2020-03-25 : Random Geekery

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hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 00:42

So weird at the grocery store today. Everybody staying six feet away from each other, trying to avoid conversation or breathing at you or looking at you.

Yes I know that’s Seattle’s rep. But it’s usually just a thing we do for tourists & visitors (anyone lived here < 20 years)

hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 00:46

No but there was tape on the floor in the checkout line showing spots where we could stand.

And the crowd was light enough that it wasn’t a problem.

Weird, but not a problem.

hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 00:48

Somebody had to pass the forbidden zone to get in the store and looked absolutely mortified and humiliated to be only five feet away from another human, muttering apologies as they rushed past.

hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 11:09

@rabcyr yeah I think I experienced extremely mild dissociation.

hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 11:12

With org mode working comfortably for me on Windows (“for me” = “latest Emacs GUI in WSL2 via VcXsrv”), I’ve spent most of my morning dumping notes from the last few days so I don’t have to learn it again.

hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 11:13

@rabcyr In my own environment I feel more comfortably normal than usual. Fewer social expectations means less constant brain work.

Out there? Everybody else is acting like me, and that freaks me out.

hackers.town: 2020-03-25 Wed 15:51

The drafts folder of my site is so weighed down, it’s threatening to capsize the whole thing. Hopefully in the near future I get opportunity and energy needed to finish some of them.

Opportunity and energy at the same time please. Async is why I have all these drafts.