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sokka_h2otribe··on How Hard Can Quant Trading Be? I Tried It to Find Out
I would have preferred this wasn't so heavily written or edited by AI.
sokka_h2otribe··on Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All
Circumventing political parties, Matt Stoller is where I learned about this story:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/t/hatching-a-conspiracy

sokka_h2otribe··on ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
A lot of psych medication is guess and check. With the right supportive doctors a person with cptsd may have no problem getting stimulants. If they work, great. If they don't, no problem. Hopefully the doctor is cognizant of this, and I don't think they always are. But I would not blanket say 'people with cptsd should not get those'.

Guess and check sounds crude but it's fairly effective on a range of issues. It's guess and don't check that causes a problem. Or guess and don't try anything else, etc.

Edit: I suppose you might be concerned someone never has the cptsd treated? I think that makes sense as a concern. However, I don't think treating the ADHD if the meds do that has to block investigating the cptsd. A lot of people can't do all that inquiry until more of their life is stabilized anyway. Cool if you can go straight to cptsd and that means you don't need ADHD meds...but nothing wrong if you go to ADHD meds, eventually discover trauma angle, and can back off the ADHD meds.

sokka_h2otribe··on I designed a nose guard for my dog and gave it away. Now 500 dogs wear one
Mostly from some nozzles with leaded brass components, but lead is probably very small component and I'm not sure is the main reason why something printed isn't food safe. Mostly I think it's not food safe because it's not really a traceable chain, has very high surface areas, lots of bacterial pockets, generally hard to determine if it's food safe or not.

But wrt to lead, it would mostly be in brass components

sokka_h2otribe··on Do dentists know what they're doing?
Kind of rude. This person clearly had some crowded teeth that started the problem, then likely cavities from surgery that would have been challenging to perfectly clean & twice a day may not have solved anything. Plus just had a shit experience, so while your statement may apply in a large group it doesn't apply here.
sokka_h2otribe··on Gemini 4 Argon
The front axle is in front of the fork in that photo.
sokka_h2otribe··on ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
I am not sure the distinction goes in this direction. Rather than "shouldn't be diagnosed as ADHD" I would sooner say "ADHD should be treated in multiple ways"

It's very typical for there to be overlap between inevitability and environmental circumstances

sokka_h2otribe··on Find the flattest route between any two points in SF
Uhh, excuse me? Legs are inefficient on flatter ground because they don't have wheels.

Legs have to start, go up, go down, stop.

Wheels go brrrrr.

sokka_h2otribe··on Autism is genetic – and why this information matters now
to be honest I doubt people were masking in response to poop shoving, poop shoving is not the worst and presumably the control group just had non-poop

what seems more plausible to me would be ~<<poop helped something, something made life easier, autistic life is less obvious and disruptive to non-autistics when life is easier>>

sokka_h2otribe··on The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Hard to find that
sokka_h2otribe··on Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal
The request may have been misguided. They don't need a milligram accurate scale. They're actually wondering how to taper a 10mg doses drug, which is actually comprised of a much higher than 10mg pill, more like 100 to 200mg. The rest is typically binder.

Also, note that while your $500 scale may be necessary for absolute accuracy, splitting 10mg is not the same as finding exactly 10mg.

sokka_h2otribe··on Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation
Taking a drug is absolutely a habit, it's a habit of soothing an emotion or seeking an emotion. "My body feels this, therefore I will do that"

This is "bad, bored, tired" or anything else. "That" is the drug administration, experience, etc.

Much of addiction therapy is understanding that cycle and finding a different course of action between "my body feels this" and "doing other things instead of that drug"

sokka_h2otribe··on NYC Apartment Aquaponics
Ok, they also added an entire building on top, not just a pool
sokka_h2otribe··on The Price of Happiness (2024)
If you can, consider to volunteer at a shelter or any volunteer activity that you find accessible to you.

I say this specifically because giving to others is undervalued for its internal benefits, and animals tend to be more accessible to direct love towards than humans with their complexities. But overall just giving is a way of transferring some of yourself into a more together context, and volunteering tends to be socially easier than like hanging at a bar or something...idk, just another autistic person who has/does struggle with depression in many contexts.

Volunteer at a cat shelter for e.g was only a tiny part of my burn out recovery process but it was still a really important catalyst and component. Maybe you can have some similar experiences too! Or maybe your own experiences are very different and it's not valuable for you, I'm sorry.

If you want I can ramble more about structural reasons for why this is a very good idea for autism+depression, but the point is really 'one extremely small and accessible suggestion' and so I don't want to overcomplicate it more.

Anyway if animals can't work for you, any other volunteering and/or metta/ loving-kindness meditation would be my second recommendations.

