Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es

I tried visiting the URL again without Discord running, and it redirected to a page on 127.0.0.1:6463 which failed to load. It seems Discord handles this by running a (presumably temporary) webserver on localhost. So, if someone sends me to one of those links, I'll get redirected to localhost, which will fail because I'm not running a webserver.

Still creepy.

Apparently, the first time you run Discord on a new machine, it opens a URL with your default browser that, if you're already logged in, also logs you into the desktop app. Without asking on either end.

Which was convenient but also creepy and feels like a security concern. Like, someone can generate a web URL that if I visit it logs them in as me? How is that safe?

(Update: After playing around a bit, it appears that it is safe, I'll explain why in a reply.)

@recursive Maybe I'm weird but I take off Thursdays and work Saturdays. 2 days is more of a break than I know how to use effectively, and 5 days is more than I feel good working in a row.

@recursive For me, it feels like the danger generally comes from working for too long without seeing any positive feedback. Changing things up helps, particularly doing quick bug fixes as a break from my long term projects that won't pay out for a while.

I think having that as my main concern is a sign that my workplace is really good, in other ways. I work a sustainable number of hours, with few arbitrary barriers, on things I really do care about.

I really want to use the term "cis-compilation" for the opposite of "cross-compilation" but it'd probably just confuse people.

@riesi Engrampa complained about it but 7z figured it out.

Haha, one of these is a rar file incorrectly renamed to .zip

Going through old files and wow I used to hang onto a lot of weird little games and demo things. ^_^

@hollie Someone in another reply mentioned that they sometimes can't hear things in another person's voice if it's something they wouldn't say. We've found headmates are similar: we can shove a thought their way but if they disagree with it they won't speak it. We think our inner copies of other people's voices are actually budding headmates (introjects), but most won't do more than voice things when asked, unless we push them to take initiative.

@hollie To elaborate on nonsensory thoughts, over time we learned to be aware of those, and seems like all thoughts start out that way, and then they can go through a headmate who internal "speaks" them. If we don't speak them, they don't lead to other thoughts and can easily fade from awareness. Which is how we learned to calm our inner voices.

@hollie "How are you not driven to instantaneous madness by the incessant chattering?" I pretty much was until I learned to calm it down[1]. Most[2] thoughts still take the form of voices[3], but they're not happening all the time anymore.

[1] Before learning that I had no idea it was possible to change.

[2] Some thoughts are entirely nonsensory. It's more like connections between abstract concepts.

[3] Yes, multiple voices. It's been a large part of how we tell headmates apart.