Bruh I can’t even do college. Withdrew like a month in… that’s how depressed I was.

I am sorry for that. I was very depressed in college too, but somehow managed to graduate.

There is no future for me.

That is not true. Given the very limited inputs we have been fed, we may conclude that we do not have any future. But, I think there are possibilities that we have just not envisioned that might open up.

Either I manage to inherit family bussiness (part of it anyways) and just manage it well and not bankrupt it or I go wage slavery like everyone else…

About the “wage slavery like everyone else”, do you have any hopes and dreams that you want to work towards? If you do, go for them. If not, it’s okay doing a normal job too. Often times, in life, we do not get what we want. If you have the resources (time and energy) to try and acheive your dreams, definitely go for it. But, if you do not, it is okay to just be normal and do a normal job. Not everyone has the fortune to rise to the top.

I myself work at a job that I always tried to avoid. I knew I’d be good at this job, but I did not want to do it, because I wanted to do something more interesting. Due to several factors, I wasn’t able to go after what I wanted, and instead have come to terms with my current job. I just keep telling myself I will do the stuff I wanted after I have achieved financial stability thanks to this job (may be in my 40s, I dunno).

I don’t know how to even do college without family support and depression.

Can you get to a therapist? They can help you a bit with depression. Regarding family support, again, I am sorry for what you are going through. I too didn’t have proper family support when I was in college (along with severe depression), and it was really hard to get through everything. I managed to graduate, move away, and be alone; which helped a bit with my mental state.

Honestly at this point, I might just give up on moral codes… become a corrupt politician…

I don’t think becoming “a corrupt politician” is as easy. :D

You either die young, or you live long enough to become a shitty person because the cruelty of the world will destroy your conscience…

No offense, man, but this is complete bullshit. Quotes like this are better suited for movies. Reality, morality and humanity are often more complicated. And death is not an answer, because it offers you nothing that life doesn’t.

Becoming a shitty person isn’t easy, and I do not think it is a flick of a switch.

Cruelty of the world doesn’t need to get to you. You do not need to lose your morality to adhere to some of the negativities in this world. Sure, you do what you need to do to survive; sometimes, it may be unethical (try to avoid if you can), but it doesn’t make you immoral altogether.

Brother, I’ve pondered about the thought of ending it all, and I have realized that it isn’t the solution. Not because you have so much to live for, but because death has nothing that life cannot offer. Death is the absolute negation of everything, it is absolute nothingness. There are no pros and cons when it comes to absolute nothingness.

You sound like a person in his college years. My suggestion, for now, do what you must, stay in college, and study. Once you are out of college, try and get a job (this might take really long and might a depressing period, given the current job market), and move the fuck out.

And why would you trust your own ISP more than reputable VPNs?

Sure, this statement is very valid for (free) VPNs which are not reputable, and act as data mines instead of providing true privacy; but your statement reads very much like we do not need VPNs at all.

ISPs know what sites you are visiting and when, and they are ready to comply with the government. Also, we have acts like Online Safety Act (UK), which incentivizes more data collection. Combine that with age verification on every site, and you are basically giving away your browsing history.

I agree that a VPN alone is not going to protect you, and you need to authenticate less into websites, and clear your cookies after every browser session (basically good OpSec). However, I also think that reputable providers like Mullvad and Proton are a must.

You should be able to use CalDav to sync your Google Calendar into a different calendar client. Of course, this still means you will be using Google Calendar, but from the comments, it seems you want to stick to it for the time being.

I have a GrapheneOS device (and do not have a Google account in my personal life), however my work uses the Google suite of products, including the calendar. So, I have DAVx⁵ (apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/…/at.bitfire.davdroid) CalDav set up along with Etar (f-droid.org/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/) for UI and widget. This works well for me without relying on the official Google Calendar app and Google Play Services.

Try using an LLM.

I tried to timebox myself with a Python OCR solution, but ended up spending way more time than I should’ve, without ever arriving at a good solution.

I then tried using Qwen 235B via Brave’s Leo AI, and got some okay results (I think you’ll have better luck with commercial AI models; I just don’t have an account with them atm)

What does the PDF look like? Can you not OCR it into something like a CSV, and import it in Excel?

Yes. Via Vehicular Manburger Helper.

I’d just use awk.

I used ternary for a few days (which let’s you count to 59048 on two hands, 242 on one), but then realized I never needed to count that high, so reverted to binary (now, I can count to 1023 on two hands, 31 on one hand).