The Day The Internet Gave Me A Compliment

humanearl (67) in steemit • 7 years ago (edited)

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First World Problems

We normally don't even give a thought to our reliance on the internet. Things have been this way for a while now. So much so until we take it for granted or even worse we pout and get frustrated when it goes kaputt. I was in the middle of setting up my mining rig and trying to get work done on Steemit. All of a sudden the internet slowed to a crawl as it approached cyber death. My day couldn't have gone any worse, I thought. "So much to do, I don't feel good, my friend is having bad day, and now this". Then I realized what I was experiencing was nothing more than a first world problem.

What I got out of this minor life altering experience was that I need to be more patient and not worry about small things. Well I'm not sure if someone's income is a small thing. But anyway I initially overreacted. Once the internet was down I started scrambling to fix it but as the day wore on and after exhausting all options I finally came to the realization that having the internet go down was not a bad thing. I needed to change the way I was seeing it.

Instead of looking at it as "oh no, what the hell am I going to do?" I started to see it as a compliment. Yes, a compliment. See the thing is in the past I used to worry when things didn't go how I planned them. When I say worry I mean WORRY. That has changed alot since reclaiming my life. So recently I decided to start looking at obstacles and setback as compliments because to me it means that God is giving me a test he knows I can handle. Even if that means he allows evil forces to push my buttons. Thanks evil for trying to stop me and BIG ups my G-O-D for seeing that I will be better off because of these tests.

Some tests are harder than others and we all have our own to take. But know that when you go through these tests you can handle them. When you get angry at the problems say this: "It's a compliment". This is my new practice when I get angry or frustrated by things and so far it's a learning curve but I believe this will help me in the long run. Now that the internet is back up and running I have much work to do in order to catch up. But my mindset is "No worries, it's a compliment". Peace.

Name some other first world problems

Do you get frustrated easily?

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lindiry (56) · 7 years ago

I guess problems are given to the ones that can handle them. For example, sickness is given to the strong ones, the ones that can handle it.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

That's a good way to look at it too.

slimsieris (47) · 7 years ago (edited)

Hahahahahaha really??? The internet is down and i'm worried?? In Nigeria??? haha
Really we have a lot of times like that. The internet has to be down more than twice a day where i am, and we're accustomed to that by now.
We're outta electricity for days...and when u finally can charge your phone, bad internet network happens! It's all messed up here but i'm getting used to that too. And because i'm getting used to that doesn't mean i enjoy it.
It's saaad

dop-dop (46) · 7 years ago

If only they knew how long it took me to load this page!
Nigeria can only get better

slimsieris (47) · 7 years ago

Hahahaha no be lies brother

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

A good friend of mine told me how the internet can be there so I do understand. Also the electricity situation. Is that annoying for you or is it not a big deal to you?

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dop-dop (46) · 7 years ago

I can't possibly explain enough how frustrating it is!
You know people may say, oh that's how it has always been so they should be used to it by now. If other people are not bothered by it, I am!
It's really frustrating to be unable to load all the images on a page because of poor internet connection. Not to mention the part where I get to reply 'good morning' chats in the evening because there was no electricity to charge my phone all day!
It's super annoying!

teutonium (62) · 7 years ago

Name some other first world problems
Do you get frustrated easily?

Not knowing which place to order food from... i end up ordering food from 2 different places and getting fat :P

I know the feeling of internet going down, in the summer our modem always overheats and ends up getting broken down, we have to wait for 2 days for a replacement, at least now that i know this, i normally call before and tell them the modem is fried and they come with a replacement before the modem even stops working

sistem (60) · 7 years ago

Not knowing which place to order food from... i end up ordering food from 2 different places and getting fat :P

Hahaha dude you a clown...and this is your first world problems? This sounds like a good problem to me.

teutonium (62) · 7 years ago

The extra food is not really a problem, but the getting fat is a problem xD

PS- if you want more good humor you should check out my post named "Ledger Nano S! My Epic Quest!", i'm not going to post the link here because i don't want to promote myself in other ppl's blogs :) especially in humanearl's post, the dude is really cool from what i've seen so far

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

@teutonium I've had that feeling at the grocery store. It's like having to make life decisions while shopping. Soo many options.

Thanks for the compliment too.

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valorforfreedom (66) · 7 years ago

Installing the witness-servers is so damn frustrating that I have a headache now and ask for help.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

What part are you trying to work on? Have you programmed anything yet?

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valorforfreedom (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

Yes, I changed the root password, added my nickname, the servers are running. However, to continue installing protective measures on my servers I need to use the downkey to edit lines that are below the line that I am currently working on in the software called "Putty".

And that simply doesn't work, I looked through 3 google pages and I don't find shit. They suggested another program called "Kitty" to manage your server, I will look into that tomorrow.

