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by astrange 1mo ago
Is that forum good? I have it mentally associated with "Mastodon people" (incredible pedants and overbearing mods), but that's not exactly based on anything so I may have just confused it with some other site.
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by astrange 1mo ago
> Like, back in the halcyon days of my youth I took a bunch of stimulants, and experentially there was definitely less impact over time (habituation is a thing). That's magnesium deficiency. Promise. (Or side effects from getting wo
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by astrange 1mo ago
https://www.anthropic.com/research/global-workspace
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by astrange 1mo ago
ADHD medications do not lose effectiveness over time. That's magnesium deficiency.
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by astrange 1mo ago
Google search is bad because there aren't any websites anymore. It's not really possible for it to be good.
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by astrange 1mo ago
Some people just don't like buying shirts.
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by astrange 1mo ago
Apple doesn't use KPIs for performance reviews. (Also, eg Ali Ozer is still there.)
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by astrange 1mo ago
> But I don't think you can cover all requirements with a set of fixed layouts, they do need to be somewhat flexible. Even if all screens were the same size, you'd want to be able to boost the font size for accessibility, and t
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by astrange 1mo ago
I am familiar with C++.
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by astrange 1mo ago
> ClickHouse had features that at the time were only found in a handful of closed-source, commercial analytical DBMSs. For example, ClickHouse was written in C++ and supported vectorized query execution using SIMD in 2016. Most prominent
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by astrange 2mo ago
Given the tricolon in that text, I think the content of the book may have come out of an LLM.
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by astrange 2mo ago
Note: when people say this about Haskell they mean "it has ADTs".
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by astrange 2mo ago
> In HN terms - it's never the compiler. Yes, very occasionally it might be the compiler, but you're better off assuming it's a bug in your code. Conversely: - if your company has an internal compiler team then it's l
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by astrange 2mo ago
Agents can generate formal proofs that are checked with an oracle like Lean and can run in a loop.
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by astrange 2mo ago
The entire point of rationalism is to take your own beliefs seriously and follow them as if you were a robot. (Except that they don't claim them to be "their own beliefs" but instead call them "priors".)
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by astrange 2mo ago
Probably that you'd be doing it in a group, which is a lot less lonely than doing it from home. I think there's a lot of opportunity for computer vision in exercise coaching.
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by astrange 2mo ago
Productivity improvements tend to increase employment. AI will not reduce employment. (Also, the US budget deficit is way too high to afford a UBI.)
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by astrange 2mo ago
Economic growth doesn't mean using up resources faster, it means trading things faster.
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by astrange 2mo ago
Managers often still have code and team-lead responsibilities IME. First-line managers, that is. And then sometimes you report a memory leak and it gets fixed by a VP and you wonder if he doesn't have something better to do.
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by astrange 2mo ago
On occasion I meet one of the creators of that professionally. And then I always think of asking him about it. And then I don't do it.
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by astrange 2mo ago
Trazodone is also not addictive and doesn't have bad side effects afaik.
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by astrange 2mo ago
Bulletproof has 0.3mg capsules, but it's a pricier brand. On the other hand, I'm not sure which other brands actually have the dose they say they do.
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by astrange 2mo ago
Therapists have specific techniques and programs that work. Well, some of them do anyway. If you have a real serious issue like PTSD or BPD it can be mostly fixed with the right sort of therapy. It's like saying you only work with a pe
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by astrange 2mo ago
I'm trying ADHD therapy now, but the thing about ADHD is that you can still do complex tasks like programming yet can't do simple things. So the therapy is partly focused on emotional management, and partly about skills to do seem
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by astrange 2mo ago
Their bio does say they are, but they certainly forgot some things. (Some people presenting with depression should not be on antidepressants because they actually have bipolar disorder.)
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by astrange 2mo ago
> Atomoxetine's effect size is surprisingly similar to methylphenidate, though in my experience it treats different aspects of ADHD than stimulants. Some doctors (mine) are open to combining it with a long-acting stimulant, which ac
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by astrange 2mo ago
If you feel you're getting tolerance to amphetamines, the first thing to try is magnesium glycinate/threonate supplements, and then hydration and diet and sleep.
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by astrange 2mo ago
> Intuniv gets a bad reputation because the patient has to be titrated up to the final dose and it takes a long time to see the full effects. I went up, but then backed down because even 2mg was seriously affecting my sleep quality. I&#x
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by astrange 2mo ago
Well, you see, all things are empty of independent origination. (You "have ADHD" if a psychiatrist was willing to say you have it, gave you medication, and it improved your life quality both at work and at home.)
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by astrange 2mo ago
> Me as well, which is a really "fun" time when my specific blend of neurodivergence also causes me to immediately resent said authority and external structure and view it as removing my agency. I was never very bad at that, bu

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