What are you proud of this year? I don’t wanna hear i ran 3 marathons.

I want to hear the crazy awards stuff like…I drove the same road 438 times and exclusively listened to Fleetwood Mac.

Common share your special skill or unique achievement this year.

  • JakoJakoJako13@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    I drove 150 miles at highspeed on a highway at night through a thunderstorm during a nervous breakdown. That was just the return drive home.

  • cdzero@lemmy.ml
    4·
    3 months ago

    I’ve kept my streak alive of finishing at least one video game a month (started Nov 23)

  • reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 months ago

    I re-entered the job market after 5 years burning through all my saving and being super depressed after I was laid off during the pandemic.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I gave the only speech at my sister’s wedding that got people to cry. I also didn’t embarrass her in front of her friends.

  • Acamon@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 months ago

    Managed to get to the stage with my job, where I just kinda resent having to go to work because I’d rather be doing other things, as opposed to deeply hating it because I’m freaking out constantly. This is a big step for me, I had to leave my last career after crashing and burning, due undiagnosed ADHD. Had a couple of years off getting myself sorted out and correctly medicated, and started back in a new role, but with a genuine question about whether I could have a professional career again.

    The first couple of years were really hard, just so stressful and I needed to see a therapist at points to keep going. But I did, and now in my 3rd year I’ve hit a very manageable level of stress that seems normal and bearable. Interestingly, this isn’t because I finally started being organised and stopped leaving things to the last minute. Nope, I just embraced my terrible work habits, stopped beating myself up about them, and changed my expectations for work so that paperwork was minimized and doing all my prep at the last minute was fine. Much less mentally horrific for me and, despite ‘lowering my standards’ the quality of my work probably increased, because I was doing what I could actually achieve not pushing to do something amazing that never materialised.

      • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Go for it. It’s already broke, even if you make the problem worse, it won’t functionally change what you are planning to do with it (throw it away). Do be careful around any capacitors, @Nollij@sopuli.xyz made a very good point about discharging them carefully. I took a hit off a capacitor for the flash in a disposable camera some years ago and was certainly shocking.

      • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.world
        8·
        3 months ago

        A couple years ago I grabbed a 55" LG tv from a curb dump. Owner said the screen would flash briefly, then turn off. Found out that’s typical when one of the backlight LEDs dies (resistance is screwed up). Got all new LED backlight strips for the price of a decent dinner and spent an afternoon switching them out. It’s been our primary TV since and I’m stupid proud about keeping it from the landfill. 100% recommend repairing stuff like this.

        • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          This sort of thing is just awesome. I really wish there was more information on repairing these sorts of electronics out there and accessible to non-electricians. I do get that sometimes it really does take someone with a lot of specialized knowledge and training to troubleshoot and fix things like this. But, even basic, “look for X and try Y” type stuff for us plebes to make the attempt. Sure, we’ll fail as often as we succeed, but even that would save a lot of electronics from the scrapheap.

          • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 months ago

            Absolutely! I’ve had luck with the iFixIt step by step tutorials, but for this specific TV there was a YouTube video where the person walks you through troubleshooting and teardown. I kinda lucked out finding that!

            I highly recommend learning how to solder as well as the basic techniques of using a voltmeter to test power and continuity. There are YouTube videos for these and other skills that help demystify troubleshooting and repair.

            It also helps to have the mindset of “It’s already broken, so what’s the harm in trying to fix it?”

  • v_krishna@lemmy.mlEnglish
    331·
    3 months ago

    Won’t necessarily go over well on Lemmy but still want to brag a bit. My company got bought by salesforce, life changing for my kids’ kids (let alone me and my wife). Had a meeting this week with Marx Benioff and he said “I dont care about that i want to hear that v_krishna thinks” and then spent 15 minutes on the spot answering his questions.

    • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
      102·
      3 months ago

      Good for you. IMO, nobody’s allowed to hate on this, if they haven’t declined a life changing buy out offer themself.

        • v_krishna@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          I mean, Salesforce is clearly different than Lockheed Martin, even if they do business with all sorts of companies (many of whom I wouldn’t personally want to be in business with).

          I’ve specifically found b2b software at least a bit less creepy and invasive - I’ve done applied ML for many many years and prefer enterprise b2b vs consumer tech because of this.

        • Oaksey@lemmy.world
          6·
          3 months ago

          Rock solid morals for triple digit, seven figures and people are likely to start to try to justify what they are being asked to do.

        • Today@lemmy.world
          71·
          3 months ago

          My husband’s company (where he works, not owns) is giving bids for an AI facility. They’ve been told that they can set any price if they can produce on time. As we near retirement the likely bonus from this project would be great but it makes me sad.

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    27·
    3 months ago

    Rescued a whimpering puppy from a metre depth, straight down in a narrow drainpipe.

    When we got the callout for an animal rescue, I had forgot that the cat-in-a-tree type incidents are stereotypical for firefighters.

    Was a unique achievement for me.

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      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 months ago

        The pup was initially fully stuck, head first in the horizontal pipe at bottom. Coaxed it to turn around head-up, with some gentle words and tapping the top of the pipe.

        It would not bite onto a strap covered in wet catfood. One person with the skinniest arms reached down and grabbed him out.

        We had a pole-and-loop snare en route but didn’t use it.

        Good result.

  • jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    3 months ago

    Got some boxes and stuff to organize things in my kitchen and other rooms. It feels so nice not having to roam through messy piles in order to find things!