mdberkey

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   by mdberkey 15d ago

   As someone early in their SWE career (hopefully), I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Knowledge work as a career seems like it’s becoming a less viable option with every advancement. It’s hard to predict the future, but sometimes I
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   by mdberkey 8mo ago

   Something I've noticed with me and other gen-Zers is that meeting with friends or strangers over Discord VoIP is a great way to socialize. It's missing some of the social benefits of in-person meetups, but it's very low-commi
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   by mdberkey 1y ago

   As someone with ADHD-PI, I've dealt with this as well. What's helped me a lot is using the GTD technique ( https://hamberg.no/gtd ) and making sure to add "respond to X" to my "In" list. It'
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   by mdberkey 1y ago

   Never thought I'd see Boulders Climbing Gym mentioned on HN! I loved going to the downtown location as a college student and everyone I met there was so nice and helpful.
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   by mdberkey 2y ago

   Love to see the UPL on hacker news :)
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   by mdberkey 3y ago

   One of my first personal projects was making 2 discord bots that would have an infinite “conversation” using Markov chains. Feeding them text from Reddit produced some hilarious results.
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   by mdberkey 3y ago

   I've been diagnosed with ADHD-PI for 1.5 years. You should focus on therapy and medication treatments from professionals (ideally those who specialize in ADHD). Outside of that, I think just learning about how our minds work differentl