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Dumb question because I'm sure the answer is "hell nah". But maybe someone knows more than I.

I've got a night vision monocular, and it's pretty sweet for the price, much to recommend it. Problem is, the thing has such a small FOV that it's no fun, and certainly not practical. You can observe something if you hold very still, and so does the target. I got some infrared strobes off eBay, the kind that clip directly on a 9V battery. Thought they would make cool trail markers for unfamiliar woods. Nope. Again, the FOV is so tight you have to point right at them, even though they're intensely bright.

Another issue is that the screen brightness blinds your natural night vision. It has a lens cover with a pinhole in it that works well enough, but narrows the FOV even further.

Anyone tried the binocular version? I realize the range will be pretty short without carrying an infrared light that projects well. I can handle building that bit!

LinkedIn damned near landed me a sweet job. They were ready to offer, but HR put their thumb on the scale for their guy. Just barely missed another this week from Indeed, think asking $60-$70K was too much for that place, and if so, fuck 'em, that was a serious lowball. Networked what little I could, don't know may people any more, and certainly not in tech.

What are your go-to places to job hunt?

"A teenager described by his family as autistic remains in critical condition after being shot in his backyard by Idaho police last weekend. Video taken by a witness showed Pocatello police shooting the boy as he approached them with a knife from the other side of a chain-link fence."

Watch the video, went down exactly as described, except far worse.

This is what you're risking when you call the police. Here's my latest tale, probably be dead if I wasn't a middle-aged white guy:

https://old.lemmy.world/comment/16390613

Had a Ukraine patch on my work belt and a customer piped up, "Slava Ukraine!" Caught me off guard, forgot I was wearing that! (It's on my phone holder, rear hip.)

She pronounced it: slah-vah you-crane. Reading it online, I thought it was: slah-vah you-crawn-i

Anyway, the look on her face was worth a million bucks, SO happy! Had a middle-aged guy and his son (grandson?) chat me up at Dollar General while wearing another patch. Both have the royal trident. Not disrespectful? Country boy trying to show support, not pretend who I'm not.

And I just learned: Heroiam slava! Little help with that as well?

Been at a desk for 20-years, now at physical labor. Recently figured out that I'm running a serious caloric deficit, and I'm already a skinny fucker. Also, I'm aiming to build a little muscle and a lot of endurance. How do I eat?!

Back when I was working hard, ate tons of fast food. Too expensive and time consuming, don't want off the clock to go eat (hour round trip including eating). Took a 12-hour shift today and did OK sucking down granola bars, water and kratom, ate my wife's kickass meal when I got home.

What can I cook or bring to work to power me? What's simple and cheap and doesn't require much on-site prep? (We have a microwave, toaster, all that, I just want calories and protein in my face with no fuss). Afraid I'm half-ass cannibalizing myself.

Gaetz and Boebert in there twice, heysus.

I've got 8 of these things, had them for a few years, never seen this weirdness.

Last time I charged it, it seemed fine until I turned it on. Now it's cycling through every mode; low -> high -> red -> red blinky. It's been doing this for 3 days! Had to shove it in my desk drawer because it's driving me nuts. No, it won't turn off.

Can't find any reference to this behavior. Ideas?

Anyone know the details? I'll start a new one if I can.

I know the AR buffer is a totally different system than what I'm proposing. But still, I have an old spring and weight I could try with just a little widening on the shotgun hole.

Also, I realize the hole isn't angled to kick straight back. But might I see any reduction in felt recoil?

(For those not in the know, as I wasn't last year, you can easily change the weight in the AR system. LOL, didn't know you can pop the spring with a car key! I went up to an H3 (heaviest) and it still cycles like a dream, even with crappy .223. Wasn't sure how much difference I was feeling until a friend and I compared with his stock Aero. Holy shit did his kick harder!)

Insurance at my last company was so low, I'm not certain what it cost. $50mo. I think? When I started it was $35.

Let's do math. $20 every 3-months for a copay to get the doctor to re-up my prescription, $10 for the pills, $30 total. Add in whatever my employer paid for my part over 3-months, add in the doctor's cash-price difference. You get the idea.

And I probably could have found a way to cut the prescription price in half, or less. Ideas? That company Mark Cuban started? (Looks like it's $8.23/90-days there, haven't dug in on total price.)

Just learned about direct primary care, may jump on that if my new job doesn't cover insurance, or it isn't worth it. Thoughts on that?

Obviously I'm an American. You don't know how sad that made me to type. It's humiliating.

For those that missed the original post, I quit my IT career for a part-time job at Lowe's, for 1/4 the pay. Can't afford the low pay ATM, but I think my wife and I can muddle though until I go full-time, get promoted, whatever. I want to thank ALL of you who encouraged me! Cannot say how much more sane you all made me feel.

First thing our trainer did was give me a 10% discount card and program it. "Are you married?" Made another account for my wife. No lie, first thing we did.

I worked closely with HR on my last two jobs to build and improve our onboarding process. Lowe's made me feel amateur. Let's just say it was about as slick as such a complex legal and logistical process can be. (Yes, there's far more than most people see or think about.)

The person that got us going did the job I've done in my last two roles, got new people on the right foot. Yes, even working IT, I was the first person they met and got settled with. She did pretty damned well. Got stuck watching a recorded onboarding meeting, loathed the presenter. Ever known one of those women who are all smiling teeth, while frowning at the same time, and totally fake? "Oh my gosh! What GREAT input!" Fuck me. I started first and the other 3 guys finished first because they skipped some video. Cheating bastards. :)

LOL, they had the exact rig I built for one company. Some flavor of Debian, locked in kiosk mode, Firefox, on a crappy PC. Perfect for onboarding, training and as a time clock.

They seem pretty cool. The CEO was nice to listen to, seems a solid leader. Black guy, and they talked about DEI initiatives a good deal, doubt they're backing out, I'm sold. The store manager chatted with us for 30-minutes. Hell, my last CEO was an excellent leader, with half the staff, and he didn't take 30 to talk to 4 low-paid beginners.

The main thread I picked up, from my interview, to the CEO talk, to the manager, was that you can move up fast if you come in, do a good job and take care of customers. Well hell, that's what I'm best at. Everyone I've met in leadership started on the floor for shit pay, CEO as well.

Turns out my direct super is the British dude that's helped me before, love that guy! Be sweating my ass off in the outdoor area soon enough, the position I asked for, but I think having that man on my side will get me through.

So, be honest, am I fooling myself here? This ain't my first rodeo and I got very positive vibes, but it's a monster retailer so there's that.

EDIT: Forgot some of the meat of the story. Time and attendance policy seems lenient enough, though I'm not used to even thinking about it. PTO is crap compared to what I'm used to, which taking about every Friday off. Can't say about health, 401K, all that, but they offer it to part timers. Not great, more than I expected, who knows. All in all, no threatening crap like I expected for $15/hr. "You toe the line or you're fired!", kinda bullshit. Turnover is a metric they take seriously, and call out management on it. I'll drill into it more tomorrow when training is more 1-on-1.