But it's really important for the volunteering bits that you are not maximizing efficiency. It is certainly 10X more impact if I was to work$ and donate that to the cat shelter. But in terms of the thematic healing goal, it is more important I spend time scooping poop for the cat gods at the shelter almost precisely because it's not a utility-value driven experience. Giving unto others, etc.

sokka_h2otribe··on Oracle could face $7B collateral bill for Wisconsin data centre
(1) these are not ordinary radiators because ordinary radiators aren't gold plated and don't unfold dramatically from compact shipping sizes (2) It's absolutely loads of radiators
sokka_h2otribe··on The Tower Keeps Rising
For what it's worth, nomadism and agricultural systems are not necessarily more complex - that is, the complexity of a nomadic lifestyle can be quite high. Randomization, varied food sources, hybrid lifestyles, etc.

The hierarchy is certainly higher in agriculture societies it seems, but the complexity is up for some debate

sokka_h2otribe··on How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner
Uhh, because Seoul is a big city and right next door? Is this not abundantly obvious? Also, China has influence here which is a secondary reason
sokka_h2otribe··on How Alberta Eradicated Rats
This may not be true...

Some birds have incredible metabolic rates --> take for example a humming bird.

However if I were to assume a canary has twice the human metabolic rate, it isn't a very good sensor. So, the canary dies half as soon? But the canary isn't even about poisonous gas. I believe it's about explosive methane gas, as their gas lanterns would need to be extinguished if the canary died, or else the gas leak that killed the canary could explode.

So, yeah, anyway. I think your information on this example is wrong, please feel free to correct me

sokka_h2otribe··on The brain was not designed for this much bad news
It would be somewhat ironic in this context to be policing the use of normal.

I also would acknowledge the intent of offering neurotypical as an alternative might be kind.

However I also agree "normal" works quite well. It is especially distinguished by the quotes as "normal" and subjective, not normatively valued.

sokka_h2otribe··on Ice water drowning survival of young patient (2025)
I mean, maybe what do you think about 4 weeks later? If I'm being put under I think more than 4 days is reasonable to expect my mind to recover. If I have a terrible flu I could be in a fog for as few.

However this is not to diminish your report specifically, just that in terms of what I care about long-term it is the >2 weeks effects

sokka_h2otribe··on How Madrid built its metro cheaply (2024)
What does it have to do with then?

My understanding japan has a surprisingly private train system, and China fits the model of "works when it's constantly expanding"

sokka_h2otribe··on Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say
"dang! Those fuckin puppers ate the shoe again"

I would assume simple

sokka_h2otribe··on I hated writing until I learned there’s a science to it (2024)
You need a silicone caulking tool, and a video. I have spent many years caulking like a fool listening to other fools who spray water and use their thumbs. Don't. Use the tool. Use the kind with a little oval tip usually (I mean, there are exceptions with harder caulks but for softer e.g bathroom caulks this is more superior.)

There's one UK guy on YouTube that convinced me of the evils of water/iso sprays and the beauty of the proper silicone caulking tool.

The little wedge shaped caulking tools btw are not enough, as you need some stick to it so you can get around certain angles/items.

sokka_h2otribe··on YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos
30 years ago you weren't recorded and if you were your recording didn't share across social media networks. This and awareness of it I suspect drives a greater fear of embarrassment. Although you did mention this, I wanted to emphasize it
sokka_h2otribe··on The death of the brick and mortar toy store
The backing of the loan is in part based on the value of the asset, so you need to add collateral to accommodate a reduction in the asset value.

Basically you have to pay a lot more if the building value goes down

sokka_h2otribe··on Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels
Your roofs are (often) concrete flat roofs with structural floor

The American roofs mentioned are typically significantly inclined, made of a less rigid material (wood, asphalt shingles), and not built to the expectations of supporting as much.

When OP says 'the worst place' they mean it is not a structural place, it is hard to access, and it serves an important function that is best not to mess with.

Note, I do not fully agree with OP but I get the points made.

sokka_h2otribe··on They Said It Would Cost $54M. We Said "No Thanks."
Writing quality was distracting. Very breathey. Hard to understand if I was getting important information or not -- but it's ok, some people will defend this style.
sokka_h2otribe··on The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization
I think you're missing their point, even if I can agree with part of your premise.

There was an outdated but relevant saying

'In America, you can criticize president Nixon anytime'

'Yes, but in Soviet Union you can also criticize Nixon anytime.'

The point is not that they're safer but that they're not a relevant concern in the same way. (According to OP)

sokka_h2otribe··on Talking to strangers at the gym
Certainly an OK book to read.

The trouble with this book for me was that it often recommends deferring to the other persons sense of self over your own.

There are times this is right, and there are times where it is very shallow. In fact, it can even be very inauthentic & fail to develop your own internal tools.

I think if it helps you start something, great! But for me personally at the youthful age I read the book - it was negative. Today I'm sure I could read it and only take the positive. Mostly it depends on whether you think you "must" behave in those ways, or if you "could, sometimes, by choice"

sokka_h2otribe··on Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in Pakistan
Member of household = significantly bigger. I believe your numbers suggest a household size of 1 person. I also would suggest that most likely old people live with their families, and skew towards "which member" of the household went to the doctor.

Well, with such a low mean age it could also be very young people skewing the number, im fully speculating.

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