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Comment on The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born in ~tech
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Comment on The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born in ~tech
chocobean (edited )Link Parentooh! Let me write down mine before reading others' interpretation The big triangle (BT) is violent and the other two smaller shapes are afraid of it. When BT was outside shoving Small Triangle...ooh! Let me write down mine before reading others' interpretation
The big triangle (BT) is violent and the other two smaller shapes are afraid of it. When BT was outside shoving Small Triangle (ST), Circle (C) is hiding inside the structure, still wished to help, but too afraid to do so. Then when BT went inside the building, and C was cowering, then moved forward doing little figure eights, my interpretation is that that was fawning behaviour meant to appease BT. Then C escaped and did a little dance around ST in circles, a celebration. Then they escape the violence together, leavening BT alone and more angry than before, destroying the structure.It seems pretty "universal" to me..... Going to read the others' thoughts now and updating later
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Oh how interesting! I was unwilling to ascribe [edit: gender,] ages and relationships, and I was even reluctant to describe the structure as a house because I didn't feel like I had enough evidence to do so. -
Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
chocobean Link ParentFor other confused non-Americans, this is a bright yellow "caution, young children here" type traffic road cone sized 3D signage.When one resident put a Step2Kid sign up in the street, it blocked all of the Waymos from entering the cul-de-sac, but how that played out was a surprise for those living there.
For other confused non-Americans, this is a bright yellow "caution, young children here" type traffic road cone sized 3D signage.
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Comment on The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story in ~society
chocobean Link ParentI would add one more to your list of what has happened, only because to me it explains a lot of how the rest of the list and the thousands not on the list happened: a sustained attack on education...I would add one more to your list of what has happened, only because to me it explains a lot of how the rest of the list and the thousands not on the list happened: a sustained attack on education and media.
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Comment on Smartphone recommendations? in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentWhat is Revanced? Something that lets you choose among official patches for other apps? Or custom patches made by fans?What is Revanced? Something that lets you choose among official patches for other apps? Or custom patches made by fans?
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentWe can probably make a metal sign over a little bell, and just ring it every day or as often as this comes up. You're definitely not aloneProbably something I need to start picking up again but you know how most of those plans end.
We can probably make a metal sign over a little bell, and just ring it every day or as often as this comes up. You're definitely not alone
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Comment on What’s something that didn’t work for you? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentA short clip of when Bluey shows off a bit of "camera" trick: leaf bug -- in the context of this show, this is something they specifically don't do a lot of: characters usually interact side by...A short clip of when Bluey shows off a bit of "camera" trick: leaf bug -- in the context of this show, this is something they specifically don't do a lot of: characters usually interact side by side (as you noted) instead of having internal, personal philosophical moments like this.
I'm not trying to convince you to like something you don't, of course :) even as a kid I thought animation re-use for transformation sequences was lazy
Have you seen City: The Animation? Wholesome, all ages, and uses all kinds of visual tricks, which I would put on the opposite end of "lazy". Trailer
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentCpt, did medication not work for you ? From your other comment it sounds like you were at a clinic that was happy to try and find something Same, Potential is a four letter word, defining the...Cpt, did medication not work for you ? From your other comment it sounds like you were at a clinic that was happy to try and find something
Same, Potential is a four letter word, defining the chasm between other's expectations vs where I exist.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly - Tiny Little Babies Edition (26.1 Update) in ~games
chocobean Link ParentI was thinking more that the cherry blossom trees might have grown wild, or the place is now a zombie fortress or something :) It had not occur to me i might find a wild phallus insideI was thinking more that the cherry blossom trees might have grown wild, or the place is now a zombie fortress or something :)
It had not occur to me i might find a wild phallus inside
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link Parent:) pretty sure if you lose interest and stare out at middle distance in your internal happy place, that's probably one of the criteria as well:) pretty sure if you lose interest and stare out at middle distance in your internal happy place, that's probably one of the criteria as well
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentBest wishes for the trip. And if it turns out you don't have ADHD, it's okay there are probably executive functioning books you can read to set up your life in a way that make a bit more sense to...Best wishes for the trip. And if it turns out you don't have ADHD, it's okay there are probably executive functioning books you can read to set up your life in a way that make a bit more sense to you. If you do end up with the diagnosis, we can go on the meds search together
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly - Tiny Little Babies Edition (26.1 Update) in ~games
chocobean Link Parent+1 Also wanting to know about the update. I'm not sure that my house still stands after this extended absence but I hope to have a few things to return to when I can. Hopefully hopefully this weekend!+1 Also wanting to know about the update.
I'm not sure that my house still stands after this extended absence but I hope to have a few things to return to when I can. Hopefully hopefully this weekend!
