[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

I’m still mad they skipped Madison

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

(Assuming you’re stopping)

Time.

Maybe there are better ways but I tapered down to the lowest dose and then just pushed through for a couple weeks.

It helped that each day was noticeably better than the last like at first it was every 10-15 minutes and a couple days later it was every hour or two

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 23 points 1 month ago

Regardless of everything else, it’s just ironic that he said this in Milwaukee, the second most segregated city in the country

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 15 points 2 months ago

Damn I live in one of these. You guys are welcome

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 17 points 4 months ago

This entire “article” is just an ad for credible - affiliate links and all

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 55 points 4 months ago

Let me tell you son. Back in the day, headphones used to have a wire

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Made my gf a keyboard for her birthday and she's enjoying it, but is missing light up indicator when caps lock is on. I know this key sucks and I disabled it on mine but she uses it a lot for her job.

The keyset I got her is completely opaque so you can't really see the caps light unless you're right above the keyboard looking at the edges of the caps key.

I took some spare keys of the same shape and drilled holes right above the indicator light and it shines through pretty well, but want to fill it with something clear to make it look nicer/diffract the light a bit. Does anyone have any recommendations? Was thinking about using polyurethane caused I've used it for random other things and seems like it could work.

Thanks!

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 15 points 5 months ago

FWIW I've got grapheneOS without google play services on a financial profile, and all of my financial apps work including: -Two credit card apps -Bank app -Three investing apps -Two direct transfer apps

One of the credit cards apps (amex) does give a "warning" on each page that it needs play services to function but if I click Ok it actually still just works.

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

Her account is active rn

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 41 points 6 months ago

erectile dysfunction rising by the day

You sure bout that?

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 20 points 8 months ago

Superpower is a stretch. It's more that if you can understand your ADHD you can maybe find jobs/pursuits that match up better with it.

My gf has ADHD and has found that the only way for her to stay engaged is to be in a situation of high impact/high complexity/high urgency. ADHD isnt always inability to concentrate, its switching back between that and hyper-concentration, often involuntarily, so finding an environment that fits that has helped her.

She works at the same company as me in medical software (im a dev were pretty opposite) and basically puts out customer fires. Its highly urgent and impactful (medical issues need to be fixed ASAP) to keep her engaged and complex enough that it doesn't get boring or monotonous. She's really fucking good at it and makes good money, but it does come at a cost. Its pretty stressful but she acknowledges this is the type of thing she can best excel at. And in other areas that arent like this - like in her personal life - she's always slipping and needs other people to help her out (I'm pretty organized and can assist there).

I'd recommend the book ADHD 2.0. The authors, who also have ADHD, kind of echo what we've seen. One of them calls it a curse as the only careers that keep him engaged are stressful and relentless. But its what he does.

They had a pretty good analogy - ADHD is like a car with a super powerful engine but no breaks. You can do some things better than other people but its incredibly easy to get way off track faster than you can blink, so its important to understand how yours works and have the right guardrails in place in your professional and personal lives. And of course meds help a lot too.

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 24 points 9 months ago

My company is testing an GPT implementation that automatically updates and resubmits these claims that were denied by insurance company AIs (united is not the only one)

It's still wild to me that one of the first places we have AIs battling each other is health insurance claims

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 65 points 9 months ago

Gorbachev did stuff like this too. My dad worked in Dupont circle in DC in the late 80s and once the Russian motorcade was driving by as he was walking home from work. They suddenly stopped and there wasnt anyone else nearby so he started getting worried but then a car door opens and Gorbachev gets out with a big smile and just talks to him for like 5 minutes about life and sports and normal small talk things. Said he liked to get to know regular citizens. Then he got back in his imported car and just drove off

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