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by jnovek 4y ago
I encourage you to go through the diagnosis process. There is much more to the disorder than just procrastination but it's easy to miss some of the more subtle differences and assume everyone experiences the world the same way you do.
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In my experience: yes, programming often pairs well with ADHD because it’s an ongoing stream of novel problems to solve. That said, as we’ve injected more and more process into software development over the last decade or so I’ve found it h
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You’re off by a little bit: it’s not a chemical imbalance but an actual neurological difference. ADHD develops when the brain is very young and results in permanent differences in cognition and executive function. We do use dopamine (via s
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I’m so tired of people dismissing ADHD as something other than ADHD. My diet has evolved throughout my lifetime, but you know what hasn’t? My ADHD experience. I’ve always struggled to stay focused, get started, finish tasks, manage time a
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Underlying theory is important, but seeing practical examples that _explicitly applies theory_ has been critical in my particular electronics adventure. There are more ways to apply Ohm's Law (or Kirchhoff's Laws) than you can sh
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Postmaster General Louis Dejoy was joking only a week ago that he'd like to see the Postal Regulatory Committee disappear. He's spent his ~3 years in charge cutting USPS to the bone. Government control does not necessarily mean
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Regardless of whether the ad spend was bearing fruit, Zaslav’s Warner-Discovery is big on austerity. For HBO in particular, that could be a (potentially bigger) factor over Twitter becoming an unpalatable platform… although I’m sure recent
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There are plenty of gigs out there but finding them when you're first starting out is difficult. I've freelanced about half of my career and ~80% of my gigs have come through my network. Sometimes I'm referred by friends and
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"How bad is the process of going cold-turkey?" I think it varies wildly from person to person. When I've quit stimulants in the past it was really just a week or two before I was close to what felt like my baseline. The har
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The U.S. government itself is a secular organization. It just happens to be run by people of faith. The distinction is important.
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If you’re down on your luck, participation in an organization willing to support you is not voluntary. Right now, if you need help in America, your options are either the government or faith-based organizations. I know from experience, I’m
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The problem I have with #1 is always “churches”. They are very powerful institutions and have disproportionate leverage wherever the government doesn’t step in. E.g. Catholic hospitals that won’t prescribe birth control. Government, for b
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Landfills amortize the carbon emissions. Keeping the plastic's carbon temporarily sequestered in a landfill puts it somewhere other than the atmosphere. Eventually we'll have to do something with all that carbon, but we're
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I’m not worried about DRM exactly, I’m worried about being able to play the games on Linux. I don’t love DRM but I’m pragmatic about it. The problem is specifically this DRM. Bespoke DRM that injects assembly seems like another layer of s
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I’m just an anecdote and probably only represent a small population, but the DRM makes it an instant pass for me. This kind of thing is up my alley, too — I was an O.G. subscriber to Humble Monthly. Most of my gaming these days is done on
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I’ve been a patient dealing with a chronic condition for about four years now. IMO you had a pretty good experience relative to the norm. It’s not uncommon for it to take years to get a proper diagnosis for chronic conditions.
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How big is the climate impact of gas stoves, anyway? Subjectively it seems like excess emissions from a stove would be a rounding error compared to things like automobiles and manufacturing.
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“Absolutely, 100% completely false.” Perhaps virtually everyone has access to health care, but certainly millions opt out at the cost of their own well-being because they can’t afford it. There have been times in my life when I have.
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by jnovek 4y ago
> This was the wrong decision. It seems like it. It seems like the university didn’t even clearly understand that Muslims are divided on this topic before taking action. > Liberal institutions in the west have begun to increasingly y
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To clarify, are you comparing Muslims who see depictions of Muhammad as sacrilegious to rabid dogs?
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“Because, for example. their market is being steadily taken away by their competitors, and the company doesn't have a way to stop it.” This is circular reasoning: companies must grow because because otherwise they will have their lunch
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by jnovek 4y ago
“It's all docker-compose.” Are you using a utility to manage docker-compose or just setting it up on the CLI (e.g. started with a systemd service)? I run docker-compose via CLI on my server but it’s not always convenient to ssh in to c
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“There is far less live music today” Subjectively it doesn’t feel like less than when I was in high school and college (late 90s early 2000s), it feels like substantially more. Especially as pandemic precautions have wound down, I can’t se
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It’s not hard to find examples of people having problems with Linux on modern laptop hardware, there are already half a dozen anecdotes as I’m typing this if you scroll down the thread a bit. I don’t know why this is such a thing in Linux-l
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I run Linux on a T480s and it’s pretty good, but there are issues. I’m using Ubuntu 22.04. It’s comfortably usable for me but it would be silly to pretend that these things aren’t major problems for many (perhaps a majority) users. Off th
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Comparing the SSA and DoL is really apples and oranges. Dealing with the SSA feels like something from the ancient past compared to other aspects of the U.S.govt.
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…and ensure their success in it by enforcing accommodation requirements. It’s very common for the SSA to claim that someone can do a particular job that their impairments would realistically prevent.
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Did you intend satire? Unfortunately, your post could’ve come straight from the mouth of more than one person I’ve met over the last few years.
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Class mobility is generally regarded as a good thing for economies. It increases competition. What you’re saying is that the only way for you to get ahead is by exporting your own lack of class mobility to another nation. This is akin to
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I’m really excited about AI as a boon for accessibility. Example: chronic pain messes with your ability to recall. These days I have more trouble recalling facts than I used to. This makes programming hard, as much as programming is about

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