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentYour wife's story makes me feel angry and I hope doctors who don't listen to women all leave practice sooner rather than later. Interviewing family for history is valuable part of diagnosis, sure,...Your wife's story makes me feel angry and I hope doctors who don't listen to women all leave practice sooner rather than later.
Interviewing family for history is valuable part of diagnosis, sure, but that doesn't sound like what was happening
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentSending good wishes with you for your appointmentSending good wishes with you for your appointment
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentI felt this viscerally. I had an extremely kind physics professor who understood that I cant do consecutive steps of simple maths, who would walk through a problem with me and if I could explain...the professor circled my math mistakes and wrote "WTF?" in big red letters after I subtracted 13 - 7 and got 4
I felt this viscerally. I had an extremely kind physics professor who understood that I cant do consecutive steps of simple maths, who would walk through a problem with me and if I could explain it without using numbers he'd give me the marks.
I feel like, as an immigrant millennial, it's harder to have been properly diagnosed as a child. My parents would be horrified, and would not have put more thought into it beside taking the teachers' "not applying themselves" evaluation as fact. Medication would never have been an option even if magically diagnosed.
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean Link ParentYeah, I was told that for folks with higher ability to cope, folks who test well, folks who can just brute cognitive cycle through deficiencies, it'll look like they're doing okay (mask) until...Yeah, I was told that for folks with higher ability to cope, folks who test well, folks who can just brute cognitive cycle through deficiencies, it'll look like they're doing okay (mask) until they hit a wall with a new job or change in family dynamics or different field.
A lot of us were told "not applying themselves" or "carelessness" or "attitude requires adjustment to excel" etc
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Comment on Why is it so hard to get an ADHD diagnosis? How do you find a good psychologist? in ~health.mental
chocobean LinkHuh. When they're not even qualified to do the DIVA-5. I had a short journey and a long journey: my family doctor who has been seeing our family for decades, gave me one of the diagnostic...The psychologist didn't see ADHD in me,
Huh. When they're not even qualified to do the DIVA-5.
I had a short journey and a long journey: my family doctor who has been seeing our family for decades, gave me one of the diagnostic questionnaires, and then we tried different meds that don't work.
Last year, I decided to seek out a private self paid psychologist for a full neurological assessment: ADHD, intelligence (X2), depression anxiety bipolar autism you name it we went through it all. It was crazy expensive (Canadians aren't used to paying out of pocket for health care, except for those who are) but at the end of the day I have a fancy list of yes and nos that other doctors and specialists now respect that they didn't before.
Moral: pay. Ideally a specialist who themselves is neurodivergent and not from a country where they believe it's moral or behavioural in nature.
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Comment on Tiny robot drones learn to navigate the world like honeybees in ~tech
chocobean LinkAhh so they're bee inspired in a behavioral sense, not been sized. From abstract: So 10x bigger network but less good results when windy and ~5x further away. Interesting how difficult it is to...The Bee-Nav does this using an off-the-shelf Raspberry Pi 4 computer the size of a credit card that runs neural nets with between 3.4 and 42.3 kilobytes of memory—thousands of times less than conventional mapping setups use. The team’s test bots homed in from a maximum of 600 meters (1,970 feet) away
Ahh so they're bee inspired in a behavioral sense, not been sized.
From abstract:
In real-world indoor and outdoor experiments, a small drone successfully returned to within 0.5 m of home for 100% of 30–110-m flights and 70% of 200–600-m flights in windy conditions, using 3.4-kB and 42-kB neural networks, respectively.
So 10x bigger network but less good results when windy and ~5x further away. Interesting how difficult it is to scale up, and what a marvel actual bees are: so much smaller, better at navigation, and much more efficient on board energy converter.
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Comment on Tiny robot drones learn to navigate the world like honeybees in ~tech
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Comment on Smartphone recommendations? in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentI thought they were in consultation phase about that right now, and the waterproofing exemption was meant for things like:...I thought they were in consultation phase about that right now, and the waterproofing exemption was meant for things like:
However, some products, such as medical devices and so-called “wet appliances” (for example, toothbrushes or water flossers), are exempt from this requirement, mainly for safety reasons. In these cases, batteries only need to be removable and replaceable by independent professionals.
The Commission is now proposing to add six new product categories to the list of exemptions. This includes wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, electric toys, and products within the scope of the ATEX Directive (equipment used in explosive atmospheres such as explosion-proof motors, sensors, pumps or forklift trucks).
How interesting, it's like in the linked post, the person wouldn't not see it as a love story . Some of our minds immediately see explicit specifics, whereas some of us see things in abstractions only unless other details are provided