Otherwise, I hope someone writes me to help me setup my servers.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

Are you programming it from the command line/terminal? Send me a screenshot

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valorforfreedom (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

Yes, I can't get the green font down to the arrow to change

"PermitRootLogin Yes"

to

"PermitRootLogin No"

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I tried arrow down, picture down key and it just doesn't work.
Everytime I press the down key this happens:

"^[[D^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[B^"

3 Pages on google didn't have a solution, some even said that "Putty" is bugged.

Tried all kinds of shit by myself but 3 hours of research didn't result in a solution.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Ok. It seems you are in a read only version. Try "sudo gedit..." instead of nano. You may be able to edit it that way. Let me know if it works.

valorforfreedom (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

That sadly doesn't work.
However, someone frm the witness chat on Steemit helped me and now it works.

It didn't work because I enabled "force echo" instead of leaving it on "auto" because I thought that it was a bug that the password is invisible so I changed that.

Funny stuff, now it works like a gem.

The guy that helped me was @quochuy. I gave him my vote + 10 SBD for his help.

He will from today always help me if I do not find a solution by myself, really awesome!

kouba01 (81) · 7 years ago

My first world problem is when I go to tap my card to pay for something, but the machine has a label that says “no tap” and I have to insert my card and enter my PIN like some sort of god-damned caveman. If I had to pick a 2nd first world problem, it would be when I don’t enunciate clearly and have to repeat a command to my Google home mini.

I am extremely thankful that I have these problems and not real problems like “where can I find clean drinking water?”, or “how can I get enough to eat?”

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Another question we should also ask is "Should I really be complaining about trivial matters?" Which is what I realized when the internet was down.

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emergehealthier (65) · 7 years ago

I do not necessarily see the internet dying on you as a test, but a message. You wrote, “I don't feel good,” I think it was a message to take care of yourself. I hope you feel better soon.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Yes. Now looking back I would say "Slow down Earl". I think you are right with that one.

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themanwithnoname (64) · 7 years ago

That's a healthier way of looking at it than just getting mad. If you've done everything you can to change the situation, it's not worth it to keep getting frustrated over it. All you can do is move on the best you're able. If you're not able, try to find something else. I've been learning that over the last few years. It's a journey and it's difficult when you thought life was going to go a specific way... and then it doesn't. But if you're able to view things as a test or challenge like you said, then it just becomes a game where it's something else to overcome. Glad you got the interwebs back though.

What are you setting up to mine? Are you building your own rig?

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

I am much better at not stewing over trivial matters. I agree it's unhealthy and it clouds you mind.

I am mining Electroneum. I have two servers mining now and I will setup the other two soon. I bought used servers some months ago for a different project that failed to take off so I thought I'd simply mine with them.

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themanwithnoname (64) · 7 years ago

I haven't heard of Electroneum. That's cool you're able to re-purpose the other rigs to mine it though. Saves you from taking a loss on them. Does it have a pretty decent ROI on it? Is it just GPU mining?

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

It's actually a fork of monero so it is CPU. But you can mine using GPU if you want to. As far as ROI it's not that profitable right now based on the calculations. But it's still early.

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themanwithnoname (64) · 7 years ago

Eeeesh, I just looked it up. I don't know if you could run this on CPU while your rig was doing GPU mining of something else... kind of a double-dip, but that's low. Granted, if you're getting a pile of coins that will be worth a lot more later, it could be worth it.

I've seen a number of people talking about SmartCash. I was contemplating getting into that. You don't need a ton of hardware, and the upfront cost is buying SmartCash to run your node. Those are still tokens that you own. I don't know if I'll go for it, but something to consider.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Oh cool Yea I heard of SmartCash. I need to look more into it and see what it's about. You're the second person to mention it.

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altcoinpost (63) · 7 years ago

Solid point of view. I was in the Philippines doing pro-bono work for a bunch of Orphanages and Shelters over there and it just made me grateful for all we have over here in the 1st world. Sometimes we need to put life back into perspective. Solid. God bless

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Yes we do need to do that and unfortunately the 1st world benefits at the expense of other nations.

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callmefib3r (55) · 7 years ago

You only realize the importance of certain things in your life until you've lost them. I think everyone can relate to that at some point in their lives. And u don't believe that's a very nice trait to be fair.
Maybe it's a test maybe not. What I actively try to do is realizing that everything is impermanent and could be gone the next day waking up.

sistem (60) · 7 years ago

What I actively try to do is realizing that everything is impermanent and could be gone the next day waking up.

This is the perfect mentality for this kinda situation. Thinking that nothing lasts forever makes you less relient on material things and when anything goes wrong with them, it doesn't get to you or get a better part of you.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

That my friend is a very good idea. All these things are temporal anyway and they won;t last. Why bother so much about them?

