Sort of things I was hoping to hear. No, I'm not going to exploit a 3rd world person for anything. I came up in a 3rd world country, so just no. Professionally, I am doing alright, a year or two ago, I could not afford a McDonalds burger now, I'm received 5% gross from a logistics company that I did a project for and signed up for a %age of the action in lieu of me supporting them. I do about 10 hours a month for that, works out to around 8k gross and I have two other similar placed projects coming up, so that's looking good.
Been raising kids as I mentioned in another thread, so this isn't exactly new. Not easy, yup, I agree.
The process seems expensive and the information is murky.
I'm not a comparative sort of person, but I've seen people with far greater personal handicaps than my own become parents, I don't judge. Everyone has their own story.
Had given this thought and it actually comes from here. Due to unforseen circumstances, I've been helping raise 3 kids for the last couple of years and I'm currently listed as their guardian. I've been involved with everything from diapers to after school stuff. I'm talking 85%+ of their time and needs comes from me. We went to the county a couple of years ago, to formalise some processes, and I'm now basically recognized.
However, as this situation is coming to an end, probably in a couple of months, I found it enjoyable, despite the stresses. One thing I've learnt about kids is that they generally don't have malice in their intent, while adults scheme and plot. Sure, we have had bad days and tempers have flared, but had it not been this situation ending, I would have done this thing all the way through. Given my extremely soft-landing as a parent, I realized I want more of it. Kids change you. Its weird.
Yup, by a semi-high level military dude working at the Pentagon, I kid you not. I got a visit from his boss who apologized and ordered him with an official document that was verbally read to me to not have any contact with me, a 50 bucks gift card and a few months later they transferred him to some random place in Kentucky or Nebraska or something like that. He had been pulling that line all over Pentagon City, Crystal City and Arlington in general and people complained. Had the nicest wife, but he was just a massive asshole. And all this while I was doing him a solid.
My sister is a registered nurse, and she has a pro tip. Electric blanket. I wrap myself, and I am out like a light.
Also, I am a "sleeper" after r/Futurama_Sleepers when I was over there, so I just download episodes of my favourite tv shows, usually American Dad, Family Guy, Venture Brothers and what not, onto this old phone I have, and set the screen to the lowest brightness, sometimes the screen is off, and the volume low and I watch till I fall asleep. I have not made it past 20 minutes yet in the years I have done this.
One might argue that they are finally over open-washing and are finally following through with their intentions. They are fantastic, but their argument doesn't hold water. That being said, I would bet that someone will vibecode an alternative in the near future.
Right. I know Dokuwiki. My day job is managing tools for people and this is one of them.
That being said, very cool. I had a whole weekly page in a popular regional for over 10 years. The guy who taught me how to write really showed me the way forward and gave me the final oomph to get into fiction. Now I have a whole website, with episodes.
Sort of things I was hoping to hear. No, I'm not going to exploit a 3rd world person for anything. I came up in a 3rd world country, so just no. Professionally, I am doing alright, a year or two ago, I could not afford a McDonalds burger now, I'm received 5% gross from a logistics company that I did a project for and signed up for a %age of the action in lieu of me supporting them. I do about 10 hours a month for that, works out to around 8k gross and I have two other similar placed projects coming up, so that's looking good.
Been raising kids as I mentioned in another thread, so this isn't exactly new. Not easy, yup, I agree.
The process seems expensive and the information is murky.