kruffalon

> But immigration is the only thing that can replenish their workforce.

Not in a sustainable way.

Immigration is only viable as long as the countries of origin are so bad to live in so it's "better" to migrate. This is not really a world we want, is it?

> but still better than any of the alternatives.

Is it though?

For many of our current societies I would say that we have failed to distribute the available resources. And even more so if we look at how we have failed distributing resources between societies and countries.

> Capitalism is a morally reprehensible way to distribute resources

Agreed!

I wrote the deleted comment you are replying to.

The essence of my comment was that this text/test is not for me (one person of the general public) but more like a few leetcode-style questions for statisticians.

Your attempt to explain what I didn't understand just proves my point as I don't really understand what you are saying either.

And that's ok: this is just not for me! (And that's why I deleted my original comment)

Isn't one of the criteria for something to be a disability that it makes it harder to function in the world you are in?

So it has to do with the mismatch between yourself (including the accommodations in place for you), the world and whatever is considered a reasonable life for a person in that world.

Not a fan of "clumsy" reminds me too much of "lazy"...

Anyway, back on topic: I wonder if there are 2 specific neurodivergencies going on that got wrapped up into ADHD, but only one actually has to do with executive functioning and serotonin (the 70% that get helped by amphetamines) while the other has to do with sensory and body awareness stuff.

If they have high enough co-morbidity or are weirdly co-morbid so that we never see the body stuff unless the person has ADHD we might have a difficult time seeing them as 2 different things that might be close by brain-location or gene-expression or something.

There are murmurs around me about celiac disease being related to ADHD and autism so that would be another thing in the neurodivergent body area

Why?

I don't really disagree with you but I wonder how the thwarted sense of "my body in the world" is so connected to ADHD while not being connected at all to executive functioning (which in my perception is what amphetamines help with).

I'm guessing more like people who think they are rich enough to pay for it themselves.

My guess is that real rich people love public funded stuff as it's basically free for them.

Yes we do, who do you think is "the public"?

Most people like working societies and a huge part of that is reliable infrastructure.

> my friends/co-workers/classmates introduced me to izakaya culture - being with friends for 2-6 hours, drinking and snacking and talking. And sometimes going to 2nd, 3rd, or 4th outings.

There must be something I'm not understanding about "izakaya culture", because that just sounds like hanging with friends without a specific activity planned so you just talk shit, have a drink and eat (whether at home or different places around town), maybe someone breaks out a pack of cards?

Well, aren't we at the stage where the service providers are fighting for verbs and brand recognition, rather than technological advances.

If there is no web-search, only googling, it doesn't matter how bad the results are for the user as long as the customer gets what they paid for.

Nvm, sitting with it for a bit I realise that when I drink salty water and it relieves my migraine my body needs either salts or water and by giving it both it takes what it needs and gets rid of the other.

I'm probably misunderstanding the article or you, but as I understand it you are talking about different things.

The article talks about the proportions between water and sodium, while you are talking about just filling up the tank with both.

I too drink water with sodium (and a few other salts) to relieve oncoming migraines but this has to be something else than the article is talking about.

This is very good, did you know about it already of just searched for slack on wikipedia?

Nice little rabbit hole to keep me occupied for a few days, thx <3

Yes, I thought it would be slightly cute to just comment something OT.

Especially since I'm home with the flu ;)

Well, I also got mine from someone working at summer camp :)

Where do I order?!?!?

Hmm, that's interesting, I thought the causality is that when you're cold your body is busy generating heat so is worse at fighting of infections.

Wow, that's really interesting, thx!

Yes, outside everyday, summer is my season.

Although I prefer not being in direct sunlight I'm still in sunlight every day.

Interesting how sunlight is helpful, do you know/think it is the light in itself, vitamin D, both or something else?

My mistake, which in hindsight is obvious: I spent 3 days with a person at the end of their flu :)

Still worth!

I got some kind of summer flu the other day. It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer.

Oh, well, I don't really mind, it is one of the few times I rest and don't keep chipping away at my todo-list.

It sucks too though, because I also had plans with friends and it's harder to make new plans since many of my friends are teachers and start working soon, around the 20th.

I'm just saying I get warm fuzzy feelings, that's all <3

Nothing.

It just warms my heart to see the (A)GPL being used in the same way that seeing a friendly gesture, a patient caretaker, punks, hippies, queers or other things I associate with kindness and community building in the wild.

It warms my old heart when projects use the AGPL (or GPL) licence.

It's a "small" thing to do that tells me that you're not just waiting for VC but actually really care about your work and the world.

(I'm not saying that MIT or other similar licences are used exclusively by people that don't care, I understand that sometimes you just don't have the bandwidth)

I don't even think it's a software matter...

It's my understanding that we (as a spieces) are far from understanding what intelligence is and how it works in our selves.

How are we going to model an unknown in a way that allows us to write software that logically represents it?

Wouldn't "more" in this house metaphor be like expanding the floor rather than raising the ceiling?

I tried to read it (so I could contribute meaningfully to the conversation) but unfortunately I know too little to have it make sense.

The reason was so I could write something completely unrelated...

I was hoping this was a strategy to counter stochastic terrorism, that would have been neat to read about and somehow transparency seems like a good starting point.

Thank you! <3

This reads to me like a comment that skipped a bunch of context that would add value for the non-initiated (like me).

If I'm wrong I apologise for reading too much into it but if I'm right please add context.

One reason could be that the diagnosises give access to differemt kinds if accomodation (and that contrary to popular belief: most parents just want whats best for their kids and are willing to fight hard for it).

In many places the only help you get with ADHD are amphetamines while autism can give access to a range of resources and accomodations.

Unfortunately it is often difficult to receive help without diagnosis.