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frank1in (60) · 7 years ago

I am sure that, God gives us only those tests that we can overcome. Therefore, you are right. In any situation, you need to look for a positive side. If one door is closed, then another opens. But sometimes people are looking at the closed door and do not see that a new path is open for them.
Therefore, you are right. In any situation, you need to look for a positive side. If one door is closed, then another opens. But sometimes people are looking at the closed door and do not see that a new path is open for them.
With each new test, you will become stronger and smarter. Therefore, I am in agreement with your opinion. Consider this as an opportunity to become better. As a compliment.
Our thoughts build our lives. Therefore, the best remedy for a bad mood and a difficult situation is a positive thinking and moving forward.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Right. A door is always open. But sometimes it's just not the one we want to be open. But we have to adjust accordingly. Mush easier said than done.

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dop-dop (46) · 7 years ago

I chuckled loud when you said you got really frustrated be the internet was down.
But you can't blame me because I live in a country where a thing like this is considered normal. I mean you can't even get electricity to power your gadgets. What you felt is not even close to what we feel everyday in Nigeria!

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Lol. I did at first. But honestly it was more than that I was dealing with. The internet going out was just the icing on the cake. That's why I said first world problems because I shouldn't be tripping over trivial matters. But it's all good now.

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dop-dop (46) · 7 years ago

You know, reading your post again has made me realise that I may have been too carried away by my sentiments to realise that you were dealing with much more than the internet thing.

tentalavera (52) · 7 years ago

Money man. Some people think world rotates with money. They don't appreciate other things. They don't think that when everything is gone, you can't eat your money. They need to appreciate more.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Money is everything to some. But at some point you have to ask if it's worth it. I said no it wasn't that day.

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tentalavera (52) · 7 years ago

Yeah man. I hope realization comes earlier.

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madushanka (74) · 7 years ago

@humanearl, As human I faced lot of problems in my life & fixed some problems fixed and some problems not solved. That time I have frustrated lot. Many times my mind down with my closed friends leave from me. I were honest more time but they every time told me lies. I was frustrated easily. But after long time I understood what about life and behavior. In fact I decided to change my behavior and did it. Everyone is familiar with feelings of frustration, whether stemming from your efforts falling short of achieving a set of goals or someone else’s efforts failing to meet your expectations or needs. Coping with frustration is all about recognizing the sources that trigger the feeling and using the proper techniques to choose a different emotional response. To counteract frustration, take action to make some personal advancement. Action is literally using the capacity to do something. Choose something within your reach at this moment however necessary it may seem and do it. Because of the way our brains work, each success can bring hope.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Sometimes it is hard to pinpoint what triggers you but I think what you are saying is helpful to do. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.

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dini1 (53) · 7 years ago

The phrase “first world problem” is these days used as a comical apology for moaning about trivia. It is also an enjoyable internet meme, with a dedicated subreddit. (I particularly liked “The Wi-Fi at the luxury Greek villa my wife and I are staying at only supports 4 devices at a time”, and the rather subtle: “I want to order pizza, but it is too early and I don’t want to be judged by my doorman.”) But why do we speak of “first world problems”, exactly, and what might we unintentionally mean when we do?
For a start, the phrase is an anachronism, since we no longer talk about the “third world”. (The usual phrase is the optimistic “developing world”.) The Oxford English Dictionary’s first citation for “first world problem” is from 1979, though it was then meant seriously, to denote housing problems that were specific to the “first” world. The modern, exclusively ironic usage of “first world problems” did not get going until the mid-1990s. And yet search analytics show a big uptake only since 2011, long after we all learned to stop talking about the “third world”. That implies there might be something smug in the modern usage, as well as a hint of enjoyable transgression in using language that is not “politically correct”.

Like many things, “first world problems” has a different force depending on whether you are applying it to yourself or throwing it in someone else’s face. If, at the end of an irate tirade about how my Kenyan coffee beans were over-roasted by the artisanal torréfacteur, I append the phrase “first world problem” with some wry rearrangement of my face muscles, I signal that I know this is just one of the minor frustrations of a very fortunate life. To pre-emptively concede that my problem is just a first world one is to ostentatiously check my privilege before anyone else tells me to do so. At the same time, I remind myself and everyone in earshot that we are indeed living in the “first world”. So it is also a humblebrag.
Such privilege-checking becomes a more violent intervention when demanded by someone else. If, after listening to your pathetic account of how your Uber cab took a whole 10 minutes to arrive, I respond “first world problem”, then I am aggressively staking out the moral high ground and portraying myself (almost certainly dishonestly) as someone who only ever worries about the plight of starving children. Naturally, our powers of sympathy are limited and we all conduct psychic triage on the sufferings of others. But when “first world problem” is just a mealy mouthed way of saying “shut up”, it sounds distinctly compassion-free.

