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Kirth··on Body Doubling
That's one hell of a term to mean being afraid of being alone.
Kirth··on ADHD Didn't Break Me–My Parents Did
I always seem to upset a lot of people when I bring up my take/experience on this because they seem to find it (psychologically) threatening. Labels such as ADHD seem to have value for those who use them and want not further examine themselves or their situation.

I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and after a few years of psychotherapy (and trying medication) it's becoming clear to me that a lot of what people call adhd, people with adhd, ... is an external observation of an internal experience of emotional management issues with regards to anxiety and anger: impulsively responding to these emotions in a way that was learned during an earlier developmental stage, that now no longer leads to desirable outcomes (often hiding, running away, not getting externally angry when it is appropriate or desired). A lot of self-deceit and unworkable mental models seem to be involved. I hope I'm not projecting myself too much :).

Kirth··on The Simple Guide to Building and Breaking Habits
You could do that, but then you're being wilfully dishonest with yourself. At which point you'll find that you're not getting any closer to your goals (assuming those who switch out eating sugar for doing exercise want to lose weight). And if you're being (subconsciously) dishonest and self sabotaging, then the level of mind/abstraction this guide targets is not relevant
Kirth··on What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving over RTO policy
Yes, German work/employment culture is a crab barrel where every quality of life improvement has to be fought for tooth and nail.. The Netherlands cemented WFH as a right after the Corona period when it had shown to not negatively impact productivity while positively impacting quality of life for employees.
Kirth··on Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
I'm sorry but that sounds like "wet pavements cause rain" to me. The naming need not be causative in that direction. I'm not disagreeing with that we did indeed evolve with them.. Grug smoke plant. Plant make strong, heal. Grug stomp stupid weeds and make more space for plant. etc
Kirth··on SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99
the parent literally linked their own GitHub page...
Kirth··on Leveraging AI for efficient incident response
Really, a tool where 42% of incident responses the on call engineers are greeted by a pointer that likely lets them resolve the incident almost immediately and move on, rather than spending potentially hours figuring out which component it is they need to address and how, isn't impressive to you?
Kirth··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
and why do they run spyware?
Kirth··on Developer experience: What is it and why should you care? (2023)
Has anyone ever seen such a place in practice? what were they doing right? I've seen this claimed a few times before but it was always wilful blindness + not measuring anything related.
Kirth··on First we shape our social graph, then it shapes us (2022)
Groups tend to see collective trauma as normal and (unsubconsciously) work to sustain it.
Kirth··on Ask HN: Why do message queue-based architectures seem less popular now?
Genuine question: say you have 3-4 services and a bunch of databases that make up your product, what's the alternative to plemping them all into K8s according to you?
Kirth··on Metabolism of autism reveals developmental origins
Because physical activity and menial work that allows the mind some down time are effective ways to reduce ADHD symptoms.
Kirth··on Happy Birthday Lemmings
I played revolution as a kid, it was fun! I wonder if it still runs on modern hardware
Kirth··on First 3D-printed functional human brain tissue grows like the real thing
Head cheeses when??
Kirth··on US could soon approve MDMA therapy
By fixing the underlying conditions that lead to the behaviour classified as ADHD rather than depending on stimulants as a(n admittedly very effective) crutch to power through them.
Kirth··on If you’re so smart, why aren’t you happy?
Over what timespan did you do this, and do you have any tips for others who should be doing the same thing?
Kirth··on OpenSSH switches to using gender-neutral language
"This person requires access"?
Kirth··on Humans are more dependent on water than many other mammals
We do store water in our fat. Dry fasting will cause your body to more aggressively break down the fat to get this water. Unfortunately, your body won't/can't always break down fat.
Kirth··on Can you IoT an Airwick air freshener? (2020)
I imagine the "healthy" connotation that the term fresh carries is good for marketing. "generator" sounds industrial, polluting.. makes one wonder if it causes adverse health effects.
Kirth··on FDA approves new ADHD drug for children
Hi! I'm glad you're doing well on your medication. Can I ask, what have you done to make any possible issues visible?

I've heard a few scary stories from people about long-term adderall usage weakening their heart muscle but they are/were not particularly healthy individuals

Kirth··on Hobbyists beat professional designers in creating novel board games
This article sure could do with some pictures!
Kirth··on What Is Mind-Wandering and How You Use It to Your Advantage?
Run or exercise for an hour and then sit down, and you might find out :)
Kirth··on The Art of Not Thinking
Running badly is bad for the knees*.
Kirth··on A Hierarchy of Engineering Values
Direction is inherently part of what makes a team; can't have a great team without it.
Kirth··on Tuxedo Book BA15: AMD-only and Linux-preinstalled laptop
> ("koop op afstand", not sure how to translate)

buy remotely :)

Kirth··on Fake doctor saved thousands of infants and changed medical history (2018)
Cost, governments are not benevolent entities.
Kirth··on How AMD Gave China the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’
How would you propose to fix these; what system, according to you, would not have the same flaws as the current ones? There being an Us and a Them has been the way forward for most of human civilization's existence.
Kirth··on On Truth and Lying in the Extra German Sense
"German has super precise, single words for almost all concepts" is a very popular meme with people who don't know a lot about German.
Kirth··on Upgrade Your Memory with a Surgically Implanted Chip
Just buy our other product to remove unwanted memories ;)
Kirth··on Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be
The ability to explore isn't just Explorer's namesake but what makes is a good tool. Orienting yourself in Explorer is largely done through the tree on the side... which is missing in this rewrite?

What an affront to computing modern UI design is.

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