cryptnotic

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by cryptnotic 2y ago
“Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past.”
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by cryptnotic 5y ago
Today I learned that 20 years ago I was a defendant in an unlawful detainer (eviction) lawsuit regarding an apartment I shared in college. I had moved out of the apartment after graduation. Apparently my roommate stopped paying the rent and
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by cryptnotic 5y ago
> Today a diagnosis of significant ADHD might have been given. The hyperactivity component of ADHD is often expressed as impulsivity, so that fits.
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by cryptnotic 5y ago
> while I still have some lasting nerve damage Is nerve damage a common side-effect from military vaccinations?
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by cryptnotic 5y ago
I agree that it's both broader and more complicated than what I wrote. At least in some states in the U.S., a neuropsychologist can diagnose ADHD, but can't write prescriptions for medications to treat it. Meanwhile, a psychiatris
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by cryptnotic 5y ago
An ADHD diagnosis needs to be done by a neuropsychologist, who usually has a Ph.D. and specific board certifications. An anxiety disorder diagnosis is usually done by a psychiatrist, who is a doctor with an M.D. and specific psychiatry cert
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by cryptnotic 6y ago
> For context, I just turned 21 ... and am on track to graduate soon as a software engineer. A 21-year-old soon-to-be software engineer losing $25k is not a life-changing tragedy.
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by cryptnotic 6y ago
> “I have $6k in $AMC that’s like 90% of my money.” That could be a lot of money to him, but it is not a lot of money compared to what an average worker earns in a year. A probably-young guy losing $6k on a risky stock bet is not life-de
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by cryptnotic 6y ago
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that it's possible to treat ADHD with just behavioral changes or occupational therapy. That wasn't true in your case and it wasn't true in my case either. In my case, medication has been eye
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by cryptnotic 6y ago
If you're in university, then you're probably in a place that has resources that can help. Take advantage of them. For example, you may have access to an occupational therapist who can help you improve how you organize and schedul
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by cryptnotic 7y ago
That’s amazing. What’s your secret to keeping it under control?
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by cryptnotic 12y ago
Using them in a raid against a terrorist who had taken hostages is completely reasonable. Throwing them into a crowd of people is not. Like any dangerous tool, if you use it carelessly bad things will happen.
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by cryptnotic 12y ago
Bret is your typical genius visionary. He's bored by the thing that excited him last year.
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by cryptnotic 12y ago
Rewriting a codebase does not always give great improvements relative to hacked together code.
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by cryptnotic 12y ago
I just had to search for it. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORDVAC "Unlike the other computers of its era, the ORDVAC and ILLIAC I were twins and could exchange programs with each other." "Instead o
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by cryptnotic 12y ago
You should patent it.