hypatiadotca

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by hypatiadotca 2y ago
Guanfacine and clonidine are two non-controlled meds approved for ADHD. They are second line treatments; all the first line treatments are stimulants, because they have the best evidence behind them.
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by hypatiadotca 3y ago
You might want to look at swapping the Tmobile hotspot for the much better deal from Calyx: https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet - it's Tmo by default but falls back to Sprint when Tmo is unavailable so
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
If your eyes got bad, would you get glasses? My brain doesn't produce the same amount of dopamine as a non-ADHD human's brain. It's morally neutral to fix that with medication, same as it's morally neutral to wear glasse
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
That article is incredible, highly recommend the read (even if it took me numerous attempts to finish it as it’s hella long)
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
FWIW I have no interest in being “normal” but am highly motivated to be “functional” :)
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
Meditation + medication is such a great combo; so many people with ADHD get burned trying to meditate unmedicated and find it miserable. A friend wrote a great twitter thread about meditation+ADHD a couple years back: https://twi
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
As I’ve said elsewhere, this wasn’t a paid post, and I’m scrupulous about disclosing conflicts of interest when they do occur. Amusingly I’m an investor in two other ADHD related services, but didn’t mention either in the post :)
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
Oh jeez definitely look into the potential side effects of finasteride if you haven’t already. ADHD meds have nothing on it, side effect wise.
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
Ty for the kind edit
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
This is the real ADHD MVP tip
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
The thing I found useful about it was it arranged a bunch of useful CBT content on a number of different ADHD coping skills into 5 minute chunks with 4-7 chunks per module/topic that I could listen to AND read along with (I also listen
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
I did like 40% of the content over the year I used it - it’s got some great stuff in it. I churned at the end of the year but I’ll probably pick it back up again soon; I definitely feel it was worth the price of admission (especially compar
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by hypatiadotca 4y ago
Hey there! I used inflow for like a year and liked it, but churned for now. I’ll probably use it again in the future though, it’s a good app. I have no affiliation with the founders aside from meeting them through YC, fwiw. If it was an ad
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by hypatiadotca 5y ago
Oh man offer #2 is such a classic bad Canadian angel deal. Amazing.
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by hypatiadotca 8y ago
Here's a detailed survey of women in Silicon Valleys' experiences with sexual harassment from a couple years back: https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/ . And a more recent one focused specifically on women YC foun
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by hypatiadotca 8y ago
There is actually a way to apply to the TN ahead of time now, it’s a pretty recent change (well, 2012): https://www.uscis.gov/archive/archive-news/new-filing-option...
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by hypatiadotca 8y ago
I believe you that it does happen, and while it’s an interesting phenomenon it lacks the power dynamic that the other way around involves.
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by hypatiadotca 8y ago
Your intuition is borne out by the research into repeat undetected rapists, fwiw: https://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/meet-the-pr... TL;DR, of the men asked a series of questions about sexual mis
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by hypatiadotca 9y ago
Legacy, or, as I like to call it: affirmative action for rich people :)
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by hypatiadotca 9y ago
Well put. I’m always amused by arguments of the form “but this isn’t just a tech problem” - people get so mad about limiting the scope to one’s own expertise and experience, but also accuse you of overreach when you try to generalize beyond
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by hypatiadotca 9y ago
Perhaps you missed this in the post, but both Susan and Valerie have founded companies.
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by hypatiadotca 9y ago
You may not be aware, but these days there is basically affirmative action for male college students, at least at elite colleges - they are even exempt from Title IX gender discrimination wrt to admissions. Basically so many women were appl
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by hypatiadotca 9y ago
> Their interpretation was that github is upset they are viewed as sexist, so they want to figure out how to change their public reputation, without actually changing anything. Good ol' Diversity Theatre :/
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by hypatiadotca 10y ago
Some people are so sensitive, dontchaknow ;)
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by hypatiadotca 11y ago
+1 this sounds like a job for a therapist, not a Dale Carnegie class.
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by hypatiadotca 11y ago
Just in case you weren't aware, "hysterical" is a word that has a heavy sexist history: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/female-hysteria_n_4... You do have influence on the subtle sexis
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by hypatiadotca 11y ago
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. (a line from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaqpoeVgr8U , if you've not seen it) Can you live with yourself ethically if you don't testify? Are there ways th
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by hypatiadotca 12y ago
There's a thoughtful treatment of this issue on the Geek Feminism wiki: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Autism_is_to_blame
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by hypatiadotca 12y ago
Honestly I'm pretty happy if dudes like that stay the fuck away from me. Sounds like a win-win!
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by hypatiadotca 12y ago
Because of the "permatemps" lawsuit against Microsoft back in the day ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permatemp ), tech companies almost always hire contractors via staffing firms. I'm sure Google is no exc

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