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yamrzou
·l’année dernière·discuss
These don't work for me. My brain knows I'm deceiving it, so it doesn't respond to this kind of stimulation.
yamrzou
·l’année dernière·discuss
That's not correct. Here is a map of how the West Bank settlements have grown over the years, from 1967 until 2024: https://apnews.com/a-look-at-how-settlements-have-grown-in-t...
yamrzou
·l’année dernière·discuss
Like.. armed babies? https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1879651451447996814
yamrzou
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
> to live with ADHD is in large parts about managing a fuel tank which is simply much smaller than everyone else’s

Isn't the fuel dopamine? What you said reminds me of this explanation of ADHD from /r/explainlikeimfive¹:

“When you know you have to do something, your brain requires a certain amount of chemicals (including dopamine) for you to start and stay engaged in that activity. A person without ADHD will go "I need to write my essay." And the brain will go "ok, here is 1 unit of "starting a task" chemicals to get you started." A half hour later the person says, "hey I found interesting information on something else, but I need to stay focused on my paper" and the brain will go "you're right. The paper is more important. Here is a unit of concentration chemicals, use them for the paper" And this repeats basically until their task is complete, then the brain goes, "yay! You finished! Here's some happy chemicals, and an extra shot of dopamine" the dopamine hit solidifies a positive relationship with getting the paper accomplished.

A person with ADHD will go like this: "I need to write my paper. Brain, can you give me concentration chemicals?" And the brain says "I'm sorry I don't have any, no." So they struggle with getting focused. If they manage to force themselves to sit, they may see something else and think, "this is really interesting, but I need to stay focused on my paper." But the brain goes "hey I found some concentration chemicals, but you can only use them for this other thing. If you so much as look at your paper I will destroy all the concentration chemicals we have! Plus, I'll send out unhappy chemicals and you will be miserable and possibly even feel pain, but yeah I'm going to dump an ungodly amount of concentration chemicals on this other thing so good luck"

So basically even if the ADHD person WANTS to write their paper, the brain will not produce them chemicals necessary for them to stay focused on it and even if they DONT want to do "the other thing" their brain chemicals won't let them stop focusing on it.”

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/vn1je2/e...
yamrzou
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Why was this flagged? I vouched for it as it would make for an interesting discussion about the security of these devices and how this kind of cyberattack might have happened.

Are smartphones, for example, also vulnerable to it?
yamrzou
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
So what makes the story interesting here is the encounter of something unexpected.

Reminds me of That's interesting! (1971) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36156400)
yamrzou
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
There are other frameworks for storytelling:

- Booker's Seven Basic Plots

- Friedman's Story Plots

- Georges Polti's 36 Dramatic Situations

- Reich's American Narratives Tobias' 20 Plots

- Parker's Story Types

- Classic Story Conflicts

- Classic Story Types

See: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/plots/plo...
yamrzou
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
I'm not a user of Fly.io. I can't help but notice how remarkable the effect of open communication on potential end users like me. I remember reading about their reliability problems on HN some time ago. That biased my view of the company. After reading this, the open communication and transparency restored my trust in them, and would make them again a potential candidate for future projects. Because now I know that they acknowledge the problem and that they are trying to improve things.
yamrzou
·il y a 4 ans·discuss
Oh, does that mean the /v0/updates endpoint will disappear in the new API? I found it to be quite valuable.
yamrzou
·il y a 4 ans·discuss
I'd say about 6 months.
yamrzou
·il y a 4 ans·discuss
Jancovici is a legend. Listenening to him and reading his latest comic book (Le monde sans fin) made me very aware of climate issues and directly influenced my behavior.

He deserves to be better known by international audiences. Here are some of his talks in english:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGt4XwBbCvA

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s254IPHXgVA
yamrzou
·il y a 5 ans·discuss
I bought a FlexiSpot standing desk a few months ago since I'm increasingly working from home: https://www.amazon.co.uk/FLEXISPOT-Standing-Height-Adjustabl...

I'm enjoying it so far. I recommend it.
yamrzou
·il y a 5 ans·discuss
This is nice! How are the stories tagged?
yamrzou
·il y a 6 ans·discuss
> 52% of respondents think “Hello, old friend” when they search for a coding solution online and find that the first result link is purple because they’ve already visited the link.

It's amazing how no solution has yet been found for this very real problem.
yamrzou
·il y a 6 ans·discuss
Interestingly, job priorities for men and women are not the same[1] : Men place higher importance on "Languages, frameworks, and other technologies I'd be working with", while for women, "Office environment or company culture" and "Flex time or a flexible schedule" come first.

[1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#work-most-imp...