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theriddlr··on Ask HN: Discuss ADHD and your use of medication
You ran out of capacity for coping mechanisms. Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Humphries explains how late diagnosed ADHDers cope through life by being bright. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSjHYiTEA4M

I got on by having modular work (university, software engineer with Jira tickets overseen by a PM) which is small enough to still be done last-minute, constant manufactured anxiety to get me to get things done, being excused for being young and foreign (for being rude). Shit Life Syndrome and maturity (expectation to be responsible) meant exacerbated ADHD symptoms and a diagnosis.

theriddlr··on Ask HN: Not a personal assistant, but a manager to get things done?
https://www.additudemag.com/virtual-assistant-adhd-benefits/
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Not a personal assistant, but a manager to get things done?
Look into the neurodiverse community, they have this figured out. A personal assistant and coaches are keywords which sound like what you are looking for. And accountability buddies and body doubling
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Hindi Conversational Text-to-Speech?
My friend was a contractor for Hindi TTS at Google https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech
theriddlr··on DR MAX PEMBERTON Even I now believe that talking about mental health has gone to
https://archive.ph/7yRo1
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Managing Myopia as a Developer
https://www.wired.com/story/taiwan-epicenter-of-world-myopia...
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Managing Myopia as a Developer
Me too (tomorrow), but it's addressing the symptom, not the cause. I'm at risk for open-angle glaucoma due to my long eyeballs.
theriddlr··on Joining a Gym? Here's Why You Should Open a New Bank Account
David Lloyd in the UK is like Hotel California: "You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!"

the 3-month contract is actually 4 months the 12-month contract is actually 15 months

Impossible to get out of the contract unless a you have doctor's letter for injury or you move further than 20 miles from a branch. There's no point signing up on a contract either as they raise prices mid-contract.

theriddlr··on Ask HN: Techies, how do you keep yourself physically engaged?
How do you climbers stop forward head posture from climbing emphasising the pre-existing muscle imbalances of nerd neck? The prevalence of this in my climbing gym (70% of the climbers) put me off the sport.
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Techies, how do you keep yourself physically engaged?
I recently started playing padel. Much easier to start and more satisfying than tennis. It's a very sociable HIIT workout. Matches are organised on an app Playtomic and the court is only confirmed once all 4 players pay. I find it hard to play tennis as there is no Tinder-like match system for it. I've seen my skills improve from hand-eye coordination, reading trajectory and rebound.

I also tap dance. It's a very technical and movement-dense dance where different combinations of steps are put together and can be in different styles by varying the rhythm and body movements.

Sailing is my new passion. Dinghy mainly and also some yachting. Dinghy racing combines adventure, a thrilling workout (pulling the trailer and the core workout of hiking) and STEM split-second decisions in a race like computing a self-driving car. Also great for mental health and like a support group as through yachting I've met career changers who are running away from depression.

theriddlr··on Universities offer students ‘dead-end’ degrees on e-sports and comics
https://archive.li/HgmAs
theriddlr··on Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source
Mew is right. Jaw position actually fixes sleep apnea. The cause of sleep apnea is the airway collapsing when supine. Fix the cause not the symptom. Either surgery or expanders to allow the lower jaw to be forward.
theriddlr··on You Do Not Have a Shoe Size
The shoe should fit the foot, not the other way around. Wearing shoe-shaped shoes deforms the feet and atrophies the natural shock-absorbing function. https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/blog/follow-feet-not-fashion
theriddlr··on Why does my sleep become worse as I age?
Sleep apnea and snoring?
theriddlr··on Opinion: Cheaper groceries? It’ll cost you privacy
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-10308957/W...
theriddlr··on Does anyone know a site to buy private content? like pictures, videos
OnlyFans
theriddlr··on High taxes and ‘no future’ spark fears of mass exodus of young Britons
http://archive.today/oyL32
theriddlr··on There was a stretch where phone design went bananas
This! Candybar phones have more secure grip and room for battery. The iPhone 4 while heavier is more comfortable to hold than the iPhone 6 / SE3 which I now use.
theriddlr··on There was a stretch where phone design went bananas
Second-hand phone shops now show the back of the phone in the display case because they all look the same from the front.
theriddlr··on France experiencing worst drought on record
Russell T Davies's Years & Years feels like a plausible near future. Bananas are extinct, baking systems failing, refugee crises.
theriddlr··on Information that won’t fit inside your head: Journals with and without bullets
In Europe, Tiger do cheap bullet journals https://flyingtiger.com/collections/notebooks-bullet-planner...
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life as experienced engineer?
OP would need a work visa to work in the UK because of Brexit. Low salaries for perm roles plus high taxes make him worse off.
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life as experienced engineer?
What kind of entertainment? I find entertainment in Singapore is very 'manufactured' and prefer the UK. People don't have to be limited to Singapore, travelling to other Asian countries is very cheap.
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life as experienced engineer?
Malaysia or Singapore (island on the equator).

Spain Balearics or Canary Islands.

theriddlr··on New MacBook Air with M2
The base MacBook Air had its price dropped to $999 in 2013 and battery life improved to 12 hours. That's what got me onto the Apple bandwagon.
theriddlr··on Ask HN: What are some mentally healthy apps to have?
Elevate and Peak brain training
theriddlr··on Ask HN: Which discontinued app or tool would you still like to use today?
High Noon. An iPhone game which uses the gyroscope to shoot cowboys.
theriddlr··on Ask HN: What Is Today's Lead?
Artificial sweeteners
theriddlr··on I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-Xperia-Ace-3-Compact-smar... This but it's gimped by low-end specs
theriddlr··on I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
No OLED please. I suffer from PWM sensitivity. Couldn't use the iPhone 13 Mini because of this. https://www.notebookcheck.net/PWM-Ranking-Notebooks-Smartpho...

I was dragged kicking and screaming from my iPhone SE 2016 as apps don't work on it anymore and it would shut down when it reached peak performance capacity. I used the Pixel 4A and have switched to the iPhone SE 2022. I get wrist tendon cramp from stretching to type and pinky strain from the weight on both phones.

I also loved the Xperia Compact line as it had pro features such as noise-cancelling wired earphones and NFC. My phone history: iPhone 4, Xperia V, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z5 Compact, iPhone SE 2016, iPhone 13 Mini, Pixel 4A, iPhone SE 2022.

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