Whoever uses it, though, it’s arguable that the phrase “first world problems” is condescending and dehumanising to literally everyone on the planet. For a start, it patronises those outside the “first world” by implying that hunger, disease and war are not only prevalent among the global poor but in some way the sole conditions of their lives. It implicitly characterises the less fortunate majority of the world’s population as saintly idiots who would never dream of complaining about anything more trivial. In the guise of right-on sympathy, we condescendingly picture others as living lives of homogeneous horror while rhetorically rendering them invisible as people, denying the individuality of everyone’s various joys and sorrows.

At the same time, the phrase declares inadmissible the perfectly real suffering that can be endured by the globally well-off. As is well known, we all compare ourselves to others close by, and feel bad if we are relatively less fortunate. Of course, many problems faced by residents of the EU right now pale in comparison with those experienced by people fleeing Syria. But to conclude that Europeans therefore do not even have the right to complain about their own frustrations is inhumane.

Some may wish to retort that worrying about the political implications of the phrase “first world problem” when used by rich people is itself a first world problem. But repetition of language that implies an unspoken attitude to others will often help that attitude to harden within us. And that’s everyone’s problem.

Thanks @humanearl my dear friend for posting wonderful and interesting topics...
Good luck...

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Interesting. I see the point. I mentioned first world problems because internet is still a luxury I believe. So when it went out I initially got frustrated but then realized that I only feel that way because I'm privileged to have it.

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memesteemit (59) · 7 years ago

Good outlook to have Earl. Positive is always better than negative.

We are blessed to have things like the Internet.

Always look on the bright side...!

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

It's a blessing and at times a curse as well.

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sistem (60) · 7 years ago

Hahahaha , we ahevso much relied on the internet that we can do almost nothing without it. The internet has cut short our level of interaction with the real world. We just get our heads buried in our phones and gadgets that we no longer know what's going on with people around us .

I also always feel very bad and feel like my day is in ruins when my internet doesn't connect. Especially now that I have found steemit. Because of this, I got two data lines so when one messes up, I switch to the other immediately .

I don't get angry fast. I think through everything I do before I do them and so I don't get to act spontaneously. I would say I get upset really fast because I am a very emotional being.

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

When you said we are not interacting this is what came to my mind.

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steemwija (58) · 7 years ago

@humanearl - Sir your talents & experiences are like a library to us... A living universe to have a wonderful life in this hard times... Nice you decided to share your experiences Sir...

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humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

Haha. Maybe a very small library. I just share what I can to help.

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garokee (50) · 7 years ago

Sometimes these minor problems gets in our way and its frustrating especially when you have a very important thing to do. But what you have done is the right thing because you didn't let the problem go over your head but instead you remain cool. When we encounter problems that makes us frustrated, I think the best way to do is to distract yourself, step back, put yourself into perspective and do something productive for a while.

And I like your mindset that you treat every issues, problem and obstacles as a test that God gave to you in which you can handle. God has always a plan for us.

slimsieris (47) · 7 years ago (edited)

It takes us reacting calmly and positively to little frustrations like this to determine how much we have been able to condition our minds to react in "the days of the mighty wind"

@garokee, you've made a lot of sense here

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

It's really hard to practice that too. But having that perspective helps to not worry about trivial things.

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blazing (70) · 7 years ago

we all taken things for granted i think of that day when we will not have access to these things whole universe how it would be like to live in that even one hour

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

I wonder what things would be like if the internet were to shut down. People would go crazy.

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dranren (53) · 7 years ago

Your right bro, just think on the positive side as always and dont forget the power of prayer. You just need to thank our father because with out that problem we cannot create any idea at all by solving or having a solution to that problems.😇

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

So true. Prayer is the key. also at the end of the day there are many trivial matters we worry or complain about. I am getting better at handling it better.

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rehan12 (73) · 7 years ago

Well in past the story would have been different but I have recovered over the time & I am dealing things way differently now !

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

There you go. Even small steps of progress count.

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rehan12 (73) · 7 years ago

That is indeed how we should deal with situations with our life !

adson (60) · 7 years ago

For the frustration I have never been, because I faced the problem with a relaxed and sure if any, try to be grateful would be frustrating will not happen ..

humanearl (67) · 7 years ago

It's so hard to do that at times.

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bontive (46) · 7 years ago

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asif4745 (52) · 7 years ago

wow this is really amazing .....

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lafzaia (46) · 7 years ago

so pretty,man

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mdmunna (46) · 7 years ago

wow very excellent post Thanks for sharing i will done upvote.....///

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tetas08 (47) · 7 years ago

wow you've writen so well. Thanks for your share :)

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