NaevaTheRat

I think sometimes when I try to point out that political violence underpins much of society people hear "violence is good actually".

It's frustrating because what I'm trying to point out is actually the opposite. Prostrating yourself lets other people use violence with no checks.

you can criticise the world without resorting to past = bad which often hides things we have lost.

Also oats are nutritious, delicious, and efficient.

How about pointing out how hard you work to afford food that is often thrown out lest it undermine keeping you slaved to "the economy" etc.

No actually I'm not done. Wanting fewer material things is good actually. Opulence need not manifest in terms of the aquisition of territory and things. What if you have a tiny home and breakfast gruel but you get idle time, community, gorgeous views, freedom etc.

the problems with society aren't that you can't eat figs every meal and stroll around your estate, it's that mere subsitence demands your soul.

Used to ride before arthritis took it. Fuck loud pipes, they don't help you enough to justify the social burden if they ever help you at all.

Good piece, I do think the argument against freeganism (a position I am somewhat sympathetic to) leans more on digust than thoughtful argument though. Especially given that landfill is an environment designed not to decompose.

I've never actually met someone that only eats animal products found in bins though /shrug

2 or 3 sessions a week. Not longer than 2 hours. Habits are easier to form earlier in the day.

Take the time you have, take 2 weeks off the end, in the remainder of time divide each session according to how far along it is and spend the elapsed time % on revision. Obviously don't be pathological, one minute of revision is useless. Like at 3 months in 50% new stuff 50% revision.

Don't revise by just rereading stuff, pick problems to do in samples of topics already selected, or practice exams etc. Old uni profs might send you some practice exams and stuff if asked.

It's highly likely ancient people would be very well spoken, given they had to talk and convince each other of things all the time. Also most of their recreation would have involved talking to some degree or another.

So I would probably do a poetry sesh about how this fucking bonkers terrifying and um could the sun come back please?

It's hard to be more specific without more specificity.

But if you can get your hands on a practice exam, or at least practice exams for the topics covered, then by trying those you could identity the areas you most need improvement on.

you usually work up grits. In general for edges that should end shaving sharp (e.g. kitchen, whirling) below 1k is rough work, profiling work, 1k or so is basic small chip repair etc, 3k is standard sharpen, and higher is polishing wank. You get what you pay for in general: cheap stones need soaking, the wear out fast (needing truing). Shapton makes some great splash and go stones.

However, there is one cheap 2 sided diamond stone that is actually quality. The sharpal one. Be aware diamond cuts extremely fast (good and bad), it doesn't need truing or soaking. I recommend if you're getting one stone get that. Learn proper bur minimisation technique and that'll cover chip repair and get your knives sharp enough to cut seethrough sheets of tomato.

If you feel fancy add 1 micron stropping compound and a sheet of balsa wood to strop on.

Oh yeah also when marking your own stuff you have to be harsh. Mostly right is entirely wrong, do it again till it's right etc.

Sucks but you don't want to accidentally learn bad habits

Oh also make it easy to practice. Carry a notebook and textbook on you. Waiting for a train? do a question. Appointment running late? question etc.

Don't rely on having the perfect conditions. Make sure you have a resilient strategy. If you have one window to study in a week and you can't do it that week you miss the whole week. That's bad!

Do you exam well? Like are you calm sitting them, do you know how to keep track of time and avoid sunk costing on questions you can't answer etc?

If no you'll want to address that.

Otherwise work through textbooks of the appropriate material. Find some and work through, I mean work through. Not speed read and nod along. Write notes and do the practice problems. Do it regularly, to learn how to do a skill you have to regularly practice. You'll need a schedule that has you setting aside time at least a couple of times a week.

You have to regularly practice things in short sessions to learn well, and once learned repeat less frequently to maintain that knowledge. So you might spend 1 hour on the current topic, and close with 15 minutes of some practice questions on topics you already covered.

Keep notes of what you've done, by hand! it activates more brain shit. Talking aloud through problems can help too, or pretending you're explaining what you just learned to a nearby prop or very patient person. If you're struggling with a topic in your revision questions do more of it till it's easy again.

Also I don't exactly recommend this but amusingly prompting an llm to be an inquisitive listener and trying to explain topics and answer its "questions" might be helpful? NEVER try to learn from one though, they lie really convincingly.

Dates cheaper than chocolate? fuck it I'm moving to Mexico.