an additional discount for 6-month or yearly.







  • Didn’t want to make a full post, since I’m on a new account vs reddit, but got good news this week: officially in remission from obesity-induced diabetes: in February, weighed 380, had a fasting BG of 175 and an a1C of over 11. Was having frank symptoms of high blood sugar, which started soon after a nasty bout of COVID.

    As of this week 6 months into low carb, down to 305, a1C of 5.2, and postprandial BG of under 100 in less than an hour, even with potato stew!

    Going to stick with it, as low carb and metformin has really helped curb hunger vs the ignoring of macronutrients I used to do, but very proud of results so far and feeling like I dodged a real crisis. Unclear how much being sick moved me from pre-diabetic to diabetic, but either way I’m grateful to have had a say in its (lack of) progression.








  • Wanted to clarify that, while colors and spacing are customizable, I didn’t create or extensively modify the launcher apps, only the layout. It’s not rainmeter levels of remixing or anything. In particular, I don’t have as much control of the widgets as I’d like, and would probably tone down the calendar or picture gallery if I could.

    Though its not to diminish your read of it, I’m happy to explain my particular choices! You’re right that this layout is not visitor-friendly, but like you said, it’s a phone. Not really for sharing. That said, there IS a hierarchy of sorts, just not an obvious one - I’m left-handed, so anything I use with quick, one-handed input is in an arc from the bottom left (calculator, macronutrient tracker, checkbook). From there, apps in frequent or varied use, or with inline notifications, are larger. This way I can read a summary of a message or alert without opening the app or Notification Shade. From there, web browsing and social media is at the bottom for lots of thumb typing, while the morning routine (news, weather, traffic) is at the top for use on a desk.

    With a UI for general use, having to explain in such detail would be a sign of failure - I would indeed settle on a simpler rubric if it was a company tablet. But I love the little eccentric choices I can make with this launcher to make it just for me. Hope that proves interesting!


  • If it helps, I’m left-handed, so it’s grouped in a sort of arc from the bottom left corner - apps for quick one-handed use are inside the arc, and the rest is either informational or the start point for a more involved activity like web browsing. It looks ‘cluttered’ because I didn’t really lay it out as a generic or intuitive interface, but specifically to match my needs and habits. I think a home screen should be utilitarian - ‘pretty’ is for lock screens. Hope I didn’t send you down too deep a rabbit hole - Although sometimes that can be fun, so good luck!