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muhblah··on Microsoft's Nadella is building an AI empire
https://archive.ph/ZR7h4
muhblah··on Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
Totally agree. I stopped counting long time ago.
muhblah··on Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
> nothing has matched how well my brain worked the first couple of years on meds

As someone who also has a bit more than 2 decades experience with ADHD medication and started with meds quite early in my teenage years when I went to school, I have very similar experience to yours.

One of my assumptions is that it also has a lot to do with the humans metabolism that changes over the years.

muhblah··on Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
This reflects exactly my day to day struggles. Especially that productivity boost when every one starts leaving, and I _was not able_ to finished the smallest one of my tasks planned for the day 'til then most of the time. I'm writing "was not able" on purpose here, because as someone (being blessed) with ADHD, your brain does not allow you to make progress on the smallest tasks due to all those fireworks being blown around you in your brain.

During my part-time studies (I had a 70-80% employment at that time) the time I really started studying productively was after 9-10pm when everyone around me went to finish their day and the world around me started to go silent and night is coming in. Thinking of it today, I don't know how I would have survived that time without the huge support from my wife back then. So all the credits of me being able to complete my studies go to her!

Nowadays, I would not know how I would get through the day-to-day work without medication most days. That often worries me a little.

muhblah··on Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
Thanks, also had this discussion with a colleague (obviously not having ADHD) who thought he understands what I’m (having ADHD diagnosed) talking about and I argue he does not. I then almost started to doubt my own perception abilities InsertHugeFacepalmHere
muhblah··on Arctic Code Vault
What a total waste of resources of any kind.
muhblah··on Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone
+1 for the Synology eco-system
muhblah··on Every person on the planet should have their own website
That would generate a hell of a noise on the internet :D
muhblah··on How to make fancy road trip maps with R and OpenStreetMap
To the author of this blog post (if he should read this):

This is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing.

And it’s even more amazing by noticing the fact that you and your wife go the extra mile and make it an adventure for your kids!

F*%k screens (iPads/iPhones). This kind of attention and adventure is what kids really need and deserve (imho).

I’m a proud father of 3 and I can imagine the joy and curiosity of your kids on this trip.

I wish you as family all the best and an unforgettable time with amazing and memorable moments!

muhblah··on Ask HN: Best paid email provider with great support?
Hetzner in the Webhosting package
muhblah··on Ask HN: What email client do you use?
Currently browser based (gmail). But as long time Debian user I thought several times about switching to mutt.
muhblah··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
right.
muhblah··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
> I googled and looked on MS site and didn't find out if SQL Server Express exists for Linux too, but I'm on my phone right now.

There you go: https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/mssql-server-linux/

:)

muhblah··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
> Open source but we have to pay licenses for the database if we want to self host.

As Bitwarden states in the core readme (https://github.com/bitwarden/core#requirements) "These dependencies are free to use." And if you lookup the licensing on MSFTs website (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2017-p...) you can see that the SQL Server Express version is free.

Note: No, I'm not an MSFT employee and not related in any way to the mentioned company. I'm just a (not so regular) human being who first looks up information before posting statements.

muhblah··on Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?
thank you very much!
muhblah··on Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown

- The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford

muhblah··on Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users
....and thank god, I'm NOT one of them!
muhblah··on Guetzli JPEG encoder
I'm pretty sure this encoder is written by a Google employee based in Zurich, like me (but I don't work for Google) ;D
muhblah··on Poll: Do you use “screen”
tmux ftw.