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by kleborp 7y ago
Yup. I'm gonna print this off and show it to my therapist.
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by kleborp 7y ago
The post linked within this post was really illuminating for me: https://gekk.info/articles/adhd.html The section on why notecards and todo lists have never worked for him (and for me) was particularly salient: "
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by kleborp 7y ago
What an incredible yet horrifying article. My first thought is someone should make a Chernobyl-style show based on these events so that it gets national attention. Edit: apparently there was a movie recently released about it, that I had ne
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by kleborp 7y ago
I cannot fall asleep unless I have Zero Punctuation playing in the background. On Youtube they have started uploading hours-long compilation videos of his, and there are quite a few comments from other people saying it helps them sleep as w
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by kleborp 7y ago
As a lowly help desk technician perusing this thread, you couldn't be any further from the truth. The software devs never open tickets, everyone else does and its for the most banal problems
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by kleborp 7y ago
The Pepsi Kendall Jenner ad was largely criticized for being tone-deaf. I wouldn't put it past being a real document based on previous works of Pepsi's marketing department.
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by kleborp 8y ago
The extended government shutdown had me wary for this exact reason. I wonder how many more weeks it could have gone before some very serious change could have happened very quickly.
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by kleborp 8y ago
This is an honest question I have that's tangentially related to this article (everyone on this forum is a lot smarter than I am so apologies if this is a stupid question): What is the catalyst for any action/change in regards to
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by kleborp 8y ago
This can be done indirectly by reducing the work day from 8 hours to 6 hours, those who otherwise need to get up early to commute may have a bit more time to settle down in the evening.
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by kleborp 8y ago
Just an FYI that the antivirus on my work machine blocked it due to ping sweeping, which I'm guessing is related to the globe. So it's probably harmless but if you don't want to get a call from your IT dept I'd save it f
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by kleborp 9y ago
He did briefly touch on how Monsanto was using similar practices in the agriculture business. I think most readers can make the implied connection there.
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by kleborp 9y ago
The author has been kind of a joke on underground hockey twitter (long story) about being the stereotypical self-unaware tech evangelist for some time. Not really surprised to see that it came from him.
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by kleborp 9y ago
"So, is there even such a thing as a gifted child? It is a highly contested area." This seems to be at odds with your title, The Guardian.