kinzie @bespectacled239@qoto.org

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This is my alt for longer posts.

Spot on!

The one with the centered doll was taken with an iPhone 12 mini. The mini has a 12 megapixel camera and a fixed 1.6 f-stop. It has a "26mm full-frame equivalent focal length." - from Wikipedia.

The colored ones aren't edited at all. I changed the aspect ratio for the black and white ones to both be 3:2.

I noticed that the colors looked very different depending on how the camera processed them and what the light looked like at the time.

The aspect ratio for the iPhone is different than my Canon's. The Canon has a 3:2 aspect ratio and the iPhone has ... something. I'm not sure.

If I really wanted to trick someone, I would make sure that the lighting, framing, and perspective were exactly the same, and I would make both photos have a 3:2 aspect ratio. I should really try that just to experiment with it. ☺️

@strawberryfieldsforever This is before everyone had cellphones, by the way.

@strawberryfieldsforever That's hot!

Snow can be dangerous. It can make the roads slippery.

A long time ago, when I was five years old, my Mom and I were driving back home from visiting my great grandmother. It was really late at night, and I fell asleep on the way back. We were driving in a blizzard.

I remember waking up as we were having a car accident where we slid off the road into a ditch. We were trapped. The snow stopped us from being able to get out and we were far away from any civilization.

Luckily, a van full of people with shovels showed up and dug us out. I don't remember if we drove the car home, but I do remember waking up suddenly and not understanding what was going on.

We definitely could've died, but we didn't!

If your car starts sliding, you pretty much just lose control of it, so it's important to drive really slow. Even driving in cities can be dangerous. It can also affect visibility in a snow storm.

I'm off to bed 😴👋.

Hi @lucifargundam,

I found this Wikipedia article that has a list of academic databases and search engines.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines

@mur2501 @olamundo @freemo

I don't have a lot of experience looking for and finding the type of resource you're looking for. However, I do have experience using search engines. They can be difficult to use since they search the entire internet for what you're looking for. Because of that, it's difficult to narrow down on something, but that's the skill involved in looking for something like this: narrowing it down.

I ask myself, *Where do I expect to find what I'm looking for?* A scientific article, like what you wanted to find, I would expect to find on a popular, reputable, and long-standing website that specializes in distributing scientific literature or a university website.

Since I don't want to rely on the search engine for the reason specified, I tend to rely on Wikipedia. That really helps me narrow down what I'm looking for and where to find it. If I find the Wikipedia article for the topic I'm looking for, I get access to a slew of potential search terms and research that's already been done for me. I get sources for information and a general overview of my topic. Wikipedia is also better than a search engine because a search engine does not understand the context of what you're typing into it, whereas Wikipedia does since it's written by people.

You may already know about this:

It's easier to narrow down your search if you change the time filter on your search engine.

@strawberryfieldsforever The things I like most about a search engine:

1. Dark mode available

2. Simple search results (URLs, headings, excerpts). I prefer if the URL's protocol is listed, but it doesn't have to be

3. Scrolling works well

4. No filter bubble or tracking (Same search results for everyone when the same search terms are used)

5. No "scam, malware" sites as top results for searches

6. Automatic search term highlighting (In the paragraph part of the search result, I should be able to see my search terms highlighted)

7. Large paragraph excerpts. I prefer not to visit a site. I prefer to find my answer in the paragraph excerpt

8. Strong stance on protecting user privacy

🕵🏻‍♀️ 1. Do things that make you proud of yourself and are memorable. What would you want to tell someone about "what you did today?" This question is crucial to having a "good life." If you're "not sure what you did" this is a bad sign. It means that your life isn't meaningful to you.

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2. Even if you "don't feel like it" do it anyway. The benefit of doing it far outweighs the suffering that not doing it causes. There are strategies for "getting into something" such as the Pomodoro Technique.

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3. Don't waste your day. There are only a limited number of hours in a day to do things. Take note of how many there are, write down a list of things you "might" want to do. The list should have as many things as you can think of. You can make the list smaller in the next step. Once you have around 20 ideas (ideally you want as many as possible. It will be more accurate the more ideas you have), write your favorite ideas on a new list. The new list should be smaller than your first list. It doesn't matter how large it is, as long as you're eliminating some options. Get the list down to 3 - 5 things, then choose which to put on a schedule for you to do. The schedule should look like:

Before breakfast, walk a mile.

Before dinner, write ideas for a project.

Before going to sleep, read 20 pages of a book.

This list you make will boost your self-respect if you complete it, and it's what you can answer the "what did you do today?" question with.

If it's still not memorable, come up with a new list using the beginning of number 3. The location and context you do the task in affects how memorable it is, so aim to do things outside of your house because things are less memorable in a familiar location.

"Where do I get ideas?" This is a good question. URL to Wikipedia, "List of hobbies:"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies

Wikipedia should be your go-to if you don't know where else to look. It encourages critical thinking by making you ask questions about what you want to know then finding it.

An alternative name for number 3 is, "have hobbies."

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4. Like Loren Dias @lorendias said, do not neglect your wardrobe. How you look affects you feel and how you behave. What you're doing also affects this. If you're unoccupied, you might be more irritable, for example.

#GeneralGoodAdvice

⭐️ 1. Go to bed at a reasonable hour when you're actually tired.

2. When you start to get tired, finish up whatever you're doing and go to sleep in a cool, dark place. The ritual of preparing to go to bed helps your brain shut down at night. Everything in life is much harder if your sleep is bad.

3. Don't use an alarm 🚨. The rude awakening messes up your whole day.

4. Eat a healthy breakfast in the morning. Your brain functions worse if you don't feed yourself adequately. If something is "quick food" it's probably not adequate. Eat a variety of different types of food with different textures and tastes.

5. It's critical that you prepare for tomorrow the day before. Everything you do now affects how tomorrow turns out, and everything you do now affects what your life will be like next year and the years that follow it. Things do not magically get better. If there's something you're doing now or not doing that you know is bad for you, stop doing it now. I repeat, it will not actually go away on its own. You actually have to make changes now. If you don't do it right now, you will put it off indefinitely and then your future will change because of it. What you do right now directly impacts your future (Repeat that 1,000 times).

6. Shower every day. Use soap. Armpits, ass, feet, and behind the ears especially.

7. If you need help, ask someone. Don't interact with people who make you feel bad, even if they don't mean to. Be aware of what's making you feel bad and do something about it instead of ignoring it.

I think this is the longest post I've made on Mastodon. I would be 803 characters over the limit if I posted this on my normal account.

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#GeneralGoodAdvice

Re-drafted because I messed up.

This is my (third) Mastodon account I've created. I made this one so I could write longer posts. My main account is @vital876@mastodon.social.

qoto.org's theme looks awesome. I feel like I'm on a spaceship of some kind. The character limit is 65,532? That's crazy high!

@strawberryfieldsforever I made the account! Oh my goodness. That character limit is nice to see! 🎉💃