dejected_warp_core

Trying to disguise a paunch, and maybe look taller.

This is the right answer. Life has already shown him that operating on a level playing field and being honest, really doesn't get a guy like him very far. So the genius workaround is to lie your pants off instead, and build an alternative environment around yourself where you can't lose.

Rebuilding with period-correct tools and techniques. At least, as best as can be pulled together based on archaeology and the scant documentation we have from the time. The videos make it very clear where he's taking license and where he's not, which makes his already top-shelf presentation style that much more entertaining.

This project has also taken forever due to our host taking breaks to work with people on actual peer-reviewed publications about all this. It's really an enormous project that is contributing to the intersection of engineering and archaeology in profound ways.

Now if we could just talk to some EU internet satellites...

It's worse if you have ever worked in food service. "App" is short for "appetizer".

::cries in very specific form of confusion::

Be advised: going through this is a high-stakes form of bullying, plain and simple.

• This is about exercising a power dynamic, with the thin-veil of legitimacy that security operations provide. Your suffering is how the very worst get their rocks off.
• Do exercise a strong self-defense and be prepared for these scenarios.
• Do be prepared for retaliation when your preparedness suddenly makes an agent's job hard.
• Do have a contingency plan that involves action by outsiders.
• Don't rely on the ability to exercise your autonomy when in captivity; they will make sure that's rendered moot.

It's not stupid if it works. I also love the use of (readily available) automotive fuses.

There's also a tendency to experience a diaspora after, or in the immediate years after, school. Say, your mid-20's or so. That's potentially a big chunk of your support network disappearing from your life.

Building a routine of healthy habits and sticking to it can make a world of difference.

Exactly. Those coming to diagnosis and support while young stand a chance to be trained and armed for independence, and an adult life of holding one's self to one's own standards (hopefully). For many of us oldsters, being diagnosed later, or only learning about mindfulness and CBT well past our formative years, it's a huge struggle to cobble together habits and a better mindset.

Mrs. Warp Core is also going through this very thing. Basically the wild hormone swings hit her hard, right in the executive function. ADHD meds helped, but ultimately weren't enough. HRT has helped tremendously. That said, we're now terrified to roll off of that.

Others may have different experiences, but AFAIK schools tend to be funded by the property taxes in their district. Combined with rampant, unchecked, failed desegreation, and you have some schools that are swimming in cash while everyone else begs to close that gap.

I’m still debating if it is worth trying to remember my IP and port so there’s even less for them to see.

Treat confiscation of your devices like an attack. Any indications of where to attack next is a potential vulnerability, even if it's secured.

I'm all for it. Real talk though: at what point do we consider re-basing the dollar? I get that we're nowhere near that now, but I'm guessing it's at the "kill the $1 bill" mark?